Earlier this month I attended my first ever blog conference BASH. BASH is a conference for party planners and party bloggers. I can not tell you how fun this conference was for me from the networking, education from the AMAZING speakers, and the awesome parties. The whole time from leaving California until returning home was full of wonderful and memorable experiences. It was definitely an adventure to remember and I can not wait until BASH 2016 you can count on me being there.
In the days leading up to BASH I was pretty nervous because this was the first time I would leave for more than an afternoon without my sons and also because I was going to be in the presence of so many talented party people. But I knew I had to put those nerves to the side and be on my way because this was a great opportunity. So I met up with my friends and we did the trip from California to Arizona.
First thing Thursday morning a bunch of us headed out to the TomKat Studio Shop. OMG her store is full of so many beautiful party products.
Kim the owner of the TomKat Studio shop was such a wonderful host. We were greeted with an amazing spread!
Thursday night after registration there was a welcome party where we got to network and do some activities. The welcome party was a western theme and this was the entrance to the party. The activities were put together by some pretty fabulous bloggers.
The name badge station was put together by Petite Party Studio.
Paging Supermom put together a bath salt station.
We also got to “gamble” a little thanks to Vegas2U. I got a little adventurous at the blackjack table since I knew it wasn’t real money LOL.
After the welcome party we got together in our suite with other California party bloggers and just hung out.
The next day the actual conference began. We started with breakfast and our first keynote speaker. During that we also got to design our own mug.
There was a good amount of classes that we got to attend but I didn’t take pictures of everything. One of the classes was by Jenny Cookies where she not only talked to us but taught us to decorate a cookie.
On the final night we had a big end of conference party. During this party certain bloggers who signed up weeks before the actual conference decorated a table. The judges evaluated the tables and selected a winner. All the tables were absolutely fabulous! Laura’s little Party brought the Hollywood theme to life with this table design.
I am so glad I did not let my nerves get the best of me and that I took the leap and went to BASH conference. This was a great motivation for me to continue workin on my blog. I had such a fabulous time. I cannot wait for the next one.