One of the Judges. They voted on the Best of Show and Best Expression of Hope Awards.
Here I am being awarded my gift basket full of goodies...
There were a lot of Demo's throughout the 4 days of the Trade Show. I wish I could've gone all 4 days... (There were so many Make and Takes to do... if u had the time...)
This is a wonderful lady, Christi Friesen. (Google her too). She is a world renown artist. She teaches Polymer clay classes, She has taught in other Countries. I believe the last country she taught classes were in Australia. She has a series of art books out, with the last one having to do with what she was teaching there... It's call "Down Under" I believe.. Her newest book just came out, and is not part of the series, and I don't recall the title, but you can bet it will be sitting in my studio soon..
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Back at the very end of December, I had entered the "Bottles of Hope Challenge" with Staedtler. I have taken several classes and gone on Art Cruises with Lisa Pavelka, (Google her, she's awesome) I was lucky enough to make the finalists... Staedtler invited all finalists to go to the CHA trade show to see who won... (This was held the end of January. We were given Guest Badges, they treated us wonderfully and the people were awesome...
I was excited when I found out that I was a runner up in the 'People's Choice Award'. I won a $100 basketful of goodies from Staedtler... Included in my fun basket was blocks of Fimo Clay, plus a special type of modeling clay that u cook in the microwave for 10 minutes, then once cooled, you can paint... There were 2 clay kits, water color markers, water color crayons and clear gloss for Polymer (and my mind runs blank to what else, but it was full of cool stuff...)
As if I wasn't jazzed enough by this point, I then won the grand prize in the drawing that Staedtler had later in the day... It was a complete Fimo Kids kits DISPLAY CASE... There were 6 different designs, each in a fold out booklet with directions. I received 10 of each kit, for a total of 60 kits or 240 blocks of Fimo Clay... Whoo hoo...
My display had 6 different designs, I received 10 of each kit, Plus 2 more were in my goodie backet...
I got to do Make and Takes at different booths, and visited booths of pals, Lisa Pavelka, Christi Friesen, Kristal Wick, Lisa Lambright (JHB) and others... Needless to say it was a fun filled day with me ending up with lots of Stuff to take home... (They actually shipped the kits to me so we wouldn't have to carry them around...)
I love this new art world that I've gotten so deeply involved in, in the past couple years... I get to take art classes, go on art cruises, and meet some of the best teachers in the WORLD. I've meet lots of great artists, and people who are also starting out in this new adventure... Its great fun and the people so far, have been the BEST!!!!
CHA, where the Awards ceremonies were held, where at the Anaheim Convention Center.
(NEXT POST: OUR TRIP TO PHOENIX)
