Recap: Texas Bloggers first DFW Bloggers' Meet Up!

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On Saturday, September 08th, Julie from A Beautiful Day, Taylor from Goings On in Texas, and I hosted the first ever Texas Bloggers DFW Meet Up at A Piece of Work in Fort Worth!

The hostesses of the night

The eventful night was filled with goodies to munch on...

 

Wine to be enjoyed...

... and paintings to be drawn!

I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with and getting to know my fellow DFW Blogging gals. We truly are a little blogging community. Every woman I talked to that night was so kind, gracious, funny, and downright sweet! We may be online blogging pals, but rest assured my friendships with these ladies were truly affirmed that night. It's funny how bonds can be made through a little computer screen, isn't it?

I had the pleasure of meeting the following ladies that evening:

Julie at A Beautiful Day

Taylor at Goings On in Texas

Nicole at Three31

April at Red Dirt Mama

Becky at The Java Mama

Crystal at Mason's Mama

Amanda at Princess of the Panhandle

Jill at Nokoikonomia

Holli at Holli's Hoots and Hollers

Kristen at Few of My Favorite Things

Lauren at The Crazy Life of LT

Samm at Little House in the Big D

Cynthia at Oh So Pinteresting

After a fun-filled night of blog talk, story swaps, painting, and wine, we all finally said our goodbyes and went our separate ways for the night... BUT, not before grabbing our take-home souvenir! Julie did a beautiful job decorating the keepsake boxes that held the homemade cupcakes I made for the event:

All in all, it was a fantastic time, and I can't wait for the next one! Thank you ladies for making this past weekend one to definitely remember! :-)

Oh, and PS, just so it's out there as photographic proof that I DID paint something in my life, here's me with my attempted painting from the evening's workshop... I think I'll stick to my art skills on cupcakes! haha ;-)

Save the Date: Texas (DFW) Bloggers FIRST Official Meet-Up!

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Texas bloggers, get your "Paint & Wine" on!

Julie at A Beautiful Day, Taylor at Goings On in Texas, and myself invite you to join us for a fantastic evening filled with wine, art, and much-needed girl time with your fellow Texas Bloggers! (If you're not already a member of the Texas Bloggers group on Facebook, Head over here and get to know us today!)

I am SO excited for this upcoming event! On Saturday, September 8th those who register and attend will be treated to wine, appetizers, and a fun art class. While I'm no artist myself, I've been told that these art classes are fool proof! The added bonus of being able to keep the artwork you create on the given canvas serves for perfect bragging rights is too good to pass up! 

Week(end) Wraps and Snaps: Family, Fortune, and Fun!

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As y'all can imagine, the Fourth of July week and weekend brought lots of activities, photo ops, and memories with it.

This week, I enjoyed a great Fourth of July celebration with my boyfriend, Joe, and friends. You can check out my wild Independence Day adventure here.

On Thursday, I received my Oscar De La Renta scarf and sunglasses that I won during the giveaway from Emily at Life, etc. I absolutely LOVE these two accessories, and have already been playing around, figuring out a bunch of different ways to flaunt them. Thank you, Emily!

Sweet Summer Time '12

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Well, I had been preparing a Mid-Spring Round Up with a plethora of photographs, but my college career decided that studying and grades were more important. How dare she (and yes, my career is of female gender).


Enough excuses silliness aside; allow me to catch you up on my life--bullet point style. Why? Because bullet points are funner for you to read and lazier easier for me to write.