I just got back from the BlissDom conference in Nashville. I could never accurately express how grateful I have been, nor all the emotion that I have felt. Let me tell you a bit about BlissDom…
BlissDom is…
…a women’s blog conference.
…tech savvy.
…welcoming.
…informative.
…friendly.
…[one of] my happy places.
…your conference.
It was ten different kinds of wonderful, awesome, lovely, and [of course] blissful. Alli Worthington, Barbara Jones, Paula Bruno, Jana, Rachel (a southern fairytale), Frelle, Scott Stratten, Chris Mann, and a whole host of others are my new best friends because of it. I experienced. I felt. I saw. I heard. I connected. I learned. I had one of the best times of my life.
Tuesday:
- I arrived around noon with my twin brothers, mom, and grandma. They have been so awesome through all of this, as have a ton of others (my sisters, my dad, my everyone).
- I stuffed bags with Amy Halleran, Rachel (a southern fairytale), Jana, Lindsey, and a bunch of others. We danced to Only Prettier while stuffing the fabulous Lands End bags.
- I stuffed more bags filled with lots of love from the sponsors and us BlissDom Chicks.
- I took pictures. (I used a 35mm and Nikon SB-900 from borrow lenses. They are fabulous and let me use their equipment that handles low light like butter.)
- I ate at Stax with Lindsey. We talked dreams and it was all sorts of fun!
Wednesday:
- I attended wonderful Wisdom Workshops.
- I had a blast interacting with people and snapping photos.
Thursday:
- I was 10 million different kinds of pumped, excited, and nervous. The adrenaline that was pumping was insane, too.
- Firework by Katy Perry played right before the welcome. It almost made me cry happy, thankful tears.
- Brene Brown did an awesome opening keynote.
- I mastered the layout of the huge Opryland Hotel.
- I worked with some fabulous photographers.
- I met Scott Stratten from Unmarketing for the first time. He was super nice.
- I met awesome friends, a lot for the first time in real life.
- It was simply wonderful.
Friday:
- I realized that it was the last day.
- It slipped my mind until I climbed into bed that evening.
-My absolutely indescribably awesome mom came.
- I introduced her to some pretty lovely people, such as Sara Sophia, Jana, Alli, Casey, and a ton of others.
- I went to a brilliant session about viral marketing and Twitter by Scott Stratten.
- I freaked out when the fire alarm sounded and the co-hosts were still practicing for the State of Bliss ’11. When the alarm sounded, everyone just went on like nothing was happening. It was a false alarm, by the way.
- My team of pure brilliant photographers and I photographed the State of Bliss ’11.
- My team and I photographed the hilarious, true, and inspiring closing keynote by Scott Stratten.
- The flashmob happened. It was totally a surprise by my friend, Jana, to the co-hosts. She used to be a hip hop instructor and completely choreographed via Facebook 90 people dancing to Party in the U.S.A.
- I went to the girls’ night in party, captured it in pixels, met and chatted with Chris Mann before the party, and danced with my camera in hand. It was all kinds of fun.
More photos can be found on my Flickr.
Alli, Barbara, Paula- Thank you. I never in a million years would have envisioned all of this. Thank you for being so wonderful. I just really have no words for how grateful I am for all of this. I can’t wait for next year and years beyond. You all are amazing. xoxo
My family (you know who you are)- I love you. Thank you. Thanks for listening to all my ideas. Thanks for fixing me Texas Caviar when I was having a bad day. Thanks for playing a billion rounds of the state game with me late into the night. Thanks for everything you do. I couldn’t do it without you all. I love you beyond description. Y’all are irreplaceable.
To everyone else- You know your names. I could never list every one of you, but I want to thank you. Thank you for trusting me. Thank you for your encouragement, trust, loyalty, and your friendship.
P.S. If you missed BlissDom or want to relive it, you aren’t alone. I do too. You can relive the bliss here at BlissDom at Home.
P.P.S. The BlissDom at Home link is my affiliate link. I guess they throw me some chocolate or something like that if you use it. Haha! If I get any chocolate, I promise I’ll share. 
