What a fantastic day we had celebrating the joys of creativity and holiday inspiration with our friends. It was so incredible to see a room packed full of women who came together to spend the day meeting new friends, nibbling on delicious chocolate goodies, listening to inspiring speakers and making a few fun projects to take home. Here are photo highlights of the day courtesy of The Man. Seems I forgot to take photos, thank goodness he took charge.
Here everyone is busy making their Lavish Bon Bons and Bijoux Ribbon Ornaments. These creative women caught on quick and all the finished projects looked so festive.
The vendors at our Petite Christmas Boutique brought such lovely things and there was such a nice mix of holiday items to choose from. Here is the adorable Beth Quinn and her famous jewelry!
Mary Violasse brought her hand picked selections of vintage Christmas ephemera and ornaments along with gorgeous antiques, perfect for gift giving. She has such an eye for beautiful things.
Kay Ellen and her Mom set up a French inspired table to showcase creative ways to use their JoDee's line of no sew fabric tape. I love working with their tape and in fact recently used it to make some drapes for my breakfast nook.
And the darling girls from Orange Blossom Tea House gave us a peek at what their signature Tea Grams are like when delivered to your loved ones door. They also generously provided a Tea Gram as a door prize and sent each guest home with a delicious scone. Thank you ladies!
Jane Pollock from Art Takes a Village put her artistic touch on everything she made. Her creations are all amazing and have the perfect feminine French flair.
And look at the surprise we all got to see during our event!
This gorgeous bride walking down the steps of the rotunda. What a beautiful view from our seats and we gave her a round of applause!
The highlight of our day was having the chance to listen to Jenny Doh and Staci Dumoski. They shared their insights from the publishing world along with what inspires them and how they make the time to be creative. Guests had the opportunity to ask them questions about blogging, how to submit something for publication and how they choose their themes for their ongoing Open Call for artists. The door prizes they brought, Where Women Create, Life Images, Artful Blogging and Somerset Life magazines were a big hit as well. A big thank you to you both and to Stampington & Company. And sweet Monica it was a pleasure to have you join us. I encourage you to continue your creative journey into blogging.
These were a few photos from my booth. I'm in love with these glittered slippers! I'll try to get some up on the website for you. Aren't they so Parisian?
I want to also thank all the generous friends who donated such gorgeous door prizes for our guests. It was such fun to give away so many beautiful items from women owned businesses! In addition to those I've already mentioned, I want to say thank you to: Sis Boom, The Vintage Empire, Raised in Cotton, Old Glory General Store, Teresa Sheeley Designs, JoDees, Inc., and Marchen Studios. The day wouldn't have been the same without your generous contributions!
And for those of you who attended, thank you for your warm friendship, laughter and the pure pleasure of your company. I hope that each of you had a wonderful day and will cherish the memory as I know I will. I was asked numerous times during the day if I plan to make this an annual event...I consider that to be such a wonderful compliment. Merci Beaucoup!
