Blogosphere Summer Party

It's been a while since I have attended a bloggers event so I was a little nervous when approaching the Blogosphere Summer Party but was put at ease straight away with a warm welcome from Alice and Albertine. The event had some lovely sponsors London Tea and JewlleryBox who had some lovely stands with lots of goodies to look at and purchase.

An Evening With Crabtree And Evelyn

I was invited to an evening event held at my local Oxford Crabtree and Evelyn last week so decided to brave the outdoor's with a horrid cold and attend. It was there Handy Tips Handed Down event which ran for 2 hours and allowed me and fellow bloggers the chance to share make up tips and to pin them to the Handy Tips tree. My tip was 'When applying blusher smile to expose the apple of your cheeks, then apply your blusher'.

We also got to have manicures and a chance to have a hand treatments, I opted for a hand treatment which involved using there pomegranate scrub and moisturiser which I have to say is the nicest scent I've smelt in a while!

As well as treatments we got some nibbles and a goodie bag to take home, I also got a photo using a Polaroid camera which I love and have been ebaying to try find one for myself. It was a lovely event and I had a lot of fun chatting to the Oxford bloggers and the staff at Crabtree and Evelyn.

To follow the Handy Tips Handed Down use the hashtag #Crabtreehandytips or visit crabtreehandytips.co.uk

Birmingham Blognix Event

So on Saturday I attended my first ever blog event which was held at The Custard Factory in Birmingham, the day was fantastic!  There was a picnic lunch, workshops and some great q&a's.

We first had a little talk with Jen from A Little Bird Told Me, the talk was about PR's. We got some great tips on how to attract pr's, also some great tips for running a small blog. We also got some important information on disclosure, at the end of the talk we were introduce to a lovely company called Brit Stitch who design amazing little bags, i'm saving for mine!

Then we had a talk with Emma Cossey , the talk was about Social Media.We were giving some great do's and don'ts, and some links to some great social websites. We were also given some amazing tips on how to recycle a blog post, which I can't wait to do.

It was then time for some workshops, my first one was about Blog Design with Kim Lawler her link is Finest Imaginary. We were giving some great tips and how to improve our blogs, some of which I will be doing to mine.  We were also giving some things to not do tips which I found to be extremely helpful.

I then had a workshop on Photography with Hazel Paterson a food writer and photography her link's are Domestic Sluttery and Its Not F***ing Rocket Science. Again we were given some great tips on how to take the best photo's and were to get some great camera accessorize from. We were then taken on a little walk around the Custard Factory to take some photo's with the tips we had just been taught.

I had a fantastic day and have to say a massive thank you to Elizabeth Sellers for putting on an amazing Blogger Event. If Blognix is coming your way I would 100% recommend you attend the event and for only £20 you can't go wrong!

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