Good morning Bella friends! Amy Heller here with you today :)
Last Thursday, we kicked off our FIRST annual She Loves Color event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We had over 150 attendees come from all over the United States (from Puerto Rico to Alaska!) fly or drive to Milwaukee for this fun-filled, laugh-out-loud, friend-making, color-saturated creative event that spanned over three days. We had industry-leading educators/manufacturers teach 2.5 hour long workshops throughout the event and countless prize donations from a huge group of super generous manufacturers! We had make-n-takes, a shopping bazaar, a fully-stocked on-site scrapbooking store from local store owner Therese of Polkadots, photo "booths" as well as crop rooms! It was a scrapbooker's dream!
Below we have put together a slideshow of some of the nearly 3,000 photos taken at the event, so grab a cup of tea or coffee and sit back and enjoy a look back at some of the highlights of the 2016 event!
We also wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of our generous sponsors! Their prize donations were abundant and made our "Moneyballs" raffle drum one of the highlights of the event!
To everyone who came, enjoyed, crafted, and made new memories, THANK YOU!
To our educators, THANK YOU!
To everyone who worked behind the scenes and/or at the event THANK YOU!
To our generous sponsors, THANK YOU!
To you, our fans, THANK YOU for making this dream a reality for everyone at Bella Blvd!
To learn more about the 2017 She Loves Color event, which takes place October 12-14, 2017, make sure that you follow the official Instagram account at @shelovescolorevent or email the She Loves Color event coordinator Nilmarie at nilmarie (@) BellaBlvd (.) net.
Until Next Year . . . :)
Love this so much! Our group had such a wonderful time. I am feeling so incredibly inspired right now. This event was exactly the nourishment my soul was craving. Thank you much to those that helped make this happen. I am impatiently counting down the days until next year...
Posted by: Serena Repsold | October 25, 2016 at 08:55 AM
This was an AWESOME event, one of the better "scrapbook" events I have attended. I can back refreshed and inspired about my memory keeping hobby. I learned there is more than 12x12 memory-keeping available...love the travelers journal concept, and The Reset Girl's Listers concept. Congrats to all the planners and volunteers on this top-notch event!
Posted by: Carolyn | October 25, 2016 at 04:08 PM
What an amazing weekend! I enjoyed every minute of being at She Loves Color and I am so looking forward to next year. I left incredibly inspired and am excited to finish the projects I started this weekend, as well as begin new ones I bought at the on-site Polkadots store. I came to the event alone, but made so many new friends--especially the four girls I shared a table with. And, yes, I was beyond exhausted by the time we were done. Thank you to Stephanie, Nilmy, the volunteers, the educators and all of the ladies who attended. You are truly what She Loves Color is all about!
Posted by: Kristin Dugenske | October 25, 2016 at 06:48 PM
I had the best time at She Loves Color! Thanks to Stephanie, Nilmy, Becky, the volunteers, the teachers, the sponsors and all the attendees for making the event so amazing. I still have a smile on my face from all the fun and am counting down the days until next year. :)
Posted by: Crystal Campbell | October 27, 2016 at 06:24 PM