I have just got home from the most fantastic two days attending the Britmums Live event. It was an honour and a privilege to meet so many amazing, inspiring and truly wonderful like minded people and everyone was genuinely lovely and friendly.
I would imagine meeting bloggers and fellow tweeters is a bit like online dating: you meet them on line, you chat often and get along, you find out so much about them and their families and ways and then then you arrange to meet! Instead of wearing a red rose in our lapels, we wore printed name/blog name badges pinned to our bosoms (or chests or belts in the case of daddy bloggers), and you spend your time checking out faces and badges to help identify those you have been having an online relationship with for so long.
Anyway, this is what I discovered about Britmums Live 2012
What I have learnt
I am a ‘strawberry‘ – who knew? (although with smaller bust – indeed much smaller!) and all this time I thought I was a ‘pear shaped’ kinda gal when I wasn’t! No wonder I haven’t always got it right in the wardrobe department
Remember why you started blogging. Use this to get yourself back on track if you find yourself in a blogging rut or have lost your blogging mojo
Incorporate great photos into your posts (when relevant)
Dont get hung up on stats
Cherry Healey used to be a dancer and could break dance!
Ruby Wax is funnier and more amazing in real life
Blog for happiness
Be true to yourself, your blog and your readers
Don’t drink two glasses of wine after midnight when you have to be up early the next morning
Don’t let Helen (The Crazy Kitchen) drink her cup of tea sat on the bed when very merry as a wet tea patch will form on the bed sheet!
Don’t try catching a taxi to Victoria bus station via Euston train station, it’s too far!
Highlights
In case you missed this snippet of news, I celebrated my birthday
Had my name mentioned in the opening speech by Jenny and Susanna re: my birthday
Buff waiters
Birthday cake made by Helen
Cherry Healey, Sarah Brown & Ruby Wax speaking
Meeting so many lovely bloggers – too many to mention but :
From Mum To Fun is as lovely as I imagined and her gorgeous Miss G chose me a cute animal birthday card
Karen is such a yummy mummy to be and wore such pretty dresses
Kate is just gorgeous and funny!
I know, I know I met so many others and you were all fabulous 🙂
Doing it for Aleyna – hearing her keynote speech on her cancer post
Sharing a taxi with Actually Mummy and Mammasaurus (so funny)
Swag bags
(Burton opening some ‘swag’ bag goodies’)
Yummy food, great company and cool looking bar at Al Volo Friday night
Mammasaurus saying bit about how we speak to people from all walks of life who we wouldn’t normally as we may not mix in those social circles eg. Film directors, teachers, SAHM’s, Writers, Journalists, solicitors etc…
I read a book -an entire book – something I haven’t done in over three years (!) Con the train!
Lowlights
Hung over Friday morning
Missing my bus Saturday
Turned another year older
Missed my boys
Thank you to everyone who made me feel so welcome and part of such a wonderful, kind and friendly blogging community.
In Conclusion
Bloggers rock and rule!
Britmums (and Dads) are brilliant and amazing!
Britmums Live was fantastic!
I cannot wait until next years event!!
What were your highlights?
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Thank you xx
Thank you xx
And you thought I wouldn’t remember your birthday! So glad you had a good time and we look forward to seeing you next year too.
It was lovely to meet you and enjoyed our late night chat in the bar. Brit mums has blessed me with new friends so grateful x
Sounds great, am racking my brains already to work out how I could make it next year!
Lovely to meet you. Sorry it was so brief! See you next year x
I’m so Jealous, glad you had a wonderful birthday…I need to find a sponsor I think to help me get there next year 🙂 xxx
omg, I can’t believe you have that picture of me snoozing! haha….great time was had & thanks for being a fab roomie & feeding me chocolates in bed!….sorry about the wet patch! x
Glad you had such a good time and sounds like you attended one of the sessions I was on (sod the stats). Sounds like you had a lot of fun
It was a great weekend wasn’t it? I loved every minute of it and it was lovely to see you again. x
Ahhhhh missus JP, was lovely to see you briefly again, maybe we can catch up again soon at a South West meet up 🙂 x
So glad I finally got to meet you at last! Especially as you think I’m gorgeous AND funny! I shall be stealing that testimonial 🙂 x
you can quote me for a fee ha ha! hope we get to meet again 🙂 x
it was fab to see you and we must have another SW Mums meet up very soon x
it was indeed, i am still coming down from it all. (I don’t get out try much on my own!) lovely to see you too x
i did attend the blogging for happiness session and was in awe of the amazing things i heard x
hee hee i didn’t think you would mind (?)
thanks for being a great room mate and mate xx
crazy mishaps rule x
it was soooo good. i had a wonderful birthday thank you – and next year you must try and go x
we must come up with something Emma – we need a plan xx
her hee i was amazed at how many people knew!! thank you for a great event it was soooo good. i loved every minute x
It was really great finally meeting you, you’re just as lovely and gorgeous in real life! The meal on Friday looked fantastic. I think next time i’d aim for the full thing and try to meet loads more people!
It was lovely to see you, sorry we didn’t get to chat more. I love the pic of you with the waiter! and your hair looked fab 🙂
You’ve summed it up perfectly. It was lovely to meet you and I hope it was definitely a birthday to remember x
Great to meet you too Steph after all this time xx
Thanks Emma. I would have seen more of you had I not got to Bar All One so late to find it had shut. Xx
Isn’t it hard summing it all up? But you did a fantastic job! I love seeing photos and reading the thoughts of bloggers that are so like my own experience (and getting to see and hear about things I missed!) How lucky getting to celebrate your birthday with so many new friends!!
Sounds like you had a wonderful time – I might pluck up the courage to come next year.
Love that my stripey hair is in the forefront of your first picture! What a weekend it was! Soooo good to finally meet you. Lots of love, Jennie xx
I had a great time, thanks to you, and really enjoyed spending the weekend with friends. Like you’ve said, “It’s like online dating because you know everyone so well before you meet!”
Love the photos, glad you had a good time and enjoyed your birthday.
(Is that my twitpic of the Buff and your cake?)