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Tequila, A Table Of Bloggers, And Temporary Tattoos For All

July 26, 2009 By Blonde Mom 7 Comments

Last night my fabulous co-hort, Amy from Milkbreath and Margaritas, and I co-hosted Margarit-Her for local women bloggers who weren’t able to make it to the annual BlogHer conference in Chicago.

Jamie and Amy Margarit-Her

We met up at Cantina Laredo in the Gulch and had a fabulous time. One blogger drove down from Clarksville and one came in from Memphis which was just awesome. We gave out some fun door prizes, including two family four packs of tickets to the August Wiggles concert thanks to Sprout TV as Amy and I are both on their band of bloggers.

Amy and I are going to plan another get together for this fall, so stay tuned. If you weren’t able to meet up with us last night we’d love to see you next time. And I promise to continue to keep it classy with the fancy pants Post It note nametags and temporary tattoos! And a big thanks to Karla from Fruition Designs, Looking Towards Heaven, and Modern Media Mom for designing our super fab blog button. She wasn’t able to make it but still found time to share her mad design skills with us.

Margarit-Her Table

Thanks to everyone who came out! (I’ve posted more pictures on Flickr.)

Kel from Cafe Kel

Callie from Broccoli Cupcake

Michelle from Michelle Smiles

Ashley from Mrs. 007

Meredith from Like Merchant Ships

Malia from Live, Laugh, Love

Liza Graves and Elizabeth Fox from Style Blueprint

Jordana from Curmudgeonry

Jessica Kelley from The Parsonage Family

Jessie from Vanderbilt Wife

Lori from 6 at the Zoo

Leisa Hammett from Leisa A. Hammett: On the Journey with Grace

Jennilea at Jennilea on Twitter

Rebecca Jacobs from Tooth Whale

Filed Under: Bloggy Things, Nashville 7 Comments

Lots Of Estrogen, Lots Of Swag, Lots Of Blogging

October 20, 2008 By Blonde Mom 22 Comments

I spent my Saturday in a dark bar with a bunch of hot women from the Internet. How’d you spend yours?

Seriously, a great time was had by all at Blissdom ‘08 at the Hotel Preston here in Nashville organized by the talented women of Blissfully Domestic and sponsored by One2One Network and Epson.

I have to admit I was suddenly overcome with nervousness the first five minutes I was there because of an unexpected ”uhhhh…meeting lots of new people” reflex. I wasn’t going to mention that, but I know some people go through that…so there you have it. Once I started talking I was fine, so much so that I probably didn’t stop talking ALL DAY and ALL NIGHT. Just ask Mrs. 007 and Lori from Front Porch Legacy, both lovely new bloggers from Middle Tennessee that I sat with.

Check out these Blissdom speakers:

Tsh from Simple Mom (who needs Martha Stewart?)

Jennifer from Playgroups Are No Place for Children (check out her informative posts for bloggers)

THE original Busy Mom

The Nester (squeeee!)...again, who the heck is Martha?

Lotus from Sarcastic Mom

Karla from Looking Towards Heaven, VP of Blissfully Domestic

Alli, the queen bee of Blissfully Domestic

Megan from Velveteen Mind who can work that mike and is the brainchild behind Blog Nosh magazine

Robin, editor of Blissfully Domestic’s new faith channel

and keynote speaker Lynn Terry of Click Newz

Michelle Lamar (White Trash Mom) was not able to attend and I was bummed because I was hoping she’d demonstrate some mad Halloween tampon crafting skillz.

It was all very informal with lots of great hair in one room. I mean I could not stop wanting to touch the Queen of Shake Shake’s hair when we were talking, ya’ll. Leisa Hammett, a Nashville writer whose 12-year-old daughter is an amazingly talented artist, was also queen of hair for the day. So I’m obsessed with hair…I digress.

We were treated to an awesome performance by Jessie Baylin, who just appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Several of us went to dinner at Sunset Grill and I sat with some of my Nashville peeps and the Cincinatti crew: Shannan from Mommy Bits, Susan from Working Moms Against Guilt, and Amy in Ohio. I thought about taking Mrs. CPA’s adorable baby girl home with me, but decided against it.

Everyone there was just awesome and I know I am forgetting to link to some of you lovely ladies (like just now I am adding Ginger from Attention Target Shoppers and Missy from the House of Flying Monkeys). (Gush, gush, smooch, smooch.)

Me (yes I am that short), Malia from Live, Laugh, Love, Amy from Milkbreath & Margaritas, and Lori from Front Porch Legacy (she and Mrs. CPA get my vote for best Southern accents).

Mark your calendars for February when Blissdom STRIKES AGAIN. Will there be signature pink Blisstinis? I bet there will.

p.s. Thanks to Johnson & Johnson for helping me provide their great new Melt Away Stress lotion for the swag bags!

p.p.s. Secret Agent Mama has an awesome photo set on Flickr from Blissdom. She is an amazing photographer! Ginger at Attention Target Shoppers has a great recap...I met her Saturday and got one of her fun business cards.

Filed Under: Bloggy Things 22 Comments

Camp Baby Roundup

July 12, 2008 By Blonde Mom 3 Comments

It’s been a while since I’ve participated in the J&J Camp Baby Alumni blog roundups, but there are some good things going on.

It’s National Ice Cream Month and Christine at From Dates to Diapers is having an online ice cream social with several cool prizes, including a Hamilton Beach Ice Cream Maker.

Mom’s Favorite Stuff reviews a fun and functional summer bag for moms.

Leeanthro at Soy is the New Black has a lovely post about her vegetable garden.

And I’ve got a fun review at Savvy Housewife for an Orville Redenbacher special edition popcorn bowl filled with samples and coupons.

I’m just sitting here at my desk wondering why our neighbor mowed the strip of grass inbetween our driveways and blew the grass clippings away from the grassy area and directly on to our driveway. I’m really hoping he’s just taking a lunch break before he comes out and fires up the leaf blower.