Have you ever dreamed of moving into a neighborhood with all of your closest friends and family? People who GET you, know how you tick, and what makes your heart skip a beat? That is what Creative Estates is all about. Emily, Danielle, and myself traveled to Phoenix to attend this amazing conference with some of the most amazingly talented women I have ever met!
Be still my heart… yes, this is Shelly from House of Smith’s!! She absolutely made my whole life when I introduced myself and she squealed with delight when I told her that we were from WhipperBerry. Shelly, my dear, you are fabulous!! And yes, I too rock the ellipses… all you grammar snobs out there please just indulge me.
This is our sweet friend, Jen, from Tatertots & Jell-o… dare I say mentor? Jen has been such a support to WhipperBerry and we LOVE her.
And here is Lara {aka Ellie G} from Less Cake {More Frosting}, our BFF in the blog world. What can we say about this amazing lady? You have to check out her blog if you haven’t already!
Amy from The Idea Room… what an inspiration!! Please ignore the terrible picture of me, isn’t she beautiful?
Sweet Jamielyn from I {Heart} Naptime, and Leanne from Decorate and Organize Everything, and our fabulous Emily.
And, the Incredible Char from Crap I’ve Made—we LOVE her!! We could go on and on and on. The weekend started with a lovely “Cocktails and Cupcakes” party, featuring an unbelievable dessert table styled by TomKat herself. You would’ve thought I would take a picture… but no, I was a little star struck. SORRY! You can see one here at Jamielyn’s blog, I {Heart} Naptime.
The next two days were filled with classes, panels, and crafting {this was a creative conference!}
We were delighted by the talented and HILARIOUS Shelly, Char, and Stephanie (from The Daily Blarg)…
We crafted with Miss Whippy Cake herself, Becki Crosby!
Look what I made…
Not exactly genius I know… I was more interested in hanging out with my new friends and Becki’s bag!!
Isn’t it cute?! {Stalkerish I know, I can’t help myself} Emily, Danielle, and I had a BALL and can’t wait for next year!! A huge thanks goes out to SheyB {the camera strap girl}, and Tauni {the PR genius} for putting on an amazing conference. For more pics you can check out our album on our Facebook page to see even more of the fun, and some of the other amazing ladies that we met.
I will allow you to rock the ellipses. They are appropriate, at times. I rock them too. I like to leave them as dangling thoughts . . .
That looks like a blast!! You gals deserve to be in that "neighborhood."
You 3 might be (and by "might be", I mean "TOTALLY are") my favorite people I met.
Oh it looks like ya'll had a blast! And I get to see some of my favorites in person!
Oh, I miss you all. I had such a great time talking and laughing with you. I feel like I've known you all forever. I can't wait till next year. I'm working on getting my facebook page and twitter going, so I can keep in better touch with everyone. You guys are so awesome.
It looks like you had an amazingly great time!!!! Maybe next year I can convince my hubby that I really do need to go. How fun to be with so many bloggers that get what you do:-) Thank you for sharing your pics with us!!!
You ladies were a blast! I have to admit being completely starstruck meeting you- I'm still overwhelmed by the gorgeousness of your blog. So glad we have twitter facebook and e-mail to keep in touch!
xoxo,
Amy
LOVED meeting you gals! Y'all are so sweet! And another huge thanks for bringing me traffic while we were gone!
Jen
Scissors & Spatulas
Eek! I LOVED meeting you girls this past weekend. Seriously, can we be best friends??? If only you lived in SLC 🙂
I have been thinking about next year's conference and I am loving the idea of hosting a panel on how to work on a team blog – great idea! Will you please help me keep it top of mind in the coming months???
Thank you for sharing your wonderful photos. Can you believe I only took about three? Shame.
Thanks so much for sharing this with us. I soooo hope I can go next year!
Cheers,
Tracy All Thumbs Crafts
Yeah for the Whipperberry girls!!! So fun to meet you gals! I can tell you know how to have a good time! So glad I got to meet you!
You girlies were WAY too much fun! Glad I got to meet you at the GNO and you totally made that last night one to remember! Good times!
We hung a out all weekend and didn't get one picture! Now I feel lame. haha! You ladies are all so darling!
Meeting you ladies was so fabulous. Seriously… you are just the sweetest. And you said nice things about me. So now I am crying.