Welcome home from Alt, everyone! If home is the east coast, then sadly your greeting was pretty frigid. There are many things I absolutely love about living in New York, but winter is not on that list (I'd tell you about the list on which it is prominently featured, but we try to keep our language clean over here). Despite the bone chilling weather, I'm excited to be back and ready to put all that Alt inspiration into action.
For those who couldn't make it, here is a little recap:
- I took a calligraphy class from the adorable Melissa Esplin of
I Still Love You. With more practice, I think I'll be able to write pretty things for special occasions. I'll probably leave the addressing of large quantities of envelopes to the professionals though (it may have taken me a full hour just to trace the alphabet). You should absolutely hire Melissa to write gorgeous things for you (although she has an excuse if she doesn't get back to you immediately--she's expecting a baby in the next few weeks).
- Joslyn of Simple Lovely was also in the class and I was thrilled to finally meet her. Yes, she's as gorgeous and stylish as you'd expect from her blog (and extremely nice to boot).
- I went to a fantastic round table with Joy of
Oh Joy! and Meg Mateo Ilasco of
Mateo Ilasco. First of all, if you're trying to make it as a freelancer and you haven't bought
Creative, Inc., get thee to a bookstore immediately. Second, these ladies are the superstars of creative freelancers and they are just full of information and inspiration. I'm so glad I had the opportunity to learn from them and the other amazing women at our table.
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Paul/DJ Spooky in the South Pacific where he is setting up an artists' retreat
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- Can I admit that I'm kind of in love with
DJ Spooky? That man is insanely smart and he is working on some mind blowing projects.
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Wendy and Tyler travel all over the world, so no matter where you live, you could (and should) hire them
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- I took a tabletop photography class from Wendy and Tyler of
Blue Lily Photography. Not only did they make me laugh the whole time, but they went out of their way to work with all the students individually on whatever camera problems were plaguing them.
- Some of our bestie blog friends were listed as best up and coming blogs. Congratulations to Ashley and Aron of Hither and Thither and Michelle of Pretty Mommy! We couldn't agree more!
- Tina Eisenberg of Swiss Miss gave an incredible closing keynote speech. It's rare that someone is so candid about her experiences and lessons learned.
- The lovely and talented
Jessica Peterson took a group of us on a photo tour of Salt Lake City that ended with an impromptu trip to Park City for lunch and some Sundance action.
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That's me (courtesy of Jessica) all preggo in Park City
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That's a whole lot of gushing for one day, but I'll be sharing some other miscellany from the trip on Wednesday. It's good to be home.
Monday, January 24, 2011 at 01:50PM 
- I went to a fantastic round table with Joy of Oh Joy! and Meg Mateo Ilasco of Mateo Ilasco. First of all, if you're trying to make it as a freelancer and you haven't bought Creative, Inc., get thee to a bookstore immediately. Second, these ladies are the superstars of creative freelancers and they are just full of information and inspiration. I'm so glad I had the opportunity to learn from them and the other amazing women at our table.
Reader Comments (9)
Okay, I'm expecting all three of us to be there next year - cocktails in hand ;) big kisses to y'all and your amazing blog...
Yay, it's a date! As much fun as I had this year, I can already tell next year is going to be even better.
Thanks for sharing the good news on here, guys! So flattered. Would love to join in the future!
We're happy to shout it from the rooftops: you guys are the best!
i'm so glad you came up to sundance with me! it was great fun. :) and seeing dreamy james franco wasn't bad, eh?
I had so much fun in Park City! We'll have to really do Sundance next year. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to have another James Franco sighting.
oh man i am seriously blushing...and for the record i thought you were pretty darn gorgeous and stylish!!
so glad we got a chance to meet.
xoxo
It was so lovely to meet you, Elisabeth! I'm having fun clicking around your site and soaking in all of your inspiration.
Kisses,
Danyelle
I was so happy that you were in my class! You did a fabulous job, by the way. ALSO, I just loved your business cards. How clever to do a little stamped tag?
Alt was seriously so wonderful! I can't wait until next year!