Stamp & Scrapbook Expo question

I am wondering if vendors have not committed yet? Not sure how much time they have to do that. I would email-I think we are going to see more and more of this unfortunately. Even the last one I went to (pre covid) felt tiny.

My friend went in March to our local one and they said there were hardly any vendors there, but that could be because we're in California? But yes, in general over the years, there are less and less vendors selling at the Expo.

scrapnnana I see on the Stamp & Scrapbook Expo main site there is button for Exhibitors & Make and Takes. That is where the vendors are listed. But I know that many vendors have not renewed with Expo because of how they handled (rather did not) refunds when the pandemic started. I've also seen some vendors transition to virtual shows with other companies or on their own and not travel anymore at all.

There are four more S&SB Expo shows this year, including the one going on now, and the website shows the exhibitors for all of them.

scrapbookexpo.com/2022-expo-show-list/

Select your show, scroll down a bit and select “Exhibitors and Make and Takes,” and then “Exhibitors.”

They respond to emails quickly too, if I’ve mis-read or you have other questions. The contact form is under About Us at the top of the page. Unless something has changed, Cindy will email you. (I was a paid volunteer—all volunteers are paid—several times at the Expo in this area, and the staff is really helpful and friendly.

ETA Occasionally vendors will partner—like The Paper Cut hasn’t been shows since the pandemic, but another vendor is displaying some of their products. So it might be worth reaching out to the company itself in case they’ve contracted out to someone else.

You should also check the facebook page for the show you want to attend.

Tall Mouse was at the one in August in NJ.

But there were some listed initially that ended up they couldn't make it, and the updates were provided on FB.

Yes, there is still a whole thing from the issues in 2020, most vendors left and went to CKC.

I still found plenty of things of interest at the smaller vendor show, I actually kind of liked it more. In the past it was always so jam packed and I never did make n takes bcz of lines. This time I was able to do a few and listen in, I thought they were all worth it and interesting.

I really loved the stamp company The Ton, her products are amazing.

Hope you find what you are looking for!

Good idea about FB.

None of the regulars I visited went to CKC. It’s small and there haven’t been vendors that I’d drive a couple hours to see, but maybe it varies depending on location.

I’m surprised/pleased Rubbernecker still is at Expo. The owner has been talking about retiring for a long time—he’s terrific, worth a visit to his booth. He was demo-ing cards and I bet him that Versafine Clair could be stamped and then heat embossed 5 to 7 minutes after stamping when it feels dry. He took of his watch to time it. I won, got the neat card he was making. They have some neat stamps, some a bit different. 

There’s always been a very busy Disney booth, too bad if it’s not there.

I guess there’s a chance the son of the Rubbernecker owners took over the shows, but when last there (pre-pandemic) the father said their son wasn’t interested. 

I had a bad experience with Tall Mouse/Kreative Kreations. I went to the New Jersy expo on August 12th, and I shopped at the Tall Mouse booth. When I got home, I also placed an order online. The next thing I know, I'm getting a message that says that my order wouldn't ship until AFTER September 15th! I emailed them and received a snippy reply from the owner that said that she had been "very transparent" on the website and had  indicated that they would be traveling to shows and making "family visits," so orders wouldn't ship out until after September 15th. If there was a notice, it must have been so small that I didn't see it, and there was no notice on the payment page, which she also said was there.

I just sent an email yesterday inquiring about my order, but I haven't received a reply. I told her that the items are for a gift in October; and if she couldn't ship by the end of next week, I would cancel my order and find the items elsewhere. I will never buy anything from them again. If you're going to be out on the road for a month, and can't afford to have someone ship your orders while you're away, don't take orders until you get back.  It's unprofessional to make your customers wait over a month for their orders because you have to make family visits in addition to  a month of shows.

I wish I could remember. I can picture where the booth with Disney was on the showroom floor in 2019 though! That year I spent hours at the Stamplistic booth observing a gilding wax and gilders paste technique, and went to a couple classes so didn’t visit many booths. 

Paper Wizard is on the exhibitor list for 2019. Here’s the list in case it could be another company:
scrapbookexpo.com/2019-expo-show-list/va-19/exhibitors-va19/

Oh, yes, I forgot to mention that I did enjoy the expo more than I had thought I would.   There were more vendors than they listed on the show site.