Kirsten and I hosted a Portland blogger summer social on Wednesday and I thought I'd share some photos!
Friends, I wish you all could've been there because the night was so much fun. Sixteen lovely local bloggers gathered at Seek the Unique, a fantastic store that features antiques, diy, reusing and refurbishing old furniture. The owner Andrea was not only gracious enough to let us host our event there, but she let us use anything we needed for the night! It was incredibly fun to "shop" the store for props :).
While Kirsten gathered up beautiful flowers, created menus and place cards (see below), I worked on sewing napkins and table runners.
We ate at a 16-foot farm table that was oozing with charm, and made all of our decor look that much more amazing. I want it for my house. Even though there's no way it would fit in my house - even if we had no walls! :)
The food was a work of art - seriously - created by Jamie of The Lamb's Table. Beautiful and so insanely delicious. I wish I'd taken more photos of the actual dinner -- I was way too busy eating and chatting though!
It's easy to tell by looking at the end-of-the-night table that a good time was had by all!
Next week I'll be back with a quick profile of all the attendees. There was some serious talent in that room and I'd like to introduce you to them!
Until then, I hope you all have a great weekend! :)
Jenn!! I want to hear more. The place looks so beautiful - all of the details and the colors and the food just look really great. You guys worked so hard on this. I'd like to know more about how you got the event together and how you got the word out about the event (do you all know each other or did you advertise at all?). And I can't wait to read more about your Portland blog friends. Now we need to do this so all of us can be in one place ;)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Every detail was absolutely perfect. Thank you so much for such an amazing evening!
ReplyDeleteWow! Beautiful, Jenn! That's a stunning table! Must have been so fun to all gather at such a great place. Love the pattern on the napkins and the table runners going perpendicular to the table. Would have loved to have been there! I'm with Holly, the more info the better on this one:) Great job, it must have been so much work!!
ReplyDeleteThat looks so fun and I LOVE the decor! I would have loved to attend...too bad I'm across the country :)
ReplyDeleteHow awesome Jenn, a gorgeous looking event and based on what you have said, likely an inspiring one as well! Can't wait to hear more!
ReplyDeleteEverything looks gorgeous. Love how you styled that table and the mix of chairs is lovely:) Looking forward to seeing more!
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of blogger goes to a "blogger social" and doesn't take pictures? Me, that's who. I took pictures of food and that's it. Insanity. I was having too much fun chatting to bust out the camera!
ReplyDeleteThanks again for an awesome night. We should do it monthly! :)
YAHOO! So happy to hear that the event went well! Great work friend! Have an awesome weekend!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun time! Thank you so much for sharing, Jenn, and I look forward to hearing/seeing more!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a truly amazing night! Love all the pics!!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, this looks like so much fun! What a beautiful table.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos! The event was spectacular- thanks for hosting it!
ReplyDeleteok, i am WAY behind on my reading & commenting but i have to tell you that this event looks amazing! honestly, those are magazine worthy photographs and it looks like it was a GREAT time. and, thanks for the event update & tips on how to plan an event such as this...
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