Shiny happy people laughing
Meet me in the crowd
People people
Throw your love around
Love me love me
Take it into town
Happy happy
Put it in the ground
Where the flowers grow
Gold and silver shine
~ R.E.M.
Last Thursday,
Friday and Saturday
I found myself
surrounded
by shiny
happy
people.....
Once strangers
who I might
never have met
or shared a
smile
a laugh
their
stories.
And it
all happened
because
last winter
last winter
I discovered
blogging!
Between attending
day one of an
inspiring conference
called the Creative Connection
in Minneapolis, Minnesota
USA
and exploring
the ginormous
Midwest flea market
called Junk Bonanza....
I had the pleasure
of getting to know
a wonderful variety
of creative women,
such as....
My favorite painting
farm girl/blogger mama
Becky
A Canadian school teacher/
photographer/blogger
Koralee
A talented jewelry-maker/
Junk Bonanza vendor/blogger
Gretchen
A full-time nurse/part-time
Etsy artist and shopkeeper
who hails from Japan
Chieko
A crafty occasional sale mama
Colleen
A talented farmer's wife
with a successful photography biz/blogger
Traci
And a former paramedic/mother of
three wee girls and artist extrodinare/blogger
Jen
....and so many
many more, all equally
fascinating
in my book.
But wait ~
there's more!!
On Thursday
blogging!
Between attending
day one of an
inspiring conference
called the Creative Connection
in Minneapolis, Minnesota
USA
and exploring
the ginormous
Midwest flea market
called Junk Bonanza....
I had the pleasure
of getting to know
a wonderful variety
of creative women,
such as....
My favorite painting
farm girl/blogger mama
Becky
 |
| Beth {Beth Quinn Designs} and Becky {Farmgirl Paints} |
A Canadian school teacher/
photographer/blogger
Koralee
 |
| Koralee {Bluebird Notes} and Me |
A talented jewelry-maker/
Junk Bonanza vendor/blogger
Gretchen
 |
| Gretchen {Mimi-Torias Designs} flanked by two Junk Bonanza princesses! |
Etsy artist and shopkeeper
who hails from Japan
Chieko
 |
A crafty occasional sale mama
Colleen
 |
with a successful photography biz/blogger
Traci
 |
My girl with Traci {Traci Thorson Photography} and Jen {Sanctuary Arts} |
three wee girls and artist extrodinare/blogger
Jen
A cop's wife/treasure seeker and
refinisher/businesswoman/blogger
 |
| Jen and Mary {Urban Farmgirl} |
A cottage stylist/Junk Bonanza guru/
local celebrity/blogger mom
 |
| Becky, Jill {Forever Cottage, Junk Bonanza}, Me |
A French-loving/shopkeeper/
photo-styling blogger
 |
| Tracey {French Larkspur} |
The most enthusiastic Aussie
bringing junk love back to Oz,
 |
Tracie {Tracie Van Wechel} JB official photog and Tamarah {Shabby Vintage Junk} all the way from Australia! |
....and so many
many more, all equally
fascinating
in my book.
 |
| Shiny, happy bloggers |
But wait ~
there's more!!
On Thursday
while attending
the Creative Connection,
I sat in on a panel
discussion that included
Serena Thompson of
And had meals with
keynote speeches
from Ree Drummond...
And Mary Jane Butters
And Amy Butler.
It was a
wild and crazy
ride
and one I would
never have
dreamed of,
six short
months ago.
A whole new
community
of
shiny,
happy
people.
Thank you for
being part
of this
extraordinary
new world!
{Don't forget
to enter
my giveaway,
which ends
Thursday night.}
[images: 1 flickr {click
for attribution};
rest P&H
except Serena, Ree,
Mary Jane and Amy,
which were taken from
their own blogs.]
wild and crazy
ride
and one I would
never have
dreamed of,
six short
months ago.
A whole new
community
of
shiny,
happy
people.
Thank you for
being part
of this
extraordinary
new world!
{Don't forget
to enter
my giveaway,
which ends
Thursday night.}
[images: 1 flickr {click
for attribution};
rest P&H
except Serena, Ree,
Mary Jane and Amy,
which were taken from
their own blogs.]
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