Shiny Happy

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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

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

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!

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

My girl with Traci {Traci Thorson Photography}

and Jen {Sanctuary Arts}

And a former paramedic/mother of
three wee girls and artist extrodinare/blogger
Jen

A cop's wife/treasure seeker and

refinisher/businesswoman/blogger

Mary

Jen and Mary {Urban Farmgirl}

A cottage stylist/Junk Bonanza guru/

local celebrity/blogger mom

Jill

Becky, Jill {Forever Cottage, Junk Bonanza}, Me

A French-loving/shopkeeper/

photo-styling blogger

Tracey

Tracey {French Larkspur}

The most enthusiastic Aussie

bringing junk love back to Oz,

Tamarah!

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

the Farm Chicks blog....

And had meals with

keynote speeches

from Ree Drummond... 

{The Pioneer Woman}

Ree signing my cookbook!

And Mary Jane Butters

{Mary Jane's Farm}

And Amy Butler.

{Amy Butler Design}

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.]

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• The L Word ♥
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• Chasing Dreams Home
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• Lumpy
• Benched: Virtual Coffee

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