Not to be outdone by the design blogging get togethers in Toronto, we bloggers on the west enjoyed a wonderful lunch to meet and greet.
Sixteen creative and talented women were in attendance, enjoying a wonderful Italian lunch in the historic town of New Westminster, British Columbia. Our goal was a chance to meet and to discuss ideas about creating a network of lifestyle and design bloggers here in the west, which we have aptly named, Design and Lifestyle Bloggers {West}.
Sixteen creative and talented women were in attendance, enjoying a wonderful Italian lunch in the historic town of New Westminster, British Columbia. Our goal was a chance to meet and to discuss ideas about creating a network of lifestyle and design bloggers here in the west, which we have aptly named, Design and Lifestyle Bloggers {West}.
I was excited to meet some new faces and to see old ones.
The talent all in one room was dizzying!
Bloggers in attendance were:
Karla from Kerrisdale Design {she has another feature in this month's Style at Home - congrats!}
Andrea from From My Living Room
Nancy from Marcus Design
Victoria from Edin Design {soon to be live, formerly from Design Ties}
Yvonne and Sharon, the dynamic duo from Layers and Layers
Carol from The Design Pages
Catherine from Peace Love Sweater
Jill from Reflections Interior Designs
Jennifer from Nicole Jane Home
Tracey from raggygirlvintage
Tracey from My House of Giggles
Sari from The Lovely In Life
Michelle from A Schematic Life
Jody from The Simply Inspired Home
Of course I forgot my camera {bad blogger} so since Victoria's blog is under construction she emailed me photos she took of that day!
left to right: Karla. Andrea, Tracey, Sari, Catherine, Jodi, {can't see them but Tracey and Carol} Yvonne {the blonde in the far back}, Sharon, Michelle and I {behind the waiter's arm} Jill, Jennifer and Nancy
Andrea & Nancy
Karla & Andrea
Tracey {raggygirlvintage} and Sari
from left to right: Michelle, Andrea, Nancy, Carol, me, Catherine and Jodi
We are planning a few events and have a few things up our sleeves for the near future. We are excited for things to come!
If you are a design or lifestyle blogger from the west {BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba} please shoot me an email [barbaras{dot}hodgepodge{at}yahoo{dot}ca] to get you connected with our Facebook Page where you can connect with other bloggers west of Toronto!
*{By no means do we want to disassociate ourselves with our fellow Easterners, but we feel that with our geographical distance we need to create a micro-group that makes it easier for us to get together without having to sell our first born for a plane ticket out East!}
XO Barbara
*{By no means do we want to disassociate ourselves with our fellow Easterners, but we feel that with our geographical distance we need to create a micro-group that makes it easier for us to get together without having to sell our first born for a plane ticket out East!}
XO Barbara
