Thursday, February 9, 2012

CHA Part 2: Friends and Food!

So, I'm finally back with a few more CHA photos. It's taken me forever to sit down and edit everything. This has been one of 'those' weeks. Things keep popping up that have prevented me from doing the things I really want to do.

As I said in the last post, spending time with Jess and Cindy was just wonderful! On Monday, we left the show early, stopped for a photo with the Goofy statue at our hotel and hit the mexican place in Downtown Disney for an early dinner. The margaritas were amazing and I had the best fish tacos ever!!! We hit California Adventure that evening. We love just walking around and hanging out together. And Jess was thrilled to go to the animation presentation (her favorite thing in the world) while Cindy and I did Soarin'.





On Tuesday, we did a lot of shopping. I can't wait for Emma's to start getting everything in. We also met up with lots of friends! Some new ones....



This is Stephanie (Arty Carty), my friend from the Nook. I was so glad we got to catch up. She is so sweet and I wish we'd had more time to hang out. Good thing we can do that on the board. :)

We also saw some old friends. I still feel so connected to my old Paper Salon teammates. We've gone our separate ways, in some cases, butsomehow, we are still close (Jess and Cindy and I were on PS together....)

Here we are with Kelly Purkey. She's adorable as ever....


And we stopped by Kim Hughes' booth several times. It was adorable and we are so happy for her that her line Paper Smooches is doing so well!



Tuesday afternoon, we went to Napoli in Downtown Disney. See these Pumpkin Ravioli with Brown Butter and Sage sauce? They were unbelievably awesome!!!



Are you seeing the food trends?? LOL Then, we hit the Magic Kingdom. It was great, but one of my favorite rides - Small World - was closed!!!! Luckily, I got to go on Thunder Mountain Railroad, my all time favorite. :)

On our last day, Wed., we finished our shopping and wrapped things up. We stopped for pics with Terri Anderson and Ashley Harris. Love those girls!!





Of couse, we had to cap the trip off with lunch at PF Changs and the Wall of Chocolate!!



It really is OK to eat if it's shared three ways. Hardly any calories at all! LOL!!!

So, as you can see, it was a fabulous trip!! :)

I'll leave you today with a card that I did recently.




I used some Crate Peppermint and Emma's Shoppe here. The Pinwheel is topped with an American Crafts flower.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day!

25 comments:

Zarah said...

Really looks like SOOOO much fun! (And that chocolate cake... ooooh...)
Love the card! So cute and playful and sweet! :D

Lilith Eeckels said...

Love those pics. I do envy you. I would love to go to CHA one day!!!! Your card is just stunning. Love everything you make!!!!

Marinette-Scraptherapie said...

Love your pictures!They makes me dream♥
Gorgeous card as usual! Love so much your work Anabelle♥

Patty O'Malley said...

Wish I could go to CHA some day. I'd be like a kid in a candy store. As far as I'm concerned, high on my list at Disney is eating my way around it! lol The card is so cute! I love the pinwheel flower.

Patty O'Malley said...

Wish I could go to CHA some day. I'd be like a kid in a candy store. As far as I'm concerned, high on my list at Disney is eating my way around it! lol The card is so cute! I love the pinwheel flower.

Alex said...

Okay, I admit, I envy you! It looks so fun! I mean, both beautiful brand new scrappy things and like-minded friends to share it with... It can't get better! I would love to visit CHA one day!

Love your card! Your works is always so impressive.

cnelson said...

What a wonderful trip and lovely card!

brenda said...

So jealous! Looks like you had a great time!

Love your card!

Jessica said...

And if you look to the right in the first picture, you'd see Biff :/ Haha! Thanks for being our CHA photographer and historian :)

Danielle said...

Thanks for sharing your photo's and CHA experience! Your card is adorable!!

Steph Lee (Arty Carty) said...

Wow - Looks like you had lots of fun and good food! Your card is stunning and I too wish we had more time to spend together. well .. we have The Nook...if I can get my act together and get on the board.

Mette said...

Ohhhh lucky you! Looks like lots of fun!

Kelly said...

so jealous. it looks like so much fun!

Vee said...

love your food pics, they are making me hungry! :) hope to get to see you at the next one! :)

Romy said...

Your card is really pretty! And it looks like you've spend some wonderful quality time with scrappy friends at CHA:)

Jennie M said...

The card is gorgeous, as usual. LOVE the Disneyland photos...I'm missing it terribly!

Stacey Michaud said...

love these...I am so jealous!!!

Unknown said...

what a fun card - love it All thode food pics are making me hungry

Anonymous said...

Looks like soooo much fun!!! I love your card!

Annika said...

Oh, I'm green of envie here! LOL Looks like a ton of fun! Adorable card!

Christa said...

Annabelle, this is lovely. THe colours are wonderful and the design flawless.

danni reid. said...

it looks like you had the bEST time with amazing friends anabelle, love, love these pics

Fleursbydesign said...

Looks like you had a blast, cute card!

Anonymous said...

fun times & fab projects too xx

Audrey Pettit said...

A-Dorable card, Anabelle! Love the combo you came up with. And thanks for sharing all the fabulous CHA photos. What an amazing trip you had!