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BlissDom 2010

February 16, 2010 By Deanna Filed Under Chick-ventures

I don’t even know where to begin – how can you put into words all the many squeezes my heart felt in such a short period of time? How could I know that one of my dearest online friends would introduce me to the sister I never knew I had and my hair twin (and owner of the BEST blog name ever!)?

Or that a man with a red rubber ball could make me rethink so much about parenting, life and even blogging?

…that I would get to hang out for a bit with one of the most amazing writers/photographers/moms I know?

Or that I could feel like a 15 year old giggling girl just by being within 2 (TWO!!!) feet of this guy:

It was a joy to see faces I knew from last year, and to see new faces too – there never seemed to be enough time to sit and talk, even though that’s all we did!

I also lucked out in the roommate department again this year – I had the hysterical, smart, and truly lovely Stiletto Mom as my roomie -

Can you stand the fabulousness??? In case you live under a rock, that is Miss Alli kissing my roomie, and is the fabulous behind the BlissDom Conference along with Barbara and Paula. They gave us an inspiring, wonderful weekend, and I am insanely grateful they chose to include me again this year.

NEXT UP – Shwag, the photography workshop, love for ConAgra and who the heck is George Duran?

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Blissdom Recap Coming!!

February 8, 2010 By Deanna Filed Under Domestic Chicky says...

It was an amazing weekend. I have pictures, stories, and adventures…I met more people that I thought I could have, and at the same time didn’t meet nearly enough of them. Stay tuned!!

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Off To BlissDom!!

February 2, 2010 By Deanna Filed Under Chick-ventures

I haven’t packed, I haven’t finished my laundry, I need to wash my hair, decide what to carry on, check, and leave at home…
*sigh*

Who knew leaving home was so much work? This time tomorrow I will be in Nashville, hanging out with 500 of my new (and old) BFFs. This is my second time at BlissDom, co-conducting a photography workshop with some AMAZING women. Oh yeah, and THIS guy is gonna be hanging out with us…

Harry Connick Jr.

Yowsa…I may need to leave room in my suitcase for him.

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I took a blogging vacation and all I got..

January 8, 2010 By Deanna Filed Under Chick-ventures

…was this lousy flu!! I hope you all had a lovely holiday – it was SO nice to not worry about even opening the computer for a couple of weeks. Of course it didn’t stop me from checking blogs, twittering or looking at facebook on my ipod touch (do you have one of these? Talk about addictive!). So I guess it wasn’t a TOTAL vacation.

There is a new button over on my sidebar – once again, I am HONORED to have been asked to speak at BlissDom in Nashville this year. I will go more into detail in a future post, but if you are going, let me know! Let’s meet up and say hi! If you have never been, ask any questions you might have, and if you have been, I can’t wait to see you again!

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Show me your Holiday Spirit!

December 5, 2008 By Deanna Filed Under Uncategorized

Hey Apronistas! I am dying to see your Holiday Aprons and hear your Holiday Apron ideas! Leave a comment below with a link to a picture of your Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa or New Years apron OR leave a comment with your ideas for an apron – would it have jingle bells, a Christmas tree applique, pockets for gelt? I am planning a feature with your pictures and ideas, so send em if you got em!

I also wanted to formally welcome back Ali to the Apronista and her Oh-so-yummy Recipes. You can see many more of them at her site Divine Domesticity. I can personally vouch for many of the recipes, since I have made so many of them myself.

I will be posting more holiday ideas and recipes in the next couple of weeks leading up to Christmas. Consider this kind of a sneak preview of the new Apronista – the focus will of course be aprons, but I will also be featuring more crafty stuff, kitchen and homemaking goodies, recipes, frugal tips and ideas, and a whole lot more – the focus will be on living beautifully but simply.

Also, I will be one of the speakers at BlissDom 09 in Nashville February 6th & 7th at the Hotel Preston. If you live in the area, or just want to hang out with some of the most influential women in blogging, you HAVE to come! I will be speaking about blogging for beginners, and getting the most out of blogger. As the Editor of the Creative Bliss page, I am also always looking for tutorials and creative people to feature, so email me if you have anything you would like to share!

And last but not least – I am off to Disneyland today to be part of a Mommy Blogging Event. I am so excited as I have been a Disney Geek for a long time – if I see any aprons, I will be sure to take pictures!