The Craft and Hobby Association trade show for 2015 has just wrapped. The booths are down, items shipped, sales made and travelers returning home. It was a whirlwind weekend with lots of excitement.
It was a good show for the jewelry making industry with several new products being featured. Several companies such as Beadalon, ImpressArt, The Buckle Boutique and Jesse James Beads featured new tools, beads, and other jewelry making goodness.
This trade show has heavily featured scrapbooking items the past few years and it is great to see other segments of the industry represented this year.
First up are two videos from Impress Art.
CHA Show 2015 ImpressArt Metal Stamps
Margot Potter explains how the new stamp, stack and store case makes it easier to find and place stamps as they are being used. The letter is impressed in the plastic case making it quick and easy to find and return stamps helping you to create easily and quickly and stay organized.
The case is also stackable for easy storage. The name of the font is printed in large letters making it easy to pull the desired font off the shelf and get right to work.
Impress Art is also introducing a new stamping hammer - it is an ergo handled hammer that is more comfortable to hold and easier to use. The new hammer is designed especially for those who sit and stamp metal.
The Bracelet Bender from ImpressArt CHA Show 2015
Next is the bracelet bending tool. Impress Art has created a new blank to be used as a shoe tag and she shares how the tool works to bend the blank so that it fits nicely onto your shoe laces. Of course, it is also used to create a bend in bracelets -blanks or cuffs.
CHA 2015 Candie Cooper & Jesse James Beads
Candie Cooper has a new line of jewelry making elements in the Jesse James booth called Bracelet Boutique.
Bracelet Boutique is a 1 + 1 program where the consumer chooses a chain and a focal element and then puts them together
There are 10 bracelet pieces and 42 focal elements to create lots of variety. All the consumer needs to know to create 420 different bracelet styles is how to open and close a jump ring.
CHA Show 2015 Katie Hacker & Beadalon Tassel Maker
In the Beadalon booth Katie Hacker shows us the new Beadalon Tassel Maker.
This new tool allows you to make adjustable size tassels or even two tassels at once.
CHA 2015 - Beadalon - 3D Wire Jig
Also showing in the Beadalon booth is their new 3D wire jig. Wyatt shows how to create a very trendy bracelet that is selling for upwards of thirty dollars in many boutiques.
As you will notice in the video the 3D Wire Jig won an award from the Craft and Hobby Association. I'm sure you will be seeing lots of it in the near future.
CHA Show 2015 Marissa Pawelko & The Buckle Boutique
Last but not least we have a video from Marissa Pawelko (The Modern Surrealist) in The Buckle Boutique booth. Marisa has lent her unique artistic talents to The Buckle Boutique to create Rhinestone Self Adhesive Sticker Sheets.
Using the Marisa Pawelko Fashion Cuff Die from Sizzix jewelry makers can die cut the Rhinestone Self Adhesive Sticker Sheets and attach them to felt and create a fun and funky cuff using plastic lacing or other material to thread through the holes in the die.
The Craft and Hobby Association Trade show is only open to craft industry professionals and show cases new products and tools being released to shops and consumers.
It was a good show for the jewelry making industry with several new products being featured. Several companies such as Beadalon, ImpressArt, The Buckle Boutique and Jesse James Beads featured new tools, beads, and other jewelry making goodness.
This trade show has heavily featured scrapbooking items the past few years and it is great to see other segments of the industry represented this year.
1. Impress Art
First up are two videos from Impress Art.
CHA Show 2015 ImpressArt Metal Stamps
Margot Potter explains how the new stamp, stack and store case makes it easier to find and place stamps as they are being used. The letter is impressed in the plastic case making it quick and easy to find and return stamps helping you to create easily and quickly and stay organized.
The case is also stackable for easy storage. The name of the font is printed in large letters making it easy to pull the desired font off the shelf and get right to work.
Impress Art is also introducing a new stamping hammer - it is an ergo handled hammer that is more comfortable to hold and easier to use. The new hammer is designed especially for those who sit and stamp metal.
The Bracelet Bender from ImpressArt CHA Show 2015
Next is the bracelet bending tool. Impress Art has created a new blank to be used as a shoe tag and she shares how the tool works to bend the blank so that it fits nicely onto your shoe laces. Of course, it is also used to create a bend in bracelets -blanks or cuffs.
2. Jesse James Beads
CHA 2015 Candie Cooper & Jesse James Beads
Candie Cooper has a new line of jewelry making elements in the Jesse James booth called Bracelet Boutique.
Bracelet Boutique is a 1 + 1 program where the consumer chooses a chain and a focal element and then puts them together
There are 10 bracelet pieces and 42 focal elements to create lots of variety. All the consumer needs to know to create 420 different bracelet styles is how to open and close a jump ring.
3. Beadalon
CHA Show 2015 Katie Hacker & Beadalon Tassel Maker
In the Beadalon booth Katie Hacker shows us the new Beadalon Tassel Maker.
This new tool allows you to make adjustable size tassels or even two tassels at once.
CHA 2015 - Beadalon - 3D Wire Jig
Also showing in the Beadalon booth is their new 3D wire jig. Wyatt shows how to create a very trendy bracelet that is selling for upwards of thirty dollars in many boutiques.
As you will notice in the video the 3D Wire Jig won an award from the Craft and Hobby Association. I'm sure you will be seeing lots of it in the near future.
4. The Buckle Boutique
CHA Show 2015 Marissa Pawelko & The Buckle Boutique
Last but not least we have a video from Marissa Pawelko (The Modern Surrealist) in The Buckle Boutique booth. Marisa has lent her unique artistic talents to The Buckle Boutique to create Rhinestone Self Adhesive Sticker Sheets.
Using the Marisa Pawelko Fashion Cuff Die from Sizzix jewelry makers can die cut the Rhinestone Self Adhesive Sticker Sheets and attach them to felt and create a fun and funky cuff using plastic lacing or other material to thread through the holes in the die.
The Craft and Hobby Association Trade show is only open to craft industry professionals and show cases new products and tools being released to shops and consumers.
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