BlogWorld Expo in LA: Are you going to there? [vlog]
Pin itI. Am. EXCITED!!! Hey! Are you going to BlogWorld and New Media Expo? Huh huh??? You TOTALLY have to go. I am THO EXTHITED to be collaboratin’ with Clay Nichols of dadlabs.com to lead a session on Breaking Into Parent Vlogging via the Type-A Parent track! Oh, and you totes have to check out [...]
Duran Duran, Diaper Drive, Dallas and BlogWorld Expo BABY!
Pin itI am not trying to brag here. Who am I kidding – YES I AM! PEOPLE. I GET TO GO SEE DURAN DURAN! I have a very special connection with Duran Duran. Simon LeBon and I share the same birthday. But he’s older. Just to clarify. Do you remember the 20th anniversary of my [...]
The Evo Conference Vlogging Workshop
Pin itBack in July I went to Park City, Utah to go to the Evo Conference! I helped lead a vlogging conference with Kia Ruiz and Lamar Tyler. [photo cred: Lamar Tyler] I had such a great time with Lamar and Kia and all our Evo vlogging workshop-ees! In the workshop we talked about, well… VLOGGING! We shared [...]
An Amends and Unicorn Cakes and Strapping Young Men
Pin itI’m am SO sorry. I have not been a good web hostess. I left early-to-the-early last Thursday to attend the BlogHer Conference… and got back late last night (if you are reading this in 2022, that would be Aug. 4-8, 2011… Thu-Mon… A LONG time for mommy to be away… bless my husband’s heart… [...]
Ignite at Evo – Ignite Your Inner Sparkle.
Pin itOh people. It’s up. *that’s what she said* I went to the Evo Conference last weekend and… LOOK… they let me be on a stage with a MICROPHONE! [photo cred: Justin Hackworth *insert bowing here*] And why did I have a mic? On account of the fact of… I don’t know. They asked, I [...]
On the long road home…
Pin itfrom the Evo Conference. Literally. My parents picked me up from The Canyons Resort in Park City, Utah… and the 3 of us are road-tripping (15 hours – yipes!) to my home. By the time you read this I will probably BE home, feeling like I got hit by a truck at one of [...]
A vlogging SUMMARY, if you will… Vlogging is like swimming?
Pin itSo. The hardest thing about vlogging? TIME. Wait. FINDING time. It takes more effort than cuddling up with one’s laptop and working through a bout of writer’s block. I think vlogging is a lot like swimming. Why? A runner needs shoes and will to get the job done, but a swimmer… A swimmer needs [...]
Who's A Firework?
Pin itI started blogging in 2004. That almost makes me a “grandmother” in this family of blogging. A really YOUNG granny *ahemhem* However, I have wandered… Business? Pleasure? Hobby? Addiction? There are women (OK, me too, sheesh!) who have been blogging just a year or two, and I feel sheepish. The fruit of my nearly [...]
10(ish) Signs that One Had a BLISSful Time at a Blog Conference
Pin itI figured I’d create a “top ten” list (give or take), since people seem to like top ten lists. But in random order because, is there any other way??? When one returns from a conference, swag is not the only thing that goes home… There are signs that Bliss was had… – Blackmail pictures [...]
Flashmob at Blissdom 2011, ya'll!!!
Pin itThe talented Jana of Sugar, Spice and a little bit of Life pulled together quite a group. Dear Jana, I love you. Mentor me. NINETY women… (and a Mann wearing one sparkle glove!). A secret Facebook group. Wave planning. Instructional videos posted to the secret Facebook page… Practice videos posted to inspire and also [...]
