A special thank you to Casey for providing me with so many of these photos. love you girl.
To read my first post about Blog Sugar, click HERE.
And now, get ready for photo-overload.
(Lindsay, Me, Casey)
I loved this conference–especially since it was so close to home. I drove down with one of my favorite friends, Lindsay.
It was incredible to meet people that I have admired for so long–people like Gussy.
Me, Lindsey {the Pleated Poppy}.
Me, Angry Julie . And she is a real life CSI photographer. She says its nothing like we see on TV, but I don’t believe her. Her blog will be a fast favorite of yours. (photo cred: Casey Wiegand)
THE Lisa Leonard, Me.
Bottom left: Lillybug Lane. Center: Meagan. Left: Lindsay
Mindy of Marigold Road, who also made ALL these goodies for every girl at the conference. How cute are these pins?! I love mine.
This was my third blog conference. Yet for some reason I still got those butterfly jitters in my stomach. The flutters that make you all nervous and giddy at the same time. The flutters that remind you that you’re about to meet encouraging and beautiful women who are out there making a difference in this world. With every turn, and every handshake, I had those flutters at Blog Sugar. But when I saw that this girl was speaking, the flutters turned into giant bat wings pounding against the inside of my tummy walls.
So rather than introduce myself, I spent the first 4 hours of the conference admiring her from afar–and even snapping an occasional photo or two (not creepy at all). And then I mustered up the courage to get a bit closer.
I hung out at about this 10 yard distance for 1/2 an hour while girl after girl came up to gush about how much they loved her–which only made me more nervous to introduce myself. You see a while back, I was introduced to Meg’s blog when I started receiving a crazy amount of hits from a blog called Whatever. Naturally, I clicked onto the link, and I was taken to a post about a beautiful craft weekend hosted by Meg, where they crafted my Pom Pom Necklaces. I dug deeper into her archives and was inspired by her writing style and by her accomplishments.
So I finally, I sucked it up and introduced myself.
Me: I like your shoes.
Meg: Uh, thanks.
Me: They’re really sparkly.
Meg: Yes they are. (Then she gives a half smile.)
Me: Mine aren’t sparkly.
Silence.
Left: Meg. Right: Me.
Me: Can I take a picture with you?
Meg: Of course you can sweetie. And then she gave a full smile.
And my nerves melted away as she put her arm around me and smiled for the camera. And then something goofy and awkward came over me yet again, and I decided it would be a good idea to take a photo like this. Because I hadn’t already embarassed myself enough.
She’s slightly taller than me.
A special thanks to Alexandra Rose for providing me with the worlds cutest pouches. I used them at Blog Sugar to keep all my biz cards, and the ones I collected. They were a big hit–not to mention they’re made with my favorite colors!
You can shop her goodness HERE.
Use the code: LITTLEMISS15 for a 15% OFF discount!
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On another note, I’m pretty excited for my feature on Lauren Conrad’s blog!
