Hey from sunny Anaheim, where the CHA Winter Show will open tomorrow. Not only does it put everyone in a good mood for the rest of the show it was welcome by those of us who were schlepping boxes of stuff back and forth between the hall and the hotel.

Scrapbook Retailer presented our Turning Trends into profit- 72 people a packed house (good thing because we had 75 precious and well stocked goody bags). thanks to all who came out. Thanks also to all of our sponsors who contributed to the yummy goody bag. It was the gold star at the end of the session.

My colleagues David Pyle and Tim Langlitz also had a packed crowd and continued their conversation about online marketing after their one hour was up.

I wish we had more time because there were tons of excellent questions - especially about online marketing. Send me your questions- those are great fodder and leads for future articles and editorials.

I was THRILLED to see so many international friends, we had lots of representation from the UK, Australia and New Zealand (feel free to invite me any time, I have a passport!) I wonder if I can just set up the Scrapbook Retailer education lounge and we can just hang and chit chat about challenges and successes. There never seems to be enough time to do questions in the end.

I am so pumped for the show now and I feel like now I can really have fun. IF you are in Anaheim stop by and say hi during our meet the editor sessions Sunday- Wednesday.

If not stay tuned... more to report tomorrow!--Beth