...By true friends I never knew I had, and...
...By all of the wonderful women I met this weekend.
What a great experience!
They were all so amazingly sweet, warm and friendly. Much more than I could have ever imagined.
I have so much to tell you, but as I compile my thoughts and pictures, and reflect on all of the talented women I met, I wanted to take a minute to thank you for being such good blog buddies.
I have 3 canvas "goodie bags" left over filled with fabulous little things that some of the ladies brought.
I want to give them to 3 lucky commenters.
You can leave a comment for one entry, and join as a follower for a second, or let me know if you already are one.
I'll announce the winner on Wednesday with the party post!
Good luck!
Jen
I would love one of the totes!!! How precious of you to think of your readers!!!
ReplyDeleteOH...and I've been a follower for quite some time!!!
ReplyDeleteI would love one of those fabuloso bags...thank you very much! I have your link on my blog by the way! That way I get to peek in every day !
ReplyDeleteI want one, PLEASE.
ReplyDeleteCha Cha
I would love to be entered to receive one of those awesome totes!! I love visiting your blog--you are so creative and have fab ideas! Thanks. Blessing to you and yours!
ReplyDeleteThat bag is so cute! I follow you in Google Reader...does that count? :o)
ReplyDeleteSo glad you had a great time!! There are so many wonderful people in blog land. I only dream of meeting all those I follow!
ReplyDeletekristidorman@gmail.com
Glad you had a good time meeting new blog friends. Please include me in your give away. And your blog is on my google reader!
ReplyDeleteOops, yes I follow you!!
ReplyDeletekristidorman@gmail.com
Cute bag! I'm a follower!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win! That tote is adorable.
ReplyDeleteOh Jen...the bag alone is divine!!!! I'm so very glad you had a good time ~ I hope your week is wonderful, hugs and love, Dawn
ReplyDeleteI follow(and love) your blog in bloglines(have for quite a while now!)
ReplyDeleteI would love to win a bag!
ReplyDeleteI just became a follower, I thought I already was!
ReplyDeleteHi Jen:
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear about your "gathering". Hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day.
xoxo
Donna
Me again...Not only am I a follower, but I've had your blog in my blog roll for a while now, so that I don't miss any of your posts!
ReplyDeletexoxo
Donna
and I am a follower too Jen!!! xxoo, Dawn
ReplyDeleteYes, please! I'm a follower.
ReplyDeleteOoh I wanna see what's in there! Heehee.
ReplyDeleteOh and also I've been a follower for a long time . . . but I guess not in the blogger sense, just the google reader sense. So NOW I am an official official follower.
ReplyDeleteLove the bag! Happy Belated Valentine's Day!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear about the weekend. I've been following like a little puppy for quite a while now!
ReplyDeleteDebbie
Wow, that's a neat giveaway! I've been a follower for quite some time now. It would be cool to win!
ReplyDeleteNancy
Glad you had a great time. And I am a follower already. I am having a giveaway too, jump on over!
ReplyDeleteOh, how COOL is that??? You know I am a follower, girl! I love your blog!
ReplyDeleteYOu are so sweet to think of us!
Suzanne
These totes are adorable! Thank you for this giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI am also a devoted follower! I LOVE your blog! :)
ReplyDeleteI wish I lived in IL so I could have attended your blogger get together. I'm sure a fabulous time was had by all. Love the totes you made!!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower, too.
ReplyDeleteWas lovely to discover your blog, via Tracey. Love the tote and I will join your followers ~
ReplyDeleteGlad that you had a great get together with some of your blogging friends.
Enjoy your week
Hugs
Carolyn
How thoughtful of you. I'd love to win! :)
ReplyDeleteI've been a follower for a long time. I think you were one of the very first blogs I followed.
ReplyDeleteLove the tote and the saying! Can't wait to read all about it!
ReplyDeleteOoooh, thank you for the opportunity!
ReplyDelete~ Sarah
LOVE it! Happy Valentines Day to you! ♥
ReplyDeleteDear Jen, I'm hoping that I'm one of the 3 "lucky" names drawn for such a beautiful gift...If not, I at least found a new treasure......
ReplyDeleteSanctuary Arts at Home. Be Blessed... Sue
oh, and...consider yourself followed :0)
ReplyDeleteI just love you blog! And would totally dig having a nifty bag like that ;o)
ReplyDeleteI've been following you for a while now!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful weekend!! Can't wait to hear more about it! :)
ReplyDeleteI follow you!
ReplyDeleteOh, I would just love one!
ReplyDeleteChelsea
And I am a follower!
ReplyDeleteChelsea
Of course I am a follower - and what a treat one of those bags would be!!! I can't wait to hear all about it on Wednesday!
ReplyDeletexx
I can not wait to hear all about it! Call me tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and always look forward to reading them.
ReplyDeleteHolly
I'm a follower
ReplyDeletei haven't been by in forever (bc of the baby) and I've missed your blog! i will be back for my regular fix often.
ReplyDeleteHi Jen, oh how I wish I could have been there to meet all of you. I've heard it was a wonderful time! Next time could you include Missouri, LOL?
ReplyDeleteyou know I'm a follower. Hope you had a great Valentine's Day.
Debra
Oh so fun!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
I'm a follower!
ReplyDeleteHey Jen,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you had an awesome time meeting some of your blogging friends/fans.
I must tell you how much I enjoy knowing that someone else has decorating ADD---doing those "necessary" home improvement jobs when there are a dozen other things going on. Boy can I relate to that!
Have a great week my friend.
FOLLOW! It's great to know that doing something you love can make someone's day who you don't even know!!!
ReplyDeletePlease enter me for the tote bag giveaway. I am already a follower! :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you have precious people in your life, makes life so much fun!
Hugs,
Rhonda
Hi there! I really love your blog and that tote is adorable :)
ReplyDeleteOh, and I follow you via google reader and have your link on my blog!
ReplyDeletePICK ME! I would have been there except that whole working thing got in the way! Love the tote!
ReplyDeleteAs I sit here with my swollen glands, sore throat and weary mind I am sad that I missed this event.
ReplyDeleteI am already a follower, so if you would include me in your drawing, I would be most thankful.
Hi Jen, It sounds like soooo much fun!! To meet with people who are so much like ourselves!! I would absolutely LOVE to win one of those totes, as I know they are filled with gorgeous things!! I have you on my blog roll so I won't miss a single post!! Linda
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good time! Would love to win.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a great weekend. So wish I lived closer and could have fun. The bag is adorable would love a chance to win one and of course I am a follower!
ReplyDeletejust found your blog and am enjoying it tremendously! Blessings! Lucy
ReplyDeleteI would love to "tote" around one of those wonderful totes! So thoughtful of you. I am a follower as well.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear all about the get together! Oh, and I follow you, too.
ReplyDeleteHappy Monday!
don't put me in the drawing, cuz i already got one,
ReplyDeletebut girls you will love it!!!
Very cute totes! What a fun time to get together with all your bloggy friends!!
ReplyDeleteShellagh
I'd love one of these! I've kicked myself a hundred times for not going to Blissdom--especially since it was so close. Thanks for thinking of us!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm a follower.
ReplyDeleteThe bag is darling! I can't remember if I'm a follower or not... I think I am... but I will double check!
ReplyDeleteI do not blog, but do follow all the local blogs. I live in South Suburbs. Sounds like you all had a great time.
ReplyDeleteThat tote is too cute. Pick me! Pick me!
ReplyDeleteToo cute! Pick me! Pick me!
ReplyDeleteI've been a follower for a few months now and your blog is definately one of my favs!
ReplyDeleteThose totes are too cute. Can't wait to win! ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm already lucky to have discovered and happy to follow your blog: who knows if will I be also lucky to win?
ReplyDeleteHave been a follower for only a few months but a faithful one!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful gift! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteginab6 at yahoo dot com
My birthday is tomorrow, so that would make an awesome birthday present!!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteoh and I am a follower too
ReplyDeleteOh, how fun! Please enter me too!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I would love a tote like that for bringing treasures home to my nest! Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteI've been happily following your blog in Google reader for some time now! Thanks for chance #2!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful tote. I would love to win and wish I could have gone too! glad you had a wonderful time.
ReplyDeletesounds like a great weekend. Would love one of those totes.
ReplyDeleteJunk Mammas Jenn
hello, hello!
ReplyDeleteI've just stumbled across your blog; it's quite adorable, as is the goodie bag. I'm keeping my fingers crossed! :) I'm relatively new to blogworld, but I love it already. Looking forward to seeing more from you!
xoxo,
Blair
P.S. I just became a follower;).
ReplyDeleteI would love to win one of these totes! The lettering is so cute. Thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower too. I have you in my blogroll on the sidebar so I can see all your new posts.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't it feel good to give???
ReplyDeleteUgh! I can't wait any longer to see pics of the party! I so wish that I could of gone. If my hubby hadn't screwed up his calendar I would of been there. Now I am just looking forward to living vicariously through all of your pics.
ReplyDeleteHi Jen, I am so glad that your weekend went so well. My sister and I really wanted to join you. We live in the area. So sad we couldn't make but would love to come to the next one!!
ReplyDeleteThat bag is so cute! I can't even imagine the amazing stuff inside.
ReplyDeleteLisa
I also just became a follower.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tote! I love your blog!
ReplyDeleteI would love to be entered in your give-away. I have really been enjoying your blog. I love your music so much that I have been listening to it from your blog while I work in my studio. My dd who is 15 also loves it, which is quite a compliment, because she is quite the music connoisseur. I'm glad yo had a good weekend. It sounds like it was really special.
ReplyDeleteAlso I have been following your blog for a while now.
Glad you had such a nice time! Cute tote.
ReplyDelete-FringeGirl
I love that tote! Found you from Designing DNA! I am a follower now...:)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous tote bag ~ beautiful giveaway ♥ Thankyou, Deb
ReplyDeleteI wish I could have come too!
ReplyDeleteToo cute and I have been a follower also and always look forward to visiting your blog....Barb
ReplyDeleteLove the bag - count me in!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog and just became a follower! I also wouldn't mind winnning one of those cute totes..
ReplyDeleteWould love to win one of those adorable totes! Jackie
ReplyDeleteBeen reading you for quite some time, but now I am a follower. Jackie
ReplyDelete*gasp* NOW thats what I call a GOODIE BAG! Please tape my name to the bottom of the hat so you'll be sure to pull it out so I can win. I am already a stalker, I mean follower...so you can tape my name down twice if you really-really want too. Just make sure you don't tape it so well that your not able to pull it off. Use that painters tape... yep, that'll do the trick. *big grin*
ReplyDelete~Cheryl
JEN! I swear there are no bloggers in Pasadena.
ReplyDeleteOK, i'm being dramatic....but it seems that all 'my people' are in Illinois......Or within a reasonable driving distance away! sigh.....
thought about you all day on Saturday - and yearned to be with you!
Can't wait to hear all about it...see pictures and mentally photoshop myself in there, too...
xoxo
Sign me up Jen! Love them. I am also a follower. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI adore your blog! Thanks so much for being willing to share yourself and your life with near strangers!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower! Oh, and on your previous post, I, too am quite well known for adding unnecessary projects at untimely, um, times!
ReplyDeleteThose totes are so pretty, I'd love to win one.
ReplyDeletewhat an amazing event!!
ReplyDeletei just saw all the amazing images in traci's entry! you chicago women are amazing!
every detail from your get together looks perfectly wonderful!
ps--i'm a follower too
:)
You are pretty darn sweet yourself!
ReplyDeleteThe goodies are great!
annie
I would love one of those totes...could use a pick me up about now.....love your blog!
ReplyDeleteSandy
slpgrad@gmail.com
Oh wow! What a great give-away! WOuld love tohave one! And yes, I am a follower!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great time Jen, wish I could have been there, Traci did a great post on the party!! hope you are recovering well!!
ReplyDeleteWhat cute totes! I would love to win one. ALso signing up as a follower.
ReplyDeletedee@spitzerind.com
I am a follower of your blog and enjoy visiting.....always fun! Would love to have a chance to win one of your totes! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the gals had a great time and I would have loved to have been there!
ReplyDeleteI would love a tote!
i am a follower
ReplyDeleteGreat tote! Thanks for the chance to win!!!! Blessings, Heidi
ReplyDeleteOh Jen i can't wait to hear all about your get together... how i wished i was there!!! what an amazing evening to be all together with all that creativity and lovely gals!!
ReplyDeletexo,
LuLu
the totes are adorable. would love to win one.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely wonderful!
ReplyDeleteOh how I live these totes. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOK, so these totes look so cool, and I'm very jealous of the Saturday blog-in. Sounds like it was a fabulous time for all.
ReplyDeleteyour day looks absolutely lovely! what a special treat to share the goodie bags! and i'm pretty sure i'm a follower - albeit just a recent one!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a blast! I wish I could go to one of these... you midwest girls really know how to throw amazing get togethers! Almost makes me want to start blogging again! I know I need to... :-)
ReplyDelete-Kari
I would love a chance to win your sweet bag! I know the day must have been so fun! I am already a follower and lover of your blog!
ReplyDeleteHow sweet of you! That tote is darling. I look forward to hearing more about all of the fun women you met!
ReplyDeleteOh my, please, yes, enter me in your giuveaway. Your party looked like so much fun!
ReplyDeleteI'm becoming a follower of yours too!
Just discovered your blog - Cute!
ReplyDeleteYou're so sweet!
ReplyDeleteThose totes are so sweet! I'm already a follower!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the word definition things I'm seeing all around. Especially the Nest ones. I was in Pottery Barn and saw the Nest pillow. I hope I win!!! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely tote!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great time:) I would love one of those bags very much. Also LOVE the music on your blog....I listen and check in very frequently:)
ReplyDeletehow sweet, would love one of those!
ReplyDeleteI am a follower! Love your blog and wish I lived closer so I could have invited myself to your party! ;D
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the pics of everyone! What a creative idea...especially given your weather. I would love to win a gift bag...am I too late to enter?
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