The Opryland Hotel & Conference Center in Nashville, TN hosted Blissdom 2011 this past week.
Approximately 650 women and men gathered to connect, learn, share, network, and celebrate blogging.
The creative energy oozing from these bloggers felt like an electric current powering Opryland!
Bloggers form many online friendships from being each other’s subscribers, through Twitter, and Facebook.
We all know these women from their writing, but to meet them in person was like reuniting with old friends, simply wonderful!
Décor Chick, Honey We’re Home, Sand & Sisal, Southern Hospitality, Centsational Girl, 320 Sycamore & her sister Kristen,
Transforming this Life, & Earnest Parenting
Décor Chick, Honey We’re Home, Transforming This Life
Love Feast Table, High Heels & A Hammer, The Cottage Chick, Sand & Sisal
Frugal with a Flourish, Creative Kristi, Sand & Sisal (photo used with permission from Honey We’re Home)
Jockey, one of Blissdom’s incredibly generous sponsors, hosted a Red Carpet event, “Light the Fuse” party.
We walked the red carpet in our stilettos, and took questions from film crews and paparazzi at the Opryland’s Club Fuse!
Jockey sure knew how to make a girl feel special!
Mat Kearney and Michelle Branch performed for the Blissdom crowd.
Love Feast Table, Mat Kearney, High Heels & A Hammer, Michelle Branch, and Sand & Sisal.
Pretty Handy Girl, Sand & Sisal, High Heels & A Hammer.
The Casabella Project, Sand & Sisal, Just A Girl, Southern Hospitality
Back Row: High Heels & A Hammer, Sawdust and Paper Scraps, Two Story Cottage
Front Row: Miss Mustard Seed, Sand & Sisal, Lettered Cottage, House of Hepworths
The Gaylord Hotel fully delivered on the “Wow Factor”. It is simply the most gorgeous and largest hotel I have ever seen.
Allow me to show you some pictures I took between conference sessions.
Did I find bliss at Blissdom? You bet!
My brain hurts a bit from the massive amounts of information it has taken in these past few days,
but I look forward to applying what I’ve learned so that I can bring a better blog to you!
Kim
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Hello there Kim! It was such a delight to meet you this week, I loved your recap! Great to know the pretty face behind the lovely blog! Cheers friend!
xo
Kate
I read Beth’s post, too and I know you girls just had the best time. And that hotel is fabulous! Maybe next year…
XO,
Jane
Kim, I love your hotel pictures! And so cool that you got to get a pic with Mat and Michelle! I really enjoyed meeting you- thanks for the fun times!
Sounds like so much fun! My husband and I walked through the Opryland hotel when we were visiting Nashville 3-4 years ago…it is beautiful! I am so glad that they were able to recover from the horrible floods! Thanks for sharing your pics from Blissdom!
How fun! I found your blog through Megan’s and loved the picture of the high heels you wore, so I knew I had to come on over (: So lucky to get to meet everyone!!
Kim,
What a perfect setting for all of you beautiful bloggers…your photographs are lovely! Thanks for sharing! *Lynne*
Kim, it was a real pleasure to get to know you a bit at Blissdom. You’re such a beautiful woman–stunningly so–and you have a lovely spirit.
Congratulations on the great success you’ve already had with your blog! I’m betting that your success continues to grow, and I hope that blogging is a great source of goodness in your life.
Wow, that looks like so much fun. I love scrolling through your blog. You have great ideas and fabulous recipes! YUM! My kids and I thank you!!!
What beautiful photos. I wish I’d taken the time to get more shots at the hotel and next time I’m going to (not be lazy) and bring my good camera. Love the scenery pics.
It was good meeting you. Sam place next year? 🙂
-Jessica
So happy you decided to come to Nashville and that I got to meet you!!!!! 😀
hi kim! i popped over here from twitter, and was pleasantly surprised to find you! i enjoyed lunch with you friday, and the whole blissdom conference. have to say, the more homebloggers i meet, the more i think i need to hang w ya’ll. plus, i have this incredible urge to “do over!” my house! :)) we talked about PT, but i didn’t know you were an artist.. we should have talked about that!
Looks like you had a lot of fun! I totally wish I had an atrium like that near me. The photos of the flowers are gorgeous!
I was there and did not get any shots of the beautiful Delta gardens. How wrong is that? Between sessions and the baby needing a break from the hustle, I didn’t have the brain power to remember.
You captured it wonderfully!
Those flower photos are just breathtaking!
My new goal is to be invited to Blissdom! It looks like a blast!