emily, emily, lindsay, melissa, rhoda, nester, sandy, kimba, jen, laryssa, gina
Blissdom was phenomenal, yet again. It was beyond wonderful to get to know other bloggers a little better. I especially loved the time we house bloggers got to spend together even though it was not near as long as I would have liked. It’s hard to really connect in a crowded super loud restaurant or in a trendy club where the main attraction is Harry Connick Jr.–as it should be. I’m more of a let’s-sit-at-a-table-in-a-coffee-shop-and-talk-kind-of-girl. Next year, I hope to be even more intentional about meeting the girls I was looking forward to meeting {Layla}. With over 500 women hanging out, you can easily feel like you hardly connected with anyone.
Kimm @ Reinvented, Kate @ Centsational Girl
I also had the privilege to speak on a panel about niche blogging. If you are looking for the questions I read during the session they are at Chatting at the Sky, my sister’s blog. {I’m not posting them here because this is a niche blog and I’m already risking making people mad by posting too many photos of myself and not talking about paint and fabric today} She and I spoke this summer at She Speaks and she came up with these 7 questions to help people be able to refine the focus/purpose of their blog. I thought it was a great tool to use as a niche blogger. I also declared that niche bloggers are the luckiest bloggers since we get to write about our passions. I hope I don’t get beat up by the writer-type bloggers.
Thrifty Decor Chic, Becky @ Infarrently Creative
Lindsay @ Pleated Poppy
AnNicole @Our Suburban Cottage, Julia @ Hooked on Houses, Sara @TDC, Nester
Melissa @ A Familiar Path, Emily @ Chatting at the Sky
I wanted to add in 49 million more photos but my computer is so slow today and I didn’t take 49 million photos…but my sister did.
I got to hug GUSSY!
embarrassing that I got a photo of Edie’s Mocha Cupcakes but NOT one of Edie
I also came home wondering about you. I have always assumed that most of you reading this have your own blog. But now I’m wondering if most of you don’t have blogs. So, I thought I’d take a survey.
I have a blog but it’s a family blog where I keep our friends and family up to date on our lives here. I don’t know if that counts for a blog here. :)
Nester! So great to meet you this weekend. I learned a lot from you both in sessions and at the lunch we shared. Thank you.
Nester, you could write about what you had for breakfast this morning and I would read it. With pleasure.
I appreciate very much that you are true to your niche–I turn to Nesting Place for inspiration and instruction very often. And I tell other people about you, so I’m glad you’re such a trustworthy source. But I love that you do interject some of yourself and your family into your blog. I wouldn’t want to know what you think if you were just about decorating houses. I like to know what you do to make a beautiful home for your family.
As for me, I’m sure I should think long and hard about what my niche might be. I like to think of myself as multi-faceted, but “hodge-podge” is probably more accurate. Ouch.
Take care! And welcome back to North Carolina!
Love,
Richella
Nester, you’re amazing ! So delighted to meet you at this lovely event!
fun pix! and there you are with my BEEEAUTIFULLLLL s.i.l. lindsey!
i’ll have to find my way to a blissdom at some time. for now i’ll settle (which i also really enjoy) for coffee and talk with girlfriends.
Hi, yes, i have a blog….an inspirational blog….need courage, come see me? Need clarification on priorities? come on over…..need me to tell you what you do is GREAT? Yes, I truly think it is, so COME ON OVER!!! I am never the same, I skip around, I ramble, but it is all meant to be inspiration to my handful of readers…..that’s all.
Would have loved being at the Gaylord and getting lost with y’all……it’s humonguous!!
Maybe next year!
Suzanne
Thanks for being a great roomie and BBF. I’m still laughing at us. So many classic moments I will never forget. I couldn’t {heart} you more.
Do I have a blog? HA! I have four :) 1) Pics of my kids. Only nana reads it, and a few aunts. 2) Cooking blog- my sister and I trade recipes back and forth. 3) Crafty stuff…and I started adding other projects I’d been working on, and eventually the “other” stuff started taking over so I started DIY Mama to chronicle everything we can make at home for CHEAP. :) I feel like such a poser on your blog, because I’m so horrible at decorating, and am so utilitarian that I really don’t have the patience for most of it anyway :)
i am so going to beat you up the next time i see you. the non niche writers are luckier because writing IS our passion and whatever we write about is fun (well, almost everything).
Hi there,
I am not sure if I have ever posted here, but I read here A LOT. Actually I think I have posted here, lol! Anyway, I vote YES I do have a blog and was very hap-hazard (is that a word?) until recently. I’m blogging about my life and things I love :)
Kristi
so far the nos are ahead on your survey. i’ll be interested to know how it turns out, since i predicted no.
It was so great to get to meet you! It is one of the highlights of my weekend! That and along with being so crafty who knew you had great taste in shoes! Loved em!
your blissdom recap is great! so glad it went well and you were able to meet so many wonderful and inspirational bloggers out there :)
i love all your scarves…i wear them too :) i have a blog, look at blogs, am decorating a new house based solely on what i’ve learned from blogs….thank heavens for blogland! :)
Looks like SO much fun! Wish I could have joined y’all! I really want to go next year~do you know where or when yet?? I heart your scarves~you all look beautiful!
Yes, I just started my blog this year. I would have loved an event like this. Maybe next year. Personally, I love all kinds of blogs. I am not quite sure what my blog is except that I love to share a kind of life application and
Scripture theme. I just love sharing what God shows me daily.
Blessings,
Teresa
Hello Nester … I have two blogs that are active – three really, but one is collaborative with about 12 others … I only wish Australia had a blissdom to attend … think you are all so lucky – it all about the connections … best le
I read your niche questions when you tweeted them on twitter and I thought they were excellent. I really struggle with staying all niche’ though. I want to be niche’. I do. I am mostly passionate about home inspiration and 90% of what I blog about relates to decorating….but I’m also passionate about recipes, and beauty tips, and jeans that don’t make my butt look big. Your questions gave me a lot to think about. Like, do I want to blog to please an audience, or do I want to blog to please myself? Obviously they don’t have to be mutually exclusive, but one typically weighs more heavily than the other. It’s a tough question to answer but a fantastic one to ask. So…thanks!
I tried to vote. (I don’t have a blog.) It wouldn’t let me. It said I had already voted. Did anyone else get that message?
I’m surprised the poll is showing more people don’t have blogs! Thanks for sharing pictures of your fun weekend. It’s almost like being there. Well, not really but it’s fun seeing everyone’s perspective.
I love your niche. If only I could get brave enough to try some of your wonderful suggestions. I’m one of those that will paint and redecorate a room and have blank walls for years. Fear of putting something up that won’t look right. I’m trying…
wow!! im surprised that your poll is split down the middle!! i assumed most people who read blogs, have blogs. i was wrong ;) blissdom sounds great… maybe someday ill be a famous blogger who gets to go. or not :)
Nope, no blog here. I have thought about it already, but there’s this thing called “time”…I love to read yours though and all the wonderful ones out there. They always gets my creative juices flowing!
Cute, cute, cute blogger ladies. I love looking at the photos from Blissdom. One of these years I might go!
I’m glad you asked that question! I don’t have a blog but I’ve come to realize that most of the blogs I read (house blogs and recipe/cooking blogs seem to think that only other blogger visit them That’s why I quit entering give-away contests on blogs – I felt they were only going to other people who blog. I love reading other people’s ideas and have gotten some great decorating advice from the blogs I read but I can’t imagine holding a full time job, cooking, cleaning, etc. and having time to do a blog nearly as well as all you do. I have several blogs I visit every day but rarely comment but I am a very appreciative “lurker”. Keep up the good work!
I’m amazed at the results of your survey! Who woulda thought!
I have a blog – http://www.couponmakeover.com!
I would have LOVED to go to Blissdom – Why don’t they sell cd’s from the conferences – they would make a TON of money?!?!
I very much enjoyed your panel at Blissdom! It inspired me to think about my own niche — which I think may be in the tech/computer/electronics area. I’m still sort of dreaming it up, though. Your 7 questions were great.
Also — your sister is a fantastic photographer! What lovely pictures she posted!!
I can’t get the vote thing-y to work, it says I’ve already voted (which I haven’t) but just for the record I don’t have a blog…..I’ll be interested to hear your results.
Blogger over here! Mine is called Casa Brasi.
Love your blog, by the way. Looks like you guys had a great time at Blissdom!
Hope you have a great day!
Nester,
Thank you for sharing some of your experiences and photos. It looks like a great time was had by all. I posted about the conference I attended in NJ this weekend. Harry made an appearance there as well!
Deborah
So fun to see familiar faces from some of my fav bloggers all together. Blissdom sounds like soooo much fun. I’m hoping I can go one year. :)
i just showed the kids our picture and my 4 y.o. asked who you were. then said, “she’s pretty!” it was a thrill to meet you and get to hang out with you a few times – something i have been looking forward to for so long! you are a doll!
It was super great seeing you at Blissdom! I love how our lives have collided over the year. You have been a great inspiration to me since I first “found” you. Would have loved to have hung out more….so much to process in such a short time. We ended up leaving before lunch on Sat (Trish’s son in hosiptal), so we missed the rest of Blissdom and your talk, maybe next year!
I have a blog but I rarely get computer time and when I do, I use it for practical reasons or for reading other people’s blogs, so mine gets little attention.