Hi there PB Readers!

It was a crazy and amazing weekend for Kim and I at CHA Summer ’08 in the gorgeous city of Chicago. We hustled our tushes and made a million orders. There was so much that we loved (and a few things we didn’t) but overall we think the show was a major success for us. And we are exhausted!

It was impossible to sit for a few minutes to show everyone what we were loving… so the next few days I’ll be posting some of the lines we’ll be carrying when we open and some of our favorite inspiration from the show.

Today I want to show you a VERY special line. This hands down was one of my very favorite lines of the entire show of any manufacturers (and I’m not just sucking up…) and it happens to have been designed by our very own designer Alexis Hardy for Dream Street Papers!

Fabulous right? I really love this entire line and can’t wait to play with it. I love the color palette, how unique the animals are that she chose to use, and how detailed the graphics are. It’s such a unique take on a kids line! And as if the line itself wasn’t inspiring enough here is one of the beautiful projects Alexis created for her release…

All of her designs for this release were just amazing and we will have a few more up for you to peak at soon. Be sure to look for them all featured in-store at our grand opening. I can’t tell you how much time I’ll be spending just staring at the layouts she created with Menagerie, they are just so awesome.

Ok, enough gushing, lol. There is so much more to share… and we are getting more and more excited for our store to be completed! Over the next few days if you see anything that we missed from CHA and you just must must have leave us a comment and let us know!