…WOW!
What an incredible four days I had last week.
First of all thank you so much to my EXTRAORDINARY guests for taking care of my blog during the time I visited SNAP.
You guys are amazing!
SNAP was the first conference I have gone to and the experience was nothing but INCREDIBLE!
I learned so many things during the time that I was there.
Some of those things I learned came from the speakers and classes and other ones came from the experience of being surrounded by so many fantastic women.
I want to share some of those learning moment with you…
1
Creativity comes in every size!
{ Here I am with my super talented roomie Megan from Brassy Apple }
2
Bloggers are made of bones and flesh…
No WAY!
{ Shelley from The House of Smiths and I being girls! }
3
You just have a few days to meet extraordinary women… make sure you do!
4
Dreams come true!
Back in Spring of 2011 Jo Packham wrote this in the opening article of her magazine:
” If you had the power and the privilege, the responsibility and the honor, of granting one wish to someone, what would it be?
What wish would you wish for yourself? Have you ever thought about it, really?”
Jo… you made one of my wishes come true: the honor to personally meet you.
{ Here I am with the one and ONLY Jo the creator of Where Women Create…and yes I was almost crying }
5
Make it special!
The first day of SNAP was the first birthday of The 36th AVENUE.
The first person that shared one of my projects was my beautiful Jen from Tartertots and Jello.
Jen my dear thank you for making me believe that I could fly!
I LOVE you!
6
Be grateful!
The reason why these events are even possible is in part because of the incredible sponsors behind them.
Take time to meet them, thank them and get to know their products!
One of my favorite ones there was Vinyl Outlet.
Look at the beautiful creations they made using vinyl… love it!
Another fun booth was Riley Blake Designs.
I had the chance to learn how to make a little flower embellishment while visiting with the ladies behind these amazing fabrics.
So fun!
And this girl loves to eat so I have to give two thumbs up to Velata
for the delicious dessert they provided for us.
Yum!
7
Bring comfortable shoes!
We did a lot of walking… by the end of the Conference I felt like I had had a killer work out I am actually still recuperating!
8
Don’t forget your business cards!
I am excited to go through them and visit the many new friends I made during SNAP.
9
Take a break!
I never thought a blogging conference could be overwhelming… but it can be at times.
There is a lot of information, names and people around you.
I enjoyed taking the time to focus on the simple things that make me happy!
10
Find a great group of roomies…
I adore my girls!
{ Megan from Brassy Apple, Tausha from Sassy Style, Jen from CraftOmaniac and I }
11
Have fun and enjoy the moment!
By the end of the Conference you’ll realize that you knew more people than you thought.
…Have FUN!
{ Here we are Cassity from Remodelaholic , Tausha from Sassy Style and I having a good time! }
12
Plan to take home more than what you brought with you.
Mique from 30 Handmade Days made it impossible for us ladies to not go shopping.
The Queen Bee Market was fantastic!
13
After coming home exhausted and taking a minute or two to process the last few days, I have one more lesson I learned.
Don’t go to a Conference with firm expectations.
via imgfave.com
I think sometimes we create the personality of bloggers in our minds.
…I did!
When you get to meet Bloggers personally you may be surprised of how different some of them can be to the person you have created in your head.
This is not a bad thing if you are ready for it.
Go to a Conference with an open mind, be yourself and don’t be afraid to approach everyone around you.
At the end of the day we are all the same, hoping, wanting, and dreaming pretty much the same things.
I had so much fun getting to know so many of you out there.
It was my pleasure to get to hug you, hear your voices, and meet you personally.
Thank you for making me feel so loved .
Happy Tuesday Lovelies!
Desirée
I’m a little late to the comment party, but I’m just now getting around to viewing everyone’s posts.
D– you’re a DOLL! No, literally… you’re so beautiful and warm and just glowing… You just GLOW 🙂
Its an honor and privilege to know you IRL now…
xoxo
Mallie
Oh my gosh Mallie, two sweet comments in one day. I am feeling pretty darn special.
I adore you girl!
Besos!
D – You are absolutely every bit as adorable in person as you are online…Thank you so very much for coming to SNAP! this year. It was a pleasure to meet you. Your personality sparkles and you simply draw everyone in and make them comfortable in moments.
xoxo
Tauni
Tauni,
It was so good to meet you… You are the WOWman!
SNAP was a great first Conference for me and I can’t wait to go again next year! Thank you so much for inspiring so many of us and for all of your hard work!
Have a great week my love!
It was SO much fun meeting you in real life. You are just as wonderful as I knew you would be. I adore you.
xoxo
Jen
It was SO fun meeting you!!!! Keep in touch! 🙂
Jen,
You are a rock star… I love you girl!
I found myself looking at your photos of the group shots and wondering, “do I know any of those bloggers in that room?”.
~Bliss~
I enjoyed this post, your IG & FB updates of SNAP, you always help me feel as if I was there with your pictures and quotes, I appreciate your style and love your mix of words, pics, and quotes!! So glad you had an Incredible 4 days! Hope to some day be able to meet all you ladies I adore so much thru blogs… Desiree you are beautiful and I love your colored jeans, YOU ROCK!! XO
Melanie,
How awesome are you!? Super AWESOME I say!
Thank you so much my love!
I enjoyed your post. I would love to go to a blogger conference. I need to find one that I could travel to.
Desiree I freakin love you!! I was SOOO happy to meet you in person!! I was prepared for your accent due to one of your posts but not how cute and small you are. Agree with the comment above, BIG personality in your little frame.
You are adorable and I’m sad I didn’t hug you goodbye (cuz I thought I was gonna hitch a ride back back to the hotel and ya’ll left so I missed my hugs, darrnit!) I’m def coming to St George so we can furniture swap 😉
LOVE YOU!! Besos!
I miss you so much already… what the heck? We just met and I feel like I know you forever.
Tons of love my friend…
xoxo