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monday and now…..tuesday!

wow.

in case there was confusion…i don't hate valentin'es day.
i am not against it.
it's just not for me.
maybe if i was lavished gifts and attention on that day….i would probably think it was cool.
but that has never happened (and i am not asking for it to) so i guess i think it's just another day.
and honestly….one more thing to put pressure on me to mess up…forget some detail or disappoint someone.
BUT i didn't.  ( i don't think?)
i made the heart pizza.
annie was thrilled.

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i have had some happy mail this week.

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marnie from simply natural sent me a package of goodies.
a girl can never have too much lip balm.
thank you marnie.
me and my girls had fun opening it.

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then there was THIS!
i was quite surprised with a BIG box from the ups man.
it was filled with soap from Out of Eden….love their soaps.
and then a lovely letter and this totally FUN big artsy collage frame.
i love it.
it's detailed and sweet…comeplete with africa and waffle and whatever and a camera!  
it is really fabulous.
thank you.

 

and katie…i don't have a picture but i LOOOOOOOved the package from you too.  :)
red polka dots?  you know i am a happy girl.

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how about i send YOU some happy mail?? 

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these are goodies from the craft weekend i had at my house!
i made each of the girls a mini clipboard in yellow polka dot.
julie made everyone a messy flower in the sweetest gray dot fabric!
amy d. made the adorable ruffle pillow and rainbow flower necklace and she has made more and wanted to share!

i would love to send this to one of YOU.

leave a comment to be entered in this giveaway answering this question:

if you could come to a craft weekend in kansas with strangers from blogland….would you?  

i am tossing around the idea of having another kind of craft weekend….with you.
what do you think? 

 

mary - Your last craft weekend seemed like a wonderful time of relaxation and crafting. I would love a weekend away from the kids to meet new people be creative. I live north in MN so it can’t be too far of a drive to where you are.

lacey poag - o my YES yes YES!
when i looked at your fun pictures i thought, “i want to be a part of that fun crew of cute girls!”
and i love each item you made
please o please o please o please!

Tiffany - Holy crackers YES M’AM I would BE THERE! How FUN!!! I think it would be a BLAST!!!
I love this giveaway…I adore all the BEAUTIFUL-FABULOUS goodies!!
Thank you for a chance to win!♥
XoXO
Tiffany

Faith - I would love a crafty weekend getaway!

Jennifer O'Steen - i have always wanted to have the opportunity to craft with you. however.. i live in alabama, which is pretty far away from kansas. you inspire me so much, and i would love to just see your house and learn tricks from you! you are awesome!

Courtney - Megan,
Are you kidding you really have to ask that question!? Of course I would attend! It would be an easy drive since I live in Ks already but holy moly it would be an honor! I mean you are being featured in Holiday and I LOVE LOVE that catalog!

Heather - I would LOVE to come to Kansas for a crafting weekend! I love the adorable goodies you guys made.

Desseray - I would come if i could fly for free. Loving the giveaway…i have my eye on that messy flower pin!!

Anna - i would love to come to kansas to craft with blogland ladies…
what fun that would be!

shan - I would love to!!!!! Love your blog 🙂

Amy - ABSOLUTELY!
I’m in KC & it would be a quick road trip!
Let me know the time & place & will gladly, I mean SADLY, leave my hubby & kids! 🙂

Chris - I would SO love to come to a craft weekend with you!

Cris - I would absolutely come to Kansas for a craft weekend (with strangers).
Love the prize too. Thanks for the chance to win.

Michele - Let’s see…craft weekend. In Kansas. With strangers?
Heck, yeah! I’d hop a plane and come! =0)

Nicole - I would be there in a heartbeat!:)

Sara M. - I would love to come for a craft weekend! I was so jealous when you posted about the other weekend you hosted.

joana - I think I would! Despite the fact that I live in France! but you see there is this tinny little hypotheses that we might move to Topica, Kansas! I really didn’t like the idea so much, it’s too far away, long journeys to get home as in Lisbon, Portugal blablabla but since I found out that you live near by I might consider! Just might!!! Not that I have a saying in the all process. That is with the big bosses of my husband company!!!

Mary - Yes, I would come. I’m always excited to meet new friends from the south. I grew up in Texas, now live in Oklahoma, and possibly have a move to Kansas in the near future.

Mya - Yes!!Yes!!Yes!!!

brantlee - I would be there in a heart beat! Sounds like a great idea!!

Kaye N - ummm…YES! although i’m not crafty in anyway. but would love hanging out and enjoying some girl time.

amy - i would, i would. i think.
it would be out of character for me…total strangers…but likre these blogging convention things i fantasize aout going to, i would love to go…if i could make myself. and i think i would.

Kate - I would definitely want to come to a craft weekend!!!

Allie - I’d love to come, I wish more of my local friends were into crafts! 🙂 My fingers are crossed!

Jennifer - I would love the prize, and love to come to a crafting weekend!!!

Roberta - Oh my goddness I would totally come given the opportunity. Money might being an issue for me to actually do it but I would be thrilled to spend a crafty weekend amongst such talent! I love the goodies and sure hope I win. Thanks for the chance.

Lisa - I don’t know. I’m sort of shy, but it looked like so much fun. I might just do it!

Linda - I would love to participate! I’m pregnant and live in NJ, so I don’t know how realistic my hopes are, but a girl can dream!

maria wilson - that would be fun.

Heather - Without question, YES!

Lindsay - Adorable! I would LOVE to come craft with you!!!

Katrina - I would absolutely love to come! Your girls weekend included 4 girls who’s blogs I read daily. It would be crazy wonderful to meet you and anyone else who might be included.

sara - oh yeah, i’d be at a craft weekend in ks. the fun there i can only imagine!

deborah@applesinwonderland - if the stars all aligned, i’d be there with my mod podge, favorite scissors and a suitcase full of beads, fabric and rick-rack. i’m waiting for today’s post–wednesday. it’s like i’m a mind-reader, isn’t it? spook-kay. 🙂 have a wonderfilled day:)

Megan - I’d DEFINITELy come to a craft weekend!!!

April - I <3 Waffles polka-dot bow tie (and Annie sticking out her tongue! Me too Annie! :p Valentines Day!)

Donna - If I click my red shoes, will it take me to Kansas?? I would love to come craft with you!!

Kyley - yes! That would be so fun!!!!

Megan - YES!! Ofcourse I would go and meet stragers who are crafty people. You learn so much from others….and great conversation (I bet!)

Lynda@Me and My Pink Mixer - I would totally come to Kansas for a craft weekend with you!!
I so want to learn how to use my little pink sewing machine that I have had for 3 years now!! I’ll make you cupcakes 🙂

Kari - It sounds like so much fun! But, I’m not very crafty at all…

sara's art house - Oh my word! That would be soooo fun! 🙂
Great giveaway!

cassie o - i would totally come. though my crafting skills are definitely not on par with the likes of you. you’d have to be patient 🙂

Brooke - Umm, can you fit 827 people in your house? Because that is how many comments I see. For the record, I’ve been reading for years and years….so I feel like I am a loyal blog friend 🙂 And, YES, I told my friend that after I saw your pictures, it felt like a bunch of my friends hung out without me, and I’m jealous. Now, let’s be real…it’s not like we’re real ‘friends’….I’m not at blog status that you are…but enough rambling.
I would be there.
In Kansas.
Today. 🙂
Can’t wait for your store to fill up!!!

Annika - I think I would. But only if I could remain shy and quiet and people would not think it weird that I’m mostly craft and almost no talk and that my blog has only been going for about 15 posts…. Oh, and if I had the money for the flight…. :o)

Andrea T - I would save all my pennies in a jar!!!! I dont think i could stop smiling or talking I would be soo excited !

Sonya - I would love to come Meg but think it might be too far to travel from Australia! I love reading your blog and comparing the difference of living in a different country Thanks Sonya

asibtroy - I’d DRIVE to Kansas! I think sharing in the wonder of crafting, antiquing and friends that are women with families and blogs is just the thing an aspiring (crafty crafter, antique-er and just figuring out how to be a mom-mom) chick like me, needs!

Heather - Duh!Of course I would come!

haydee - I would so love to come. I even considered going to blue lily GoPro in San Diego just so i could meet you but that would be too weird considering i’m not good with my Canon at all. So sign me up for a craft weekend. That’s more up my alley!!!

Kat - I would, even though I am craft challenged and live across the other side of the world in Australia.
It would be very cool to sit, chat, eat, drink and laugh with you girls, as well as attempt to craft!

heyguesswhat-amandawww.blogspot.com - Hey, Meg! I may be young, but I would ABSOLUTELY love to spend a craft weekend with other bloggers! I live in New York and have never been in Kansas, and would love to meet everyone!

Lori - Oh, that would be so fun!
Thanks for the chance to win these lovely prizes!
Lori

Stacey - Omg! Yes,yes! That would be so much fun! This mama would love a fabulous crafting weekend! I would also LOVE to win all of these beautiful items!

jessicakiehn - i’m fairly certain you will be getting a resounding YES!!! from everyone. Including me:)

michelle - That would be FUN!!!! YES!!!!

Christen - ya that would be awesome 😉

gina - I think maybe, perhaps, yes?

meredith jayne - of course!

Nikol - I would love to come to a craft weekend at your home. I have always wanted to visited Kansas, as a child I was obsessed with the Wizard of Oz. Now, I’m obsessed with crafts and creativity. A dream vacation!

maribeth - um, yes please!

Crystal Swoverland - A craft weekend would be awesome! A chance to meet you and others like you sounds like an amazing time!

Jessie - I sure would come if I could! I was born in Kansas, but have been in the south since I was 2. I have no memories of Kansas.

Lisa - Would love a craft weekend!

Trudy - Well, I am already in Kansas & I would LOVE to craft with you!! 🙂

Dena - YES, YES, YES – I would LOVE to come for a craft weekend!

Kendra - Would LOVE to come! Would be a huge step out of my comfort zone, but would be so worth it I’m sure!

amanda - I forgot to answer the question. Yes, yes I would.
Amanda

Kathryn - oh my goodness, i love annie in those red heart sunglasses! lol perfect. and i would LOVE to come and meet you in “real life” and craft away! but i would have to bring my little sister, lauren, who has connected on fbook with your lauren and would simply fall over if i told her she could go meet her with me! :}

Rachael B - that would be so much fun! I love to craft and meet new people!

Jennie - How fun would that be?? I’d love it! Some girlfriends are trying to plan one here in Tennessee, but I’m up for a craft weekend just about anywhere! I’d definitely come – but only if I can meet Waffle. 🙂

Lydia - I’d love to get away for a craft weekend!! It looks like you gals had so much fun!

melissa - I’m in! Only a hop, skip and a jump away.

Jen R - Oh my! Of course…if I could get from California to Kansas…a huge YES. Your previous craft weekend looked like SO much fun. I’m not sure if you’ll have room for all of us! 🙂

Amy Kate - I’m there…I’ve been dreaming of my own ever since I read your post on yours. Blessings!

Nicole M - I would love to come to a craft weekend in Kansas. I would be terrified and timid and second guessing, but I would get on that plane in my “big girl pants” and go. What do you have up your sleeve Meg?

Lisa - In an instant!

Kimmie Elks - Uh…yeah i would! i have an idea….why don’t we have one here, at my house in sunny Florida!!! i’m 10 min. from the beach! i don’t have my own blog but i read/stalk plenty of them 🙂

becky - Craft Weekend? Yes please! i’ll bring the cute baby for cuddle time!!!

Mary - WOW! I would absolutely love to come. It sounds like such a wonderful weekend filled with creativity and fun. YES indeed I would catch a plane for that!

shea - Yup! You bet your bottom dollar!

Lin - YES! YES! YES! I would love a craft weekend. I am trying to do a mini version in the next few weeks with friends if we can get some free time, at the same time. I really enjoy your blog. I check in every day. Your photographs are inspiring. I am saving now to upgrade my camera.

Mrs. Dunbar - I’d absolutely come. Maybe I’ll try and talk Julie into having one at her house, and you can come to that too.

danielle - um. yes. consider my plane ticket bought.

Stacia - Yes. I would. 🙂

Lori - I’m a new reader to your blog, who loves crafting, but doesn’t make much time for it. And, if you caught me on the right weekend and in the right mood, I would totally head north to KS for a crafting weekend.

Jenna - Yes! I am originally (and forever) a Kansas girl … I love antiquing (is that a word?) and I’m a rookie crafter, but you are an inspiration!!

Melanie - I think that sounds like fun! I would have my friend Kristi go on my behalf, though, as she is the crafty one 🙂 she makes annual Christmas ornaments, and sews, too. I admit it, crafts make me nervous! but I do so admire those who can, which is why i hang with people like Kristi and blog crush on people like you.

ronda beeman - Oh my lanta, what an awesome opportunity that would be! I think it would be so neat to learn new creative ideas from other talented people! Plus, to form friendships with other bloggers – how awesome! Love your blog!

Kodi - I found your blog because someone posted about the craft weekend! Id love to come! 😉

Megan - I would absolutely come!

jennyonthespot - Yes. Uh – YES.

Liz - I would absolutely attend a craft weekend in Kansas…I have so many crafts that I would love to have a WHOLE weekend to do that would be incredible. I would bring the all time favorite frosted rice crispy bars and beg for some sewing tip for the new-by!
I am planning on making the ruffle pillow after spring cleaning shirts become available!

midwestmom - wow, that would be fun!!! i would LOVE to!!

Ashley - Yes – I would come – by I think I would want to bring a friend – for my scaredy cat security blanket! :0)

erica - Most definitely! It looked like tons of fun. Good for you guys!

Dana @ Bungalow'56 - Your last get together looked like a wonderful time. If my air miles don’t run I would come : ) Hmmm, I wonder if a craft with toilet paper rolls would go over well?
Dana

Melissa Morrill - Yes. Plain and simple yes. OH MY GOSH YES!!!!

Robin - HECK YEAH I WOULD!!!! In a heartbeat!!!!

Amanda - oh for sure!!

Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - Hmmm…that’s a good question. My first inclination is to say YES, then I remember that I am shy and I might be scared, but I would love to meet you because I think you are awesome.

Erin Whitney - Um…duh, I would LOVE to come! I like to think I’m crafty and I LOVE to make things, but we recently moved into a 1-bedroom apartment for our little family of 3. Not much room to craft…So, in short, yes. I’d love to. 🙂

Lana - I would! But I’d definitely be out-crafted…ya’ll are amazing! 🙂

Timi - YES, YES, YES, YES! I think a girls getaway craft weekend sounds amazing right now.

Amy - I’d be there in a heartbeat! I’d love to meet you. I think we’d be great friends 🙂

Lisabrandow.wordpress.com - I would LOVE to come to a crafty weekend!! Hello Kansas, nice to meet you!
Reasons it would be AWESOME if I were invited to your abode:
1. I love meeting new people
2. I love being crafty
3. I love hanging out with women and make crafty-type things
4. I think I have a few interesting ideas up my sleeve to share
That would be quite a trip! I live in Washington State just north of Seattle.
—–Northwest Represent!!!!!!——-
We do a fun thing at our church called WIP (work in progress) Night that sounds like a mini version of your fun weekend!! I look forward to it every month 🙂

Lindsey W. - Of course! I have to say, your craft weekend post was one of my favs – Julie, Ashley and Jess are 3 of the other blogs that I religiously follow and pirate crafty ideas from! It was great seeing you all together and it looked like such a fun and inspirational girls weekend!:-)

Jennifer Miller - I would totally come to Kansas for a craft weekend….i cant think of anything more fun…It makes me happy to read your blog everyday and would love to meet you and waffle…its not too far away either..i would cook 🙂

Scatteredbrainstorms.blogspot.com - I would love to attend a craft weekend! I believe that we’re never done learning and I’m sure I would learn a LOT!

Kelly Webb - Meg,
I live in a house full of boys.
I. Need. Girltime.
That is all.
Kelly

Laura - Pick me! Pick me! And I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to come to a Kansas Craft Weekend! 🙂

Leslie - I would totally come to a craft weekend in Kansas? I just have one question. How much wine am I allowed to carry on a plane? A bottle of tequila may be easier…

Tara - Absolutely…you girls seem so fun. I would love to get some new craft ideas from all of you!

Emily E. - I would come in a heartbeat!

Nancy - Hello…. I just packed, let me know the weekend 🙂 I would be there in a flash!

Jessica - That would be so awesome! Not many of my friends craft so I am always looking for someone to share the fun with!

lindsey patrick - totally! where do I sign up? 🙂

melissa tichy - i would love to, but it would really push me past my comfort zone. but everyone seems so nice i would have to go 🙂

Linda - That would be amazing! What a fun idea! If I could figure out the $ and what to do with 4 kids I think it would be awesome! And wow I’m like post #751 that’s a lot of people!

Rachel J - Yes- and I will provide the baking!

Shannon - Pick me, Pick me! :0)

Leslie - I would LOVE to come and meet you and get my crafty on! BUT…I would have to figure out what to do with my 2 year old. Not exactly craft weekend material…hehe…Also, I’m not sure I could be away from her that long yet!

Lori Tacchino - Make that good “eats”…

Lori Tacchino - How fun would that be ?!? I love the girls you had last time. Love all of your style, creativeness and good east you enjoy together. What a blast!

JaneMcT - That would be fun!

Sandra K - Sure! I love just the idea and this giveaway! Thanks so much!

catie - heck yes i would! except…i already live in kansas…so it wouldn’t be all that far. i do live in SOUTHERN kansas though…
🙂

Jen Nordstrom - Yes yes yes but what I really want to do is come craft with your kids on snow days!!!

Tracy - ABSOLUTELY!!! That would be fantastic!

Brooke - of course 🙂 i love crafting days (or weekends ;))

Stephanie - Heck yeah I would!

EllenVR - YES! I only live in Oklahoma!! I love crafts even though I’m not that good at them, but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE junk and antiques and turning cool or crappy old stuff into fun, bright newish stuff!!

Sarah - I would so be there! I think crafting is so much more fun with a group

Mary Lynne Jones - Um….YYYEEESSSSS!!!! a craft weekend in Kansas would be fantastic!! & I could “run” by & see my family in Buhler!

Jenna B - I would be honored to craft with you 🙂

Amy - Honey, I would be there so fast….ready to get my craft on. It wouldn’t be just b/c I need to escape my kiddos for some adult conversation. No, that wouldn’t be it at all. And Arkansas is so close. It even has Kansas in it. Ha. 😉

Kristin S - In a heartbeat!
I used your post on the crafting weekend in a seminar I gave at my ministry’s women’s conference as an example of how small the blog world can really be and how much I’d love a weekend like this!
My craft room is still in process so crafting has been halted for a full year! U. G. H.

Heather - um….ya!!!!
in a stinking heartbeat.

Lisa B - I would love to come to a craft weekend in Kansas and make a stop in Topeka to visit friends!!

Alicia - Would I come to a craft weekend at your house? Absolutely! I’d have to fly all the way there (14+ hours from here in Sydney I am imagining)but it would be totally worth it!
And if you could invite Julie… and Angie Smith too… and, and… my list could go on. Well then that would be totally perfect and I would float to the very top layer of blogland heaven 🙂

Beth - yes! it would take all the nerve I have (and then some :), but how fun. however, I’m not in KS, but I’m your “neighbor” in CO. ha ha.

Shelley - Yes, Yes and Yes!! :-))

emily murn - I would totally come to a craft weekend in KS- I’ve never been there. Would be a fun road trip from Chicago

Jen - I would way need to step up my craft skills to hang with you girls! YES!

Amy Coose - I’d do it in a heartbeat!!

Danae Kaufman - Heck yeah! So fun, I live in Kansas so I’m game. 🙂

Denise Posey - I’ve never been to Kansas…might be kinda interesting! Crafting would be fun!

michelle pulley - Of course I would!!

brittan - Oh my goodness, I would LOVE to!!!!!!! As a matter of fact I’ll start the drive right now! Haha!

betsy - Of course! How much fun would that be? I even started mentally planning a craft weekend with my girlfriends after reading your original post. If I can stand to wait until summer, we can pepper our crafty time with breaks by the pool 🙂

Meghan B - You bet I would. When I read your post about your weekend with the ladies I wanted to be there.

Sarah - ummm…YES! I am not even that crafty…but OH, I would TRY! Just to hang out with you and other cool peeps…SIGN ME UP!

Mary - I would come to Kansas! I grew up there, my inlaws are in Salina, my parents are in Garnett, and I have a good friend in the Newton/Hesston area. In fact, I’m planning a stop at that antique store in Marion the next time I’m there. Anything to get out of the Colorado cold!

Michelle - ummm. . . YES! Except I wouldn’t have to come far because I live in Wichita. BUT it is like my idea of a dream weekend 🙂
Love the goodies. Yellow polka dots- so cute!

Elizabeth - You know I think I could come! I would be very nervous and probably try to change my mind a dozen times in the days leading up to it but once I got there I think I would have a blast, and I would LOVE to have some crafty girl time

Amanda Larkins - Yes, Yes, Yes!!!!

kim - yeah it would be awesome!

Jennifer - I would love to come craft with you for a weekend! Let me know when! ;0)

Tonya - I’d LOVE to spend a weekend crafting w/you AND I’m already in KS! Maybe some of your craftiness would rub off on me! 😉

Amy R. - I would so be there and would love to meet you and craft with you! IT looks like from the response though that you might not be able to have it at your house this time.
That would be a blast and of course I would love to win the goodies you made!
Thanks.

rachel / cr.e.at.e - at least i’d feel like i already knew 1 person in the room [that would be you, of course]! weird, but true. HA! by the way – KS isn’t so far … i live 12 houses away [from the state line – not you.] 😉

Danielle - I would love to!

CASSIE - Yum yes yes and yes please I would soooo come!! I am a crafting queen!

stephanie @ providnece handmade - I’m totally going to steal your day post titles – I hate trying to think up good blog title posts. And YES. I would ride my bike to Kansas. 🙂 🙂

Karen Gerstenberger - Yes, because I love your blog, crafts (especially simple quilting for the hospital) and my BEST FRIEND moved to Kansas!

Suzanne D - Heck yes I would come to a craft weekend in Kansas! I love the big collage picture frame – awesome!

Rachel - Yes! I would definitely. And while I would be traveling from Oklahoma, my MIL lives in Kansas (close to you) so it would be a fun trip to make and my 4 kiddos would have childcare.
And sewing, I’m still learning but I’m very eager to learn. 😉

Molly - Would I come to craft weekend? Um, yes! Of course! I’m not super far, just up in Lawrence, but I LOVE to craft.

Erin - That would be so much fun!

Sarah - YES! If I could get off work, I would! I was telling hubby all about your craft weekend and how much fun it sounded like! I was totally jealous of the awesome antique shop pics too! It looks like an AMAZING one! Kasas and strangers from blogland….. sounds like a blast!

Alise M. - Definitely!!
Considering I’m a junior in High School I’m not sure how my mom would feel about that exactly, but I would love to!! 🙂

Julie - Yes. Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely!

Denise - This would be such a dream come true! An important thing to cross off my bucket list! Also, I could bring something to you that I have been wanting to ship you but it is BIG and heavy.
Please make your plan and let us come to see you, your amazing house and your lovely state! Oh and I love all the things in the give away! Thanks for your willingness to share with us.

Hollie - Yes! Please pick me!! It would be so much fun 😉

Amy Jo - Haha…YES, absolutely! 🙂

Carrie K - yes yes yes times a MILLION! seriously…not kidding!!! it would be pretty much close to perfect…

Margo - I would absolutely come and since I only live across town I think I could handle the commute!!

Katie - I’d love to come and craft with strangers – way less pressure than with those that you know 🙂

Chelsea - I would come! It would be quite a trip from central Texas!

mkpoggie - Oh my gosh, WOULD I? I would loooove that. I’m from beautiful, amazing Kansas and stuck in the desert and never get time to craft. (if you doubt my love for the sunflower state, I wear a silver Kansas-shaped necklace basically everyday) But, alas, tickets are expensive and I’m a preschool teacher, so time off is scarce. Sigh. A girl can dream…

LibraryGirl62 - Would love to, but it is a looooong way from Naples. FL 🙂

Lena K. - I actually thought about this when I saw your photos from your weekend because one of my best friends is one of your blog friends and I wondered if she would have gone if it came up. I don’t blog, but I LOVE reading all the goodness you girls put out there! Honestly, if you lived within driving distance I would love to craft, but I would feel so uncomfortable hopping on a plane and staying with someone I have never met in person. Maybe if I were a blogger, I’d feel the bond?

Andrea - Hi Meg!
First can I say that I am tickled pink to ‘kind of’ be featured on your blog ;). Katie ordered a whole bunch of my “Oh Snap! Mini Wallets” and told me one might be going to you if it had polka dots. Well good thing I LOVE polka dots … I think half of the ones I sent her had some form of polka dots.
And UHM … YES, I would love to come craft in Kansas. One because I already feel like I know you and several other crafters through their blogs and e-mails, etc. But I think that after the initial nervousness it would be nothing short of wonderful.
So name the when and where … I’m there ;). Maybe I can ride sketchy air with Julie ;).
Happy Day!! Enjoy your polka dots!!

Dianne - I read the post about your crafting weekend and thought it was the coolest idea. I was excited that a couple of ladies came from OK, and wondered what a girl would have to do to get an invite… get a blog? bake waffle some biscuits? bring a cute baby? Sounds like fun.

Laurie Schmotzer - Wow! That would be a dream! But, alas, I never win anything! Love your blog…makes me happy and inspires me!

Holly Cox - I absolutely would…in a heartbeat! I’ve never been to Kansas, but if I did, upon returning home, I would have to say “Holly, you’re not in Kansas anymore” bahahaha! 😀 Funnies aside, I absoutely would come to Kansas for a crafty weekend…especially since I have no crafty friends that live near me.
It’s just me.
Blogland is my only crafty circle!

Donna - Letmethinkaboutit YES!

Joni - I would love to! i wonder how dad would like watching all six children.

Adrienne - would love it!!!

e l l a - all expenses paid? (kidding) ;D Yes! xo

Terri Upton - i would love to come to kansas! i’m not shy but i’m also not creative. i could learn and just have fun. i never get happy mail so i would love to receive some. thanks.

Joy C - I’d go to a crafting weekend at the north pole if it meant meeting up with the talented ladies that were at your place!

Kate - I think you should get a paycheck from the Kansas department of tourism. I am LOVING all these people wanting to come here. 🙂

Mrs. Wonder - I never get my craft on, just look at blogs. I’d love to be surrounded by crafters!

Tegan M. - I totally would have come. 🙂 We’re doing mini-craft night at Heather’s (Cookie Mondays) this Friday. Although, we all kind of know each other, so it’s not quite the same.

Beth in Utah - Absolutely!

jennibell - Oh yes, I would come. . .yes, yes, yes!!! No kids??? That would just be the BEST. Crafting, food, friends, antiques. . .what could be a better way to spend a weekend?

Cassy - Wow! Someone is going to be one lucky, happy girl if that happens… maybe me! 🙂

shelby - oh my goodness, I would love to come to a craft weekend in Kansas…the opportunity to see a part of the country I have only flown over and to craft with other people who love what I love…I would definitely want to come!

JoLynn - That sounds like so much fun!! I’d especially love to come with a crafty friend to share the trip with! 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway.

Vicki - ooo! I would LOVE a crafty weekend like you had with the ladies. It all looked so scrumptious and FUN!!! But I wouldn’t be able to come right now because our cash-flow is nil and we’re using our air miles to go to my husband’s Grandma’s 95th birthday party in April. But you can have a crafty weekend here! :o) Feel like a trip to Portland?

Emily - OOooh, that would be so fun. I would be a little nervous about meeting new people, but so excited, too. Love those ruffles!

holly - Let’s see, would I come to Kansas for a craft weekend? YES. I’d be a little nervous about being with strangers, but I’d get over it. Especially if I got to try one of your famous margaritas 🙂

Christy - Would love a craft weekend in KS! We have family we visit every few months in KC so it wouldn’t be a tough trip!

Stina - I would.

Emilee Prenevost - Would I?!?!?! I would totally LOVE LOVE LOVE to come!!! 🙂 I seriously read your blog every day if possible! (some days i dont have internet…lol) YES YES YES YES YES YES YES I WOULD LOVE TO COME!!!! and I’ll take pics for you! totally! 🙂

a pocket full of posies - ABSOLUTELY!-POSITIVELY!- YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS! I’d be there with “bells on”!…bearing lots of yummy treats and goodies to share!!!
too fun!!!
Blessings!
Jill

Christine - I would definilty come to a craft weekend! It seems like it would be so much fun!

Sandy - I don’t have a blog and I’m not entirely crafty, but I would love to meet YOU and your family AND WAFFLE!

k - I feel the same way about holidays……lots of ideas out there, but end of not doing much because it’s so over whelming and I may mess up!
thanks for your posts and inspiration!

Whitney S - That would be so much fun! I guess it would depend on when and how much flights are… but I am always jealous of your craft getaways/ stay ins. You have also made me really want to see KS… I look forward to your 4th of July post so I can see what your awesome little neighborhood did!

Shanna - HECK YEAH! That would be SOOOO fun!!!!!!!
OH for Exciting! TY! xox

Julie Schmidt - I’ll go anywhere! I always say “a weekend away, is a weekend away regardless of where it is”. But a crafting weekend away….I have never done that – would love it!

Libby - A craft weekend sounds fabulous. But I’d have to come with a disclaimer – I try hard to be super craft mom, but don’t have a crafty bone in my body. That said, I’m funny, I can cook and bake, I love to met new people and have no problem flying across the country to meet total strangers. Just no axe murderers allowed OK?
About Valentine’s day – I right there with you. I just don’t get it…forced love day? All the silly cards and candy? Though I do love an excuse to bake some sort of treat, but I don’t need a holiday to do that.
Can’t wait to see Wednesday’s creative title.
Libby

Rosemary Gustin - Ummm, yeah, totally! When and where? I’ll be there!

Jen - ABSOLUTELY Meg! You are such an inspiration to me and I feel like I already know you!

Ani W - I would love to! I have been missing my crafting time soooo much since my youngest was born: June. I doubt I could get away with it, but daydreaming about it is almost as good… 🙂

Anne-Marie P. - Yes I would come and I would bring my mother who reads your blog all the time!

s - I’m totally non crafty but I could pretend to be just so I could eat some of that yummy food you showed from the last craft weekend! I’d do dishes!!!

Tiffany - Great give away! Thanks 🙂 As far as coming to Kansas – from Michigan, not knowing anyone….. I would be nervous but excited. It would totally be fun having you host it! 🙂 Have a great day!

Rachel - I would go if I had the means to get there (I live in Canada). But, I admit, I’d be apprehensive about meeting so many new people. I’m a little shy. Would you make me feel comfortable? 🙂

Rebecca Frame - Yes…in a second! And hopefully I would leave with the ability to sew!
Rebecca

michele zakeri - Wahoo!!! I would come! What a fun opportunity!!!

Lauren - I just came across your blog and i LOVE it! So much fun stuff! Love to find a fellow Kansasan out there on the net too, who wouldn’t love a crafty weekend:)…

Miranda - I would love to come to a craft weekend! I love a weekend getaway, PLUS doing crafts!!! Doesn’t get any better!

Babbler - Ummmm, YES. With a capitol YES! What a nice idea. I’ve never spent time in Kansas and it looks beautiful. And I’d love some crafting tips.

Becky - I would totally come for a craft weekend with you! Because of your previous craft weekend posts, we did a craft weekend here in November and had a great time!

Juliann - sure Megan 🙂

Amy - What a cool giveaway! Thanks for sharing these awesome goodies.
I would love to come to Kansas for a craft weekend. But my husband says driving through Kansas is THE most boring trip ever. SO I’d have to fly. Hahaha!

merlin - I am a homebody, I am an introvert, I am not crafty….BUT how I would love to experience a weekend being crafty with you and finding out if you are what you seem in blogland.

jamie - Sounds like so much fun!!

Rachel Bosket - No doubt I’d love love love it!

Ry (AKA: LUCY) - Wow! SUPER cute!

Quinn - Heck yes I would come! Although I am young and probably wouldn’t fit in too well… I love to craft no matter what!

Lauren - Wow! A craft weekend would be amazing!! Love the idea!!

Andrea - I would so be there, and my husband would roll his eyes and think Im crazy for meeting another “Stranger” from the computer.

Becky J - I would LOVE…big time, to come play/craft/antique for a weekend….I live in PA….and then we could come play in my craft room/basement and eat lots of yummies and thrift shop/antique around here…Sisters in Christ 🙂 Becky

Sara - I already live in KS {which I LOVE} and you don’t seem like a stranger, even though we are. I would definitely come to a craft weekend!!

julie f. - sure, count me in! i’d have to have inspiration in the craftiness, though. i’m not so creative myself.

Janet Dreher - Meg,
That’s so funny you would ask this question.
After I read about the craft weekend on both this site and on Jess’ site, I thought, How does a person get invited to a week-
end like that?
So yes, I would love to come to a craft weekend.
Janet

Amy - I would totally come for a crafting weekend in Kansas. How fun would that be??

Tracie - It would be AMAZING! I would probably be nervous, but it would be so much fun to learn new things!

Amy L. Weber - Heck YEAH! I would totally come!! I’ve already attempted the flower necklace, and SO want to learn how to make the fabric flower. The ruffled pillow is on my TO-DO list for sure….

Jessica Johnson - um. yes, please. me and the 625 others. i’ll bring a tent?

Andrea - WOW! – Girl you certainly stacked up the comments on this one!
Who wouldn’t want to come and craft for a weekend sans kids and with other females? Have adult conversation???? What?!!!

Michelle - Oui! Bien Sur! 🙂

Christine - I would come to your craft weekend, no question about it! I feel like jumping up and down and saying “pick me, pick me.” ha. You are too cool. 🙂

Jenn - I would love to come. But would be completely terrified.
I am a bit socially awkward.
Doesn’t that make me sound like a wonderful house guest?

Holly - absolutely, Oh my goodness, what do I wear???

Vickie - I would totally do it! That would be my dream vacation.I don’t sew yet and would love to learn. I love to transform things. going to thrift stores and garage sales is my favorite. At the moment I am painting a kitchen table and chairs.I hope you decide to do it again. Have a great day.

mel - So I guess I never answered the question…YES, I would be honored to come for a craft weekend! I love doing crafts, specially if it was with all of you ladies! That would be awesome!

shiela - of course, i would! love the colors-as always.

merran tatum - are you kidding? that would be like a weekend of heaven here on earth. i would just die. i would LOVE LOVE LOVE to!

alaina - OMW!!!! You read my mind!! When i read through your post from the last time you had a creative weekend with blog friends, I must admit I felt a little tinge of jealousy, sighed, and said to myself….”How fun it would be to be one of the chosen! I want to go be in real life with all these wonderful people I have been stalking for so long!!!”. Okay, that stalking part, pretend you didn’t read that because then you would be afraid to pick me! So, all shame aside…pick me, pick me, pick me…although I suck and I don’t have a blog.

Holly - so, you are asking me this time? I was wondering when I would get an invite:)

mel - Um yeah! I would love love love love to receive this in the mail…I think I would have a heart attack!!! You girls are sooooo crafty! LOVE IT! I hope I win! Fingers are crossed <3

Jana - I would be there with bells on. I love your blog I look forward to it everyday! It is so bright and cheery, it’s my morning sunshine!

Oberheu.wordpress.com - I would love to come! And I don’t have far to go – I’m in Kansas too. In fact I’m heading to the antique shop this weekend on your recommendation! I’ll be in Wichita for work and decided to extend my stay. Looks like a great place to make an awesome find! Thanks for sharing!

Liz - Of course!!!! I love all the color you use, its always seems to come together in the happiest way!

Kameron - I live kinda far from Kansas, but would love to have a craft weekend! The thought of it makes me swoon!!!

Daniele Valois - ABSOLUTELY!!! In fact, I may never leave!!!

Vanessa {Bloom Right Here!} - How fun would that be?! Sign me up! My SIL (your used-to-be neighbor) has been wanting me to come decorate her house. I could just make one big trip out of it!

Kelley - I would TOTALLY come! I read the blog wishing I was a “blog super star” that could get invited!! That would just be the neatest weekend of my life!!

Erika - Well now, I live in Manhattan, KS, so the trip would be pretty easy. 🙂 I might be slightly intimidated, however. While I love to being creative, I don’t have much time to do it, so I’d probably feel out of my league. But it definitely sounds fun. I have 3-4 sewing projects I could work on!

taniawillis - holy guacamole!!! please, please, please tell me you aren’t kidding? what will it take for *me* to be *the one* you pick who gets to come!? i’ll wash the dog, or scrub your floors, or send you something with rainbows every single day during the month of your birthday. 🙂
you have NO idea how much i’ve been talking about your craft weekend–to anyone and everyone who will listen! give those goodies to someone else—-just make sure i’m on that invitee list. deal? (heheee. i’m so not kidding.) xoxo, tania (i’m totally not a crazy stalker woman. just totally in love with the inspiration you share!)

Melissa - Would I come???
YES!
I have friends all over the world, but not one in Kansas! I guess we will see if it is God’s divine intervention that we meet! I sure hope so! Melissa

Emily - Only if you teach me how to sew…I’m so intimidated to try on my own!

ashley - I would but….my craft would just have to be cooking. I swear I don’t have a crafty bone in my body unless it involves something culinary.

Michelle - i would LOVE to be a part of a weekend like that. i am inspired just by your ideas that you all did. sounds like such fun fellowship and girl time!

Regina - i would be all over a craft weekend w/ you & julie. sometimes i feel like such a stalker bouncing b/w you, julie, & elisa lou’s blogs. my favs! i can’t imagine creating, chatting, & spending time w/ ya’ll! i love your giveaway goodies. how fun! the necklace is on my “to do” list and i’ve added her blog to my list!

Jacci - totally. TOtally. toTAlly. I showed my husband photos of your craft weekend the other night – he’d be 100% behind it. It would be so good in so many ways 🙂

Moriah - Yes YES! Awesome,and I am loving that polka dot clipboard!

Karen - I would come, but I would come to get the crafty, I wouldn’t bring the crafty. aka, I have no craft skillz.

Tonya - DON’T HAVE TO ASK ME TWICE…..

Julie Weaver - Yes, I would absolutely come!

Michelle - OMGosh!!
Yes!!

Kristina Abel - I would just be beside myself. I need inspiration to be more creative and also to learn how to better balance my work/life time. I love my job, but when I come home I’m wiped out and I don’t even have kids yet! I currently have about 20 projects that I own supplies for and have never had the time to finish. The thing that was most inspiring to me was the comaraderie between the women and how everyone learned a bit more about themselves during that trip. Plus, my sewing machine would get more love if I could learn how to really use it!
Eat, craft and antique – that’s my ideal vacation! 🙂

Amber - I would come in a heartbeat!

Dawn - I would love it. My goal is to be more crafty but my friends aren’t having it.

Tracey @7294cottageway.blogspot - O.K. so I think I already left a comment but my computer shut down…so I think it got lost…SO I AM SOOOOO there! I will come and craft and cook and clean…it is so much easier to do at someone elses house! What an absolute blast that would be. Is this like a give away…I never win those things…EVER…but I would jump on a plane to hang with you…your hilarious…and I L.O.V.E. to craft! O.K. so let us all know like a.s.a.p. what the dealieo is!

Laura - I would TOTALLY be up for a crafting weekend!!!

lesley - Oh yes, I do believe I would come, but let’s be clear….you’re talking about crafting with YOU in KS, right? Cuz if it’s some creepy old lady you found in the cellar, I’ll have nothing to do with it. 🙂

Linda B - Yes, if I could convince my husband he could handle the kids on his own …

Jenny Logan - I am not too terribly crafty, but I would love to have a fun craft weekend!!

Jessica - I would love to, if I had a way of getting there. I used to live in Manhattan when I was a student at K-State (I know, you’re in Jayhawk town…how was that game yesterday 🙂 ?), so I’d love an excuse to go back!

katie m - I would REALLY REALLY want to…but I dont know if I could leave the family…plus I’ll have a newborn soon too. 🙂 Plus I would be really nervous. hehe

Jen - Ummm….YES! I mean YEEEEESSSSSSSSS!

Tracy - I most definately would! I’m thrifty, not so much crafty…more of a ‘wannabe’. A room full of strangers doesn’t scare me near as much as the sewing machine! 😉 I’m within minutes of you too!

Kristin - I would if I didn’t have to fly! Houston to Kansas can’t be that long of a drive, right? 😉

Tracey @7294cottageway.blogspot - I am soooo there…tell me when! I want to come craft…and laugh while listening to you! I will even cook…I will clean too…but I am a much better cooker than a cleaner…that makes it sound like I am not clean…no I just don’t love it like June Cleaver…you get it. YES I am there…tell me when! What an a.b.s.o.l.u.t.e baahhlast!

Gevay - I’d be nervous about meeting new people (I always am), but I would come!

Lisa - I would so be there! If at all possible!

Lynne - Of course! Just would be worried that I would be out of my Crafting League!

ali - YES! YES! YES! I would most definitely travel to KS for a craft weekend!

Sarah Vaughn - wow, so super cute! I love your blog, love it!!!

Alana Gray @ Gray Matters - I was hoping you would ask. My husband calls you “the friend you’ve never met”, so it’s only fitting that we actually meet one day.

Stephanie Ginther - oh my goodness, oh my goodness… i found your blog right after you had that craft weekend and i was so jealous of it. KANSAS is my favorite place on face of the earth.. I was born and raised here and I go to KU now. If you had another weekend, I would be there in a heartbeat!

Vicki - Are you kidding me? Of course I’d love to head to Kansas to craft with you! (Especially if we can stop by that antique store, too!). In the mean time, I’d love to win this fabulous giveaway!!

Jennifer - I would love to say “in a heartbeat”! But, I’m not ready to leave my babies for that long yet, so I guess my answer is “In a heartbeat! in a few years….” :o)

Valerie Alexander - Oh yes, Yes, YES!!! It would be delightful. I just want to see your house, looks lovely from all your pictures. Oh, and meet you too! 🙂 I follow a lot of blogs, but you by far are my fave!!

Christy Pair - Totally. I live in Kansas and LOVE craft weekends.

Michele - I would absolutely love to come for a craft weekend! I am not sure how crafty I am, but I am a lot of FUN! 🙂

virginia - totally!

Kara Tait - HECK YES, if someone sponsored my flight 🙂

Laura Phelps - I think you know my answer.

mandy friend - i so would come. but i’m half way across the country in Oregon! unless you wanted to fly here and then road trip it with me? we could hit up every sonic and antique store on the way! Ha!

Donna - I would LOVE to come to Kansas for a Craft Weekend!!! I even have a free plane ticket:) I don’t drink coffee but I would bring loads of Diet Coke and lost of money to spend at your awesome antique stores. I would love it!

siobhan - i would be there in a happy second:)

Valerie Page - I would LOVE to come to Kansas for a craft weekend. But I have no airfare money with having 3 girls. Would you ever consider coming to Vegas? I LOVE THE CLIPBOARD and PILLOW!!!!

Shannon Grund - Ummmm, SHYEAHHHHH. I would totally be there !!!

Courtney - i don’t know if i would come…it would be so scary to me! does that make me ineligible for the fun stuff?? 🙂

Rebecca L. - I LOVE crafting, and I would double LOVE to see your house in person–you and I have such similar taste in style. So, YES, if I could. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE polka dots. That clip bord is adorable.

Ashley - I think a craft weekend in Kansas would be the best thing ever!! I never get out and do anything FUN, or travel anywhere I have never been! School pretty much consumes my whole life, and I would LOVE to learn from a group of ladies what crafting is all about!! That would be a dream come true!

christi - i would totally do a craft weekend with bloggy people!! and annie’s glasses are fantastic!!

Mrs. Edberg - I would totally come to a craft weekend! But, only if I could bring my mom, she’s in desperate need of a min-vacation and I could use it as her college graduation gift!

Kim K. - I would love to come – can my dog Piper come too and play with Waffle? I think she has a little crush on him (or her??). Love the crafts!!

tracy b - oh, I would be so nervous I would talk myself out of it, and then regret it and then build up the courage to just do it already. I am working on being brave 🙂
love the giveaway!
Tracy

jeana - I would LOVE to, although I’m not very crafty, I love to learn =]

Sheri - I love craft dates – my friends have them often – would be in in KS or FL – you could join us too 🙂

tiffany - i’m not a crafter AT ALL 🙂 which just makes me appreciate these things even more.

Nikki - I would totally go if I were closer. What a cute giveaway!

Juli - I’d go in a New York minute! I lived outside Wichita for six years when I was a child, and I miss it still. And the opportunity to make new friends, craft for a week, and see your beautiful family and lovely house…too wonderful to miss!

Emily - That would be so much fun!!!

Stacey F - I would LOVE to come, but there is one problem I’m not the most crafty person; however, my daughter is and she would so be in heaven …..already making some of the so cute crafts you showed!

Gina - Heck yes! That would be so fun!

Casey - I would love to! How odd would that feel though… I have had at least one child with me at all times for the last 11 years. Being childless for a girls weekend would be awesome!

Erin - WOW! That would be awesome!!! I would love to!

Cherish Stockdale - Heck ya I totally would! But I’d have to ask Julie what airline is sketchy air so I could get some cheap tickets out!! 😉 such fun things love them all! 🙂

Shawna - Yes! Kansas is a long way from home (Vancouver Canada) but why wouldn’t I!?!?!? Would be so fun!

sara @ it's good to be queen - oh mercy i would so love to win this! best giveaway ever…such fun, happy things. 🙂 and YES YES YES i want to come to a craft weekend in Kansas!!!!!! waving my hand furiously and holding it up higher with my other hand. 🙂

Mrs. B. - I love to win prizes, but I definitely do not like to make crafts…so I would have to sit and laugh, read, eat, drink coffee, or play the piano at a craft weekend;)

sam - Yes, I would.

Melissa - YES, YES, YES!!!!
would be so fun!

Olly - Please let me know when, maybe a few weeks in advance, cause i would have to book a flight from frankfurt (germany)…..how cool would that be…..:-)))) greetings from germany…..and looking forward for your etsy-shop to open, hope you ship to germany too….olly

G. - I think it would be a blast to come to a craft weekend! 🙂

Michelle Whitlow - Ya know, I was thinking when you posted about your craft weekend that I was *so* jealous! For some reason I just really haven’t found people who love to craft as much as I do {{sad face}}. I’m hoping with an upcoming big move that maybe I’ll find some girls that love it like I do!
Btw, your giveaway totally inspired me…I have an old shirt of my daughter’s that looks just like that pink polka dot background. And seeing that ruffle pillow makes me want to cut it up and make a cute pillow out of it 🙂

Christy - I want to come so badly! I live close too:)

Flower Patch Farmgirl - Well, I sure would WANT to go. I can tell you that.

Amy M in Indiana - If I could come, I would love to! How fun would that be??!!

Megan H. - I would in a HEARTBEAT! (if someone else would pay my airfare! 😉 lol) How about you come to Wisco??

Ashley - I would totally come craft. I already live in KS, so I wouldn’t have to travel too far, but I still think it would be awesome :o).

Elizabeth - Absolutely I would! I want to learn from the best!!!

Monica - Of course I would come, Sketchy Air flies almost any where!

Whitney Benson - Let me think….YES! Except I would feel so inadequate. The only thing I can do is scrapbook, but I would LOVE to learn how to sew!

Dawn Eshnaur - I already commented once about how my friend and I would LOVE to come to a craft weekend! She is from Newton so we feel we already know you!!!

Cathy - in a word…. YES!!!! I WOULD COME!!!!!! I’m an art teacher. I have GOBS of ideas…. AND I’ve been dying to meet you anyway. SO…..it’s simple……PICK ME!!!!

Jill - I am commenting not to win the drawing (although it would be nice!)….but to tell you that YES, YES I would come for a craft weekend! The time away, being creative, girly chit-chat, good food. Sounds wonderful!

katie p - i love these crafts! i need to learn how to use my sewing machine :/

Laura - I would fly to Kansas and how I would love to spend a quality weekend with other women….and create, eat, shop, laugh. I can’t think of anything better. I’m nursing a baby right now, but I’m ready to purchase my plane ticket!!!!
Love your blog. Am a young (well, older than you, but we are young 🙂 Mom to seven.
I try my best to be crafty, but am not very creative 🙁

sherry - I would love to come. My whole family lives in KS, I live in Seattle…would be a perfect opportunity for sure. Can I bring my madre?

Amy D. - I would totally come to a craft weekend! How awesome is that!?

Michelle Burke - Would love it so much. Mainly because I am a wisher-wanter-watcher and not enough of a do-er(make sense?) lol…it looked so fun and the food…ohhhhh, to die for…..!!!!!

gina f. - a craft weekend in Kansas?…now that would be a dream come true! I loved all the projects you did and would love to go antiqueing/thrifting.

Maria Burke - I would totally come!!! 🙂

Christy - Totally would!

Angela - I’ve never been to Kansas, so hey, I’m game. And I love to craft – you have definitely inspired me to carve out time to create. And just so you don’t think you’re alone regarding Valentine’s day. I’m right there with you. I love my hubby, but he has never been and never will be a huge Valentine’s Day celebrater. But that’s perfectly OK with me.

Leah Jones - yes I would love to come! and love those goodies you’re offering! Checking your blog every day makes me smile 🙂

Pam - I’d be all over a craft weekend in Kansas!! What a fun idea.

Redshoesrolling - If you would have asked me that a year ago the answer would have been a definite no. But after reading your blog for a little over a year now, I would come for sure. I feel such a kinship with you as a wife, a mother and a child of God. I would be really nervous about it, but I would go for it.

Terri - Umm… YESSSSS! And you things from craft weekend are really cute. LOVE.

jen smith - oh absolutely yes!!! i may want to come more to see your house than to craft but i LoVe crafting too so it would be a win win for me!!!

Kim - In a heartbeat. 🙂

Beth Iversen - I live in Kansas and am a Railer grad. I would love to have a craft weekend. I do not have a lot of friends that like to craft. I was sort of made fun of and called grandma for my crafting intrests. Happy to find a craft community online. Love all bright colors!!

staceyb - ummm, Yes. yes. and YES! 🙂 these are happy thoughts indeed.

Natalie - Heck yeah!! Would love too!

Tanya H - HECK YES!!! Are you kidding?? That would be so awesome! I *would be a bundle of nerves but it would rock the whole year!
I love your happy mail!!

Karen Lehmann - i would give anything….a tooth, an arm, my first born child. well, maybe not the firstborn – she’s fully trained…but any of the others. or the dog…yes, I would definitely give the dog.

Nichole Kopp - I would love to come a tour of your house, meet your lovely family, and craft who could ask for more! After reading your craft weekend post I immediately emailed my best girlfriends and said we should do this! I’ll come to KS you come to WA, deal?

Ayelet - Oh yes, I would definitely come!

sarah - Umm duh. I’d totally want to come.

Jen - I would! I love meeting new people.

Jenn - I love the idea of craft weekend in Kansas however the reality of making it happen with two small kids and a full time job is pretty dang small… However if you are ever visiting Seattle and want to pop over the mountains to my house I would happily host a NW craft weekend! Glad you are enjoying all your crafting these days!

marnie scott - i would SO love to meet random women, and leave with new friends. glad you all enjoyed your lip balm gift!

ROBBIE - no pondering just a simple YES!

SammaMichelle - well holy cow batman I would!!! I would love to win those swah-eet crafts too. I live in Texas so I’m sure there are even other crafty bloggers that would love to carpool and come craft with you. I would be Verrrry verrry nervous but I’d still come!

Jacqui - yes …. oh my goodness YES!! spending a craft weekend with unknown bloggers who make the most wonderful things and write the most amazing blogs ….. ahhhhhhhhhhh YES!

Deborah - YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Let me make sure you heard…..YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, I would so come! Sounds like so much fun!

Wendy - I would for sure! I think it would be very fun. Love craft ladies nights. Do them sometimes at my house. Need to have another now that I think of it.

Jessica - that sounds kind of cool..!

Courtney Hohimer - oh my gosh YES YES YES AND A RESOUNDING YES! I would LOVE to come to a craft weekend with a bunch of blogging crafting strangers!

Ashley - I’d do it in a heartbeat! It almost doesn’t seem a couple of states away, and blogland isn’t THAT big. 😉

Karen - I would LOVE it! I keep teasing my hubby that he needs to send me away on a crafting/sewing weekend for my 30th birthday- this would be perfect!! Love the stuff you gals made on your crafting weekend- so fun!

Vonda - That would be soooooo fun!!!!!! 🙂 I don’t leave my family much, but it would be an amazing experience for sure! I love your blog and if I only have time to read one in the morning, yours is IT!

Shannon - YES yes yes I would!

Jill - Yes!! I would love to craft for a weekend!

Courtney - Oh.My.Goodness YES! The answer is yes a million times and not just for the free craft goodies… for the CRAFTING, girlie time, good food, making new friends, and antiquing!!! I hate to admit it, but I was immediately jealous when I saw the gorgeous shots of the antique store.

Courtney Henson - Wow, so me and 476 other gals are totally meeting at your house! Do you think you could accommodate us all? I say yes a thousand times because I already know the power of blog friendships. I have made some of the dearest friends through blogging and many I get to be “real” friends with now too! We did a blogging retreat last March on the Washington coast. We had blog friends come from as far as Australia, the South, the Midwest, California…we were really representing! It was a sweet, beautiful, God filled weekend. It is really amazing how God can bring friendships out of this old internet thing! Loved seeing your craft weekend with all of your amazing blog friends!

jaye h. - oh yea…I’d be there! My daughter and I LOVE visiting your blog! You inspire us to be more creative. We talk about things we’ve seen on your blog as if we know you personally. My husband just rolls his eyes…he just doesn’t get it…but that’s okay!! 🙂

Alisha Gibb - Heck ya! That sounds like so much fun!

Jen K - That sounds very enticing! I would love to win the giveaway so I don’t have to try and make my own necklace and pillow! 🙂

Karrie Ann - YES! Absolutely! I just found your blog last night and am smitten! With husband out of town and kids asleep I had an unusual opportunity to look for sewing projects on-line, which lead me to your “craft weekend” post. I live only an hour and a half SE of your Marion antique store! I THINK I could leave my littles (2,3, and 4) for an treat like that!
In His Peace,
Karrie Ann

Deb A. - How cool would that be. I would love to come. Do I need to have a blog?

Heather - Yes, yes, yes I would come! And I’m not too far away (live in Olathe with some family still in Hutch).
Oh, look at the can of worms you opened!

Rachel - A craft weekend would be awesome, just like this giveaway!

Jill Tracy - I would totally love to come for a craft weekend! Sounds F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C!!!!!!

Julie Baldwin - I absolutely would come. However you would all laugh at my Type A personality way of doing crafts (I’m a CPA, really, really Type A).

Melinda - I love Kansas…it would wonderful. i Have my ruby shoes too,

Ryanne - Oh my goodness. I totally would. I am trying to teach myself how to sew, so that would be so motivating for me, not to mention fun. Oh, I would love, love, love, love to.

Donna Bailey - I would LOVE a craft weekend! I make lots of fun things, I love to sew and papercrafts are also a favorite. But I really love to cook for a group. I would be happy to make great food for everyone!

Emma - Absolutely! A reason to get away for the weekend, craft, fellowship and fun! What more could a mom of a 19 month old ask for!

CAROL B - i love craftin’ but I would be much better suited with the girls I hang out with..so no I wouldn’t, but now if you said we would all go junkin’ then I’d be there in a heartbeat!! I love that big polka dot flower and thats what I really want!!

cristen - Are you kidding me!!!??? I would love to come to a craft weekend. After you posted your last one I thought…how can I do this in my house with friends near or far? I just loved the idea!
I also would love to be entered to win these gifts. Love them but love them more because they are hand made!

Renae - You wrote this post specifically for me right? Of course I would come! And i’d pay for my own gas. 🙂

Tere - I’d come. All the way from Seattle, WA. I’d bring a BIG suitcase full of craft goodies and big enough to bring some vintage finds home. I’d cook and clean.

Stephanie - I would probably freak out thinking no one would like me and say I would come but then not but then my husband would make me and I would love it and never want to go home.

Sarah - I think I would! It’d just have to fit in the budget. Provided stuff would help! 🙂

Robin - I would absolutely LOVE to if I could swing it during the timeframe it was planned! None of my girlfriends here are crafters so I’m all alone in my craftiness most of the time. So sad! 🙁

rebecca jordan - ABSOLUTELY! and i will be very excited and take lots of pictures and blog about it and maybe die with excitement (okay not die… thats a little intense.)

Gail - Yes, I live in Wichita and would love to come and craft with you for a weekend. I love how bright and cherry your blog is, a nice change from all the white and neutral which I adore as well.

Jenn - I think a craft weekend would be fun. It would have to be a learning weekend for me because I don’t know how to do any crafts. I grew up in Kansas and now I’m in Kansas City, so I wouldn’t be too far away.

Jen - YES YES YES… How awesome would a craft weekend at Meg’s be… Love all your goodies made from the last time… I think I commented on yours, Julie’s, and Ashley’s blog about the weekend one word… JEALOUS! Pure Goodness for sure!

Molly Pearce - Yes! But I would have to drive because I am horrfied of planes, ha ha! I love me some crafts! At church the youth girls want to have a “craft time with Molly”, ha ha! Have a fabulous day!!
~Molly P

Christy - YES! I think it would be a blast. I am pretty shy, but something tells me being there I wouldn’t be. 🙂 Crafting, antiquing & girl time, sign me up!

Angie - I don’t know if I would come to a craft weekend. I would want to, but I would be so nervous!
P.S. Those sunglasses are a-mazing!!

Kristin Hayne - Heck to the yeah!!! I try and do a couple girl trips a year to do crafty things and would LOVE to partake in a weekend like this!! Would probably even pay to do it!! 😉 That would be super nice and generous of you!! Thanks for the chance Meg!!

karen - I would love to come to KS for a craft weekend, but really just to meet you!

Tracy D. - Yes!

Sharla - Would LOVE to come to a craft weekend – I’m a short drive away and would SO be there! 🙂 Love that rainbow necklace. . . .

nicky - YES YES YES! my friend Jina and i were just talking about your craft weekend and how much we want to have one. it looked like such a fun respite for busy moms. and we are both sewing machine virgins so we loved to see that you showed other newbies the ropes!

Yolanda - I would, but I don’t think I am crafty enough to hang with all you talented ladies! Thanks for the giveaway though. 🙂

Leslie - OMG!!! How I would love to come to your girly craft weekend and make pins and necklaces and pillows and clipboards…oh my!!! What a fun time to be with such creative girls and laugh and craft and laugh and drink coffee and be silly!!! :}}}}}}

Krista - I would come if you didn’t live so far away…
(I LOVE this giveaway!)

rychelle - yes, yes, YES!
(until then, you’ve inspired me to host a craft weekend for some girlfriends here in vegas!)

Nicole Q. - I’d be like Kimberlee fearing the craft projects with such PRO crafters but I’m all over the shopping and girl time!! Love a weekend with you and some girls. I told Kimberlee the other day I need to come down for a week this summer with the kids and we can all three hook up.

tara - of course! i suck at sewing though. would there be non-sewing crafty stuff? 🙂

BriBedell - I live in Michigan, would love to come to Kansas and hang with some ladies and get my craft on! (Then I could visit my friend who moved to Kansas last year) Yay!! Pick me 🙂 Would there also be some antiquing invovled?? I would totally drive my mom van there just so I could bring a lot of stuff back <3 LOL

Andrea @ Big Creek Cottage - A craft weekend sounds like so much fun……would waffle be there???????? I {heart} waffle…..

Nicole Ackman - I would love to come, but we dont always get what we want. I am luck to be able to leave the house for a few hours to craft an that is when I am going down the street

Kelly - uh, OF COURSE!!!!!!!!!!!

Mindy Harris - meg,
i think it’s so neat that you get happy mail from your readers. my blog is much smaller than yours, but from time to time i will get a blessing in the mail that totally makes my week!! and a BIG FAT YES to the craft thing you are wanting to host. i am considering hosting my own and was going to ask you if you wanted to be a guest sewing expert. i have friends in CA and NYC who want to come….but if you host your own, then, well maybe we’ll all be there. would you have enough mattresses? i live in wichita so if you needed any of your crafting invitees to have another place to stay they could stay at my cool mid-century decorated home! 🙂 thank you for being an encourager in my life. a motivator to be confident in my abilities!

Lisa - I would want to but I don’t craft… like at all. I think God gave me other great qualities but creativity was not one of them. I wish I was more creative and crafty. 🙂

patti - In a heartbeat!!

Staci - WOW!!!!!! I soooo won’t win this…but I would sure love to 🙂 And YES YES YES!!!! I would LOVE to come and craft with you!!!!! I only live in Oklahoma….would be soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo awesome!!!!! Can you tell how excited I am 🙂 I have to tell you…I sewed….a duvet…well, more like a blanket this past weekend!!!! This is exciting because I don’t know how to thread a needle 🙂 How do people work with allll that fabric???!!! Okay, seriously….I would love a craft weekend in Kansas!!!! I make some mean monkey bread!!!!! Thanks for the giveaway Megan!!!

Melissa - I would love a weekend crafting with new friends! I don’t have a blog of my own (yet) but I have a couple of name ideas that I’m kicking around for my new-mom craft blog. This would be a great way to get started! 🙂

Mary P. - I don’t even want to think about it since I’m working on being content. I would so love it though. FYI, we had pizza last night too and that was it. Have a good day!

because love is a lifestyle - That would be so wonderful! I would love that! Pick me, please pick me, hee hee!

Erin Kirby - yes! i would just have to convince the husband to watch our newborn twins! ha!

K(is)Sing - Yes! That would be awesome! I’ve always wanted to go to Kansas. 🙂

Sabina - I would love love love to come for a craft weekend 🙂 but I live far far far away (Poland) so it might not be easy for me to just hop on a plane and come to you…but I sure love reading your blog : )

Dani - Heck Yeah! I would love that! I have a ton a crazy crafty ideas, but never have time to get them done. A weekend of meeting people and crafting…. ahhhh a dream come true!

Sonya - ABSO-FREAKIN-LUTELY! 🙂 Love your blog, love your crafts, love your personality!

Mandi Buccafusco - Yes! I would definitely want to come but since I’m not a “good” crafter, I would just watch and see all the cute things everyone else makes. I LOVE all those prizes! And I LOVE your blog.

Heidi - Of course! 🙂

Heather - I’m SO in. How much fun that would be!! We could watch hilarious movies and sew and drink coffee and scrapbook and go to that awesome antique place you took the bloggers to! It would be like a super-fun dream. 🙂

Kirsten - Do you have to have a blog to come?

Maria - I so would! Sounds like so much fun!

Jessica Clevering - I would love, love a craft weekend!

jess - it looks like everybody is IN!!! are you ready for us!!!????

Cora Anne Designs - I would come! I would come!!
Fun!
Jill

erica - sounds like FUN!!!

Jennifer Allred - Ummm, yes for sure! Just down the road from you in Wichita so it is totally do-able for me too! Really wish I could have crashed your last one 😉
And as a random aside, we have done many of your craft thursday ideas on any given day, but this summer we’re going for a special day just for crafts b/c we had so much fun over the past few months! Wouldn’t it be cool to have lots of mamas everywhere doing craft days on all different days with their kiddos?
OK, back to regularly scheduled commenting! I WOULD LOVE TO COME CRAFT WITH YOU!

ShelbyP - Oh, that would be fun! And I live withing driving distance. Craft weekend is a great idea!

megan - heck yes, i would come!! sounds like so much fun!
i would just have to figure out how to get there!

Kimberly - Oh yes I would!!! How much fun would that be, wow!!

Kate Cupps - Maybe I’m the only sane one here, but I think going all the way to Kansas (from AZ) to craft with a bunch of strangers is out of the question! I’m sure you’re all lovely ladies, but no… I just couldn’t do it. 🙂

Lisa - I thought you’d never ask!! Of course I would! I would probably have to do more of the cooking than the crafting because I’m sewing challenged! 🙂

jodi - In a heart beat!

Regina - I’d be there with bells on! 🙂

Alisa - I love to craft but kansas is kinda far from me (Utah) so don’t think I could make it.
I look forward to reading your blog everday. Thanks for sharing.

Leah - I’m in. Let me know the date.

elisabeth (bovagoods) - i wonder if my bernina would fit in the overhead compartment? 😉 i would be there in a heart beat!!!!!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Meg, I would honestly love to.

Karyn - ARE YOU KIDDING?!?!? I would LOVE to come to Kansas to meet you and craft! All the way from Western Canada!

Bailey - Would LOVE to travel for a crafty, girly weekend!!

Stacey - Absolutely!!!! Fun fun fun! Your blog and these crafts are adorable!

Andrea T. - I am a very outgoing person so I would LOVE to come to KS for a craft weekend 🙂

jennifer s - Heck ya! and since I live in Kansas it would be a short 4 hr trip south. Love LOve the messy flower pin, must make one

Lindsey Jo - if the stranger was you, yes. if the stranger was really a stranger, maybe.

Alison - yay!! How fun would that be!!! and i would get to meet you!

Lelia - How fun! I would come!! I would need major help w/the crafts — I’m not too crafty! 😮 I love seeing all of the pretties that you all create though! =D

jennie sanders - oh my gosh , yes!!! That would be a dream. I have been reading and enjoying your blog for about a year now. You are so creative and inspirational. Would love to get together and craft!

Dana D@BoysMyJoys - ummmm, HECK YEAH!
I’d load up the suburban with my handy, dandy sewing machine, some Dove chocolate, and hit every Sonic between SC and Kansas in route!

Jessica - I would be nervous & EXCITED to be blessed with the presence of fellow crafters & the amazing energy that come with them…I love your honesty Meg, makes me feel NORMAL that I am not the only mom with the thoughts you have! Granted I only have 2 children, with a 3rd on the way…I don’t know how you keep the cool with 5! I would be racing to the airport if I had the opportunity!

Kristi - I am in Canada- so it is a bit far, but man, would it be fun!

Blaire - I would LOVE to come to a craft weekend in KS! I wonder how long it would take me to get there from TX. Hmmmm. There is nothing better than making something with you hands while spending time with wonderful women!

Kirsten J - I *think* I would come…I’m kind of a chicken about traveling….but a craft weekend would be a good carrot at the end of the stick for me.

Debbie - Yes, yes, yes. It would give me TIME to craft.

Shelly foster - Oh my goodness gracious ! YES, YES, YEEEEESSSSSS ! I would so be there …in a flash !

Jody - I would actually come too – I cannot imagine getting away to JUST DO CRAFTS!!! how utterly awesome. I am home full time with four boys. I squeeze in craft time whenever I can!!!
Love your blog. Now…how far away is Kansas from WI?? :)))

Laura - yeah!! I need a ruffle pillow in my life!

Alisa - I would totally come!!!! I live in Kansas too so it wouldn’t be too far, but all the more do-able, right? Plus, I love to craft so it’s a match made in heaven 🙂

Allie E. - Be there or be square!

Holly - Um, in a heartbeat! (even better if I could bring my sister – we could road trip it in my MINI Cooper Convertible!)

erin - would feel like i had won the lottery if i went crafting in kansas!!

Alice H - I definitely would come to Kansas for a craft weekend! I need a break 🙂

Hayley - Of course! I’d love to come.

Megan - I would. I would be terrified, but I would…..maybe.

amanda - please, please, please can I have it? love this cute stuff!
Amanda

Hannah - i most definitely would. 🙂

steph - oh gosh… it feels like the school yard all over again! ha ha ha! pick ME, pick ME, PICK ME!!!!!!!!
it’s so funny you post about this b/c the whole time i was reading your post about the crafting weekend, i was like, “man… is this weird but i SO want to be there too!!! i don’t know these women but i know i’d have a blast!” and now, here we are! so in a short answer, YES i’d love to come for a craft weekend. i would totally be there in a heartbeat. give me a chance… i promise i’ll bring YOU some goodies!!!! 🙂

elz - I would love to come to a Craft Weekend with you. Kansas is a little far away, but maybe a roadtrip?!

Tiffany Kraght - oh my goodness, i saw your post about your crafty blogger weekend and instantly called my sister in law and said we have to do that!!!
i also bookmarked the necklace tuturial so i could make one for myself!
~tiff

Shelby - YES! It’d be a long drive but that’d be SO cool!

Sophie - I would TOTALLY come to a craft weekend in Kansas.
But I doubt it’d ever be possible for me. I live in London so it’s a LONG way way from home… And probably very expensive to get there 🙁

Amy James - When I read about your weekend I remember thinking how brave everyone was to come together. At that time I asked myself if I would be brave enough to go if ever asked. It made me nervous just thinking about it. I am working so hard to get out of my box and I answered myself with a definitive “YES”. And yes, I do talk to myself 🙂 Love you, Love your blog!

Heather @ Cookie Mondays - I’m thinking you didn’t get many ‘no’s. I would love to come back. With no baby distractions.

Danielle H. - Oh, I would so totally come to a craft weekend!!! So many peeps in my life just don’t understand the joy that is crafting and the joy that is reading blogs of “strangers”!!! Since watching The Wizard of Oz since I was a little girl I’ve always wanted to visit Kansas…..

Myriah Mae - I would absolutely LOVE to come to a craft weekend at your house!!!

Geli - How did you make the yellow polka dot clipboard? For some reason
I love clipboards….

Sami - Wow, you’re going to have a really packed house at this craft weekend!! And I do love me some friendly crafting…

shannan - Can I come tomorrow???? How about I host a craft weekend here: http://www.thehouseinsc.com and you can be the guest of honor on the west coast? I know you have some girls out this way! But Kansas would be awesome!

Kerri - I couldn’t leave my boys to come – which is why I need the package! haha 🙂 I think when my little one is 5 I will feel better about traveling without them. There will be time for me again one day, these days are too precious and fleeting for me to miss. In the mean time, I love watching all of the fun things you ladies do! I think you should totally do another weekend!

Amber G - I would love to come to a craft weekend, you all had too much fun.

debbie - My bags are already packed for the craft weekend! Even thought I can be shy, I would have no fears that everyone would be nice and friendly, because the women who read and comment on your blog are an awesome bunch!

kat - Yes, yes, a thousand times, YES! I mean, um, sure, I’d come to a craft weekend at your house… I get super excited just thinking about it!!! Fun company, fun crafts, yummy food, tons of laughter, count me in!!! Please. 😀

robyn - definitely! i went to my first craft weekend in november, and it was heavenly!!!

Karina - I would have to get a passport but I’d love to come. The only part of the USA I’ve been to is Seattle. How far is it to Kansas from here, hmmmmmmmm…according to google, I could drive there in about 26 hours. Which I might do if I could bring my husband and three kids! We have relatives in Ohio, so we could make it into something of a pilgrimage…How many days/weeks can we stay??? (you are probably already regretting this idea, huh?)

april - I would come in a <3 beat!!! It would rock and be so much fun! Those goodies you girls made were so cute and make for a great giveaway!
xoxo

Jessi - YES.

Stacy Heffington - Absolutely! Oh yeah! Who wouldn’t be up for a girls trip and crafts!!!

Nichole - yes, yes I would, because I wouldn’t have to fly because Nebraska is close by 🙂

Sara W - Yes, I think it sounds fabulous!

Laura - What a lovely giveaway!
I thoroughly enjoyed checking out the blogs you linked when you posted about your craft weekend. Such special ladies, every one of them. I looked at the pictures and read through the story of your weekend together and felt like I was missing from that picture. 🙂 I craft all the time. I have a hard time just sitting without having my hands occupied making something. I’ve made tons of cabochon magnets lately, and you can usually find me making cards, scrapbooking, making Alphamom’s snow globe soaps, or just about anything.
Thanks for the opportunity for one of us to enjoy the craft weekend’s labors!

katie - i loooove this giveaway!!! i would totally do a craft weekend, how fun to meet new people!

Melissa - YES!

Katey Deasy - Girls craft weekend anywhere sounds awesome! I’d do breakfast!

Amanda Jo - I would TOTALLY craft with a bunch of strangers in Kansas!!! It would be SO much fun!!!

Tracy - Ummmm…is there really 2 answers to that question? Yes! Yes! yes! (i guess that is 3 answers). I will even start saving my pennies for air fare right now he!he! (cuz it just might take awhile).

Shannon - If I was super crafty and creative like you I would but I am not so I would spare you from being bored with me 😉
I would go if I could just come and hang out..maybe I would cook and bake for you guys that would be fun!

Megan - Totally! Nobody crafty around here. Love to meet new people!

Shivaun - Ummmmm….. a resounding YES!!! I like you 🙂
I just googled it, and I’m about 10 hours away. I think I’ve got Delta miles somewhere, too… I’ve got a chubby 3 month old you could smooch on! I’d better get packing! 😉

Elizabeth Walters - UMMMMM YES! An added bonus is that my sister lives in KS (and I live way down in Texas)and you know what we would be even MORE awesome?? IF she came too! We LOVE crafting!!!

stephany - ABSOLUTELY! I love Kansas…used to drive all the way across it from Denver to Kansas City, MO to visit my aunts, uncles and grandparents every summer! ;^)
I would love to attend a craft weekend with amazing crafty ladies! I would like to do one here in Oregon, so to see first hand how you do it would be awesome!

Staci B - I would absolutely go to a craft weekend in KS! So much fun to be with great ladies creating!

Amanda - Be there in a heartbeat-lol. How long of a drive is it from central Illinois? 😉

kim g - I would love a craft weekend. What a great idea! Would love to have one with all my friends. Love your blog….thanks for always sharing!

Suzy - I think that would be a blast! It would be therapeutic to have a not only a ‘girls weekend’ but a ‘crafting retreat’ thrown in the mix?! What crazy heaven have I died and gone to?!?!?!:) Thats a big yes from a gal out in Utah, who doesn’t blog, but loves to craft, and loves good friends! Thanks

Camm Taylor - Craft weekend! Would love it! I do have to admit that I am not as ‘crafty’ as you girls…I do love to pretend! I just made my 2nd pom pom necklace like yours. I have gotten tons of compliments! My girls and I love to do the art projects that you do with your family!

Denise Sandberg - Of course I would come! I love doing crafts! and my girls are OLD enough to be without MOM for a weekend!

Jen - I would totally come…and I would be weirded out about it after agreeing to it, and then when I got there I would be like, why was I weirded out?!! It would be amazing, and I would love it!

ashley jensen - I would TOTALLY come to a craft weekend! I would totally be freaking out before hand since I am pretty shy but would get over that! I am only 4 hours away so I could definitley drive!

Janelle - I would LOVE that! Although, tickets from the Virgin Islands may be a little pricey to Kansas. And being the only athiest in the group may make me feel a little out of place! But I think it would still be a blast, I love to craft and am stuck doing craft “kits”. I love the creativity of actually making something not from a kit!

ashlee - i would love to come to a crafting weekend so fun!!!

Katelyn - If I wasn’t a poor college student on the east coast i would be there with bells on! Looks like y’all had amazing fun at your last craft weekend. Meg, love your blog, it’s a daily read!

Tammy - absolutely. no better way to make new friends then to be thrown together in a situation and make the best of it! And I’ve never been to Kansas, so it’d be an exciting adventure!

Elena - I might be one of your youngest attendees, but it would be so awesome to be surrounded by other craft-lovers for a whole weekend!

Nikki - Dude!! I would totally come! Kansas is only one state away from Colorado, after all 🙂 Whoever would say no to that is nuts! Ha!
Cheers 🙂

JennR - I was just telling my husband about this LAST night- how I really admired how you did this, and how much I love your blog and hope that our home is like yours once we have kids. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to come. I just got an antique letterpress that I’m a little afraid of, and would love to have a group of creative women to figure it out with!

Mindy Murray - I so would come to a craft weekend …. I’m trying to be more outgoing ….. and I LOVE to craft, sew, scrapbook, learn something new, anything to just be creative and get a little messy!

Rachel - YES! I’m one of those people that can walk into a room/house full of strangers and strike up a conversation. But, beware…I am a morning person! 😉

Jes - I’m not crafty, I’m a wanna be, but would absolutely show up, hoping to learn a crafty thing or two!

erin j - Yes, please. I don’t do a whole lot of crafting but would love to learn and I miss Kansas so much it hurts (we’re currently living in Chicago…so take lots of pictures of storms if you get the chance).

Sarah Hansen - Totally! I live in Nebraska!

Beth - I love these crafty things, I made a necklace this weekend. The pillow is next on my list. Would love win these to see them in person (to see how well I made mine!)

Jenny - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your blog! It makes me happy! A craft weekend – WOW – amazing fun! Crafting, shopping, hanging out with lovely people…doesn’t get any better. Thanks for sharing your life with us!

Lindsay - Most definitely. I’d love some inspiration and fellowship with crafty girls! :

julie - silly question … of course we all would!!! Fun, Fun !!!

Sharen M - Oh Goodness, I’d be there. I’ve been daydreaming of being crafty! It would be an honor to be around other experienced crafters! All it takes is one step to make a start!

Heather - Meg – I would totally come! I live in Kansas, just a few short hours away from you! But here’s the thing – I am NOT crafty! I dream of being crafty. I have crafty thoughts, but then I am paralyzed to actually do anything with those thoughts. I am clean. I like to cook. I bake well. If I’m going to do a “craft” it usually consists of something we can eat when we’re done! LOL Dual purpose craftiness! I love it!

Andrea - I totally would come to a craft weekend with complete strangers! I bet it would be fun, and very much needed!

Jaima - YES, I totally would! I’ve sort of stalked your blog for quiet some time. My husband’s grandmother lives in Kansas and we were there a few weeks ago. We live in Nashville.
And thanks for the awesome giveaway!

Karen - I want the answer to be YES but I’m sure you want me to be honest so the answer would probably be no. I’m painfully shy around new people and the thought of going somewhere by myself to meet a bunch of new people makes my heart beat crazy fast. In fact, when I read that you had done a craft weekend with people you didn’t know before, my heart was beating crazy fast for you.
Love your blog…it’s the only blog I MUST read everyday!!

Laura - Love the prize!! Love the idea of a craft weekend! Not the most crafty YET… but I can learn, right?! Totally awesome! =)

jenn - I would be there in a heartbeat! It would be so much fun! I love the flower pin… too cute 🙂

Andrea Boone - Meg!
I would love love love to come to a craft weekend with you..
I promise not to be so scared of you thinking I was a freaky deaky stocker that I don’t talk much.. like when you took my kid’s pictures!!Which I LOVE still.. can’t wait until spring for more.
So, Yes I would be there in a heartbeat!!
You Rock and inspire me everyday!!!
so YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

dawn - for sure!

Holly - I would love to come to a craft weekend! I was just lamenting to my husband that I have wonderful friends, but no one likes to do any crafts! and I am not happy if I am not doing something!

Gale - I’d be there in a heartbeat – since I only live about two hours away! 🙂 I read your blog first every morning to remind me there are colorful, cool, fun people close to me….and have used your Mom’s margarita recipe from the craft weekend post quite often since I read it! 🙂 What fun it would be… sign me up!! (cute, cute goodies, too – can’t wait for the shop to open!) Also, BIG congrats on being chosen for Matthew Mead’s mag!!! You’ll be a perfect fit! 🙂

Shawna - I would love to come, but my kids keep me busy right now.

Becca - Oh yes I would LOVE to go to a craft weekend with all of you talented ladies 🙂 That would be so fun. I do have a 3 year old and 9 month old at home though.. so working that out would be.. interesting 🙂

Kelsey - Of course I would attend a craft weekend in KS, but your going to need a big house with 300 of us there.

Jeannette - I would LOVE to come crafting with you and other bloggers (or non bloggers). I don’t have a blog YET, I am still mustering up the courage :). I’m in Florida but I’d be on a plane in a minute….count me in!!!!!

Shiloh Walter - I am a wannabe crafter…..All these ideas, but never finding the time to follow through. I would love a craft weekend, and I’m only a hop, skip, and a jump away!

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1668443056 - I would love it!!! I would have the best time, i need it so badly!!

amy Mumaw - Oh yes, I need to learn how to craft!!!
Amy Mumaw

Kimberly - totally!! except i cannot craft.
i love that necklace!!! i must have it. amy, do you sell them?

Jenn - I would if I could. I love meeting new people.

kate - Would love to but even more think it would be fun if we organized a bunch going on during the same weekend at different places around the country….can I host Southern California?!?!?

Jennifer - I so would! You guys looked like you had such a great creative time. I find that I am the most creative when surrounded by other caring creative people.

Molly - YES! some of my favorite bloggers were at your last one! If they were there again (and I am not saying they would have to be to get me to come) but if they and you (of course) were I would be like a 7 year old at a Hannah Montana concert!!! and my husband would laugh at me for my complete excitment! But even with all my excitment I would probably still need to bring a friend along:)

alamama - totally! what great fun it would be! i’d even wash my floor for that one! heehee!

Heidi - YES YES YES! I know Amy J. through her co-worker Nancy. We were both so happy and jealous that she was getting to come to craft weekend!

Stefanie Arnold - heck yes I would come! I would come a non-crafty, clueless lady and leave, one quite inspired, newly creative genius… just like you all 🙂 I’m getting my first sewing machine soon, so I plan on the year 2011 holding many creative moments in it for me 🙂

Tonya - Meg, there are over 200 women who want to come to your craft weekend (there will be many more as the day progresses, I’m sure!), yet somehow I feel there is a chance I could win/get chosen/finagle my way in. HOW DO YOU DO IT??? How do you make each one of us think we could be bffs if ONLY we lived in your town. It’s true. AND I was just lamenting the fact that I don’t have a blog so I couldn’t be invited to your bloggy craft party. Also true. SO what would I do if I came to craft weekend in Kansas? Drool, stare, creep, and snoop, all while trying to appear cool, composed, and worth your time. And I would craft my heart out.

Ashley Crenshaw - I would LOVE to come back home to Kansas and go for a craft weekend!! But.. we’d have to go treasure hunting too! 😉

stephanieT - yes, i would TOTALLY be there…. 🙂

Tracy - I’m not as talented as you, but I would definately come just to meet you and other fun filled girlies 🙂

christy - That would be amazing!!

Heidi Jo the Artist - It looked like you ladies had such a fun time with your craft weekend, how could I refuse!?! I especially loved the embroidery art!
I would have to bring a newborn though, we just had our third child, a son on January 28th!! I’m not a good blogger though, better at reading them. 😉

Sabrina at Tutus and Chaos - You bet I would! I’m another sewing newbie you’d have to help out though.

Cassie Allen - Be in the company of women where we can laugh and share and create and escape? It sounds like a small island of awesomeness. Yep. I would love to be there!
lifethroughthislens.blogspot.com

Jamie - YESSS!!! Because going to Kansas would mean I would be going home (I live in Colorado)! I miss Kansas people!!

Jen W. - Oh I’d be in. Scared, way out of my comfort zone, but exhilirated because that’s what living is! Taking risks and getting out there – 2 things I’ve avoided at all costs before but am learning to kind of like…
PS- You’ve made me a lover of rainbows. 🙂

Katie - Of course I would! Be there in a heartbeat!

Kelly - yes, yes I would. If I could meet my *husband* online first and then in person, why not friends? And it would maybe/possibly help me learn to sew! I have gotten the bug to learn. How cool of you to be so open to doing something fun, out of the box and creative! Kelly
p.s. You have a lot of readers from Australia! Fun.

Meredith - I’m in…name the date! 😉

Lindsey - Hmm. I’ll be in Manhattan, KS in April. Sounds fun but I’m not the most crafty person in the world. I do like to get crafty with my camera though!

allie - i would love to come and craft! you need to open an etsy shop!

Nikki from Austin - for sure…and i’ll bring wine from the texas hill country to add to the enjoyment of the weekend. 🙂

Vera - Oh my gosh YES!! I have been obsessed with the idea of a craft weekend because of you and Jess, and so I decided just last week that I am renting a B&B here in Arkansas for some of my friends and I for my birthday and having one of my own, and I am SO SOOO excited. But my best best friend lives in Kansas City and I really need (want!!) to visit her this year too, so I would totally plan a trip up there for some crafting fun AND visiting her. Love all your goodies 🙂

tobi d - Totally!

Jill - TOTALLY! I would come in a heartbeat! (I would need to bring my super adorable baby boy, though) 🙂 I reposted your craft weekend post to my facebook page and hinted to my friends that we must do something like that for my birthday. I live in a house of little boys and never get enough craft time. Ever.
Thank you for the super cute giveaway!

Tracey - In a heartbeat!!

Liz @ Perfect Chaos - ABSOLUTELY!!! I loved reading your blog post and looking at the photos of your craft weekend you hosted, the entire thinking how can I get in on that?!?!

Mary-Beth at Short, Sweet Season - I would SO come! Yay for craft weekends!

Verna - I would definitely come to a craft weekend. Ok, allowing for the ability to find a babysitter or have my hubby off work enough to do it. 🙂

Beth - Oh you know it!
That would be awesome….love all those goodies! I need some teachers to help me with my sewing machine I bought a year ago and still have not taught myself how to sew.

Valerie - Yes! What fun! One idea would be to let the winner to a craft weekend bring a friend – may make going to a new place easier(Pioneer Woman does this for her giveaways, which is what made me think of it). I am inspired by your crafts all the time. That fabric in your title has me drooling…and has sent me back to the quilt shop despite my hiatus from having 3 small children …thanks for the giveaway opportunity!

Beth - I want, I want! I have been eyeing the fabric flowers since your blog weekend post! Pick me. And yes, I would so come to a blogland weekend of fun!

Anna Marie - If everything panned out for me I would be there in a heartbeat. However, I am due with our 2nd in 3 months and a newborn might make that a little difficult. But I would SO wish I was there!

Beth - Yes, yes I would. And I’d love every minute of it! Thanks for asking.

Laura - I wouldn’t be opposed, but I am not very crafty, so I’d help cook, clean up, and take photos. I’d watch very closely at all the creativity. I’m so inspired by all of you crafty women!

Stephanie - I’d be there with bells on!Thanks for sharing the love!

april's craft nest - craft weekend? a weekend dedicated to craft? that sounds like the best time ever! except i would be very nervous and my husband would make me even more nervous! “you’re meeting people you’ve never met, except on-line….in another state….and you have to get on a plane to get there…?” even with all that though…that sounds fun! 😉

courtney - oh my goodness! how fun! welp, i would definitely consider coming. when i looked at your pictures from craft weekend, i thought i would totally fit in with you guys. the reason i’m not saying YES immediately is because #1. i am sooo scared to fly and i’ve never flown by myself. #2. i’m so not crafty. BUT you had some non-crafty friends and i know you’d welcome me with open arms – crafy or not! :o) oh, and did i mention i totally love that prize of rainbowy, bright goodness? i would be so excited to receieve that in the mail!
courtney
xoxo

Melissa - OH! I absolutely would come! When I read your post I was thinking, man I wish I had freinds that would do something like that- so awesome! (not that my friends aren’t awesome…just a different kind of awesome!) Have a great Tuesday!

Jenny Joy - I live in Kansas, and LOVE the idea of a crafty weekend. That’s the kind of stuff that feeds the soul, me thinks. It would be a tiny bit scary at first (crafting with strangers), but I’m pretty sure that anyone in attendance wouldn’t be a stranger for long. 🙂

Sarah - I would definitely come. And my in laws live in Kansas so they could watch my girls!

Laurie - Absolutely. That’s my kind of weekend!

cindy - I would love to come to meet you and your friends and craft with you guys! Sounds amazing! Your blog has inspired me in so many ways! Thank you so much. I don’t know how you make friends from blogging as you and others have mentioned because I just feel like a blog stalker most of the time. Events like this would make it possible without it being weird you know? 🙂
Cindy

ingrid - crafting weekend in kansas….sign me up (please)!

Jessica M - I would love to come. I might just need a little pep talk 🙂

Naomi - Gosh, I would love to attend a craft weekend, but I’m a student in the UK so I think the airfare to Kansas would be a little too much for me!
Naomi x

Amy - Are you kidding….we’d overtake you town!!!!!

Anessa - I would Love, Love, Love to come!!! 🙂 and I would LOVE all those goodies too.

Kirsten - But of course!!! This would be a dream come true… Creative fun people, getting away from the everyday mess and responsibility of life, and being able to enjoy adult conversation! Bring it on, baby!

colleen - Yes, I would come…In fact, when i saw that one of the girls who came was from Alabama (like me!) i thought how nice it would be to have traveled with her! Maybe as a stow away in her suitcase! Have been toying with writing a blog and would LOVE to be around those amazing women (and the hundreds more that are out there writing wow-worthy blogs).

Jenn Shock - I would be there in a heartbeat! Just give me ample time to look for good airfare! I’d love to meet you and see a new state I’ve never been to.

Sarah - Are you kidding??? Yes I would come! Tulsa isnt that far from KC…

Janae - Sounds fun. I’m an introvert, but love to craft.

LeAnne Cotton - I love to craft – I would come if I could. Sounds fun!!

Routhie - Absolutely! What a treat!

Carrie - I only live a couple hours away…would be fun!

Rebecca - heck yeah, I would! I’d be nervous…but I’d do it in a heartbeat!

Monica Green - Yes! I would love going on a craft weekend, for sure!

lauren - I would absolutely come to a craft weekend with you! For realz!!! My friend and I are trying to plan one of our own! SO much fun to be had!

Ariel - I absolutely would…but I would first have to find a magic wand and make my Mother appear to watch my kids. Hubby is in the Air Force and they don’t give days off…bummer.
Everything you do makes me smile, and makes me feel like a long lost little sister. I think you are the coolest!

CathyC - Oh Man, what are my chances when there are dozens and dozens of lovely women to choose from? OF COURSE I would go to a craft weekend in Kansas with strangers! why on earth not? To meet you (you are my hero that sent me the right way). And since you are picking them, then I know I would learn a lot more than how to craft from each and every one of them.
Have a great day Meg!
Caterina (Cathy)

Natalie - I would love to do a craft weekend with you! I love crafty stuff, but don’t have anything to craft with.

taralee - yes, i totally would! i live in sw missouri, so it wouldn’t be far!

Katherine - I live in Alabama, but I would do everything I could to be there!

Lynette - Definitely, how fun! That is a fabulous giveaway!

Carrie - How sweet of you to share! And I think that I will be in the majority when I say it would be awesome for you to have another craft weekend. I think all your followers were a little jealous we couldn’t be at the first one. Thanks for the sweet giveaway!

Jennifer - Are you kidding me?! Do you even have to ask? I would freak out if I was able to visit you for a craft weekend…fingers crossed.

alyssa - umm, yes please.

Morgan G. - Would totally come love crafting and looks like you guys got some great shopping out there in KS!!!!!

Rebecca E - Hi!! Love all the color on your blog!! Such a happy way to start the day!! I don’t really know if I couldmake all of these amazing crafts but would love to try!! Thanks for giving us a chance to win these fun things!!

meredith - ohhh i would love to come! i live kind of far away … but it would be a dream weekend! 🙂

Karie - Absolutely…I’d drive all the way from Wichita 🙂

Christie - That would be amazing! Enjoying your colorful posts!

Marie - Ummm….let me think about it…YES! Are you kidding? That would be AWESOME!!!

sarah c - Absolutely! It would be a lot of fun!! You should do it.. and invite me ok?! 😉

stevie - Ummm….YES! I would definetly come for a craft weekend.

Becca Fort - Of course I’d come to kansas for the weekend! I love to travel and love meeting new people even more so I’m there. Plus, I have a killer sewing machine and some cool fabric but less than stellar skills on the machine. so it would be a great learning experience too.

Penny - I would be there in a heartbeat. It looks like my kind of weekend.

Rebecca - HECK YES!!! I TOTALLY WOULD!!!

Janine - You know from reading your blog, and a bunch of others I feel like I already know you guys. Which is so weird because you haven’t a clue who I am. I might seriously consider a trip out to Kansas to craft! Oh and that necklace is adorable.

Tania K - I would love to. The only problem I not as crafty as you 🙁

Meggan D. - I LOVE the idea of a craft weekend. And I’d like to think I’d go. But the truth is I need to take a vacay with my husband before I dash off on my own 😉 I really loved seeing your photos, though. The ALL inspire me… not just the craft weekend ones. Thanks for putting yourself out there. I enjoy reading your blog!! (And we share a name…. spelled differently, but still!)

Jessica B. - Craft weekend….uh, yeah! That would be incredible. Love all the cute gifts. I made the flower necklaces in mini size for my three girls for Valentine’s Day. They loved them 🙂

heather - I’d love to craft with you Kansas girls! I feel like I know you already anyway. 🙂 I actually made one of the flower necklaces myself…nd made some more of the “puffs” into headbands and clips for my daughter’s hair. Loved the idea!

katie phillips - Ummmm, DUH!! I think that would be awesome. Enough drooling over all these Blogs I love so much! To be able to meet and spend time with women so full of creativity and passion for what they do, would be amazing!!

Edie Steinmann - You better believe it!! Except I would feel so young and dumb and untalented. But I could get over it!

Laura in LA - Oh I would love to! Although since I am not particularly crafty, I would probably ooh and ahh at what everyone else was doing.

Mimi - ohmygoodness!…of course I would. I would LOOOOVE to!

Carla Grace, Middleburg, Florida - Oh yeah…you betcha baby! I would love to have a crafty weekend with gals that share the same likeness to glue, fabric and ruffles…heck, anything crafty is always fun!!

Carla Graves - I’d like to think that I would (because I would love to), but I probably wouldn’t. 🙁 How sad is that? I live in WA state and there’s work and the kids, and . . . and . . . and . . . I would be like the one girl you mentioned who brought a friend because she was nervous! But I’d love to meet you and be crafty with you!
🙂

melissa - did i tell you about my dream? yes. it’s {probably} a bit creepy that i dreamed of you…the night after i read about your fabulous crafty weekend with the girls i dreamed that you invited me over for a craft weekend too! it was so much fun! i promise i’m not creepy or strange…i apparently need to get out more. :o)
i would love, love, love to win this happy mail. i truly need more of it!

Cory - Ok 1st of all – sweet little giveaway!! 2nd – A craft weekend would be my DREAM!!

Christy - heck yeah! I’d be honored to come to a craft weekend with you guys!

Rachel - YES! That would be so fun! (If we’re still here!!)

Erin - Could I please? A girl’s weekend free to do crafts without blowing noses, changing diapers, or sports on the TV? Sounds like a dream come true!

Jodi - I would surely love to come to KS for a craft weekend! I must get over my fear of flying first… or just take an extra day or two to drive… :o)

kristine - heck yeah i’d be there!

Krista W. - I would sooo come!! I LOVE what you create and would love the chance to peek around the “little” antique store you guys went to!! 🙂
LOVE that clipboard…would love a tutorial too!!!
~K

Kathi - I would! I feel like I know you, even if I don’t really.

Christine Ishmael - I’m only a couple states away…I’d do it in a heartbeat even though everyone in my fam would think I was nuts going off to craft with strangers! Your last weekend looked like so much fun!

Gina - I think it would be totally fabulous to meet you and craft and shop and eat and sleep (a little) all at your wonderfully colorful and crafty home!!! I seriously think you should plan MULTIPLE craft weekends, maybe 1/quarter? That is if you wanted to kick out hubby and kiddos that often! Have you seen how many people said YES?????
Gina
from Texas

Pipp - That would be so much fun – just tell me when – lets do it!
Love that collage frame – so fun!

Debby - I’d love to…need to actually start crafting again to get the ball rolling. It’s amazing when you have to stop for a while how hard it can be to get going again.

Ashley - Meg! I would totally come to a craft weekend! My soul NEEDS a craft weekend!
Plus, seeing your house is way up there on my must do list! Although I practically feel like I’ve been in it, from looking at all your photos! I love going in other peoples houses and seeing how they decorate and checking out the architecture. Sometimes, on Sundays my hubby and I pretend we’re looking for a new house just to go in some of the beautiful open houses for sale! It’s fun to dream!;)

elisa - hope your house is big enough

Rachel J - I think that I would die and go to heaven! A weekend at your lovely house with you and waffle….I mean seriously! I must admit….I’m not the most craftiest of girls, but have really been wanting to unleash my inner creative beast ( a friendly beast of course!). Either way, I will continue to read your blog and love the pics! Have a blessed day dear Meg! 🙂

Misty D. - I’m not very crafty, but admire and like gals who are. It would be fun to come and learn something new!

Kate - I would in a HEARTBEAT! Well, I would if I could – I might have a baby strapped to me – and I er, um, don’t really know how to work a sewing machine – but I would adore a craft weekend. Sometimes, a weekend with the girls (even girls you just met) is very refreshing.

Jackie Bennett - YES!! I am due with our second at the end of May and I need any excuse to take a vacation and have girl time before then 🙂

Jen N. - I’d be totally nervous, but yes..that would be awesome!

Leadia@TheBreeder'sDigest - In a heartbeat! I live in the Chicago burbs and always think…I sure would like to have Meg over 😉

Sarah - I would totally come and I have a newborn baby girl that would have to come with me to “help” with the crafting. 🙂

Marie - I would totally come to a craft weekend in KS!! The past 4 1/2 years I lived in Wichita and I think you and I have some mutual friends or know friends of friends, ha! We now live in Ohio but I love ANY excuse to come back to Kansas! We miss it so!

seb - I would come back to Kansas if I could craft with you!

tiffaniboren - Yes, yes..I would love to come to a craft party at your house! I live in Texas but I suppose I could board a plane and get there but hey it would be an adventure. Pick me!

Katy - I would so love to come…..but I’m due with #4 in April! Sounds like you have plenty of people for craft weekend…maybe you’ll have one later in the year.

ajdked - I am crafting impaired, but I’m willing to try even at the risk of humiliation!

Amy - Heck yeah, I would come to a craft weekend in Kansas. My husband might freak out over the idea of sending me off to the clutches of strange women (he has a tendency to be, um, overprotective like that) but I would do it in a heartbeat.

Tiffany - I live way too far, but I would luv to come. Perhaps you could draw up an agenda for us Northern’s and we could follow along. P.S. Send me the loot 🙂

Katie - You couldn’t keep me away from a craft weekend in Kansas! How much fun!

Valerie - Um, a big ol’ fat HECK YES!!!!!
I could easily drive up from T-Town, just a hop skip and a jump from Oklahoma to Kansas. I love me some crafty time, and new friends? Who doesn’t love that?!

jeannett - um, yes, yes, yes! crafts, no kids, rad chicks. where do i sign?

Kylie - yes!!! I can’t sew..I WANT to, but I guess I need a machine to practice on…..

Kyle - i was totally jealous of your craft weekend. i already live in kansas and i’d love to be there.

Kate - Crafting and meeting new blogland friends? COUNT ME IN!!

missy king - well. yeah. i would love nothing MORE than to fly across the beautiful country to join you. i have only ever driven THRU kansas, never stopped to visit. 🙂 My husband chuckled at the idea, knowing full well, that that would mean he would be in charge of the 4 kids we have, ages 2-7, and expecting the 5th (yippee) in july. would love.love.love. me some trendy new stuff. your blog is adorable. loving it, as i just found it a little bit ago. have a smiley day! missy.

Stephanie C. - I totally would….if money and time weren’t obstacles anyway!

Kristi - Make room for me!!! :o)

Kendra - I am always up for that kind of thing. Meeting new friends, hearing people’s stories, having something tangible to take home with all of the intangible sounds super fun! Also, the last time I left for a weekend, my sweet husband did all of the laundry. I can’t lose.

melissa rice - I would love to come. a weekend away with even friends you haven’t meant yet sounds fun and exhilerating!!!

Amy - I would come if I could bring my blogging friend Katie (who loves your blog). She would CRY if I called and said, “Hey! We’re going to Kansas! To make crafts with MEG!” 🙂

Julie - I would love to come to KS and craft with strangers!

jenni - I would TOTALLY come to a craft weekend in KS! I love that you are gathering people from the blogosphere to have face to face interactions. It would be AMAZING to be a part of that.

Karen - I would absolutely come — from NYC! Even though you don’t know me (and this is only my second comment ever), I read your blog daily and I feel like I know you. I’ve already copied your rainbow cake, made your spinach artichoke dip for Christmas Eve to rave reviews, and even taken my family on a road trip to California inspired by your trip.
If you ever take your family to NYC, you have a “friend” here who will be happy to show you around. (My two boys are the same ages as your two oldest.)

Lisa - i’d probably have a panic attack, but i would so love to come!!

sarajane - i would love it! although i can’t sew and am not very crafty..is this a problem? 🙂

Niki - Yes, yes, yes!!! Especially since I am already in Kansas! 🙂 AND especially if we could do some antique shopping!! Love that! It would be fun to hang with girlies from blogland!

DANETT - All this stuff is so cute, colorful, and totally me! I am just starting to craft. It runs in my family and I am learning and loving it. I just bought my first sewing maching this year and made my daugther super cute pillows for her bed. I am working on much more and would love a craft weekend if it would fit in my school schedule! Thanks!

brianna - i would love a craft weekend, in kansas nonetheless… i have family in kansas i haven’t seen in a long time! maybe one day life will give me time to make a trip up there… that would be so freaking awesome!! but for now i must keep my feet in Texas soil… why do the two have to be so far apart!!

Brandi - A whole weekend of crafting wonderfulness? Count me in!

tasha roe - hells yah!
am I allowed to say that? lol
i could bring a craft project and some yummy treats from The Lou!!

Carrie - That would be amazing!!! I’d come in a heartbeat. It always looks like you girls have so much fun!

Tracey Garcia - I would LOVE to come to a craft weekend. How far is KS from TX?

Ash - I would consider it, but not sure I would commit…But I would like to try to make some of the things you made!

Happygirl02 - Yes! I can’t really sew and I’m crafty when someone else provides the ideas but, YES! It would be so much fun!

jenny - You have no idea how many times I have had this exact thought-how I would get on a plane, head your way and explain why I truly am your new BFF! I have thought how crazy you’d think I’d be b/c I’m slightly obsessed with your blog, your photos, your creations and how you might very well send me home early b/c you’d think I’d lost it! It would be uhhh-mazing!

Amber - EEKkkk just what I need!!! A weekend with others who “get” me!!!

Kayla - Umm, yeah! You made it seem like it was fun…laid back…doable….stress free….and with lots of giggles…oh and food….the food looked great!

Sarah M - I would love to come to a craft weekend – I have family nearby. However I would be seriously nervous meeting new people.

Maine Mummy - As long as my 17 month could come along for the ride – absolutely!

Cathy - Oh How fun would this be???? I would love this!!!!

Stephanie - I would be there in a hearbeat..but have to brin my friend along because we both totally stalk your site and call each other and talk about our friend Meg…you know, like we actually KNOW you 🙂

Jen - stanger strangers? I’m not sure. But blog friends?!?! um, heck yes! I would be there in an instant and then…maybe not leave. WAIT! I shouldn’t have said that…now I’ll never get to go to a KS craft weekend!

Emily Zimmerman - YES, YES, YES!!!!!!!

ashley - that would be the best weekend!

Micah - LOL THAT would be SO fun! I don’t know if I could actually work it out though…. I mean, I’d hafta rent a wife for my family while I’m away because it seems they might cease to exist without me (eye roll) and probably rob a bank in order to buy a plane ticket (which MIGHT get me in a teeeeny bit of trouble but HEY, it would be my very FIRST plane ride EVER!…might be worth the risk). It could happen! So yeah, I’d come!

Jessica - O M Gosh!! I would TOTALLY be there!!

traci in virginia - Yep, if I could arrange childcare I would be there!

Vanessa at He Gives Hope - i’m there!

Trish - fun giveaway! I love the color of that pillow 🙂
craft weekend… yes please 🙂

Amber - That would be amaaaaaaazing!!! I’m completely NOT the best crafter, but who better to surround yourself with than a bunch of gals who know their stuff!!!

Beth - No doubt, I would come. Travel might be an issue, but I would bite the bullet and just do it!

Biz - I tend to clam up around new people, but I think crafting for a whole weekend would def. get me out of my shell! So I’d love to come crafting!

Shannon - I LOVE LOVE LOVE those goodies!!!! 😀 And yes if I could have the opportunity to go to Kansas for a whole weekend with YOU and CRAFTS! Oh MY!!!! That would be HEAVEN!!!!! And I would JUMP at the opportunity! 😀

Maria - In a heartbeat. I would so be there. Love crafty girly getaways!

keely - i’m not crafty at all and my answer is still YES!!!

Eli - I would come in a heartbeat!

Sonia - OMG!! A ticket would be like $300!!! I would so be there!! I would be nervous, but we could drink lots of “Mom’s Margarita’s” cause they are my new favorite drink! And we could make all kinds of things with rainbows on them!! I wanna come!!!!!

Cameron Davis - I would love to come some day…even though I am just beginning to touch in to my “crafty” side I feel like I would learn a lot and have a really fun time!!

Nicole - How fun would that be?! Even though I’m not crafty, I AM good at talking, laughing, & eating. And I’m great at receiving cute crafts…so some of the advanced crafters could share their awesomeness.

Katy Frame - OMG! I would DIE if I could come to your house and craft! Yes yes yes! 🙂

shawnette - I would love to come to a craft weekend with you IF i could get off work, someone paid for my air fare, i had a sitter for my kids and husband,oh lets see what else…

Angela B. - I would love to. Probably would be a little surreal…

Karen - I would completely love to come and meet you for a craft weekend. But I would not fit in at all, haha! I am a seventeen year old high school student…I am not a mother…I do not know how to use a sewing machine. Nontheless I love everything about your blog! I’ve been reading faithfully for years. Is this weird?

misty c - um, YES!!! I would be so giddy…I have not had a girlie getaway in forEvEr!!!
love your inspo…

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - I was so envious of all you girls getting together that weekend. If there were any way I could get there I think it would make my month. Every girl needs to get away and get her craft on with other women every once in awhile.
Id LOVE to win these goodies:)

Tanya - If I wasn’t so far away I would say yes! I’ve become a little braver as I’ve become older, got married and had babies so being around strangers doesn’t terrify me as much. I loved looking at your pictures of your craft weekend and it made me think I need some friends like that 🙂

Lindsay - I would totally love to, but I’m a few states away & would probably freak a little at knowing no one personallly. 🙂

juliana whisman - I live in Kansas and when I saw your post about the weekend, I thought, ‘man, I want to be invited to something like that!’ What an amazing, fun, and gorgeous honor that would be!!

Courtney - Since I am in Kansas everyday, I would totally come!

Amy Harris - A chance to hang out with amazing women who have a heart for God and I get to craft?? My bag is packed! What time should I be there? 🙂

Carol S. - Lovely prizes! Craft weekend sounds fun. I could bring out my creative side, that gets stifled alot as a part time accountant! I’d like to suggest a paint by number table, where you would find me. Oh, and my Valentine’s Day was low key too. After I left my husband his homemade card by the coffee maker, when I came down in the morning, his name and “husband” were crossed out…and my name and “wife” were penciled in. Lame but sort of clever!

martha beltran - it would be sooo cool ! happy week !

Laura - Sounds super fun and I’d love to come!
Thanks for the giveaway.

megan - holy mackeral YES! I would do ANYTHING to spend some time out of Maine! while it is a beautiful state..the best time to be here is really july, august & september….other than that, count me in!
i would love the awesome goody package…the colors would help me to make it to spring (which never comes…but summer arrives in July!)
thanks megan-
megan from maine

Jennifer R - I would love to come if I could ~although, I am not crafty at all! Maybe it would change me : )

Katrina - In a heartbeat. So fun! You inspired me to at least think of doing the same thing with some friends here at home. Hmm…

Natalie @ Book, Line, and Sinker - I’ll don my red ruby slippers for an event like that! Just promise me no tornadoes, please–I’m from the east coast and wouldn’t know what to do! Oh, and also promise that this isn’t an elaborate scheme just to get me out there to help give Waffle a bath or tackle your mountain of laundry!

Karen - I would come! It sounds wonderful!

Tim - um … no. but my wife would!

amy wade - i would totally come! i love to craft…would love it if you could do a tutorial for the clipboard on your blog!!! also, i personally know your neighbor so you know i am not some crazy person. LOL!

kate - Sign me up- I’d come!

Janelle - I would love to come but I would be nervous 🙂 We live in the Chicago suburbs and have lately been unhappy with our schools/neighborhood/etc….it’s just too much you know??? Anyways, my husband and I were talking the other day and I said, “how about Kansas?” He said, “KANSAS!?!?” 🙂

Liz - As long as I could afford the flight from NY to KS, of course! I’ve already printed out the crafts you did on your last one and am planning a craft day/night with my girlfriends here! Love your blog 🙂

Jenn - Heck yes I would! I really want that polka dotted flower, pick me! 🙂

Carrie - While I tend to be shy in a group (at first) I wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to meet you and craft with others. I feel I am a latent crafter. I started crafting when I had kids (for the fifteen years I worked with kids they always cringed when Miss Carrie was in charge of crafts lol)
It’s trite I know but your blog has been an inspiration to me as a stay at home mom. It was my longest learning curve for a job. You keep it real and have fun while doing so! So yes… I would love to come and meet others while bonding over crafts! Just wait till June when my baby is done nursing…rather not tote him with me all the way from Ohio! 😉

Angela Miller - In a heartbeat!!

Nicole - I would DIE!!!!!!

Corinne - Sure wish I was crafty…but I love reading and seeing your crafts.

Mary Craig - Oh I totally would if for no other reason but to see y’all in action! I’m not so good at crafts, but that hasn’t stopped me yet! 😉

robin allen - Heck I just live a couple of hours away and would LOVE to meet new friends that share the same love of a fun, happy, colorful, faith filled life….I live vicariously through your blog…I would love to be invited…check out my facebook page and look at my photos and see that we LOVE the same things….Invite Me…and I will come…

Becky - OOOOO…yes please!

www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnkCcuN414qEtfLGnNw6EqiJPfBvmQbse0 - Ohhh Heck Yea!!!!! I would be so so Thankful to be able to do some crafting with the fuuniest, craftiest chick in Kansas!!!!!! Wow, that would ROCK!!!!!
Michelle Torres
decorater4life@aol.com

Amy - In a heartbeat!!!!!!!

Jermaine D. - I would love to come to a craft weekend in KS, but I live there too so I wouldn’t feel too far from home!

Erin T. - That would be so cool! I would love to come to craft weekend. 🙂

Kimberly - Seriously?!??!?! Need you even ask that? I’m looking at flights right now. 😉
You’d have to help me with the sewing though. I’m still figuring that out.

Sarah Mahan - Of course, I would!

Kelli - I WOULD LOVE TO COME TO A CRAFT WEEKEND! 🙂

Astrid - You bet I would! Happy Tuesday!

Adrienne S - I would definately. I would love to have that inspiration to do more crafting…step out of my box a little.

FeFe - I would be there, for sure! But even if I didn’t get the invite, I ‘d still craft along with ya. I went out this weekend and got supplies to do the embroidery hoop art and the ruffle pillow. I’ll get started on that as soon as I finish counting these thousands of box tops for the elementary school…yikes!

kristin - ha. i would be totally intimidated, probably end up playing with the dog, offering to refill drinks.
but oh. if i don’t win this, i want to hire amy d to make me a necklace like that.
i loved the photos of your weekend. i truly am happy for you.

Erin - Crafting weekend at your house would be awesome! I’d love that – i’d come!

Hannah - where do i sign up?? 😉 i think that would be more fun that i could possibly imagine!!!! plus…i have never been to kansas…and that would be cool! 🙂

Mary - I would! Teach me your crafting ways oh wise Whatever woman 🙂

jodi @ back40life - ooh – would do my best to be there in a second…how fun!

Sarah - Definitely!!!!!!

Jill - Crazy fun! I’d love it!

Sarah D. - sure thing! 🙂

rosemarie - i feel like i know you already ..yes

Katy Stone - yesssssssssssss… and i want to know if anyone would actually say no to that- ha. my friend in tx and i were skyping last night and talked about our future craft weekend “like meg’s” (b/c we’re on a first name basis and all…) i’m living in africa now, so how about we wait another 3 months for said weekend? 😉

Heather - I’d definitely WANT to come. Like, really, really want to come so badly. I’d have to see how much airfare from Toronto to Kansas was first. 😉 I would absolutely be thrilled to meet you.

Lorie - With you Meg…that would be all kinds of wonderful! My husband went to Hesston College, and can’t stop talking about how wonderful Kansas is…..YES, I WOULD COME. Don’t they always say….if you build it, they will come.

Melissa - Of course…I would love love to come!

Julie Campbell - Wow! I bet you LOVE it when you see Big Brown pull up! How cool! I would love to have a craft weekend away! The stranger part doesn’t bother me… usually it’s just finding babysitters & fitting things in the budget. I love all of your projects & I think it would be a blast!

Jen@thecottagenest - Of course! I think it is such a fun idea that I think I want to do one myself one day!

Connie - I would love to come…I’ve never been to Kansas…Who wouldn’t want to hang out with you for the weekend making fun crafts and antiquing…Pick me Pick me!!

Lane - Ooooh definitely, for sure!! How fun!

Amy Lynne - Oh Yeah! It would be hard to leave my monkeys, though. It would definitely be something to think about!

stacie - I’d love to come!! Pick me, pick me.

Adele Chalker - Oh the things I would just love to do…
Sew a quilt or maybe 22…..
Lose 10 kilo’s, now that would just do!
Open my etsy shop,
make millions from paper and glue..
and last but not least
travel 14219.76 kms from Australia to Kansas City
Just to see you!!!
Does it show that I have a 6 year old and we read a lot of Dr Seuss?

Angel/TaDa!Creations - I would absolutely, without a doubt, 100% for sure come! What a fun giveaway too.

Ann R. - Would LOVE it! I used to go (that makes me sad that I actually put used to-only cause it has been 2yrs since my last scrap weekend and I used to go twice yearly!) all the time. Loved and imagined a weekend like yours when I saw the wonderful photos. Not that I would not feel comfortable with you and friends, I am sure that I would fit right in and love every minute but it would be great to bring my friend who usually goes with me too. (Not inviting her, just sayin..) My husband just got a new job offer yesterday after being out of work for 3 mo. so maybe I can start planning something again. Thanks Meg, and maybe if that does not happen, I could just plan one on my own!

Carrie - I would be at a craft weekend in a heartbeat. I am inspired by you everyday and would love to meet up with you and other woman for a crafty weekend. My blog has been “inactive” for a while, but I recently started updating it again and I check you out everyday. I was a little “jealous” when I read about your last crafty weekend.

Beth Ann - I’d be there in a heartbeat! A weekend away, to be creative? gab? no child/husband related responsibilities? just hang out? maybe shop? SIGN ME UP!

Lisa - Meg — I’ve been reading your blog for months and have never left a comment. Your blog has awakened me and helped me see colors again in life. I’ve been getting my craft on — even busted out my old singer. I feel 100% more alive and in tune with myself and my kids. I would love to visit you in Kansas and do some serious crafting – and I would love to win the goodies from your craft weekend. Thanks for your daily inspirations!

Nicole Rickman - In. a. HEARTBEAT!!
every single one of these gifts is beautiful!!

Heather R. - I’ll be right over! 🙂

cheryl @ a pretty cool life. - Totally. Or I might chicken out… 😉

Holly - Oh cool! I have been thinking about starting out witha craft night at my house since reading about your weekend, but I would LOVE to be there for a whole weekend!

Beinghappygirl.blogspot.com - Sure, I’ll come. I’d like to wait to come when it is a bit warmer. February weather can still be a bit dicey. I remember your snow pics.

Jen - I am as crafty as a big rock–not to mention, I live a LONG way from Kansas (Baltimore)–but I would totally come for a craft weekend–just for the fellowship (and the food!!)/ 🙂

Dawn - If I had the means to get there, absolutely!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
I can’t wait to see the goodies you are making for your shop – maybe I can get my hands on one of those pillows this time around! 🙂

Bethany Rodriguez - Well, I’m already in Kansas. But, I was totally jealous of your last weekend, so yes, I’d come.

Amanda Angert - OMG! I would TOTALLY come to your craft weekend! I was drooling over your pictures and feeling jealous of all those women!

Angie M - I would TOTALLY be there! Sorta can’t believe I wasn’t invited to the last one…..;)

Bernice - That would be so amazing! I’m not very talented, so I’d probably just end up watching everyone else in awe, but I’d learn so much! Too bad I’m way out in Australia…

Karen Giddings - Sounds very cool. Looking forward to seeing the details. 😀

Katie P - That would be an amazing weekend! I love to meet people and craft until I drop! What a fun idea.

Suzanne - Definitely!!! I love getting away and being creative. And I would love to meet new people that enjoy being crafty!!! I think it would be a ton of fun and inspiring!!

Tess S. - i’d loooove it.

Aimee - I would love it!!! I live in southern cali and all my friends or family just arent the crafty type so I am all my myself…

tam - absolutely! I would be completely nervous about meeting new people but totally do it! 🙂

angie128 - Yes! But I live in Memphis and that’s too far away. Boo.
But I would love to come and do crafts.
And play with that sweet Waffle too.
And be in your happy house.
And play with your glue gun.

Stephanie - I would absolutely come to Kansas. Never been there.

Ashlee Archibald - OF COURSE! I would love to come! thanks for inviting me 😉 xo

jackie mccobb - If I could come, I would. But I live in Paraguay and that’s pretty far away… 🙂

erica - oh heck yes i’d go to kansas! im not the most crafty – im more “crafty wannabe”…:D
thanks!

Kit - If I could get there, then I would come. I’ve never been to Kansas! But I would also be really nervous.

Sarah - If I could aford the flight from the UK then I would. Any excuse to visit America is a good excuse

Heather H. - I Love that necklace! Just the idea of a weekend away has me excited!

Nicole - i would. goosebumps. 🙂

Alissa - Oh, yeah!! For sure! In fact my friends and I who follow your blog have already talked about making the drive (8 hours!) to go to the antique shop you girls went to on your craft weekend and then driving by your house just so we could say we saw it:) A craft weekend at your house would be so great!

Pamela M - I have a passport. What time does the plane leave?

edie - It sounds completely dreamy and inspiring and I’d LOVE to. Speaking of dreamy and inspiring, so wish I were joining you for Blue Lily Ms. Meg. Hope you have a ball.
xo,
edie

Ana M - OMG !!! YESSSS, SURE I WOULD COME !!! PICK ME, PICK ME !!
Though I have to say that i have a very little tiny problem that may disturb our plans…I LIVE IN RIO DE JANEIRO -BRAZIL!!!! 🙁
I love your blog, really do…I certainly would LOOOVEEE to go to your simply the best craft weekend…have the opportunity to meet you in person, that’s a dream come true…but the distance is an obstacle…sadly
love,
Ana M

mary elizabeth - Um, YEAH! I’d be on a plane or in the car as quick as I could grab an ATM card to get there! I would totally love to come over to your house and play all weekend!

nancie - sounds like fun to me!!
i LOVE the things y’all made…

Karen - are you accepting crafters from Australia???

Kerry - I would FLY there all the way from the UK just to spend the weekend crafting with you 🙂 count me in x

Kathie Simmons - I am very shy, but I am getting ready to take some chances. Even if just to tell you that you are my 12-year-old’s grown-up twin. Although my Meg has lighter hair than you do now. Tomorrow she is getting the tips dyed blue because, and I quote, “I need more color in my life!” It’s eery.

Susan - Of course! I love the Midwest, antiques and meeting new people. Sign me up 🙂

Jen - Yes!! But like Michelle I live in Australia so it might be a bit far (maybe one day). You are always welcome here for a craft weekend 🙂
My craft weekend would also be a cooking weekend where we share our favourite dishes.
Maybe I should hold one at the same time and we can skype in.
x

Michelle from Australia - I live in Australia. It would be a bit of a long trip. But with about 12 months notice (I know this is not possible but I can dream right??) I might be able to make it!

Amber - hi. the answer would totally be YES. (i would just have to work out the round the world trip first 😉 But i think it’s a brilliant idea. Do it!! x

Jennifer - OF COURSE! I wouldn’t even have to buy a plane ticket…it would just be a few short minutes! I’m not that “crafty”, but would come up with something! I do have some FABULOUS crafty friends in the area!

princess lasertron - duh! I could and I would!

~Debra - I absolutely would attend, if I didn’t currently live in Japan. Assuming at the time that I was living Stateside I would be there in a heartbeat but more than that, I’d also make a side trip to Wichita which is where I was born. I haven’t been back to Kansas since I moved away at age 5.
By the way, I’ve always wanted to ask you how you get so many lovely items? It seems like you are “always” getting packages from people. Do you ever have to buy anything? ha ha!

leslie @ topofthepage - i would totally come!! if kansas was like one thousand miles closer to california. so i could attend in my heart. how’s that?

Ali - YES!!!! That would be amazing!! I am far away in CA but if I could make it work with the kids and the $$, I would be there in a heartbeat! F-U-N!

Casey - Oh that would be lovely, but I think my four little ones would miss me a wee bit. Maybe when they are just a smidge older. 🙂
Love that ruffle pillow by the way!

Kori - heck yes i would!

Virginia - A craft weekend would make my heart so happy! And I’ve never been to Kansas…

Keri ~ Forever Folding Laundry - Of course!
You host first and then
I’ll host the second time out here in California.
I can definitely kick my family out for the weekend.
Deal?
🙂

georgia - Ohhhhhhh my!!! If I could afford the flight to kansas from the uk I would be there before you can say whatever!
🙂 xx

kelly - O yes I would come in a HEARTBEAT!!!!!!!!!

Carrie - I’m there.

karen - Yes. That would be sooooo wonderful.

Lori Danelle - You know I would!!!! Especially since you’re a stranger that I sort of know & we know all the same people!
Plus, my Mom would love to baby-sit while I was there. 🙂

the.mrs - Are you kidding?! Why, of course!! What a lovely little escape that would be!

Jaime - Yes, I’d totally be there for one because I love meeting people, hanging out and get to know them and two because I could really up my craft meter and I think hanging out with you and other crafty people might help! LOL

Sue Linse - can i come with Alyssa, Julie and Melissa?

Lori - Yes! Yes! YES! I am THERE. I have relatives in Kansas so I can drop the kids off.:) I make a FAB Triple Chocolate Mess in my crock pot. Can I come?:) Lori

Sarah K - Yes, yes, yes! Pick me! Pick me! 🙂

Miranda - I only live a few hours away, so I’d definitely think about it!!

Alysa - oh 100% I would be there … and I’d bring Julie K. with me … and Melissa and Kristin and it would be just about the happiest weekend ever. Pick us, pick us! =)

nicole @ deliajude - YES! Are you paying the airfare?

Denise - To be honest…I wouldn’t come. If I have time away from my family I want it to be in Boston with my Nana. Besides, I don’t craft which is why I need to win this prize since I’ll never make any of this great stuff for myself! 🙂

Wendy - Your blog is such a happy and colorful place. I love visiting every day. I am in WA state and would LOVE to come for a craft weekend! ✿◕ ‿ ◕✿

Kristy - Since I only live a few hours from you, I would LOVE to come to a craft weekend! I feel a little connection to you and your blog as I too am a Chicago girl who as moved to Kansas. Your blog is the first I read everyday, as it adds a little color to my morning. 🙂

Lori - ABSO-STINKIN-LUTELY! I love crafting, and meeting ppl across the miles is totally my bag, baby!
xox,
Lori
jewllori@hotmail.com

leonie - oooh now I can comment…I am going to repost here just cause I can!……………Hey Meg, I cannnot always leave a comment on your posts and I so would love that pzize! I would definately come I’d bring the wine, cheese and enough money and room in my suitcase to shop til I DROP!!!! OMg what I would not give for soma USA shopping! xx

Christina - I so love how you see a rainbow everywhere…it’s like you have a keen sense of God’s goodness and faithfulness and how it is manifested by the rainbow. I would totally go to a weekend like that…but I would be really nervous because I think I’m weird. 🙂 I LOVE that lip balm.

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paper cuts

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how cool is this?!

have you seen lori danelle's work?

she is an artist.
she is a paper cutter.

such delicate work….i am so impressed.

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she made this artwork from a tiny finger print from me.
and one from craig.

the time it must take to create such detailed work is incredible.

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i can't wait to find the perfect spot for this in our home.
 
it tells a story.

it is a combination of who we were from the beginning to who we are now….out of paper….in art.

it's lovely. 

go check out lori's shop and blog.

she is an artist and blogger that i am so happy to know.

Jenn - that is pretty fantastic! (in both senses of the word) just wow.

taniawillis - the link is broken for me. wah!

Dawn Burke - Love it !
Dawn

Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - I have to agree with the two comments above. Im sure its an amazing piece of art and Ive definitely never seen anything like it but Id never be able to afford one either.
I cant wait to see where you put it:)

Gemma - So lovely but very expensive (but I imagine it takes time to make it!)
Gemma x

Georgia - This is so lovely! – very pricey though – ouch on the purse!
Incredible work though, an amazing artist!
xx

Transparent Mama - People are just so crafty. I am always amazed since I craft deficient.

Tracy Fisher - So awesome!!!
Tracy Fisher

Mel - Hey!! Your names rhyme!! I love it. : ) Happy Valentines!

Leigh - Lori’s work is amazing and she’s an amazing person in real life too! I was lucky enough to meet her at Blissdom and I love that we live in the same town.

Heather @ Cookie Mondays - I never thought about how that rhymed 🙂 Too cute!

danielle - love her work!

Anne @ Baking Me - That is really cool. I love art work that has such great personal meaning behind it. So creative!

Jen Joy - That is the coolest, most unique thing I’ve seen in the blogsphere in ages! So awesome!!!

Kelly - wow! Kelly

linda anderson - wow!! incredible!! original, heartfelt, cool, conversation piece, amazing…i could go on and on…

Cory - OH my I am SO obsessed with these! They’re amazing!

Sandy - That is so cool!

Jill - very cool! what a unique piece of art. that must have taken FOREVER to make.

DANETT - This is so cute. I love it!

Hannah - i love that! what a great wedding anniversary gift that would be!

Hannah - i love that! what a great wedding anniversary gift that would be!

Southern Gal - What an original idea! Love it.

happygirl - Wow. Can you tell us the size of the piece? I’ve never seen anything like this.

Janine - I think that is going to be my anniversary present to my husband this year. So cool. Now to get his fingerprints without him freaking out!

Holly - very cool!

pam - WOW…that is amazing

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frozen

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it is so bizarre to think that on saturday we wore no coats.
and today my pipes are frozen.

CRAAAAZY.

let's warm up my toes with a lisa leonard give away shall we?

(not sure how it will warm my toes…..but who cares….it's free jewelry…just come with me!)

click on over to my other blog. 

 

 


Drea - You have a beautiful blog! I enjoyed my visit a lot! Oh and the 85mm 1.8 – awesome lens, im sure whoever buys it will be very happy.
Drea
http://www.dreawood.com

Cherished Hearts Vintage - Thankful here that we’ve had no pipes frozen and the electric was off only for half a minute. The snow OHMY! It’ll be April before it all melts away for us.

carissa... brown eyed fox - girl…
you have been up to a bunch of GOODNESS!
loving all your “happy”…
all your adventures…
your HAIR…
your dining room…
all your inspiration…
your craft weekend…
my word… blue lily…
SO exciting!
so happy for you meg!
keep rocking life… you do it SO well! :O)
happy friday and hugs from wyoming!

michelle - what an awesome picture!!! sorry about your pipes tho 🙁

Lisa - Hi! I just came upon your blog and just wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading it! Especially your craft weekend – what a GOOD idea! We should all do that kind of stuff! You’re going in my good reader, thanks for making me chuckle!

Angie - I know how you fell. we are frozen here also. I dont like this cold weather. stay safe and warm.

jaz - I thought that was some cool funky sculpture for a second there!!

crystal beutler - Super cool picture (no pun intended). I want to see they way you see. I do.
Hey, have you ever had any of your photos transferred to canvas — I think you can do it at Costco. I saw some photos in a magazine recently of a house similar in style to yours. It had a huge canvas photo of a maple leaf sitting on an old blue chipped piece of wood in the dining room — with red chairs and an old wood table. It was sooo cool. If you haven’t already, you need to do that in your house somewhere with some of your shots. 🙂
P.S. I contacted your friend about the giveaway, and she hasn’t responded. Can you send me her email address again as I seemed to have deleted your email that contained that info. Sorry about that.

sue - Desert temps here have been below freezing but no snow.I would like a bit of snow but only a bit. LOL.
Keep warm Meg and family.

Meredith - Thank you for that photo….I feel cooler already. It’s been hovering around 40oC {104oF} in Sydney ALL week. We’re strung out and cranky. Hope you guys are the opposite…snuggled and homey and drinking comforting hot chocolate. Meredy xo

sandy toe - Lots of snow here too!
sandy toe

Gale - Brrrrr – I feel your pain since I’m just a little ways up the road in Topeka! Can I just go on record as saying I’m SICK of snow days?! Hubby even had one – what’s up with THAT? Way too much testosterone for a non-Saturday! 🙂
Love your blog – makes me feel like I have cool, somewhat sane company in Kansas (I’m still adjusting to the Oz jokes from my friends!) I really, really want to start a blog – but can’t quite figure out how…. however, I’m determined! Also, I wanna figure out how to do some fun vintage-type barn (building) fairs in this area with fun vendors… yep, I’m motivated and on the warpath to make Kansas cool! 🙂
Found the recipe for your Mom’s margaritas and may I just say THANK YOU! I’ve been trying to find a good recipe for EVER and that one is FABULOUS! 🙂 (wow, snow margaritas – why didn’t I think of that?!)
A fun giveaway to enter on a freezing day, the margarita recipe to-die-for, someone in Kansas with great hair and a super fun house – I’m a happy girl! Just wanted to say thanks 🙂

tara - The weather is crazy..Down here we’re sizzling..xx

Elissa - Frozen pipes stink! My kitchen drain froze over the weekend… so no dishes for several days. But this is a common thing for me living in ND, in an old house. 🙂 Hope they unfreeze soon and nothing breaks!

Kelly - We are frozen around here too. I need to do some more laundry so I will have warm fuzzy socks to wear again as opposed to thin ones. We’re starting to get some cabin fever in these parts. Kelly

nicole @ deliajude - that is quite the photo!

Tracy - Stay warm, Meg! I thought about you and the family when I heard you were getting hit pretty hard. Sorry about the frozen pipes -I know that totally sucks – however, once they are fixed, be sure to let the faucets “drip” in every single room – this will help keep them from freezing in most cases. 🙂 Love the pictures of the bikes – so neat to see! xoxoxo

Laura - LOVE the photo of the frozen bikes. That’s art!

purejoy - i feel a little left out too. in tennessee, we’ve had about 6 significant {for us} snowfalls this winter. pretty unheard of. sorta feel like we’re missing out on the snow… but i can live without the bitter cold wind. seriously… the images on the news of chicago brought me right back to my upbringing in wisconsin and walking backwards to school against the biting, gale-force winds. i. do. not. miss. that. one. smidgeon. at all!!

Kristin Hayne - That is what our home looked like for 2 days straight…. and we went to the zoo on Saturday!!! CRAZY!!! It is beginning to thaw today…. I now am seriously awaiting spring though….

Laura Phelps - what a GREAT shot Meg
almost makes me think that this weather has been fun
but
it is not
nobody should be jealous
now..speaking of great shots…how do I get you here to photograph my sisters and I ?
now that I know your work no other photographer will do
xo
stay warm

Heather R. - Made margaritas using the snow 🙂

julia - That’s the coolest picture! For a second I was thinking “What is that?”

~Debra - I am so very jealous & getting tired of seeing all of these cool snow pictures all over the blogosphere! So not fair! I want snow!! ha ha!

happygirl - I am praying for you all in the frozen cold. What A Storm!

Southern Gal - It was 68 degrees here on Sunday. It’s not cold out there now, but it’s in the 30’s which is pretty chilly for the south.

Janine - I feel your pain with the snow. We have more than 3 ft on the ground and we just got ice.
I have to say I loved the SNL link. He’s done that character before and my husband and I will say “you gotta do it. it’s gotta be durnt” to each other just like the character for random things 🙂

Lisa Currie-Gurney - GEESSSSSHHHH… I HOPE IT ISN’T TOO MUCH OF A MESS.
WARM HUGS FROM MY HEART.
http://sophiemyfriend.blogspot.com/

Heather - You know, this dose of meteorological reality is affecting my desire to move to Kansas. Don’t you have any sunflower pictures you could post instead? 🙂

shelley - i would literally die if i lived where you do. i am freezing to death in California right now and its in the 50’s. by the way…our pipes froze a month ago at 30 degrees. we had water damage and 3 weeks of construction. california pipes dont like the cold either.

pam - I basically feel in shock. From 59 to -10….not nice. Nor were the 22 inches of snow we got…with more to come on the weekend. Never had frozen pipes…hope that’s not a huge mess.

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craft weekend.

lots and lots of pictures from the weekend.

three of the girls flew to kansas…two from california…one from alabama.
two of the girls drove from oklahoma.
the rest of the girls were local within 30 minutes.
three of us went to the airport to pick them all up…there were even some tears of joy upon meeting in real life. 

craig is a super star and took all of our kids to his mom's for the weekend…with the stomach flu.

all the blogger girls stayed at my house.
i have lots of beds….a little known fact apparently.
everyone had their own mattress. 
we must be mattress hoarders. 

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my dining room that turned into a game room decided to become a craft retreat lodge this weekend.
we fit in there so well!
all the sewing machines were on the pool table!
it was like the room was made for it.

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on friday night we made our first craft led by julie.
we used this tutorial by little miss momma.

they turned out so cute.
almost everyone chose a different color.
you need to make this!

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kimberlee didn't have on lipstick so we had her use her necklace for lipstick.

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lots and lots of chit chat while we were crafty.
and i see waffle's paw at the bottom left corner of this picture.
he was by our sides every minute….loving the the attention from the ladies.

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there was so much good food.
cindy made breakfast on saturday.
we got to sleep in….a requirement made by me.
don't you hate going places for a "retreat" and then have to be at breakfast by 7:30 am??

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there was even a sweet little baby in attendance!

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after cindy filled us with crepes with fresh fruit and quiche we loaded into a 15 passenger van to go antiquing.
we debated about decorating the van with bunting……

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so fun.
we are any stores DREAM.
a van pulling up with 10 women to shop???
we were met with big smiles.

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9 out of 10 ladies left with new found treasures.

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cole with his mama picking out all the best doilies.

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i took them to my favorite antique store…Bearly Makin It.
so much to choose from.
if you are in kansas….you should go.

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heather found silverware for her party planning business.
a total score!

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anyone need a milk jug???

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loving the sunshine!    

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all the ladies took turns holding sweet baby cole.
it was our pleasure.
he hardly made a peep the whole weekend. 
and everyone had envy of julie's gorgeous hair….it is soooo pretty.

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on saturday in kansas we had a really odd extremely warm day.
we were so grateful for it.

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can you guess what i bought from all these goodies?  ha ha ha

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after a sonic happy hour run we made it back to my house for more crafts.

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the ruffle pillow tutorial heather taught us with is here.

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3 women had never sewn on a machine before.
they ended up being ruffle making rock stars!
they did fantastic.
ashley's machine made the best ruffles…we all waitied for our turn on her machine.
no one knew what the secret was….but it worked….no gathering required.

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i love being around people who love technology as much as i do….

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threading a needle….

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the third craft was embroidery hoop art.
we were given lots of examples that we could make or we could make our own design.

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amy's was amazing.  

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we stayed up crafting and listening to frank sinatra on pandora and eating tiramisu until 2 in the morning.

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kimberlee made breakfast on sunday.
there was frosting involved.

YUM.
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another great thing about crafty girls weekends….women clean up.

always.

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there were cameras everywhere.
and fabric everywhere.

dreamy.
and my brass lamps from the thrift shop.  :)

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there is a peek at amy jupin's ruffle pillow.
i am in love with the ruffle pillows…i want to make a hundred of them.
and her turquoise flower necklace is also in the picture.

these were all of our hoops together…not all finished but all together.
mine is the one right 
here under these
letters.      

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trying to set up our cameras for a group shot….caught kimberlee being silly.

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                                                  jana (no blog….yet) and amy jupin.

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                                                             jess  and  julie.

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                                                                  ashley and cindy    (also no blog….YET).  
cindy came with ashley so she didn't have to drive alone and show up to a house full of women she had never met and be trapped with us if she didn't like us…
turns out we LOVED them both!
very much.

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                                                                    heather, cole and me.

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                                          amy   (my neighbor) and  kimberlee  (my cleaning partner)

and that was that.
they went home with their suitcases full of new crafts, antiques, julie's messy flowers and full tummies.

and i haven't stopped smiling since.

God gave me blogging.
He gave me a gift that i get to continue opening when i meet new friends from all over.
God is so awesome.

my mind feels full of creativity.
my heart feels full of love and friendship.
my body feels too full of cinnamon rolls and cheesecake.

the retirement center has been missing me.

my bloggy friends left just in time….we are snowed in here and it's FREEZING.
my house has never been this cold.
i am bundled up in a blanket with many layers and hot coffee and i am still frozen. 

T.McClelland - Hi! I came across this by accident,and I am so glad I did! My friends and I have started to do craft weekends together; we have a great time! Don’t know how much crafting we actually get done……we stay in our PJ’s…sometimes put on a chick flick…eat chocolate….we take turns going to each other’s houses. It’s a nice, fun, relaxing, full of laughter good times.

Ali - I second the request on a “how to” for making a banner! I love those banner’s! They would be adorable for my daughter’s birthday!
~ Ali

Ali - So fun! I’m from TX but, I’d love to come next year! Can’t wait for sign ups for your next craft weekend!
~ Ali

Sarah from Create Studio - Wowzers! I really want to do this in my area! What a great way to refresh your creative juices with a bunch of other like-minded women! Awesome! Thanks for the inspiration!

Vitagirl64.blogspot.com - That looks like an INCREDIBLE weekend! I wanna be your friend! LOL
Those good times make life so special! I miss my group I used to do that with. Hmmmmm, maybe it’s time I create a new one. 🙂

Dominique @ Craft Couture - This is just awesome! Looks like soo much fun, I would love to do this! :)Glad you ladies had a great time! 🙂

Jami - I am in crafting envy! That looks like sooo much fun. What a blessing, God IS good!

Jennifer - Wow sounds amazing!! Found your blog through through Little Miss Mama. I have never wanted to live in Kansas till now! 🙂
Jennifer
http://alwaysinwonder.com

teresa - O~My~Goodness!
This is so AMAZING I don’t even know how to EXPRESS myself!
HEAVEN…yes…HEAVEN!
xo

jen @ tatertots and jello - Oh my goodness — that looks so fun!! I love all of those little embroidery hoop creations!!! So cute!
What an amazing weekend!!!
xoxo
Jen

Kaitlyn Bright - Would love to join from Nebraska for the next one!! FFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!! I hold a craft retreat at a local B&B here, love that you had some structure and everyone worked doing the same things. Ours is just a free for all. The hoops are my favorites!

Michelle - It looks like all of you had a fabulous time. You are all so lucky to have one another. Thank you for sharing your great time and providing links to your projects.

aubrey - I love your bunting hanging across the room. I love love love bunting, but I s-u-c-k at making it. Something goes missing between the picture in my brain and what my hands end up creating. How did you make yours?

Amanda - OH Man! I see at least five of my favorite bloggers in the same room being crafty! I have gained so much from you and looked forward to all the inspiration from your creativity!!!

Wendy - That sounds awesome. I can’t imagine a day of hanging with friends & crafting, much less a weekend! I miss having friends that live in the same town as me 🙁

Jessica @ These Are The Days - Well I was going to guess and say “if it were me I’d have gotten the globe”, but in one of those last pictures I saw the globes so I’m pretty sure I was right.
Love the necklace you gave Edie…I was coveting it the whole weekend at Blissdom. If you would tell me where I can snag one, I’d be over the moon. 🙂 Thanks, Jessica

Kristen - Absolutely dreamy. No other words….seriously.

Jessica - just discovered your blog and am so glad i did. this looks absolutely amazing! i can’t believe how well orchestrated this was. what sweet friends. can i come next time!? 😉

Dana @ Cookin' at Cafe D - Hi,
Found your blog via The Nester.
Your retreat weekend looks so joyful!
And, MAN,how I would love a milk jug – lol.
(looks like you visited some amazing stores.)
Thanks for sharing with us 🙂
Dana at Cooking at Cafe D

princess lasertron - this looks SO fun.
I want to drive down and join you.
(how far was it again??)

Kristi~The Slipcover Girl - looks like such fun! we had a craft night recently…it was a blast!

Diane @ InMyOwnStyle - This is the best idea for bloggers to get together – so much better than a big conference. Reading through your post was so enjoyable. I love the globe you got – wish I lived closer to go to that antique store.

Bonita - I’m not even crafty and I don’t know any of you (came over from Nester’s blog), but the fellowship looked like so much fun that all the way through the post I kept thinking, “I wanna go.” So glad you had such a fun time!

Amanda @ Serenity Now - I’m visiting from The Nester’s and I had to tell you what a dream this looks like! 🙂 It’s hard enough to get my local girlfriends together to do anything, so I can’t imagine the planning that went into this. What a fabulous time you all must have had. 🙂

Sarah @ a drop of golden sun - Wow, what an amazing bunch of women, and amazing talents! Tonight is our first of what we hope to be many more, “craft club”! I am hosting at my house, but I don’t think it will be anything nearly as spectacular as your whole weekend was! Something to strive for I suppose. Thank you for sharing!

Jenn - That looks like such a dream! Thanks for giving me a little glimpse into a heavenly weekend-love the crafty ideas, too!

Cherished Hearts Vintage - Gorgeous pics! Any chance of a tutorial to show us how to make the ruffle necklaces?

HMama - I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love this. *sigh*

Katie Sellers - Such awesome idea!! And that antique store I am so jealous! Meg–could you possibly share where you got the string of light bulbs hanging in your beautiful room?? I am looking for something similar. Thanks!

Jacqui - please please please meg, can i come next time!!

Rebecca@This Present Life - Just found your blog via The Pleated Poppy and I’m so glad I did! It looks like you girls had such a great time! I would LOVE to do something like that. There is nothing like getting together with girlfriends (new and old) for a little crafting, good food, and girl time.

angie - That looks incredibly fun and awesome and like something I need. Can we be friends and you can invite me next time? I even have a cute baby to bring. 🙂

Michelle - Sounds like the perfect weekend, I’m inspired to do this with girlfriends that I don’t see enough!

Kimberly Dial - What a great idea – a crafters weekend. Sure looks like your gals had fun! Thanks for sharing!

The Lazy Dazy - Looks like balm for the soul! Blessing! Great idea…those girls are so blessed to have been on the guest list.
Thank you for sharing. I feel like I had a little micro-retreat myself!
Carrie

Beth - Totally jealous! Looks like loads & loads of fun!

sonal shah - I can’t imagine a more fun weekend. I dream of having people like this in my life. So wonderful that you all have found one another.
Anyone in New England want to connect for something like this? http://prettylittlethingy.blogspot.com

Linda - DId you make the pennant banner? If you did could you please give instructions it is just adorable. Thanks

marylea @ Pink and Green Mama - So fun!!! WISH I had been there too!!!
I think a weekend spent crafting and antiquing sounds like the perfect way to spend time with friends!!
xoxo
MaryLea

Tonia - So fun! I have followed most of your blogs for quite some time and it was just so fun to see you all in the same room. I just know if I knew you all we would be great friends! Thanks for doing this blogging thing and for sharing your lives with the world!

hearttypat - what an amazing weekend! I’m too envious of u right now!

ashley - I can’t even begin to tell you how happy it made me to read this post and see that ALL these incredibly talented, beautiful and amazing women made MY pom pom tutorial–wow, I am amiling from ear to ear still!
Your blog is fabulous and I am wondering where you have been all my life! better late then never–so glad I found you and thank you so much for linking to Little Miss Momma!
I can’t wait to have a craft weekend of my own one day!!!

miss chris - Wait?! You guys are in kansas?! this crazy blog world is so big it shouldn’t surprise me that I’m surprised. Anyway… it looks like you had a wonderful time. Good for you all! xoxo, chris (kansas city)

nancy in ks - Bearly Makin’ it! I see Oggie in the orange sweatshirt. One of my favorite places! It looks like he took you out to his barn too. That’s a treasure land for sure.
This is the first time I’ve read your blog. So thanks to Ashley Ann I have another great stop in the morning before I start my day. Pretty soon, I won’t have any day left. Just blogs.

Tara - so much fun.
this is SO on my list of 40 things I wanna do before I turn 40…I’ve got 2 1/2 years left to make it happen!
you are my inspiration.
(totally meant to put the song my the group Chicago in your mind all day) :))))))

Meaghan - Just wanted to say this looks like so much fun! You have inspired me in the past to do crafty night with my friends…now I am reminded to do it again. I love that it gets us out and together during the long winter months, esp after christmas. Thanks!!

asibtroy - What i wouldn’t give to be in a room so blessed! And yay for Ashley Ann coming over with Cindy! Love it when blog worlds collide 😉

Nancy - glad you posted a pic w/amy j! she’s my local blogger rockstar!

Courtney Hohimer - Can I come next time?

Candice - Oh my goodness! Looks as though everyone had a wonderful time! Hmmm…maybe I should looking into planning my own craft weekend with my friends and family! 😉

Lorilee - That looks like sooooo much fun. How did you plan the crafts? Did each person bring their own supplies for each craft?
Blessings,
Lorilee

Daniele Valois - this looks like a dream come true!!! So jealous!

Heather - Dead freaking envious!!!! That looks like a truckload of fun!

jaz - Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!! xoxoxoxox

Talysa - I love the whole thing….what a great idea! But I left half of my brain with that first picture and those pennants….love.
Then you lost the second half of it on the hoop art.
I did manage to catch up when we hit the frosting though. 😉
Ps. You totally got the globe. 😉

Krystle - I’m new to your blog my m’dear… you are fabulous! I first found you because your house was adorable and I fell in love with your kitchen. I now love you all the more because I see that you’re using the gift of your home to share with others for fantastic retreats and fellowship like this! I’m so glad to have “met” you!

Mindy - What a fabulous weekend! Now I want the weather to get better so I can go on a road trip and check out the antique store!

Danielle - What a kind and gracious heart you have. I can’t even begin to tell you the smiles I got at seeing you gals have so much fun. I follow Amy Jupin’s blog and Jess Mac’s as well and am so happy that these two special women got to have some girl time. Your blog always puts a smile on my face:)

Kristin S - Meg, what a dreamy weekend. Your husband is a trooper! I bet he knew you NEEDED that girl time.
Your perspective at the end is shaping a seminar I’m doing at a women’s conference this coming weekend for women who work for our ministry. I am SO NOT an expert but just want to share from my heart about how it has ministered to me and others.
Most want how-to’s which is fine. I can do that. Sort of (I still don’t know how the heck to change my header). But I’d rather give big picture.
Thank you!

Sandee - Ok. This looks like the best weekend ever! Every time I get the chance to see pic.s of your house I’m in heaven… loved the one of the globe mixed in with other things at the antique store where you asked which thing you’d buy out of all those things. You got me started on wanting a collection of old globes and I just found my very first one on Monday!!! I’m so excited and can’t wait to find more.. 🙂

Sara - There is nothing better than a house full of friends with food, fun and crafts. How kind of you to open your house….I wondered what the major cleaning was about! Does anyone else think that Cindy looks like the brand new wife on Sister Wives? She is a doll…and I just put my thumb on why I thought I knew her. Funny! I obviously watch too much TV.

Charity - I’m in love with the hanging banner and lights. Could you PLEASE post instructions on how to make the banner and the dimensions of the triangles? I would love to make one!!!

Tammy Sabourin - So what you’re really saying is that this weekend was BEAST. 😉

melinda - new reader here! that looks like such a good time! i think i may have to partake in something similar!
ps love your blog 🙂 it is so cheerful!!!

Jenny B. - Wow… I can see from the previous comments that I’m not alone in being just a tiny bit jealous (ok, make that a lot!). 🙂 What an absolutely perfect weekend!

Leslie @farm fresh fun - This looks better than Blissdom! So much inspiration and happiness found here. Loved learning that some gals hadn’t sewn before… Thanks for the great link to Bearly Makin It! My hubby loves to go out to KS for bird hunting… Now I know where I will dream of if I tag along! (Plus dreamin of a photo shoot with* you*.)
(((hugs))
Leslie in MD

Tanya H - I love everything about this post but my favorite is your hoop art! My mom was a creative circle….something or other when I was tiny and they just moved and we found a HUGE box FULL of those hoops…..Now we know what to do with them! 😀 THANKS!!!
I too love the blessing that blogs are in my life. You are one inspiring lady and I love you for it!

sarah - So jealous! What a great time for you girls. I was glad to read that some of you had not ever worked on a sewing machine-gives me hope for my craftin self to improve still. Thanks for sharing-I love seeing women loving on each other.

Melissa - Ugh! I’m jealous! LOL
It looks like you all had a super time!!!
Is it weird that I read this post yesterday then last night had a dream that you invited me over for crafty fun?? LOL You have a lot of admirers, girl!

Tracy - Wow! looks like such a wonderful time and how sweet of you to host it. I have to admit…I am a bit jealous as I imagine all the crafty fun and girl talk that was oozing through your walls all weekend (plus I really want to meet waffle, I am in love with him!)
If you ever want more friends…I would love to visit Kansas…I just claim waffle as my roommate! ; )

Lynn - i am so in love with this idea. i’ve always considered my blog a huge blessing, its let me connect with people i probably never would have met before. you’ve got my mind spinning now! 🙂

Heather - Thanks for the antique store tip. I’ll have to stop by the next time I go back home as we always drive past Marion.

Gemma @ Musings of a gem - Great fun! I’d love to do something like this..would be fab!
You have a lovely house btw 🙂

DanaD@BoysMyJoys - That looks like SO much fun… sighhhhh!
And, I’m lovin’ the dark do!
Stay warm!
It’s in the 60’s here in SC today.

Kirsten J - Almost as good as being there. Almost. I’m officially jealous…and need to find some new friends who like crafty stuff, because while lunch and shopping are fun, crafts and antiquing are more my cup of tea 🙂

Esther Noordman - Looking good!! I was wondering, what exactly do you mean by ‘cleaning partner’? (sounds like something/one I could be/use..;).

Jen@thecottagenest - I love that you did this Meg. What a way to express love for your friends! I love what everyone created too. I especially love those hoops and that swirly graphic fabric! Where is that from? I’d love to play with that!

Ruth - Oh my goodness, that looks like SO much fun! Next time please invite me! 🙂

leonieke - wow,…
you’re a verry lucky lady, to have the room to enjoy the company of so many friends! the pictures show that you had lots of fun (o, en excuse me for bad spelling; english is not my language,..i’m dutch)

amy jupin - i love each and every one of these pics.
especially the one of cole’s reflection. genius.
miss you, sweet friend.

Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - That looks completely awesome and I am now really jealous! You are blessed.

Marie - How awesome! I am going to confess being a little jealous of your fabulous weekend. I have no crafty friends here and a weekend like that sounds like a dream come true. I should just be bold and plan something like that and see what happens. Pretty amazing of you to open up your home like that. 🙂

Kelly - The bunting and big round lights are fantastic and it looks like y’all had a wonderful time. I really enjoyed seeing everyone’s embroidery hoop art together. A bunch of neat ideas! Kelly

Jeanne - It looks so amazing! I am sad that I had to miss it but I hope you invite me again next time:-) I love all the bunting in the “craft room” 🙂

Nicole - HI! I found your blog through Julie’s blog. :0) Okay, I have to ask. I am a Kansas blogger/crafter. What antique shops did you go to? May I ask what town too?!!!
How fun of a weekend. How do you guys know one another? It would be fun to get together like that. :0)Kansas should have a blog meet-up.
Thank you,
Nicole
“Cole”

Carol S. - Oh my, what a fun bunch and awesome agenda. Your hair is really cute dark. Really clever way to spend a weekend, and yes, your husband (and inlaws) are amazing for their coordinated getaway as well. Very cool for everyone to have their time to party, and you totally deserved yours this weekend after being an amazing wife and mom all year long! Just went on a fun blogland stroll with your links on a snowy night in Chicago. Thanks Meg.

Emily - this looks like quite possible one of the most fabulous weekends ever!

Michelle Holden - Oh my gosh!!! I was looking at your fun weekend pics and I noticed Cindy Wells!!!
I was thinking this was such a great idea!!! And she experienced it 1st hand!!! I love her~ she is my cousins wife:)
Rockchalk!

mary beth - Oh my gosh, I’ve been in that store! I was tired after the Hillsboro fair, so I was pretty overwhelmed by it, but can’t wait to get back there! What a wonderful idea for a weekend! We are in the middle of a Kansas blizzard right now, but I’m scheming in my mind for some good cabin fever crafting here all by myself! Great job Meg…stay warm with you memories of a great weekend!

shauna reed - what a hostess you are Meg.
that looks lovely.
what a dream come true to have nice clean people take over your house.
other mommies that know how to take care of each other.
that is the best medicine…for anything.
i love your hair and your whole deal….you know that, just thought i’d tell you again.

Red Shoes Rolling Red Shoes Rolling - What a cool retreat! I want to start planning one with my mom and sisters. Love your blog Meg. You inspire me everyday with your ideas, links, humor, love for God and humor. I look forward to reading everyday. Thanks!

Joyce - wow. it’s like a mini-bliss.

deborah@applesinwonderland - looks like a most fun weekend!!!! it’s so super-cool when you can recognize a gift when it’s given. love that!!!!

elisabeth (bovagoods) - that just looks like a dream come true!

Tonya - That looks like so much fun! Where at in Kansas do you live? I am in KCMO.

Sonia - I wish I could have just been there to watch!! I’ve actually made Little Miss Momma’s pom-pom necklace! I love em! I love the whole craft weekend. I wish I had a lot of crafty friends to do one.

sarah - so many blogging celebs in one place…love it. it looks like you all truly enjoyed yourselves, and i am so proud of you for taking time out of your busy schedules to be creative, beautiful women together!

danyele - is it totally wrong to be jealous??? i want a fab girl weekend with crafters…maybe when all the kids are a little bigger. maybe.

Lucylu ~ - Ooh! We too are snowed in we have a MILD blizzard going on outside!
Oh and I wish I could’ve been there!
Smiling
-Lucy

Beth - what a FABULOUS weekend!! makes me want fabric stores and antique stores and craft stores close to me!! thanks for sharing.

jennie - meg…totally random and not related to craft weekend (which looks fabulous) at all. but my pandora station just played “what is” by anna vandas, which you must listen to if you haven’t. the last verse of the song is, “What is good, what is pure, what is right? What is love, what is truth, what is holy in your sight?” Of course, it made me think of you. 🙂

mel - ahhhh!!!!! So FUN!!!!!!
Look at all those fun crafts you made!!
LOVE those necklaces!!!
Yay for Blog Friends & blog friend weekends!
What a blessing, indeed!
p.s. next time you need to invite someone who can teach you photoshop, since that is on your 35 before 35 list 😉

Kristin Hayne - What an awesome time!! So jealous…. that needs to happen in my life more often…. and was it a pre requisite to have blue eyes? LOL

kasey - I am so sorry i couldn’t make it…
you know…with the snow and all..i was just afraid of driving.
But you know how MUCH i love to craft…so i am really sorry that i wasn’t there to help you all hot glue buttons.
Next time for sure…and i’ll make the drive.
pinky promise.
I’ll even pick Laura up on my way…or maybe she could pick me up.

amber - aw, this is awesome Meg. I would love to do something like that someday. Blogging is great and the inspiration I get from you and other women/moms/crafters is so much fun. I am thankful for you sharing a glimpse into your life with all of us. I am so going to take a day trip to that antique store, I am seriously drooling over it! Thanks for sharing your weekend pictures. I am inspired as always.

Laura Phelps - I’M CRYING
seriously CRYING
but I am a DORK Meg..because I am looking at the pictures, wishing I had made the trip, but thinking at the same time how UNQUALIFIED I would have felt around these talented beautiful women!
I think I would have felt ugly and useless!!! HA
I need to find something I am good at before I walk into a room full of these ladies!
ugh, insecurity sucks
I LOVE the pics
I LOVE that God brought you all together
it looks PERFECT
you are awesome for doing this
God really is speaking through you
amazing
still crying…

Jen H. - Looks like a complete and utter blast! So many people have good intentions of meeting up and getting together, but it is great that you and these women actually MADE IT HAPPEN! Good job! 🙂

sue - World Globe.

sarah @ Perpetual Blind Date - You literally grouped all of my FAVORITE bloggers into one large crafting weekend. How fun?!

sara's art house - LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my dear! I wish I could have come!!!! :):) LOVE the hoop art.

Sixty- Fifth Avenue - oh my goodness, what fun!! your beautiful home was the perfect place to have a retreat. we are getting snowed in as i type under my warm blanket.
Londen
xx

Emily Zimmerman - Oh your post is making me tear up!! Seeing the picture of Jess and Julie together!! Oh boy makes me cry!! Makes me cry because of their loss, but tears of joy that they have met each other. Wow! Love all the pics and all the crafts!! So I have an idea…next year when you host your weekend (no pressure 🙂 or anything) what about having a contest where the winner gets to join your big weekend???!!! Or I’m pretty sure you could auction off tickets to the big event and make lots of money! Sign me up!!

Dina - LOOOOOOOOVVVVEEEE this post:-) I wanna do this with my gf’s. And thank you thank you thank you for sharing Marion:-) My bff and I went to Hillsboro in Sept.(craft fair)… we drove and drove and drove looking for barn sales — you had blogged the previous year about them…Marion, right? Can’t wait to take her:-) You’re the best!

Heather - ahhh that looks like an amazing weekend!!! One of my life goals is to have fellowship like that (with great women, great stuff to do, yummy non-diet treats, maybe a little book club action?) at least once a year or so. It has been lacking in my life since college and moving away from home, many years ago. Camaraderie without competition, that’s what I want. Meg, you always inspire me so much! And if I ever get the guts to show the world my blog, maybe that will be the vehicle God uses.

wendy, NJ - Wow! I am so jealous! I love that you were able to host such a wonderful weekend full of friendship and making memories!
Big hugs to you!

Jen - What fun! I am as crafty as a “big rock”. What I want most from you crafting weekend is Kimberlee’s HAIR!! Sigh…………..

Donna - I want to do this so badly!!! I wish I had a big enough house and a MIL that lives close so I could send my kids there.
You gals are awesome! I love all the craft projects. I’m going to have to make on of those necklaces and the embroidery hoop project. Love it all!
Thanks for sharing!!

se7en - I was going to say that photo looks lovely but then that other photo looked lovely too and so on and on… I t all looked so divine!!! The crafting, the outing, the awesome shop, the scrumshish food… the friends … totally love it all…. And if you didn’t buy that globe then I am sailing the se7en seas to come and get it for myself!!! Love it!!!

Becky - I’m not crafty but I love your crafts! They are the kind I would make or buy. I despise so many of the crafts (crap) out there. You have the most fun style, love it!

Amber - SO much fun!!! I would love to be a part of a fun craft weekend like this! It seems like all the friends that God has places in my life lately are from blog land and far away!

Heather - Hey Meg! I totally get hives even thinking about crafting like that! I have no creative abilities at all. None. BUT – next time you host a weekend, give me a buzz. I’m a great cook and I’ll come down and cook and do all the clean up for the ladies, just to be there. 🙂 I’m in Topeka – it’s doable! Ha!

Terrie - Isn’t it great to have a WonDerFul reason to clean your house?! Was wondering why you were so into spring cleaning in January! Thanks for all the Fab ideas!! I just got my sewing machine back yesterday…it’s been in the shop for 3 months! Not sure what I will work on first…ruffled pillows, the bunting I want to make for my craft room…or that quilt laying over the back of my chair since November waiting to be finished! So jealous…(I know one of the sins right…thou shalt not covet) of your women friendships! I’ve only had one dear friend who likes to craft…and having moved from her all the rest, missing that part of my life. You are Blessed Megan! Thanks for sharing with us!

Dawn Eshnaur - My friend and I both have ties to Newton and would LOVE to come to a craft weekend with you! My son dates a girl from Newton and my friend grew up there! We read yours and Ashley Ann’s blog….looks like too much fun! It’s funny….people make fun of us because we call our blogs friends “Our friends from Kansas” 🙂 Enjoy the snow!!!

Renae - Dang! I was in Kansas this weekend (okay, Missouri and some Kansas) and didn’t know this fab party was rockin’! 🙂 Oh well, looks like you girls had a fantastic time!! Meg, i’d love to know where you got your drinking glasses, with the dots on them. LOVE those. Thanks for sharing!!

Megan - You’ve shared so much. Can I ask for more? How about the tiramisu recipe?? Pretty please?

anne c - holy craziness! how fun! I need friends to do this with! what lucky women you all are to have each other and to experience such a great weekend crafting. I probably would have peed my pants to meet you and ashley…in fact I know I would have! thanks for sharing!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - That is so fantastic! The hoops are PRECIOUS!

Tracey @7294cottageway.blogspot - How do I send my resume for that fun? I can cook, craft, clean..and I know a few really great jokes…so glad you had fun. LOVE that ruffle pillow!

debbie - I love everything about this! The crafts, the camaraderie and the food! I agree…you are indeed blessed!

Michele - Loved this post! How generous of you to open your home and your heart to all of these creative women. Thanks for sharing!

Lisa - This is what I call Utopia. Seriously, I am so inspired. I have dreamed of doing something like this but have thought, “My house is small. Who would want to cram into it for the weekend? On top of people they don’t really know.” What a lame excuse. This is the year. Maybe just a few friends, but I’m making it happen! Thanks so much for sharing! (I love that antique store too. My “girls” and I went Hillsboro weekend and I’ve been dreaming of it since!)

Jodi - I know it’s wrong to be jealous… but I am SO jealous!! I don’t know very many women here w/ the same love of crafting as I have. You are SO very blessed!!! :o)

sara @ it's good to be queen - oh my word, that looks like my idea of a good time. that antique store looks rad. I’m going to have to go there next time we’re in kS. seriously, that was such a great idea to do in the middle of winter. something fun to look forward to. I would love to do something similar. How did you decide who to invite? I think that would be the hardest part for me…not hurting some people’s feelings. also, LOVE the lamps down the middle of the table. so cool.

kat - Oh my gosh!!! So wish I could have been there too! What a super fun weekend!

Janie Fox - Looks like so much fun. I am new to blogging but there are some great hearts out there I have met by reading and now writing.
We are iced in here in central IL. Power was off for a bit but it is back on in time for me to read some fav blogs! 🙂

Beth @ odd girl out... - looks like you girls had a GREAT time! i miss KS so much, especially after a post like this, i went to school in lawrence!

mandy madison - Looks like a fabulous time had by all! Now you got me in the crafting mood 🙂 thanks for sharing!!

Amanda-ThriceBlessed - Looks like such a fun weekend!

Jill - So that’s why you were cleaning like a maniac last week! 🙂
Looks like soooo much fun! (the crafting that is, not the cleaning!)

Trish - FUN!

sarah - Looks like lots of fun 🙂

colleen - Okay, so which one of those girls is from Alabama? I live in Alabama and don’t know many other girls who are as obsessed with crafting as i tend to be! Have toyed with starting a blog and would love to know of another alabama girl i could learn from! Looks like you girls had your souls nourished! Something that for me usually comes from time with other likeminded women! Glad it was so much fun! Well worth all that cleaning!

Shayne - You have an amazing, dedicated husband! So sweet of him to take the kids, esp. when they weren’t feeling well. Hope they’re better now.
Glad you were able to create fun girl time for yourself. Girl time is special. 🙂

Ariel - How come Julie gets the amazing hair AND insanely long eyelashes??? Looks like so much fun…I need to make one of those necklaces, fast!

Kori - I wanna come play in Kansas too!! 🙂
My husband wanted me to keep lights up after Christmas and I didn’t have any ideas that didn’t resemble a frat house…lights on the walls, etc., but I am in total LOVE with the way you strung those big daddy globe lights above your table! Like dining al fresco but not. I think I’m gonna do that.
And add me to the list of chicks who have sewing machines who have never taken them out of the box and/or tried to thread them. I did take mine out of the box only to be scared by it and put it back. 🙁 I need to get over that ‘cuz I need some bright colors here in the cold of Spokane and don’t want to have to go hunting for the perfect thing when I *think* I can make it. Maybe.
Glad you had such a great time and hope Craig is better….

Suzy - I love the flowers. Does Julie offer a tutorial on how to make the pretty messy flower or does she just make them to sell? Thanks! Looks like it was a blast- good idea!!

tammy hebert - Looks like you had a great time. And all that crafting- I am jealous. Thanks for sharing..
tammy

Penny - Thank you so much for sharing photos of your time together. I am having a bunch of friends over to craft. Just for the day. But I love your ideas. I will borrow some and my friends will be impressed! Thanks. Looks like you all had a wonderful time. And they got to love on Waffle, lucky them!

rhonda - Just seeing all yall have fun together is GREAT! (I love it when women are shown as loving and supporting and real!!) So glad yall did this!

Beinghappygirl.blogspot.com - This looks like SO MUCH FUN. and thanks for the pictures. I have GOT to add pics to my blog. The crafting is WAY over my head.

Kari - Sounds like an amazing, fun time! I wish I had a bunch of fun gals to teach me to use a sewing machine. I’m ashamed to admit I bought a new machine about 4 years ago and have never taken it out of the box. I’m a chicken, LOL! Love your projects, especially the hoops. So cute!

Rachel - What amazing FUN! I have to admit, I’m a bit jealous. I’d love to host a gathering like that. I love that you just jumped in and made it happen. You’ve got me thinking…a dangerous thing indeed haha.

pam - How fun! My parents gave our 21 year old her great grandmother’s 1949 Singer….it has attachments that do things I’ve never heard of….I am VERY JEALOUS. It has a ruffler…..that you would be in awe of….does all the work and REALLY FAST.

Kristin - How awesome! It looks like you had a blast with an amazing bunch of women. 🙂

Susan - I wanna be one of your friends that you invite over! Seriously…I think if I knew you, you could make me a better Mom and person! It looks like you had so much fun! So, if you are looking to do another weekend and need a lonely mom of 6 kids 8 and under and would like to give her a reason to get away for a weekend, COUNT ME IN! I would be in my minivan so fast! You are truly blessed to have a great “family” of friends to surround you!

Courtney Walsh - Looks like a ton of fun, Meg! I am seriously thinking about doing something like this…too many people online that I’d love to meet and no guarantee that’ll ever happen!! Gotta take matters into your own hands sometimes! 🙂
I really want to learn to embroider…I am clueless, but I always love the way it looks!

amber - SO fun. Thanks for sharing, especially all the crafty fun. I’m loving the ruffle pillow too…

Heather R. - Thanks for the heads up on the shopping in Kansas. We’re in the blizzard fun, too. I don’t think the kids have gone to school in like forever. I bet you guys had a great time. Love all the crafts!!! 🙂

Peggy in TN - How much fun. New friends, old friends, far away friends. Blogging makes this big world so much smaller. Nice to see.

Courtney - looks like you all had an awesome time!
i am so going to that antique shop sometime it looks awesome! its only a 3 hour drive, i am sure i can convince my husband :)!

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so much fun.

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i had some company this weekend.
a few friends for a few days.

some of them weren't technically friends in real life yet….but they definitely are now. 

i asked some of my favorite bloggers to come to my house to make crafts, eat, shop and TALK.

it was super cool.

i loved every single one of them.

three i had never met before….and they had never met anyone else in the group.
over half of them had never met each other.
a few of them had met once.

i am confident that God has given me a blessing of meaningful friendships in this internet world .
i know that He brought women into my life that i NEVER would have met other wise.
i am so thankful for that.

we talked about blogs, kids, spouses, crafting, martha stewart, desperate housewives, photography, recipes, babies, teenagers, home decorating, frustrations, fears, successes, and about anything else you can think of.

what a fabulous group of women!

yay for blogland.

(ps….yes that is me with really dark hair now….i am not goth….i am just not blond anymore….)

Debbie - What a gift! Thank you for sharing your weekend with your amazing friends! 🙂 I found you through reading Julie’s inspiring blog and I can’t wait to check it out! Good friends, good food, good conversation, antiqueing, crafting, great fun! I’m inspired to have another craft weekend! It’s been too long! Blessings!

angie at junkgarden - Looks like fun! What a great group! I, too, wish I lived closer. I only have one other “crafty” friend and she’s been busy since going back to work. We miss our crafty get togethers.
Good times!

Nicole - Hi – found your blog through Under the Sycamore – looks like fun can’t wait to check it out! Can you share where those chandeliers are from??????

Catriona - For me, this post sums up what makes your blog unique and why I love it. The balance of words to pictures seems to capture the weekend perfectly for all of us who weren’t there and does it in a way that makes me care about the other women and feel genuine happiness for you that you had such a lovely time. That is a bit weird, given that we are never (alas!) likely to meet or even speak to each other, and yet, I am interested and I care. How amazing is that! My husband does not get it. At all. But I’m glad that I do.
(Sorry if that was a bit like a school report!! I think I had a bit of a lightbulb moment!)

Mary - You have made me so happy with these hoops – now don’t talk to me, I’ve got to run out and buy everything I need to make a thousand of them. I love them just that much. Yes I do. It looks like y’all had a fantastic time. Love seeing y’all get together and doing what you love!

michelle - SO fun!!! i wanna be on the list for next year!!! 🙂

shannan - I havent asked this question since I was 10….but can I be your friend! Holy Cow if looks like you guys had the best time ever. I love to see women hanging out and bonding like this…we all need it 🙂

Emily - Alright I’m in the market for a new sewing machine, so pretty please email me kind of machine that ruffled the pillows really well. I need that!

Margo - So jealous – looks like tons of fun!!

Linda - WHAT A FANTASTIC THING TO DO! TOTAL HAPPINESS!

Tiffany - So flipping jealous! I want to move in one of these local blogospheres. PA stinks for bloggers. Happy for u all tho.

edie - i love it. you’re so awesome. creating your own bliss.
isn’t this blogging thing just incredible? that we can meet the most wonderful, creative women in the world and then enjoy the gift of them in our daily lives.
what a privilege.
you’re right there at the top of my *i must meet* list. can’t wait.
and i got my necklace. oh my word. todiefor.
i love it so much and wore it all weekend.
thank you for everything dear friend.
i’m so blessed by you.
much love,
edie

erica - how fun! and i like the new hair color!:D

Kori - whatta buncha luckies!!!

Lori Danelle - Oh Gosh!! If I hadn’t been at Blissdom, I would be incredibly jealous! Alright, I’m still jealous!

Amnah - Cool!! Did Ashley bring Firecracker?? I hate that I don’t recognize anyone else except you two. I’m sure I know their blogs though. Can’t wait to hear more about this. There will be more, right?

Lauren - I recognize a few of those faces too! So jealous, but in a nice way 😉 I can’t wait to hear a few more details!!

Jenni Goodlin - I just found your blog (from a link from the Macs). Sounds like you had a great weekend! What a fun thing to do, and a blessing to all of those women! I love that you hadn’t all met each other, but have so much in common!

melissa @ the inspired room - How much fun was that!!!!!! I’m coming next time. {right?}

Lisa Currie-Gurney - WHAT A FABULOUS TIME IT IS WHEN WOMEN CAN GET TOGETHER AND JUST BE WHO GOD CREATED THEM TO BE!
HUGS FROM MY HEART
http://sophiemyfriend.blogspot.com/

Jennifer - I can’t wait to hear more about your weekend with your blends! I’m hoping there was some crafting and recipes! OHHHHH, i made your meatballs tonight. they are so good!

Jen - It is so funny to see more than one blogger you know in the same photo!!!
What a lovely, special weekend 🙂
By the way, I am watching Parenthood and I LOVE IT. It is fab!!!

Kate - I am so excited to recognize some of those awesome girls. Super cool!

sandy toe - What fun! Wish I lived near you…
Who are these bloggers….curious minds want to know.
Sandy Toe

ranee - Wow. I think I would have paid to be at hour house this weekend, too…looks like so much fun and I would love to meet Ashley and Jess, yours and their blogs are ones I look at daily!

Heather G. - So fun!!

Sharri - Meg – I am curious which face goes with which blog out here in blogland????? Would you please share? Thanks!

Kristin S - So wise of you. There’s nothing like fellowship of women. I love the way God created men and women alike but unique. So many fun women in that one shot!

Cari - FUN!! Sounds therapeutic! 😉

Becki G. - Good for you!!
I know you will share more and I can’t wait to hear about it!

Brooke - Ashley Ann said she went somewhere fun this weekend…now I know…!!! I found her through your blog and I have been following both for years. I would be lying if I said that when I am at the local thrift store or yard sale I’m not looking for the perfect aqua typewriter….or that when I take pictures I’m not thinking of AA’s tips…it is silly the way you feel connected to people in blog land!! Way to take the initiative and do something awesome like that!!

Katie - Looks like fun…do tell more! I read a few of the blogs represented!

Karen Gerstenberger - I love blogging for this, and various other reasons.
There are four of us grieving moms who met through our blogs, and we are doing a Joyce Rupp book study (“Open the Door”) together. We started a private blog, we read each day’s passages and respond to the question. Then we read each other’s writings and comment. We live around the U.S.A., have different spiritual and social backgrounds, our children were all different and died differently, but it is one of the most powerful sisterhood experiences I’ve had. I feel sure that God brought us together for greater good!
Your friend at the front left in the photo is wearing one of my all-time favorite sayings. (If she wants a charm, she can get them on etsy, made from Scrabble tiles. I love mine!)

Katherine @ Grass Stains - Meg, I just read a really interesting post from a woman who went to Blissdom but has decided that next year she wants to do exactly what YOU did! If you’d like to read it, here’s the link: http://www.thesnyder5.com/2011/01/ways-in-which-blog-conferences-are-like.html … I think I’d prefer your route, too. 🙂

angela - I’ll have to admit, I thought of all of you at Blissdom while I was in NC! Every post I have seen about it is positive! I loved the video someone put on line that was a surprise to the planners of the event!

nic - what a beautiful bunch of girls…and oh how i adore your fabric floral pins!

Courtney Walsh - Looks sooo fun! 🙂 What a blast you all must’ve had. I would love to have the space to host something like this some day!!

Jen - Sooo, can you share who these lovely ladies/talented bloggers are so we can give them some traffic!??
True friends are indeed a rare blessing! The rarest, perhaps!

Beth - Awwh so much friendships bonded! Wow what a great way to share some fun and sharing with your readers also. Please share what more fun you had …I know there are lots of pictures and please share who your blogger friends so I may go visit their pages. I do see a couple of people I visit.
Please share what crafts you all made…I know you had to make something.
Oh this makes me smile! So glad you all had a great time!

Christy - Super jealous!! Can’t wait to hear more about it.

Alice H - I see Ashley Ann with Under the Sycamore!! Your hair is dark but it looks great!

Laura Phelps - BOO HOO….wish I could have made it!!! Next time…..right????? (you will have to double that batch of margaritas though)
I love the friends I have made through blogland
can’t imagine my life without them
love LOVE this group shot of FUN, creative WOMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
women who LOVE and SUPPORT and ENCOURAGE
awesome.

danielle - SO fun!
love your hair!
i emailed you about your post for wednesday 🙂
xoxo

Tracy Fisher - Dear God, can I please play with these girls sometime? Amen. Tracy Fisher

Kathy - Love the flowers you are wearing…will there be a tutorial?

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - How great! That is wonderful! So many beautiful faces that I recognize! Woo hoo!

Leah - In your “spare time,” I’d love to see a “who’s who” as well so I can visit their blogs. I recognize Julie from Joy’s Hope, but that’s about it.

merlin - Yep, I felt the unwelcome prick of jealousy as well, but I am happy for your friendships (new and old)and fun. The world needs as much goodness in it as can be created and you all do more than your share, thank you.

Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - Okay, I’m not the jealous type, but have to say this makes me jealous. I would love to do something like that…I don’t think I’m brave enough. What fun you all must have had and Meg you always look adorable no matter what color your hair is 😉

April - Have to agree w/ the other’s comments and ask you to please share “who is who” and what blogs. And I hope to hear more about the weekend too! Inspiring! (need a girl’s weekend too – even if it’s vicarious!)

Tara - love that you welcomed those lovely ladies into your home…..
and LOVE your new hair color!

Jen - one word…. JEALOUS… 🙂

seb - Are you going to share who is who so we can check out their great blogs too? 🙂

jennifer - Too much fun! I did a double take when I saw Julie in the back before I started reading. What a fun girls weekend. Your hair looks great and I still love, love, love Kim’s hair too. Can’t wait to hear about all the fun stuff you all did.

april - what did you girls do? looks like fun!!!!

MGF - no wondering you were cleaning and getting crafts ready.
Di you host ALL of them overnight or just during the day.
Way fun. When you open your heart and home, the flood comes in with joy.

ashley jensen - Is that what you went crazy cleaning house for? I do the same when I am having company!

Amanda - DYING over here for more details!!! What an awesome awesome weekend – it’s so fun to see you all together!

Kacey - What fun! Your hair is cute. I like it brown!

Katrina - Let me guess… The blond was too high maintenece? That’s why I always end up going darker eventually. It looks good. (You remind me of my aunts now.) It looks like I would have been in heaven in your house. I read three of their blogs every day. (You and Ashley are my #1 favorites. Shh. Don’t tell any of the others.)

purejoy - i agree… link to the attendees! what a fun weekend!
i noticed your hair right away. i love it!

Christine Ishmael - so whose who?

ingrid - super fun!
this is like the all star line up….

Jessica Johnson - cute! so fun! and your hair looks fab! i’m goth, too so i’m a little bias… 😉

april's craft nest - how fun (and brave!). i have a craft night this weekend and it was fab! will you be posting what you worked on?

kat - Hey Meg, your hair looks fabulous! Your weekend looks like it was super fun! What a lucky bunch a of ladies to spend a weekend together.

Mindy Harris - WOW. that looks so, so fun. i see a few faces i recognize. i have met 2 of those girls, 3, including you. did everyone get a matching messy pin?
also, i think it’s really neat that you open your home up for others to enjoy. it’s such a beautiful home. my home is itty bitty but i still have people over, though i apologize profusely about the outdated bathroom, etc.
🙂

Kelly - Wow! What a GREAT weekend! Were you nervous when you first invited everyone. I recently invited a couple bloggers who I haven’t met in person over and was nervous that they would think I was a stalker. 🙂 All was well though! Kelly

~Debra - Can you share who each of those ladies are? I don’t recognize any of them! I am so nosy! ha ha!
Glad you all had a great time!

kristen - Let’s talk about those cute flowers you are all wearing.

Shayne - What a fun gathering! Glad you got some good girl time in. Girl time is balm for the soul. Especially when chocolate is involved in one form or another. 😉

Amanda - What a great idea. Nothing like bonding with friends. Love your hair.

Tess S. - jealous!

Tara M. - Oh my! I am jealous! I wish I could have been there! The talent that was oozing in that house this weekend!

peta - i must be reading some good blogs – i recognise lots of their faces!! how fun!

citymouse - How cool. The few times I’ve gotten together with fellow bloggers has always been a treat.

Meredith - What a perfectly wonderful way to spend the day. Well done to you all for actually organising your busy schedules to make it happen! I’m fascinated to know what Craig and the boys did while all this celebration of womanhood was happening….were they very frightened?? Meredy xo

efrat - please share some more pictures…

Gemma - Hey Meg!
Sounds like a great weekend…do you have any more pictures to share?
Loving the hair!
Gemma x

Janine - I recognize some faces in there. You’ll have to label the photo with names and links to their blogs so we can all get to know them too (through blogland anyway) Looks like a fantastic weekend!

leonieke - looks great!
what a change, from blond to black..
have a nice day! (is your house still clean after al the effort you made last week now you’ve had so much visitors?)

Victoria - What fun you must of had, and how awesome to make new friends for life! I think you look fabulous with dark hair!

Michelle from Australia - I recognise Jess in your pic. It was through my prayers for Cora that I saw your blog (I think it was some pictures she posted at some stage that had your link on it???) and started reading. And that was just after Cora died so over 2 years ago.
Thank you for inspiring me since then.
p.s. I bought myself a Vintage Pearl necklace because I could. Thank you for introducing me to them too!!

Bethany Rodriguez - What a fun group of ladies… I bet you had a wonderful time! (I like your hair color.)

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great give-away

………………………….WINNER!!!………………………… 
i am so excited because the winner was randomly chosen and it chose

Oh Meg,
It reminds me of when I dug through my mom's old jewlery, and she gave me some of my/and her favorite pieces. Sadly, mom is more and more sick with dementia, but seeing this jewlery reminded me of better/warmer times with her. I miss that part of mom very much! But I do have many great memories. Thanks for posting the jewlery. GB

Posted by: GB Jost | January 25, 2011 at 10:27 AM

yay for GB!!! 

she is my real life friend!!  :)
she has bella…waffle's sister. 

i have photographed her mother.  i love that you shared that GB.

NOW….GB gets to pick something from crystals' shop.
i love random goodness.

 
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isn't it all so beautiful?!!
everything here is made by crystal beutler.
she is my super talented friend.

crystal and i email each other often.
i think she is so funny.
when i get organized and brave i will cook HER recipe for pork loin.
she emailed it to me during my year of being 34.
and i still have not done it.
i am such a baby. 

i love her blog.

i love her shop. 

today she is giving away a $40 gift certificate to her shop to one of you! 

leave a comment today to be entered.

and then…..go grab something from her shop because only ONE of you will win.  

(crystal….i will see you at SPARK….right??!)

 

Desseray - beautiful Jewelry. Pick me! Pick me!!

Jessica - Love all the jewelry! Its beautiful!

Michelle - So very nice- added to my favs

Susan - Beautiful! Just Beautiful.

Emily - I love your jewelry. It made me happy just looking at the pictures. 🙂 Have a great day.

Genie Blazi - Beautiful stuff..would love to win!

rebecca - So pretty! I need some girly stuff in my life. 🙂

Jamie - great things, love it!

Sara - Love the vintage feel! 🙂

Melissa - Here’s hoping!

Heidi Jo the Artist - Wow so many comments!!! I would love to win, I sure could use a pick-me-up lately…

Beth - Pretty!

sharon morrissette - yes, please !

Momma Bug - Oh PLEAZE let me win?!!!!
What fantastic feminine little things 🙂

Amy Moon - Outstanding…I feel prettier just looking at it! 🙂

Rachel - GAH! Those are beautiful! I need to return to her Etsy shop again when my husband is not eyeing me suspiciously (think the drool and the one-handed attempt to type my PayPal login gave it away??? 😉

Chelsea - how unique is this jewelry? so beautiful I love it!

Michelle - Beautiful! I would love to win!

erica - Oh, so pretty!

andrea - Beautiful! Such talent…

Meredith - Oh, sooo pretty!!!

Ali B - She has prettier stuff than anthro. That is saying something!!!
🙂

Denise - Her jewelry designs are gorgeous!

dawn - wow – such great stuff!

Heidi - Meg, I love reading your blog! Ps. My lab does the exact same thing with his blanket as waffle does…all snuggly between their front paws !

Jessica - It’s all so beautiful! She’s very talented!

Olga - My 11 year old daughter loves the styles! Gorgeous!

ronda beeman - I especially like the “All is Well” necklace. It makes me think of the hymnal It Is Well With My Soul, which makes me think of my mom. Thanks for sharing such great pieces!

Rebecca - Beautiful jewelry! Thanks for the chance to win!

Tammy - oh my, so much just screams “buy me!!”
She seems like a great gal to have as a friend.

shelly@familyblt - Pretty Pretty! Love her stuff!

Alisa's Garden - Beautiful! I will be sure to buy some of her work!

Kelly - Beautiful! Love the All is Well lice!

Amy R. - GORGEOUS!

Yolanda - love the vintage look of the pieces…gorgeous! thanks for sharing and i’m headed over to her shop!

Heather - I smiled when I saw this jewelry because it’s sooo my Grandma, who is in heaven. It’s beautiful, stylish, current and sweetly Grandma-ish… in a good way. I love this stuff!

Breeanna @ a brilliant melody - Beautiful stuff! I’m going to check out her shop now!

crystal beutler - Meg . . . you better believe you will see me at Spark. I’m saving you a seat right next to me. And . . . I will even come and pick you up at the airport!!! I seriously hope you can make it this year.

Laurie Foster - Just checked out her Etsy shop. Love all of Crystal’s jewelry! Such a wonderful vintage look…how beautiful!

Jenn Shock - Gorgeous…just gorgeous!

Mrs. - The “All is Well” reminds me of my favorite hymn, “It is Well With My Soul”. Naturally, I don’t expect to win, but I am now going to bed with that song running through my head, so in a way, I have already won! Thanks.

April - Great giveaway! Gorgeous jewelry. 🙂

Sharon - LOVELY!!!! Thanks for introducing us to such a talented lady!!
What a wonderful giveaway!
Luv your creativity and honesty!!
Kind Regards,
Sharon
slw_kerr@yahoo.com

Melinda redmann - Beautiful!! I’m off to check out etsy now.

Dawn - Love all of these pieces…Beautiful

Nicole - I pretty much fell in love with her stuff after I saw NieNie wearing her All is Well necklace! Great giveaway…thanks for the chance to win! I’ll be ordering if I don’t win!

Carla - So gorgeous! I love the vintagey-Jane Austen meets Carrie Bradshaw vibe.

jodi @ back40life - thanks for the head’s up on all the pretty…love the vintage look and feel!

cassie o - be still my heart! these are all gorgeous…it’s not very often that i like EVERYTHING someone has designed.

Jennifer Ware - Oh my those are all just beautiful.

Katie - Wow there are a lot of comments! I love the magpie bracelet…all are beautiful…my little girlie liked it as well. Well Done!

Joanna - I’ve been yearning for a piece of antiquity for ages. Here’s to winning some lovelies.

Cortney Hardy - They are all so lovely! I love me some good jewlrey!!

Lisa - Ooh, sparkly!!
Thanks so much for sharing!

Abby - I love the hairpin. Great giveaway.

Kimberly - i absolutely love this jewelry. great stuff!

Jen - This jewelry is beautiful! I love it.

Laura r - Oooooh! Me likey! 🙂

amy tibbs - What beautiful jewelry! Thanks for the tip and I can’t wait to check out her shop!

Jennie - I love the vintage feel of all of this!

Ashley B. - I love this jewelry! Pick me, pick me! 🙂

Brenda - Everything is beautiful…

alise - absolutely gorgeous. thanks for the chance to win!!!!!

Meredith - BEA-U-TIFUL!!!! Hope I win!! 🙂

Kristen Chapman - Beautiful!! Love the All is Well one you showed.

Jennifer F. - Ooooh! Those make me think of my Grandma and that is NOT a bad thing! So very, very pretty.

Elizabeth Highsmith - holy moses! it’s beaut-i-mas!

Colleen - That flower one has my name on it! I love it and I hope I win!

haydee - Oh, they’re all so beautiful!!!!

elizabeth - BeAuTiFuL!!!

Ashlie - Beautiful! I would wear any one of these necklaces. I just know they would garner lots of “Ooohh, where’d you get that?!” 🙂

Elizabeth Forsgren - I love it! Pick me!

Melissa - beautiful stuff!!! What an awesome give away!

Tessa - I absolutely love the “All is Well” necklace. Awesome!

Timi - Pretty, pretty, pretty. Love the “all is well” necklace. My favorite. Being a single mom, i could look down sometimes and remember “all is well” even when it seems it may not be.
http://www.jettandseri.blogspot.com

kristen - oh yes – “all is well” and would be well if I could win that jewelry!! love it!

Danielle - Soooooooooo pretty!

stacie - beautiful! pick me, pick me 🙂

Stacy - Very vintage looking! Love it! Thanks for the chance to win!

Laura - These pieces are beautiful. I’d love to win!
Also adding as an easy favorite.
Have an awesome day!

Denise - Beautiful jewelry…love it!!!

Melissa - BEAUTIFUL!

rae - oh wow! such beautiful stuff!

Carrie H - Her jewelry is amazing! Everything is so beautiful. I especially love the Magpie bracelet. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

Talysa - Very unique pieces…oh I love!

Misty - That is some nice looking jewelry! Just gorgeous!

Margo - These are amazing! Crystal is very talented!!

Erin McCall - PICK ME!! PICK ME!!! PICK ME!!!! PLEASE!!!

Erin - Love the all is well necklace!

mia - i am so in love with these!

KelleyW - I’d love to win! Thanks!

Michelle English - Beautiful! These would look great with MANY things I own 🙂

Karyn - Beautiful!!!
Oh, and Meg…..your blog makes me happy! Happy, happy, happy. With or without “giveaways”. 🙂

Tracy Fisher - Love her stuff. The colors are amazing. I need the “keep calm and carry on” necklace. Life is spinning out of control… must reel it in!!!! 🙂
Tracy (www.tfisherart.com)

Lisa - Wow. So beautiful!

natalie k - All is well. Brillant.

Rebecca M - Really pretty! All is well.

loniann - Love these! I can see myself wearing one in the near future! Okay, well, if I don’t win, I will have to bug hubby for a valentine’s pretty!

Sally - Ooooohhhhh…….LOVE these!

Amanda Larkins - Those are gorgeous!

julie - I never win anything. Do you think that will help my chances?

Emily - Wow! I love these pieces. Perfect to wear for Valentine’s Day!

adrienne - oh so pretty!!! love the feminine touch of her designs.

Kristin S - While scrolling through the photos and before reading your words, I thought, “BEAUTIFUL!”
I like that these are different from what I’ve seen lately on etsy.

Tiffany Olson - Love this stuff – vintage yet modern! Hope I win 🙂

Ashley - Beautiful pieces! I never win anything, but it is worth a try!!

Jess Mead - Everything is so lovely!!!

Kate W. - Beautiful!

Lisa B - Beautiful jewelry I would love to have as mine!

Leigh - Such beautiful and unique pieces! Love it.

Laura Martin - Beautiful! I’m a teacher and the little girls I teach would get a BIG kick out of these!

Meghan B - wonderful! her pieces remind me of tea time, girlfriends, and dresses. i would love to wear her work!

Vonda - Such incredibly cute jewelry! You always make me smile!

Amy jupin - Off to check her out now… 🙂

jess - i would SO love to win this…need it after the day i had! this winter is getting to us all! what a beautiful shop…love it all!!!

Jessie - 581 is A LOT of comments. You have A LOT of readers. Probably because you are so interesting. Thanks for blogging 😉

Jennifer Weathers - Pick me, Pick me! Very cute!

Tracy - How unique and beautiful. I love the vintage look of this jewlery. Thanks for the chance to win a gift cert.

michelle pulley - Beautiful jewelry!!!!

Eli - What beautiful and fun necklaces!

Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Oh, these are really beautiful!

Katie - Pork? I’m still scared to cook chicken in anything other then the crockpot! love the jewelry!

Liz - Very classy and fun Love it! Checking it out!

Jamie - Sooo pretty! I’m keeping my fingers crossed!

Sam Miller Gott - Love those earrings!

Mindy Murray - I love everything!

Kimberly Au - Another Etsy shop to add to my list of favorites!

jen smith - oh my word! love her necklaces!!!

marybeth - so feminine!

LibraryGirl62 - How would one choose???? I love Crystal and her blog is in my reader…along with yours 🙂

Heather - sooo pretty! Cool to have such talented friends. 🙂

Jill B. - She has beautiful jewerly. I love the “All is well”.
Thanks for sharing.

Erin - I love her stuff, its so PRETTY!!! I read her blog too!!!! I love it. She makes me laugh. 🙂

mary - Oh my, what to pick?

JustMommer - Pretties!

JustMommer - Pretties!

Shelly Primm - very beautiful pieces!

Meaghan - So pretty! I love how she takes pictures of the jewelry with vintage glassware. I think I need a new pair of earrings. Thank you for the chance to win.

Kelly - I would love to win any of these!

Robin - I love giveaways! And when I opened your blog and saw the All is Well necklace it brought tears to my eyes. I just lost my Mom 12 days ago and that simple statement flew right into my very soul when I read it…even if I don’t win…thank you for sharing today.

Stephanie C. - Gorgeous stuff!

courtney - L.O.V.E!

Whitney Benson - Love this stuff!

Trish - YUM! One of each, please!!

sam - i absolutely love your blog. thank you so much for writing it. i think i visit it every day. and while that probably sounds stalker-ish, i don’t mean it that way. 😉 and the jewelry in this post is lovely!

Steffie - L-O-V-E!

MJ - I love all of the jewelry in the shop! The flowers are all so gorgeous

Sabina - Lovely!

jessica kiehn - oooh love this. Good mixture of vintage, feminine beauty. Thanks for the give-away, Crystal!

colleen - Have never won a blog giveaway but would love to win this one! thanks!

martha beltran - Beautiful Jewelry! good luck to me jaja!

Dmarieb - Love the jewelry! Even Waffle would look good with a piece of this collection!

Maria - such a cute etsy shop! thanks for sharing her blog too!

Lynette - B.E.A.utiful pieces!! Thanks for the chance to win!

Amy - Beautiful jewelry! Thanks so much for sharing!!

steph - oooh… drooling over her stuff! i’ve looked at a few of her things via nienie before. crystal b makes beautiful things!!! she’s so lucky to look at such pretty items every day! sigh…

Allison Trammell - love her jewelry!
love her blog!
wish I could make pretty things like that!

amy S - Please let me win.. Please let me win… Please let me win.. Does begging work? Love EVERRYTHING!

Catherine Arnett - Lovely jewelry! So romantic.

Jenn - I love it all!!!

staceyb - Her jewerly is so deliciously fun and feminine!

MomBE - Thank you so much for the chance to win something so lovely!!!

Alexis Hamilton - woo hoo..give aways. they all look so fun and pretty.

Tara Swartzendruber - I love Crystal’s necklaces. I own two of them and I get so many compliments! I would LOVe to win another! I know just which one I’d get. It has to have orange! Thanks for the great give-away!!

Stefanie - Love vintage looking jewelry…and it just so happens that I NEED new jewelry 🙂

Jessica @ One Shiny Star - So beautiful – I especially love the “All is Well” one – the moto of my LIFE! lol.

Margaret - Here jewelry is gorgous!

meredith - ohh wow, it’s all so pretty!

jamie - meg,i love love love your blog. my family thinks i’m nuts. the handful {or two} of blogs i visit, it’s like visiting friends and when i leave their home at the end of the day, i feel energized, inspired, loved, and so much more. thanks for sharing your life. and this great giveaway!

Rochelle - Beautiful jewelry! On my way to see the rest of her stuff after I look at your latest entries, Meg!!

Angela - those earrings are beauties!

dixie - beautiful, BEAUTIFUL stuff!! love it!

Lindsey - Such pretty things! I love the “All Is Well” necklace!

rochelle - so lovely! i love the vintage feel to her jewelry!

Lea - I love her jewelry and especially love the cream rose necklace!

Laura - so pretty! i love everything!

Becky Joyce - Her stuff is amazing! Love it all!

Meredith Gibson - I have never commented before, but I love your blog! Thanks, Meredith

Linda - Such beautiful pieces. I love the “All is Well”

Tami - Oh my goodness! Her jewelry is beautiful. What a great giveaway!

Sheryl Savoie - Oh, I love it all!

Wendi - What little beauties!

Juliann - HI Megan – I love the “all is well” piece….
🙂 Happy Winter Day to you and your family 🙂

Becky - beautiful jewelry!

Kyle - so lovely! i would love something pretty to wear for valentines day 🙂

Keisha - These are BEAUTIFUL! love the “all is well” necklace!

Amanda - What beautiful creations : ) Great giveaway!

CAROL B - I love her style of jewelry!! Also I clicked on her blog, and now she made me hungry for hot dogs!!

Tina - Just found your blog and love, love, love it!!! And what beautiful jewels – perfect for spring :o)

beki - Oh, her stuff is so fun!!

merlin - more than 500 comments, wow, but, I’ll never win…. if I don’t at least leave a comment then I won’t even have a snowball’s chance. So, here is my pity plea, to please pick me.

Wendy - WOW! Love those!

Tim - Oh let me win please, I need a Valentine’s gift.

Michelle McKee - Completely beautiful! ::crossing my fingers::

Toni :O) - Oh how fun! Thanks for the chance to win! tonidreist@yahoo.com

Beth - Oh heck, so many entered this…gosh not a chance but I love her vintage style jewerly! On the way to check her blog and shop out.

lisabella - Oh, she has beautiful things!

Andrea Siebert - LOVE her jewelry!

Rae - Wow, so unique & dainty! I love it! I’m a big fan of it all!

Deb A. - Beautiful Jewelry! I LOVE the “All Is Well” necklace. Thanks for the chance to win!

Kristin Joy - yes please.

Courtney - ohmygoodness! I will definitely be checking out her shop! I’m getting married in October and looking for some fun accessories for me and my bridesmaids!!!

Lacey - so beautiful. Would love to win.

Kate - Look at you and all your comments – rock star! That magpie bracelet is calling my name! 🙂

Heidi - What beautiful things! LOVE this giveaway!

Jenn - Nothing like a giveaway to get the comments coming. These pieces are lovely…so cute and vintagey.

Kristin - Beautiful Jewelry!

Lisa - What beautiful pieces! Perfect for spring.

Rebecca L - Beautiful! I would love to win.

sarah - so beautiful and classy!!

Jennifer O'Steen - this is something i would definitely love to win! her pieces are so beautiful & unique!

Stephanie - So pretty!!

Ana - The pictures you posted of her stuff are amazing! I can’t wait to go check out her shop- such pretty stuff!

Rogersadoptionjourney.blogspot.com - commenting to enter to win the fab jewels, but also wanted to say I fancy your blog each week :0)

Naomi Williams - beautiful jewelry!

Dana Banana - WANT !!!

Lynda@Me and My Pink Mixer - Beautiful jewelry!!! THanks for the giveaway 🙂

tracy - How Pretty!! Pick me!!

Lavender Dreams - I think everyone in blogland got excited! I’m off to look at her shop! Love her beautiful jewelry! ♥

Misty Denman - Thanks for introducing me to a new blog and beautiful, beautiful jewelry. I love it all!

Nicole M - wow, those pieces are gorgeous. I love them all. THanks for the great giveaway!

Rachael - These necklaces are beautiful!! I would love to have one!!

Jen N - Oh I love her style. So vintage!

Kelsey - Fingers crossed!

Courtney - So many pretty things!

Christy - Uh, yes please! How pretty is her stuff?? Love it!

Shairee - Such a fun blog to visit & WHAT talent! Thanks for sharing!!

Kelly - This stuff is adorable. I will definitely add her to my favorites!

Zainab - I loooorrvveee the All is Well necklace!!
-Zainab

Tammy - Wow, these are beautiful!

Sara - Beautiful!

Laura - Love it! 🙂 Pick me!! 🙂

Merissa - I love that her work is the perfect balance of “vintage, classy, elegant” but also “wearable, everyday, casual”. What is even more impressive is her photography and marketing skills. I love the way she displays the “vintage classy elegant” jewelry on everyday items like cups, to-do lists, plates and papers. What a great representation of a woman (mom, wife, etc) who may be struggling to balance the “everyday/mundane” things going on but still enjoys that feeling of elegance and classiness.
Make sense to anyone but me? Am I the only one whose mood can change when i put on a beautiful pair of earrings?

katy - Pretty sure I’d like all of it, so beautiful!

kim phipps - cute stuff—would love to win…

Vanessa {Bloom Right Here!} - I love this jewelry! Feminine, vintage, beautiful….!

Jessica - Ooh, this is all so pretty! Crystal is so talented. Love her style.

Alyssa Doyle - I love the look of…everything! 🙂

kristen - oh these are beautiful. thanks for hosting such a great giveaway!

Catriona - How pretty – right up my street! Hope I win. x

Cindy in WA - Wow! So pretty! I’m going over to peek at her beautiful pieces now… 🙂

gina f. - all of the pieces are so beautiful!! it would be hard to pick just one.

Anne Marie - Wow, so so pretty!

katie - beautiful jewelry!

Becky J - Love the old-fashioned goodness of her gorgeous jewelry….I would love to win… 🙂 Thanks so much!

Cindy - I would love to get the “all is well” necklace for my stepmom. She has had a really tough year, and I think it would be the perfect gift!

kristine - I just adore her creations! Beautiful. And exactly the kind of jewelry I have been looking for!
Kristine

julie - Wow so beautiful

Emily - Beautiful Jewelry!!!

amanda - Adorable jewelry! Can I me win please? 🙂

Melissa S - Love it all!

Jessica - Beautiful! I love the vintage feel to most of her pieces.

Michele - OH, Wow!!! Beautiful. My favorite is the all is well necklace!

ana hogan - Beautiful jewelry! Thank you for the chance to win!

Beth Ann - What beautiful pieces! I am pregnant with my 3rd and have been wearing the same few basic pieces of clothing and have been dressing & changing my outfits up by fun big jewelery that makes a statement – these would fit the bill!

Denise - I love the vintage look! Thanks for the chance to win. 🙂

Jen - So, so pretty. Love it all.

Jules - So pretty. I love vintage-y jewelry! Fun giveaway!

Lelia - I love the jewelry!!!
P.S. I made your choc. chip cookies – they are YUMM-O! =D Thanks!

Lindsay - PICK ME! I promise to keep my babies from pulling these off my neck– they’re too pretty!

Iris - So beautiful!!

Brandi - These are all so pretty!

Penny - What beautiful jewerly! I would love to win, but I never ever win anything! Honestly, I can’t think of a time I have ever won a thing!

Larissa - Love, love, love this jewelry! I may hvae to buy myself a Valentine’s present from her shop!

Tracie - Oh how pretty!

Erin - beautiful work! thanks for sharing your talent.

Karen - So beautiful!

Jennifer - Great giveaway indeed! It is all so beautiful, and totally my style of jewelry. Thanks

Heidi - BEAUTIFUL!!! I think I own about 2 pieces of jewelry! I need these!!

Sarah - Beautiful BEAUTIFUL jewelry! I’m looking for something unique to wear on my wedding day. Something from there might just do the trick.

Kate S. - Oh, my, so gorgeous!

marya - Such beautiful pieces!

Jennifer Wilde - Just love it all, what talent.

betsy - Awesome stuff! She’s very talented!

Lisa - Beautiful and feminine….love it!

Christy - eek! I am in love with the Madpie bracelet !! & everything else in her shop!! So unique!

Rachel - I have always loved pieces on etsy!

Holly - very pretty! Crystal definately has talent!

Linda B - That is lovely!

Juli - ohhh…. everything is soooo pretty! how to pick one thing?

karenth - Wow – I love the stamped necklace!!

julia - Simpletruths - I love how you ended this post: “and then…..go grab something from her shop because only ONE of you will win.”
So true! – I’m heading over to her shop right now 🙂

Britanie - Too many darling things to choose from! She is very talented!

Astrid - Oh so pretty!
So, what is the pork loin recipe????
🙂

christy - Can i just say BEAUTIFUL!!!

Kathryn Jennings - Oh, how I <3 the ALL IS WELL necklace!! So sweet!

Kate - beautiful, beautiful beautiful!!

Flower Patch Farmgirl - Amazingly gorgeous fluffery!!!
And I just cooked my first pork loin last week. Rubbed it up with lemon juice, zest and chopped garlic, then cooked it for 25 minutes at FIVE HUNDRED degrees. Let it rest for 5 minutes. Delish!

Leah - So beautiful! I’m going to look at the site now.

Jill - Ooh, it’s all so pretty!

Janie Fox - Generator… generate me!!

Mindi - Wow. Great stuff. Love it.

Holly - Oh my, what beautiful jewelry!

Dani - That is some beautiful jewlery! It reminds me of my Grandmama. She had beautiful beaded jewlery!

Paula Montalvo - So Beautiful! I love the delicate feminine look of all her jewelry!

Ali Richardson - Her jewelry is SO beautiful I love how colorful it all it. I definitely want to with this one!!!

Susan - truly beautiful art to wear.

Holly Todd - Love the jewelry, hope I win!

Flipflipmeheidi - Lovely & Romantic!

Kate - Oh, they are so beautiful! Pick me!

Tami - Dude!! You get a lot of comments on your blog! Only my family looks at my blog so I get a comment about once a month! HA!! I would LOVE me some jewelry!!

Vicky K - they’re so pretty! 🙂 🙂

Carrie Haywood - wow.. they’re all soo pretty!!!

Robin Allen - I love this stuff…I wear this type of jewelry nearly every day to my job at our local bank…I think we were twins seperated at birth…our tastes run so similar and OH I live in Kansas too…LOOOOVEEEEE this

Liesl - I can’t get enough of these necklaces! I teach middle school and have to change things up a bit every now and then!

Tere - Thanks for the Etsy link and the chance to win. Beautiful!

Ashley - Beautiful pieces!

Kim - Beautiful. 🙂 Love it all! Want!

Quinn - Gosh, her stuff is gorgeous… I would be lucky to own any of her things.

Valerie - Yes, please! I would love to win ANYTHING from her shop!

Julie K - I have *hearted* her items several times! I love her stuff – would love love love to win this giveaway!

Michelle - Love, love!!!!!! 🙂

Meredith Salmon - I love her stuff!!!! Can’t wait to check out the blog and her shop.

Courtney Mc - so sweet and girly! love it!

megan - what a great giveaway. her stuff is beautiful! thanks for sharing.

Alison - This brought me right out of my grouchy mood 🙂 I love these.. what a talented lady and such gorgeous jewelry!!

Janelle - Yowza! With 377 plus comments, I’m not sure my chances are that great…but with a little faith and hope…I enter!

Christen - I really like the one that says ALL IS WELL so cool

Alexandra - beautiful jewelry! I hope I win 🙂

julie h - oh wow! her pieces are AMAZING!

Stephanie - Beautiful.

Sarah - I love her jewelry! It is all so pretty!

Kim S - Beautiful pieces! I love her color combos.

Jennifer - Beautiful! I love all the pieces! Loving your blog by the way…I am a new follower!

Katrina - Those are some gorgeous pieces. I will have to get one either way.

karen - I love her style! I would be happy to own a peice of her jewelery 🙂

Rachel / cREaTe - love it! i am really really loving the “all is well”. 🙂 how awesome to sport that.

Andrea - So amazing!! She’s so talented!!

Bailey - Absolutely beautiful! I love the vintage look of the jewelry – thanks for the introduction!

Lindsay - Gorgeous!!

SoCalLynn - All of her jewelry is so beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win.

Michelle Pucci - Wow! Beautiful stuff!

Jen H. - Gorgeous jewelry! Love, love, love!

ali - ummm….cute!! love it all!!

Amber - I love it all!

MirandaM from KS - Oh wow, how beautiful are these! Good thing Valentine’s Day is coming up….think I’ll leave her etsy shop up on the computer!

Heather K - How pretty!

Sonya - Beautiful!!!

Jenny Joy - Oh. My. Her jewelry is GORGEOUS. Love it!

Alice H - Beautiful! And I want the pork loin recipe.

Tanya H - YES! These are all absolutely beautiful!!

Elizabeth - Very beautiful pieces, love the Fleur Gouttes!

Jenifer Higgins - Oh, I love the colorful vintage look! Thanks for the chance to win!

Amber G - Oh I love them all. So beautiful

Liz - Sign me up! These are gorgeous pieces!

Maine Mummy - Oh I love that style

Jenae - Such pretty jewelry, I love it!

Allison S. - So lovely! Thanks for sharing!

Ashley - Love these! So vintage and beautiful…

TonyaElise - I love it! Vintage inspired jewelry…wonderful.

erin - how beautiful! thanks!

Stacie - I was very inspired the “ALL IS WELL” necklace. I read the nienie dialogues and would love to wear this necklace in honor of her. She is an amazing inspiration.

Lauren - oh! it’s all so beautiful! i would love to wear one of these on a date–they would make me feel so pretty.

Rachel Walser - Please enter me! LOVE!

Christy - Swoon…would love to gift myself with something like this for Valentine’s Day!

GB Jost - Oh Meg,
It reminds me of when I dug through my mom’s old jewlery, and she gave me some of my/and her favorite pieces. Sadly, mom is more and more sick with dementia, but seeing this jewlery reminded me of better/warmer times with her. I miss that part of mom very much! But I do have many great memories. Thanks for posting the jewlery. GB

Amy - I love her stuff. I came across it on etsy one day and fell in love.

Aimee - Very pretty jewelry. I love the flowers!

Chelsi Lecrone - Wowzers! It’s all darling! I think I’ll have trouble choosing, but I’ve accepted the challenge 🙂

Dana @ Bungalow'56 - I think these are beautiful. I love the celadon bracelet with the fuschia flower. You always choose such wonderful jewellery Meg, thanks for the link.
Dana

Jennifer - I would love to own a piece of this beautiful jewelry! Crossing my fingers!

Joy - I would look so grown up wearing one of those beauties.

mandy friend - oh my gosh, this is the best giveaway yet!

Kelly - I need the perfect piece of jewelry for a Valentine’s Day date with my hubby!

Mandy Forney - I love the all is well necklace it’s lovely! They are all beautiful!

Elizabeth - Isn’t it amazing how a few words can make you feel so happy!

Laurel - Gorgeous….scooting over to her shop now!
Great giveaway!!

Meg - Gorgeous vintage-y goodies! I love them all.

Kristin Hayne - Such a gorgeous style she has…..
did I just talk like Yoda?

Jen - I love these, too. Thanks for the chance!

Joanna Peck - Oh My Goodness! Her pieces are so beautiful. Very talented lady!!

Jennifer Paulsen - All is well-that is so perfect. All of these are beautiful!

erin j - Super cute stuff!

Kimberly - So incredibly beautiful.
I am a new follower and am really enjoying your blog!

Rebecca Ragan - Gorgeous! I already know how I will use the gift certificate!!!

karen - love them all!

nicky - unbearable cuteness!

Sarah - Beautiful! It would be hard to choose which piece to buy!

Wendy - BEAUTY!!! Please pick me! love the stuff! Thanks for the giveaway!

Lindsey - It’s all gorgeous!

Debby - Beautiful stuff! Love that vintage/antique look.

Jen - I LOVE the All is Well necklace!! It is all so purrtyyy!!!

G. - Yay! I love jewelry. 🙂

shannan - pick me!!!!

Maggie Miller - Would love to win this fab jewelry! Love your blog!

Laura - Isn’t that a lovely post! I love jewelry, and what she has created is gorgeous! Thanks for the chance to win.

Jen - I need a couple birthday gifts–some of these would be PERFECT! Thanks!

Suzy - LOVE THESE!! They remind me of my great grandmother who I LOVE!!

shan - LOVE! So very beautiful.

Keri - Wow! Beautiful pieces! I hope I win!!!

Beth - Wow–everything is so beautiful and unique!! love it!

Rebecca - Oh my. Those certainly are pretty. Thanks for reminding me that we all need a little something pretty, especially us moms.

Shelly foster - Oh my goodness! I have my fingers (and toes) crossed for this one ! I want the beautiful “all is well” necklace baaad !! Thanks for the chance !

Megan - love it! Thanks for sharing!

Laura Phelps - ALL IS WELL
I could use that
so, I am going to check her out..and then I am going to forward her link to Nick for Valentines Day

www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkyD1D_zE2pTdi3Hq2RfNEIqECwaklgAMg - Oh my goodness these are lovely! I’ll definitely be keeping my eye on this shop.

Myriah Mae - BeAuTiFuL!!! Love it!

Lindsay - cute, cute, cute, cute! if i don’t win, i’m definitely going to have to buy something of her’s on my own. but wining the $40 gift card is always a bonus…especially when i’m trying to save $$ and stay within the budget:)

Megan McCulloch - LOVE THAT. :]

Karen - My 21 year old daughter loves vintage jewelry. What a perfect Valentine gift any one of these would make for her!

Leslie P. - holy moly. these are so me. i want to sleep in them.

Laura Lee - these are so classic… love them!

ellie - how quaint and vintage looking her pieces are…i love the one with the flowers in the middle wit the blue bead hanging down….gosh..please enter me!

Kylie - I LOVE her pieces!

Kimmy - Awesome jewelry. So delicate and beautiful, very much like a lady. Thanks so much for both of you for this awesome give-away!

Jessica - love love love! one of everything please! 🙂

Jen N. - What an awesome giveaway! Her stuff is great!

Diane - THere wasn’t a single thing that I didn’t like. The jewelry is just awesome- right out of my grandmas’s rose box.

Angie - Everything is so beautiful. I think the earrings are my favorite though.

sarah - My favorite is the “All is well” neckace! So Pretty!

Julie Baldwin - I definitely hope I win! I need something girly and beautiful.

jennifer wood - All is well is my mantra! Seriously I say it several times a day.
All is Well and I am grateful
Jen

Bethany - Pretty! What beautiful stuff!

Jody Hanks - So pretty!

Diane - LOVE the jewelry!!

Jill T - love. love. LOVE!

jennifer - You are right… everything IS beautiful!

Christy Vincent - I love these! So pretty!!

Gram - Absolutely lovely!

Jen - WoW Crystal’s work and craftsmenship is AMAZING… Thanks for the Giveaway day…

Mel Vaz - Very pretty. I love your blog yesterday, especially how you repurposed around the house containers instead of purchasing new stuff!

Jennifer - lOVE the first necklace!

Stacie - Beautiful stuff!

brinn - gorgeous!! thanks for the chance to win!

Nicole - So pretty! I never win, but I thought I’d try.

June - Love the “All is Well”….makes me feel calm!

april - Wow these are soooo cute!!! Love them all…..

Anna - Wow! Beautiful!

Jody - such pretty jewelry! I’ll be going to her blog to see what all there is!

Brandie - I lover her jewelry and her blog. I just recently started reading it and she cracks me up!

heather - awesome jewelry! so unique and pretty!

brittany - OOOhhh!!! so pretty! Love your giveaways and blog!

Liz - These are gorge!

Lisa - Love the one that says, “All is well.” I need that reminder these days. Beautiful work.

mary beth - Wow, they are all so beautiful! What a great giveaway, Meg..thanks!

Lydia S - meg! your blog makes the boredom of work so much easier to swallow! Crystal sure is talented… those are all beautiful!

Robyn Farmer - OH.MY.WORD….all of it is so beautiful!

ROBBIE - I NEED SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL ON THIS JANUARY DAY

purejoy - love the romantic vintagey look. i wouldn’t mind winning one little bit! ; )

Donna B. - Wow. This jewelry is beautiful. I love the vintage look. I am going to check out her shop right now.

Mindy Harris - meg thanks for the giveaway opportunity. etsy can be so overwhelming (i have my own shop full of vintage stuff–it’s been slow, but fun!) so it’s nice to be pointed in a direction, especially regarding jewelry.

sabrina - What a fun give-away! Everything is so pretty!!!

lala - Gorgeous jewelry! I love Crystal B’s etsy shop!

Kristi Barrett - gorgeous stuff!

Melinda - Beautiful jewelry…thanks for sharing.

Melissa - Love the jewelry…hope I win!!

Debbie Smallie - Pick me!

Amanda Jo - Oh I LOVE it all!!!!!!!!!!!

Maria - Love it! I really need a pick me up today…

Lindsey Jo - gorgeous jewelry!!

Karen - Love this jewelry. Each piece is so unique and dainty!

Jen @ areafarehome - Pretty! Very feminine and sweet-gonna check out some more on your Etsy!

Melissa - I think I need that “All is Well” necklace to remind me, when I feel like it isn’t.

casey - Love the vintage look! Very talented friend you have there!

Rebecca - love, love, love, this jewelry!! she most certainly IS super talented!

Angie - So cute! Love the vintage look of this stuff.

Ashley - that jewelry is GORG! I love the vintage look of it!
B-E-A….UTIFUL!;)

Robyn - Yes, I agree, all her stuff is great! I would love some of that jewelry.

Jessica - her stuff is adorable! Love it!

theresa - so pretty! love them all.. going to check out her blog & shop now! 🙂

Beth - Beautiful!!!! I would love to own something of hers.

Cherie - Wow! Those are so pretty and feminine. Love it!!!

Kathi - Very pretty.

Trish - yum. the end.

Dana@Strawberrytart! - I love Crystal’s things. I have one of her necklaces and wear it often.

sarah - Beautiful!

Sonia - So pretty!!! I hope I win!!!

Melissa Martin - Wow! Beautiful jewelry! Definitely one of a kind.

MGF - So so awesome
WOW and great necklace or earrings, really there are such great choices

Laura - I love the “ALL IS WELL” necklace.

Jillain Foreman Williams - pure angelic loveliness…..

elisabeth (bovagoods) - wow. wow. wow. i need one. 😉

Christine - So pretty! I would love to win!

Kirsten - That “All is Well” necklace spoke to my heart this morning. I have so many things weighing on me this week, both my sons have medical concerns that require surgery, the college where I work is dealing with a missing student, and my extended family is still reeling from an unexpected death… But God is on his throne, and the earth shall not be moved! So all, indeed, is well.

Ashley - What gorgeous jewelry!

Kelli - Oh no! Am I too late?? These are so fabulous! Would love to win one!

Stephanie - I have the “all is well” necklace and I adore it! I would love to add to my collection since it is all so beautiful.

Heather - Wow! My jaw is on the floor. This jewelry is absolutely beautiful! What a talented, gifted woman.
Thank You for the giveaway. On my way to her shop now!
Blessings,
Heather:)

Jessica - i have a crystal b necklace but of course i would love another piece of her beautiful jewelry!

amy - so pretty and vintagey! Is that a word?

Taryn - Beautiful! Have just the person in mind that i’d love to give such a gift to!!!!:)

Rebekah Brummel - BEAUTIFUL!

Hollie - So pretty!

Sheryl - So incredibly vintage-y! I love them all!

Laura in LA - Oh so cute!

Amanda - So cute! Love the vintage look!

Dawn - Lovely jewelry!

alamama - such pretty jewelry. thanks for the chance!

Tracy B - loving it- I will be visiting her shop

Terri - It is me again, I went to her shop and wow, such unique items. I found about 5 pairs of earrings I want plus a couple of bracelets. Just gorgeous!

Anna Marie - Oh my goodness that is all so beautiful! I want, I want, I want…

Chantelle - Beautiful stuff! (Oh and your post yesterday about your craft cupboard was, well, a relief. I figured everything in your house was perfect!) God bless.

jodi - Love the jewelry’s vintage vibe… goes with my vintage wrinkles and gray hair.. ha.

Emily - I LOVE those necklaces! Great giveaway!

Jen - oooooooooo…..i NEED a little pretty!

jackie - Beautiful! What a fun surprise this would be during these cold winter days. Thanks.

Ronda - This shop is one of the first that I put as a favorite on etsy!
I LOVE her things!!

Melissa - Beautiful!!! I love all of them!

Alisha Gibb - Oh, this is so beautiful and delicate. I love it all. It’s so feminine!

tricia - Just beautiful!
PS Your craft closet looks great! Can you come and organize mine?

Miraclebalsitis - Breathtaking, gorgeous. Talent.Talent.Talent. That combined with a little frill and feminine touches= fabulous. Pick me!!

Sarah - Pick me…. It’s my birthday, I turn 32 and I love sparkly things. 🙂

Terri - Absolutely gorgeous! I would love to be the proud owner of one of those pieces. Your friend is very talented.

katie - love this stuff!!! such pretty jewelry!!!!

Robyn - So pretty! I love her stuff! and your blog! I always makes my day!

Erin - All so very pretty!! I love that look. I love jewlery!

Kristi - I have her all is well necklace, and love it! she is sweet!

Katlyn Richter - I am absolutely drooling over these pieces…love these! And everything in her shop. Thanks for sharing!

Shawna - Love the crystal necklace but all are very pretty. You can cook a pork loin, go for it!

Jerusalem Greer - those are FAB! love them so much, what a great giveawa!

Kari - Beautiful stuff! I just added her shop to my faves.

Rebecca - Gorgeous!

Aubrey - How lovely!! Thank you!

Regina - Perfectly my style! *LOVE*

Edie Steinmann - Such gorgeous things! I especially love the All is Well necklace; it brings back memories of playing All is Well with my Soul in college marching band!

sarah @ Perpetual Blind Date - Be still my heart. Gorgeous. pick me pick me pick me!

Katy Stone - wowww!! i love love love. esp the “all is well” necklace!

Jen D. - How vintage-y and awesome!!

Rachel Giles - Beautiful Jewelry!!

Kara - Oh my, her jewelry is beautiful! I hope I am the lucky winner!!

Michelle Whitlow - oh wow, everything is so pretty!!!

Kendra - Pick me pick me!!!

Ryanne - Lots of pretty earrings to make a girl feel good.

Elizabeth - I’m loving it all….wonderful mom gifts!

Heather R. - Love the “All is Well” neck-a-less(how my daughter says it). 🙂
She has talent. When is Spark?!

Tina - I love every piece of jewelry and would be proud to wear it if I win!

Tiffany B. - ALL IS WELL! Love, Love, Love it. All is well because God is GOOD! Lovely pieces, thanks for sharing! Tiffany

Brianna - Wow, her jewellery is beautiful. I’m thinking of Christmas gifts already! I love your blog as well, been reading for a while, although never commented before. Thanks for this great giveaway Meg!

michelle - Love your blog! I’m also loving this jewelry!

Maria - Beautiful, vintage style jewelry…my fave!

Kelly - Beautiful! Can’t wait to check out her other things!

mrs. may - I love Crystal’s jewelry. So very pretty!

kathryn Geddes - Looking at those pictures conjures up sentimental feelings….they look similar to something my Grandma always wore. -sigh- Beautiful, just like she was.

Kristy - I have so many of her items in “my favorites” just trying to decide what to order! Beautiful!!

brianna - wow, this jewelry is so beautiful! i love it… i have a “craft closet”, which my husband refers to as the “crap closet”… what does he know? i really have to get it organized, i love how you upcycled things to make them useful… im making many mental notes to self… thanks meg…

Becki G. - Love the sweet vibe of the jewelry.

Ashley Crenshaw - I saw the All Is Well and felt a breath of fresh air! I’m sending my son to a sitter for one of the first times today and have been super anxious this morning. All is Well is a great reminder! Thanks Meg for sharing!

Stephanie Allen - So beautiful!

Suzette - Wow! Those are some gorgeous pieces of jewelry! Headed to her blog now……

debbie - Pretty and vintage!!! And do not be afraid of the pork tenderloin…if I can do it, so can you 😀

natalie (the sweets life) - wow love all of her stuff! thanks for the giveaway!

Russanna - Oh, I love this! I love her style!

Keli - oh my….would LOVE LOVE one of these pieces!

Biz - I need this necklace!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/54050388/collier-theres-no-place-like-home
It’s perfect for a military spouse. We learn early on that home is where the Air Force sends you!
Biz

Kerrie - Oh, I would love to win $40 to do some shopping! I love vintage!!! thanks

Roberta - Oh, everything is so beautiful!! What a talented lady!

Angela Miller - Absolutely gorgeous! Especially the “There’s no place like home” 🙂

Carol Davis - love love love…want want want 🙂

Nicole - pure awesomeness!

Kelley J - How lovely! I’m headed to her website now to see more!

Lindsay - wow! she makes beautiful pieces. i especially love the ‘all is well’ nienie necklace!

AMANDA - Sooo cute!

deborah@applesinwonderland - gorgeous darlink:) how would you choose? and don’t feel too bad….i made my first turkey this year–my 43rd year. i’m not a baby…..i’m a wuss.;) hope someone that needs a little sunshine wins!!!!!

Allie - I have one of her cjane neckalces and it is one of my all time favorite pieces. I am now dying to have Fleur Collier – Madame Warren in Lavender – thanks for the giveaway!!

Michele - Beautiful!

Angie - It is all just so lovely! Some of the pieces look just like the things from my grandmother’s old jewelry box. Love it.

Lisa Tyner - Fun stuff!! Love it.

Katie - Her jewelry is beautiful! I recently had a baby and am still in the interim stage of clothes so a new necklace will definitely lift the spirits. Love vintage anything!

Niki - Gorgeous! Love the “ALL IS WELL”!

Karie - Wow…so pretty!

Sharla - Wow, yes, these are all awesome! I’m going to go check her out.

Meredith - Very pretty – so hard to choose!!

Stefanie Shultz - All is Well…love it!!!

Lorie Yoder - Oh my gosh….I kept looking, and each one just got better and better. It’s TOTALLY my style! I will go check her out. Thanks for the giveaway!

Sarah - Beautiful jewelry. Love your blog!!

Ruth - Oh my goodness, that is beautiful!

Barbara - It would be hard to choose, but what fun it would be to win and pick a piece of beautiful jewlery!

Happygirl02 - I LOVE her stuff. Something is happening to me in my mid-thirties…I’m becoming girly. Her stuff is so perfectly feminine. 4 years ago, I would have scoffed at the femininity of it all. But now, I WANT SOME! 🙂

Jill R. - So many pretty things….I want it all!!

Erin - Love it – the “it is well” is just too beautiful. I’m headed over to check out her shop pronto. Thanks!

Tami Veer - love the “All is Well” neclace!!

Amy - Very pretty!

deanna janssen - So pretty! I love them all! Especially that All Is Well one!

Ariel - Sounds good to me!!!

Abby - So cute!

shawnette - Love the fun vintage look.

Julie H. - LOVE this jewelry-so beautiful!

kerry - wow, i love each and every one of these pieces!

Stacey - So pretty!! pick me!

Jill - Wow! I love everything in the shop! I think my favorite is the Collier – Madame Tingey. I love the story for the name of the necklace, too! Thank you for such a generous giveaway!

Nicole - Those are amazing!

Alysa - such great stuff. i especially love the fleur collier madame warren in lavendar – it just sounds romantic – don’t we all need one?

Lindsey Wolosiewicz - these jewels are beautiful! would love some fresh new jewelry to wear.

Kimberly - I love her jewelry! So unique! Love your blog, too, Meg!

Melissa - Those are so beautiful!
What a fun giveaway!

Jessica - so, so pretty!! I hope I win!!

LeAnne Cotton - all so elegant and beautiful – it would be nice to win

Christy - BEAUTIFUL! I love the vintage look.

stodd - I have a necklace from her shop and I love it! I’d love to win and get more!

Jessi - Gaw-geous.

Stephanie - BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

Lori - I love it all! What wonderful, fun jewelry!

Amanda - Beautiful! she’s so talented. My mom would love anything from her shop. And her birthday is coming up 🙂

Jill - So many pretty things! Love all the shiny!

carmela - oh my…the jewelry is beautiful..would love to win!!
Carmela

traci in virginia - Wow, her jewelry is beautiful. Definitely will be on my favorites list!

Hannah - Everything is SO pretty! I want it all!

Crystal Swoverland - Thanks for sharing your friends and their talent with us, Meg! I am always inspired after reading your blog…thanks for being you!

Elizabeth - Oh I love these!!!!

Becky Bridge - Oh so pretty! Going over to look at more right now!!

Stephanie - Love the vintage look! I recently picked up a vintage-looking bracelet at Buckle. I think handmade is so much better though. Fingers crossed.

Amanda - eeeep pick me!! Such pretty stuff!

Kimberlee J. - The girls got talent. Lovely pieces. Want.

Michelle Burke - So girlie…which I LOVE. I don’t have a ton of the ” I feel pretty” stuff, I am going to have to go look at her items….. I so enjoy my daily coffee and blog time, thanks for making it fun!

Amber - Wow so many goodies!!! Gret shop!

Janet - Her jewelry is beautiful. I love all of her pieces.

Lindsay - Loving your recipes. Keep them up! Make the chicken croissant casserole this week and going to try your chip dip today! Thanks for those and your giveaways. PS I think we are tv show twins. I love Mad Men and Parenthood. Cant get enough!

Janelle - I’m leaving a comment 🙂

jennifer - Oooooohhhh, I am coming out of lurkdom for that pretty stuff!

stephanie - Oh, gorgeous!! I love the asymmetrical necklaces!

sarah - Oh sweet!! I am really loving me some vintage as of late.

Jo(ke) - Absolutely beautiful. Just looking at these pieces makes me happy. My younger sister was reading along with me about this give-away so if I win I’ll let her use the certificate. That will make me even happier!

anna - want me some!!

Karla Schaitberger - Thanks for sharing…her jewelry is beautiful!

Susan - Vintage!Love it.

Melissa - Beautiful…..

courtney - i’m in love with all the little flower bud earrings…and how cute are those bobby pins? perfect accessories for any outfit!

Jermaine D. - What neat jewelry! I especially like the “all is well” necklace!

Stacy McNew - What lovely jewelry. I would love to have the There is no place like home necklace. But it would be really hard to choose. I think I am up for the challenge!

April - they are all soooo cute~ love it all!

Lori McDonough - Lovely! Thanks for the chance to win! Have a great day!

Erin Johnson - Soooo pretty!

Melissa Mae - That seriously has got to be some of the most beautiful jewelry I’ve ever seen!

Melissa - Very pretty! Thanks for the giveaway.

FeFe - They are all so beautiful! I think the “All is Well” is my favorite.

megan tyler - Wow, LOTS of pretties in her shop! I would wear them all! Love your blog Meg!

Julie - wow, really unique gorgeous stuff!! beautiful, and thank you!

Emily - Gorgeous!!! I love it!

Jessica - Beautiful!! The yellow and pink one makes me smile.

Lisa - Beautiful jewelry! I’d love to win this one!!! 🙂

Jennifer McCall - Collier – Madame Knudsen is my favorite! I think my sister and I need matching ones!

Micah - Love the “all is well” necklace. Her jewelry has the neatest look!

Rene Schmidt - That first bracelet is beautiful … LOVE it!!

Kimberly - I am going through such a rough spot in my life right now and that jewelry instantly lifts my spirit. It just says happy. I LOVE it!!!

Christa - Wow! That is beautiful!
Would love to win!

sara @ it's good to be queen - oh my word, i gasped when i saw the pictures. Her jewelry is amazing. So unique and beautiful…love. it.

Diana Yarborough - So beautiful. I can’t wait to look at her website.

Gina - These are beautiful!!! SO sweet of her. THank you!

Libby - Love them! Pick me, pick me!

Carol S. - Pick me! Would love some new baubbles. Off to look at the pork loin recipe…

Julie - Love it all! The “all is well” necklace is priceless. So sweet!

kristin - “all is well” is my theme for the year. with or without the gift certificate, i might have to get it.

jenn - This is gorgeous jewelry. What a feminine treat something like this would be – especially in the face of glorious, messy, wonderful life with young children!

Lindsey@ Piecefully Home - after the difficult past couple of days I’ve had, I sure could use a pick me up….crossing my fingers to win!
Jewelry is ALWAYS a good pick me up

Ruth H. - These things look pretty, pretty, pretty.
P.S. Have you seen these rainbow pancakes, yet?
http://www.theidearoom.net/2011/01/happiness-israinbow-pancakes.html

amosclutchpedal - Lovely jewelry and lovely photos. I never win anything…pick me!

Rachael Umstead - fantastic. I have never seen jewelry like this. love it!!

Karla - I love how different they are – so funky! I would love to win one!

cheryl - thanks for this chance…i LOVE her work!

DANETT - So classic and one of a kind. I would be honored to wear one of her necklaces!
http://artallages.blogspot.com/

Katie - It’s so cold here in Minnesota (brrrrrr). If I can’t feel the sunshine, it sure would be nice to wear a little bit of spring! Beautiful jewlery!

rosemarie - love the necklaces -originial

Laura @ PARING DOWN - Beautiful jewelry deserves beautiful photography – two in one gorgeousness. Thanks for the chance!
🙂 Laura
http://www.paringdown.com

Hall Becca - love the jewelry! it’s all pretty, but i especially love the “all is well” necklace!

Lizelle - That’s a whole lotta pretty!

Dawn - Her jewelry is beautiful!

Teresa - Her jewelery looks gorgeous!

Jeannette - It’s all so lovely…….as for the pork loin, do it in the crockpot…….hard to mess it up in there :o)

Deb - fun and funky…love it!

Carla - Oh I love that jewellery, it reminds me of cameo brooches, which have always held a fascination for me! Love this blog!!

Katie - Beautiful jewelry-very talented!

catherine hicks - Love this….simply beautiful!

Kelly - I love the vintage look of this jewelry. Thanks for sharing!

Leslie - Love!! Thank you for sharing!

Mallory - I have so many birthdays coming up this would make an awesome gift.. but at the same time — I really want to use it just for me!

Sarah - All is well… I love that. If I don’t win it, I’m buying it myself. My husband is deployed and sometimes I just need a good reminder that all is well.

Alissa - It’s all beautiful….it would be so hard to choose what to get!!

Pamela M - Beautiful, classy and extremely generous of her. I would love any of these.

Kristi - Wow, all of her pieces are absolutely gorgeous. I’d love to win this giveaway!

Benay - Very pretty! I hope I win!

Katie - That jewelry is gorgeous! Love your blog!

Anne - her jewelry is beautiful, and i always love reading your blog. it is so bright and funny and makes me happy!

amac - Beautiful jewelry! Meg, reading your blog is always a bright spot in my day 🙂 Love it!!

Susan - Pretty jewelry…so “girly” – thanks for the contest!

Vita - Awesome. This happens when you do what you LOVE !!!

Gemma - So elegant and the colours are so spring like! I’d love to win : )
Gemma x

Eileen - Nice pieces of jewelry!

Carrie - LOVE this jewelry! Thanks for a fabulous giveaway, Meg!

Caitlin Baker - Wow, everything is so pretty and feminine!

Diana - Lovely. Pick me!

PaisleyJade - WOW – her creations are amazing! Count me in!!

Jaclyn - So beautiful! I’ve actually been searching around etsy looking for a necklace. Perfect timing!

Ingrid - BEAUTIUL!!!! I hope I win. Going to check her shop now~ x

Elizabeth - Pick me! Pick me!

shauna reed - this is the prettiest jewelry ever!
i would wear it all!
pick me!

Jaclyn - I really like the “All is Well” necklace!

Sarah - Oh my, her work is beautiful! So classy, but really fun at the same time.

rhonda - Um, OMG. Must have. need. love. Going to add to etsy favorites and shop often!

meghan - oh i love the classic look! So feminine.
happy monday 🙂

Aimee - Wow, her stuff is absolutely beautiful!

visart-dali.com - I want everything! So romantic an delicate jewelry!

Tamara - oh my – this jewelry is BEAUTIFUL! i found your blog through life in grace…and i’m glad that i did! your craft cupboard gives me hope (i’m not super crafty though so i don’t have as much stuff to organize) and a doggie named waffle?! that’s just too cute!!

Wendy - There are so many pieces I want! Her jewelry is wonderful. ♥

Nicole - Beautiful Jewelry! I LOVE the “There’s No Place Like Home” necklace; I am a big Wizard of Oz fan. Thanks for the chance to win!

Brandy - Love the jewelry. And am slightly addicted to vintage looking things lately!

Kori - So. Yesterday’s post inspired me to clean my craft *room* (took ALL day, but so worth it!) and today’s post makes me desperate for color!! It’s been white and grey at my house for far too long! The jewelry is sooo beautiful and you’re lucky to have such a talented friend…pork loin scares me too, but looks yummy.
Maybe one day….

Vicki - This is GORGEOUS! and her other jewelry is just so beautiful, too! LOVE it! Thanks for sharing this.

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someone pinch me….i think i’m dreaming.

i have to tell you my big news.

it's BIG.

i am going to GoPro with Blue Lily in San Diego on February 25 -26th.

i am so excited about it….like….craaaaaaaazy excited.

wendy & tyler are my favorite.

Selfy
my super duper FAVORITE. 

i first found them when i saw their work at NieNie's blog….in 2008.
i thought their family photo was the most beautiful i had ever seen.
and i have read the blue lily blog ever since.

they took our family pictures this summer while we vacationed in chicago.
you can find them in a city near you this year i just betcha. 

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and now….they are going to teach ME.
i can't believe i am even able to write that.

at GoPro i will learn things about lighting…non-ideal lighting….confidence…..staying fresh and creative…
finding my own style….workflow in lightroom….studio lighting….
and probably a billion other things i don't even know that i don't know yet.
we have multiple shoots with real people.  
(i guess why would they do a shoot with fake people…but you get what i mean right?)

i have heard we get to eat really good food…bonus!

it's at big house ON THE BEACH!
not a conference room.
not a hotel.
a house on the beach…we all stay there together!
this is like a dream workshop…for real.

i get to meet a bunch of people who are passionate about the same things i am AND we get to stay together.

have i mentioned that i am excited about this?!


more great news….
YOU CAN COME TOO?!!!
i would loooove to meet YOU at this workshop!
there are still spots for the February weekend.

all the info you need is found here.

did you know that they are also teaching in London, England and Melbourne, Australia?! 

how awesome is that?  
how cool would it be to take a vacation there tagged onto a blue lily workshop?
or just for those of you who live there….they are coming TO YOU!
you are so lucky.
your photography skills are about to go BIG TIME.

i am so ready for an awesome (dare-i-say LIFE CHANGING???) weekend with two people i admire so much.

i hope you can come.

let's go together!
think how BEAST we will be at photography when get home?!!

🙂

and for the record wendy and tyler….i expect to do this when we are together.
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go to their blog and you will be inspired….you will be soaked in color…..you will smile…i promise.
it's impossible not to smile while you read their goofy stories
and see the LIFE they capture in their photos.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

so darn excited. 

Kami - I am so jealous! They are my photo heroes! I took a basic class from Wendy at SPARK in Sept. Love her!

Sarah - Awesome!!! Can you come back and redo the entire workshop for us? 🙂

elisa - I want to go!!!

Kelley - I’m waiting on Wendy to send me the invoice so I can make the payment. Soooooo Excited!!!

Julie - For realsies? Yay yay yay and then one hundred million more yays. That weekend is going to turn everything upside down for you in the best possible way. A life dream/ bucket list/ no way it would ever happen/ all in one.
I am so excited to see what you soak in under the pretty San Diego sunshine.

Lisa - Wow, sounds really amazing!!!! Can’t wait to see your posts of it all…..and in SD too! Awesome!

Jess Mead - Sounds lovely and the weather will be perfect!!! If you are like me you are already so tired of our cold snowy Midwest winter!!!

Holly - Wow. Just…WOW!!!!
Many, oh so many, congrats to you, Meg!
I so wanna go…in fact, here’s the thing: I’m going to just have to go. Starting my own photography business is something friends and family have been encouraging me to do for years.
Just. Need. That. Extra. Push. From. Within. Myself.
And, to somehow grow overnight from self-conscious, into SELF ROCKIN’!!! (Did you go thru this when you got started as a pro photographer?)
Hope. It’s an amazing thing. And I hope to be able to grow some “you know what”, just throw caution, vulnerability, self-doubt, fear of falling flat on my face to the ever-lovin’ wind and get my tail out to SD…And just DO IT ALREADY. Aside from being a mama to 3 amazing boys, my other passion: taking pictures. Especially of them, and our crazy life. Love it. To the moon and back. Its most definately evoloved into an “art”, house art if you will, over the years. Hence the suggestion from fam n freinds.
And, of course, hopefully I will be able to give peeps the fabulous gift of being able to say to me: “Ha! I told you so!”. Because I am so mature. *big sigh*.
Thanks so much for the inspiration!!!

Jenny B. - What a great opportunity! A house on the beach… learning about photography… with a bunch of fun people!? Sounds like a good time to me! By the way, I saw a bird with a french fry this morning and thought of you. 🙂

eryn - I just emailed my hubby the link, my oh so subtle way of saying, PUH LEASE baby?? We’ll see. Maybe a great way to spend our tax return, I’m thinkin’.

Julie K - If I had an extra $1000 I would be there with you! I’m looking for a workshop this year too but … I think I have to stay local – are you aware of any good ones in Chicago? I’m having a hard time finding one that I know will be reputable. 🙂

Nicole Q. - SWEEEET. So happy for you girl! I’m in the research and saving stage of buying the next up camera form my point and shoot. Might be out of my league ya think? HA!! Have a great time! How cna you not ON THE BEACH with your CAMERA!! How fun!

Julie - That’s great Meg!! You are already a GREAT photographer, but isn’t it fun to learn new things about the thing we love to do. You go girl!! Happy for you!

Stephanie@Geezees - Sounds like fun! Can’t wait to see pics!

Ashley - I’m SOOOO excited for you! That will be the most amazing experience! I wish I could go, but I’m officially on “stay in town baby watch” starting next week.

Christa aka the BabbyMama - Lucky! I’m terribly jealous. I would love to be a better photographer. Or even just a competent one!

Von - Fantastic! Just had a look at their work and can see why you’re so excited. Looking forward to seeing some of your work afterward – it’s already fabulous 🙂

karen - Good for you Meg!! Take lots of pics for us please!

julia - Simpletruths - That’s so great!! My goal is to be good enough to go to one of their workshops next year

Lori - I love your blog! It’s my favorite! Blue Lilly did both of our girls weddings last year and they both turned out beautiful! Would love to have more family photos with her soon. Could you tell me what color you paint your crystal chandelier. Is it white or cream, spray or brush? I am thinking of painting one of mine and don’t want to make a mistake.
Thanks, Lori

laurenjean - I LOVEEEE Blue lily !! I won a contest abut a year ago from Wendy and had some AMAZING pictures taken by her out where I am in AZ. You will learn sooo much !!!! I would love to go !!!!!!! She also donated a package to my MOPS group . How cool is that !!!

Tracy Fisher - I am so jealous. I love that they invited you. I read their blog stoy about Mexico (the food). So funny. So honest. If I had more minutes in my day I would join you all. I have wanted to learn how to take better photos. But for now I am committed to tshirts, art and of course the family… and the next 40 days (I am trying to lose 10 lbs…yikes). Please post your stories of your trip. I can’t wait to hear.
Tracy (www.tfisherart.com)

Lori Danelle - EEK!!! I am so excited for you! While I would love to be there with you, I cannot think of a person who would enjoy this experience more! Now you can actually enjoy that fancy-schmancy Photoshop program instead of just thinking longingly about it while it sits in the box!!! 🙂

Laura - That is freakin’ awesome! I just discovered their photo blog a few weeks ago and fell in love. You will learn so much! Your business will grow! What an amazing opportunity.
You are now moving on to the next phase of your life my dear. Enjoy every single second of it!

Kelly - I am so excited for you!!! Woohoo!!!!! Kelly

jennifer - Yeah! So excited for you! Definitely beast!

Sara - I am very excited for you, there is nothing as stimulating as learning more about something you already LOVE and are totally INTERESTED in. I’m so proud of you for going for it!

jennibell - Can’t wait to hear all about it!!!!!!! So excited for you 🙂

Amanda - So exciting!! What an opportunity! Look forward to hearing about it here. weeee!!

Kyley Ochoa - Love your BLOG! We are long lost sisters! I love anything RAINBOW and my goldendoodle!:)
Check out my blog if you ever get a chance!
http://biggirlsyouarebeautiful.blogspot.com/

jenn - WOWZERS!!! I am so happy for you!!! And so wish I could go, too! Learn lots and have a blast!!!

Lisa Currie-Gurney - JUST READ THEIR INFO ON THE WORKSHOP. WOW… SO GLAD YOU ARE ABLE TO GO. LEARN LOTS, HAVE FUN !!!
HUGS FROM MY HEART.
http://sophiemyfriend.blogspot.com/

Ariel - So jealous…wish I could. I will be on my way to Austin for my first half-marathon. Pray for me, and that I don’t die! 🙂

Keri - That’s awesome! I hope you learn a lot and have lots of fun!!

Jenn Thomas - I can’t believe you didn’t tell me this yesterday! I am so glad you will get to have this experience! I am jealous because you are going to be by the beach! I am sure you will learn a lot that will make the pictures you take in August for me even better! more unique!
Love Jenn T

Jodi - That sounds like so much fun!!! So excited for you! :o)

jeannett - green. jealous. boo.
BUT SO EXCITING FOR YOU!!!! please tell me you’ll be hanging out in cali a few extra days? right? right.

ruth - oh oh oh
whyyyyy did you have to mention london… now i want to blow all my savings!!!

Shayne - What a fantastic opportunity! Happy that you are able to embark on this amazing journey. 🙂

sarah - Ok, so I will make you a deal. YOU go on this totally cool weekend and I will wait here in freezing cold, snowy and windy Chicago. BUT, next time you are here to visit, you will use your BEAST skills to photograph my babies okay?? This way I will be less jealous:)

Heather R. - Beast for sure! 🙂 Excited for you. Can’t wait to see your mad skills on your blog in the spring.

Lisa Lentini - Sounds fun! The price tag is a bit big though. Hope you have a blast!

Sarah - I was all ready to complaining that all the cool things are in America until I saw they were coming to England. I’m nowhere near Pro but I definitely going to check out their beginners workshop, exciting!

Victoria - Well i just checked out their website and think you’re photo’s are just as good as theirs (to my untrained eye). I love how you can capture someone’s soul, and how every picture tells a story in itself! Keep up the good work!

Gemma - EEK! How exciting?!?! You’ll have great fun!
Gemma x

melissa @ the inspired room - Oh, PS, how fun for you!

melissa @ the inspired room - I need to be beast at photography. BEAST? Wha?? lol.
I need to buy a big girl camera first. Then maybe I’ll go with you. Someday.

se7en - Awesome!!! You sound wonderfully happy and I hope it is just totally brilliant for you!!!

Valerie @ Chateau a La Mode - I am so excited for you. You better blog us about your adventure.

Katy - HOW fun is that!? I’m dying inside because I wish I could go, haha! Our wedding is 3 months away so all extra money is going to that. Take lots and lots of notes and report back to us. 😉 Have fun!

Leah - This looks AMAZING and I live here in San Diego! I don’t think I can afford the $900 right now. But I’d love to meet you. Interested in doing a photo session for me?

Kacey - You lucky girl!!! I would so love to be joining you. Wendy did our family pictures back in November – something I had dreamed about for a few years. It was fabulous! Enjoy!

Trish - Oh my word… so jealous! I actually just contacted them and asked a few questions about the workshop. I’m gonna ask the hubby tomorrow… I would freak out if he agreed to let me go. It’s a long shot, but I have to try! Thanks for the heads up 🙂

shauna reed - meg.
this is so exciting!
i am so looking forward to watching you grow through this!
and just be inspired!
if i was a pro i’d love to do a weekend like this!
maybe someday…
but last year i did a simple one day workshop just for partents with wildflowers photography and it was a highlight of my year…so inspiring!

betsy - Ooooh … I want to go. That sounds like a blast. Too bad I have my teaching job. And another certification I’m working on this year. And zero money in my savings.
But now that I know about these workshops, I have a goal. I’d love to save up for something like this that is just for me! Thanks for sharing and giving me something to work towards! I can’t wait to hear about it. Please tell us that you’ll be sharing pictures of the house and the beach and the sun for those of us still stuck in Kansas 🙂

sarah - You are going to have such a great time and learn so much and be so refreshed!
I’ve really enjoyed the 2 workshops I’ve done.
I love workshops, they allow you to grow and learn.. there’s always room for that. And meet new fun creative people. I love that.
I wish i had the money to spend on another one so I could come out and hang with you and them and take pictures and meet more people and soak in more amazingness. It would be SO great. But I’ve gotta hold on to that money for my 5 year anniversary trip with my hubby 😉

Heather @ Cookie Mondays - YAY! Good for you!! I know two of those girls in the last picture, one I went to elementary thru high school with! That will be an AMAZING experience! AND I’ll just miss ya… we’ll be on our annual family SD beach house vacay in March. FUN! I wish I was a super awesome photographer like you. 🙂

april - that sounds great!!! Cant wait to see what you learn….
If I only had 900 bucks right?? lols
So close yet so far…:)

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