ch ch chaaaaanges

I went to the dinner of the Christchurch Bloggers conference last night. I didn't know what to expect and was surprised by how nervous, awkward and overwhelmed I felt at first. I briefly met the gorgeous and totally inspiring Miriam (one of the conference organisers) and was introduced to a table of ChCh bloggers. I sat opposite Stella who writes the golden adventures of a very dark horse. She's extremely creative, really funny and has a way with words. I lost mine for a bit and was getting ready to leave at one point.

Luckily for me Rachael, who writes the heartfelt and creative Making Mine Too found me and gave me a cute name badge she'd made. Miriam had asked her to make a badge for me to help make me feel welcome. It worked,  that and Rachael's friendliness stopped me going home to my slippers!

 

Another person who I was really pleased to meet was Juliet from Tartankiwi . I will be reading her blog with her lovely Scottish accent in my mind from now on : ). She makes gorgeous quilts and has convinced me to attempt my first one. I think I'll be seeing her again soon at the Make cafe for the fabric and supplies!

I had a good time. I met some of my blogging heros ( star struck much??!??) and I came home full of ideas, pizza and gratitude that there are so many kind, like-minded, creative, blogger mums in this world.

So here are my plans...

More original content. I'm going to be braver and try out things and ( maybe!) share them.

More sharing of the things I create, for myself or for friends.

I will post less often - maybe twice a week from now on...

I like change, in fact I thrive on it. I change my mind a lot too but I've pretty much... I think.. decided to change our blog's name. The one I've chosen was on the shortlist when I first set up our blog, so I'm going to go back to it.

I do like the name milk and honey but it makes me think of the time spent at home with both kids as pre schoolers. I'd like a new name that encapsulates my desire to be a bit more of a 'risk taker' as far as my ( our) creativity is concerned. Let's see how that goes :)

There may be a new look to the blog too- over time. I need to sort out the techy side of things but want to move away from a standard blogger template and put some of my own ( and the kid's) touches on the page.

fun!