IDSwest & Blend
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
October 3rd, 2011 at 10:39 pm
Fun to have met you Rosa! Great pics!
October 3rd, 2011 at 11:25 pm
Such a fun weekend in the city! Always great seeing you, Rosa!
October 4th, 2011 at 12:28 am
Great job Rosa….Loved your outfit!
Wonderful to see it all here if not in person!
October 4th, 2011 at 12:50 am
Great fun and beautiful images. Looking forward to know you all better.
October 4th, 2011 at 2:54 am
So awesome to meet you
Look forward to many more events 
October 4th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
It was such a lovely evening. Amazing to be surrounded by such talent.
October 4th, 2011 at 3:47 pm
I had fun too! Thanks for coming! I need to write my post and “borrow” photos!
October 4th, 2011 at 4:00 pm
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:)
October 4th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Such a fun weekend! So nice to meet you, Rosa.
October 4th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
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.
October 5th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
Sounds/Looks like a fabulous time!
October 5th, 2011 at 5:01 pm
It was great!!
October 5th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Thanks Janis! Great chatting with you too!
October 5th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Yes, it’ll be hard to top! Glad you were able to fly out!!
October 5th, 2011 at 5:03 pm
I’m curious just how many of us are now sick from all the excitement?! LOL
October 5th, 2011 at 5:04 pm
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!
October 6th, 2011 at 1:41 pm
What a fun time! You are gorgeous!
October 6th, 2011 at 3:05 pm
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.
October 7th, 2011 at 1:49 am
Thank you Rene, you are so sweet. And yes, it was a great time!