A Little Corner of the Chicago Pen Show

I drove up to Chicago to vend and teach at the Chicago Pen Show this weekend. I traveled up by myself (there is a whole flat tire story I will not go into here but, as always, there was travel drama!) and met up with my friend and contributor to the site, Jaclyn of Kaleidocraft Prints and her lovely wife Laura and we hung out for the weekend. Jaclyn and Laura working hard at the Kaleidocraft Prints table. (This pic was late on Sunday so no judgement about sleepy faces! We were all shredded!) Kaleidocraft Prints has a Gachapon Machine filled with charms. With a lucky capsule, you can get a special charm! We were set up in the lower level ballroom (AKA the basement, the dungeon, the “cool kids room”, and “where all the stationery vendors are”) with about 20 or so other vendors ranging from makers, leatherworkers, sticker makers and Blick*. The super cool folks at Blick! They are making big strides in the stationery and craft community and they are an Illinois-based company. (*Why yes…