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Last week Wednesday ~ Saturday I was in St. Paul, MN {tee hehe, about 25 minutes from my house} at The Creative Connection. Have you heard of it? Ohhhhh, where do I even start in describing it?! TCC is one of my favorite conferences because of the women that are there in attendance. It’s such [...]
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L to R: Jen, Wendy, Shelley, Laurie, me {photo credit} …and I am feeling SO inspired!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, TCC has been an incredible weekend of planning, growth and lots of laughing — definitely one of the best investments I’ve made for my business to-date. I’m ready to start working on the ideas that were born these [...]
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Did you know I’m kinda obsessed with Terrariums? Well I am. There’s a local floral shoppe named Amelia’s that I LOVE to visit, and when I found out they were hosting their first-ever Terrarium building class I signed up right away! I even turned my blog post about my new, pretty Terrarium into a DIY [...]
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{squeeeee} The holidays are ALMOST here, and to get ready for the cozy season I’m putting together my second annual Holiday Gift Guide. In about 6 weeks I’ll launch the guide ~ which is so exciting {hooray!}. This is the perfect blog “event” for me because since I started blogging I’ve loved learning about & [...]
Read the full article →Hooray to Ruby Girl and Vanessa who won the “Spark & Style” Blog Love event ticket. Yayyyy! Ruby & Vanessa, check your email! ♥ I’m excited to meet you Saturday night!
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This giveaway is now closed. Hey Twin Cities peeps ~ Join me + dozens of other local Twin City bloggers at the BlogLove “Spark & Style” event, Saturday, April 2nd from 7-9pm at Houndstooth Boutique in Savage, MN — located at 5749 Egan Dr., Savage, MN 55378. This BlogLove™ networking event is sponsored by Therapon [...]
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If you’re in the Twin Cities area I’d looooove to meet you! Please RSVP by March 12th to gussysews(at)gmail.com ~ see you soon :] [photo credit; text is my design]
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Have you heard of Blog*Sugar? Ohhhhhh, let me introduce you if you haven’t ;] My sweet friend Rachel is planning//organizing it, and if you LOVE to blog and connect with other women you must come! If you have a love for the LORD, you must come! If you love cupcakes, you must come :] “Blog [...]
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Yeow! ~ I’m back from Blissdom and it was a blast! I also went last year, and before Blissdom ’10 was over I was excited for Blissdom ’11 {it’s just that great of a blogging conference.} A lot of bloggers I follow/am friends with attend, so it was a great mix of hanging out + [...]
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I find learning to be very inspirational and motivational, which is why February 1st can’t come fast enough! I’ll be registering for Indie Business 3.0 and really encourage anyone that is dedicated to being a savvy business gal to take the course, too :] I heart course teachers Leigh Ann & Lisa and am excited [...]
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BLISSDOM! It’s almost time to go!!! I got my hair did, I picked out my nail polish color, and I think I know what I’m wearing. I’m READY to meet you, to spend time with friends, to hug & chat & laugh & stay up late. And drink lots of coffee in the morning *wink*. [...]
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A big T H A N K S to all the gals that made it to the Grand Rapids/Gussy meet-up last week!! So what if we talked for over 150 minutes ;] It was amazing and I’m sooooo glad you came ~ {from the left} Molly with idance, me, Dee with Red Leter Words, Jill [...]
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Are you going to be in the Grand Rapids, MI metro area tomorrow night? If you are I’d love to meet you and share a cup of coffee {or cocoa} ;] Will I meet you? ♥
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if you’re in the Grand Rapids, MI metro area, you should totally come! I’d love to meet you, hug you, and share a cup of coffee {or cocoa} hope you can make it! yay for Christmas :]
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Christmas is one of my favorite holidays — I love the colors of red & silver in our home, and being a shop owner I feel like I’m able to enjoy it for a longer period because I think about it earlier than I used to before I became Gussy {Was that sentence a bit [...]
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Sunday evening I went to another LoveFeast event, and let me tell you… we were pampered! Chris Ann of LoveFeast Table hosted and arranged for us blogging peeps to meet at an Aveda store where four staffers {is that a word?} treated us to 4 mini-spa experiences. We played with make-up, had our hair did, [...]
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