I have to start off by saying that I don’t have weekends like this very often!! Thursday’s IDSwest Opening Night kicked the weekend off to an early start, and the momentum pretty much stayed strong until Sunday!
On Saturday I got to hear Suzanne Dimma and Mark Challen banter back and forth while discussing her & and husband Arriz Hassam‘s amazing cottage (above), which is featured in the current House & Home magazine. I found this H&H video if you want to hear some more about it too!
Then, I spent some time interviewing Brent Comber, who definitely deserves his reputation of being a great guy. That will be coming soon!
Fast forward to Saturday night, and after a wardrobe change, the Canadian Design Bloggers West met up for Blend!! Suzanne Dimma, Mark Challen, and Kelly Deck all came out for the party! And IKEA Canada, who sponsored our entire party, was there too! And you should see the huge swag bags we took home… wow!!
Members Erica, Tracey, Sarah, and Tamara, all looking fabulous!!
Suzanne has such an amazing sense of style. It was great to chat with her!!
And of course, this post would not be complete without a huge thank you to Barbara, Nancy, Karla, and Victoria, who organized the event! I look forward to doing this again next year!!
Photo Credits: 1. Sari McNamee 2. House & Home 3. Jacqueline Mavin 4. Sari McNamee 5. Rosa Pearson 6. Michelle Molinga 7. Sari McNamee
21 comments :
jan October 3, 2011 10:39PM
Fun to have met you Rosa! Great pics!
Lily from Birch + Bird October 3, 2011 11:25PM
Such a fun weekend in the city! Always great seeing you, Rosa!
Colleen October 4, 2011 12:28AM
Great job Rosa….Loved your outfit!
Wonderful to see it all here if not in person!
Brillante Interiors October 4, 2011 12:50AM
Great fun and beautiful images. Looking forward to know you all better.
Danielle Hardy October 4, 2011 2:54AM
So awesome to meet you 🙂 Look forward to many more events 🙂
Tracey October 4, 2011 3:39PM
It was such a lovely evening. Amazing to be surrounded by such talent.
barbara@hodge:podge October 4, 2011 3:47PM
I had fun too! Thanks for coming! I need to write my post and “borrow” photos!
Rosa October 5, 2011 5:04PM
Always! I’d offer you my pics, but most were blurry, and the ones that weren’t were poorly lit! AH!! Thank goodness for Sari’s gorgeous pics!
carol@thedesignpages October 4, 2011 4:00PM
What a fun couple of days. I know what you mean about it not being an “ordinary” weekend. Time to put the jeans back on:)
Rosa October 5, 2011 5:03PM
I’m curious just how many of us are now sick from all the excitement?! LOL
Sarah MacMillan October 4, 2011 4:49PM
Such a fun weekend! So nice to meet you, Rosa.
Rosa October 5, 2011 5:03PM
Yes, it’ll be hard to top! Glad you were able to fly out!!
janis - pinecone camp October 4, 2011 9:17PM
Rosa, it was so nice chatting with you the other night! I love putting faces to the blogs I read 😉 It was a pretty fun weekend, and busy! Hope to see you again soon.
Rosa October 5, 2011 5:02PM
Thanks Janis! Great chatting with you too!
homestilo October 5, 2011 2:18PM
Sounds/Looks like a fabulous time!
Rosa October 5, 2011 5:01PM
It was great!!
Rene October 6, 2011 1:41PM
What a fun time! You are gorgeous!
Rosa October 7, 2011 1:49AM
Thank you Rene, you are so sweet. And yes, it was a great time!
Melissa Crochet October 6, 2011 3:05PM
What an amazing event! You have to tell me how a blogger get together was done and sponsered by IKEA. I would love to do something like that here in Nashville but wouldn’t know where to start.
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