Thursday, May 16, 2013

Elevate 2013 Review Post Link Party

One of the things that we most look forward to about throwing Elevate is stopping by the blogs of all our new {and old} friends and reading about your personal experience at the conference, what you enjoyed, what inspired you, how it has changed you as a woman and as a blogger. 
Here is the link to all the photos Lora took, feel free to grab as many as you like!  We just ask that you provide photo credit and link to her site.
And here is the link to the video she created so you can repost it if you like as well.
Here are a couple of our very favorite photos..make sure to link up your Elevate related posts below and leave a little love on each other's posts!







































Thank you to all of our incredible sponsors!

We can't do this without amazing sponsors and we loved working with each of these companies! Hope you will give them some love!











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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Do You Miss Us Yet?

Do you miss us yet?  Cause we miss you guys already!
 
We can't believe that Elevate 2013 has already come and gone, it makes us kinda sad.  The one good thing about Elevate being over is that we get to read all your amazing heartfelt posts recapping your experiences and what you have taken away from the day.
 
Thursday we will be posting a linky party so you can link your Elevate related posts and hop around to visit each other so make sure to stop by and add your link!  We will also have a link for you to download all the photos that our amazing photographer, Lora, took.  For now, here are just a couple including our group photo.  All we ask is that if you use them in your posts, you link back to Lora's site (www.loraknightphotography.com).
 
Make it a great week and we'll see you back here on Thursday!













 
 
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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Announcing the 2013 Elevate Service Project: Sole Hope

We are so excited to have Nat from Take the Cannoli on the blog today to introduce the service project that we will be working on during Elevate this year.  It's a charity near and dear to her heart and we are so blessed to have her helping to organize this inspired project.
 
Take it away Nat!

Have you heard of Sole Hope? Well they are amazing and are striving to help change lives and offer Hope to so many in Africa but  have touched the lives of thousands around the world through their journey.
 
Sole Hope is a group of passionate, committed people who are putting closed toed shoes on African children, one pair at a time. It all started with a chance encounter with a YouTube video (see below)--a video that broke their hearts, took them WAY out of their comfort zones, and lead them to Uganda. 



Along the way, Sole Hope realized they could not only help African children, but also help African men and women by teaching them a simple trade—how to make shoes. And so it began. They soon discovered they could teach others—homeless, unemployed, recovering addicts, and nonprofits—how to make shoes, so they could earn a decent living and raise funds for their causes. 

So Sole Hope is touching lives in the U.S. and Africa, and they're only getting started!

 
 
They began in chaos; they now have a plan, a vision, and core values. They also have an amazing team, high-energy, crazy folks that love God, people, fun, and saving the world. 
First if you haven't already, please check out Sole Hope's website HERE but please understand that there are millions of these precious children in Africa right now, becoming infested because of a simple problem. Sole Hope is solving that problem, one pair of shoes at a time!
 
See for yourself in the short video below. 
 

Not everyone can do everything but everyone can do something. Having a Sole Hope Shoe Cutting Party is not only fun and easy, but it is a tangible way to give back and affect lives thousands of miles away


And this year during the Service Project, all Elevate attendees will have the opportunity to be part of changing lives.

During that time you will be able to cut fabric for shoes while mingling with awesome ladies and having a blast! What better way to be crafty than to be purposeful and being part of something bigger!

Every single piece of fabric you cut will clothe the feet of children and will protect them from jigger infestations. It will provide jobs for a woman in Uganda who sew the shoes. It will change her family’s life and give her pride in her skill and workmanship and provide income to care for her family.

So excited to have Sole Hope part of the Elevate Conference this year!


All denim provided for Service project is donated from 
Laugh Brand Denim
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Thursday, April 4, 2013

New Event Venue... You Can Find Us at the Beach!

Elevate is just around the corner and we hope you all are as excited as we are! We have some amazing news and we wanted to share it with you all first! Are you ready....you might want to sit down for this one.


We are excited to announce that
will be the sponsoring host of Elevate 2013

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When the gracious staff at The Dunes offered us the opportunity to hold our conference in their BRAND NEW event space ON THE BEACH in Newport Beach we just couldn't say no. Ocean, Sand, Palm Trees??? Could you imagine a better location to spend the day at?!


* Parking: Event parking is $10 per car for the entire day. Feel free to utilize the Elevate Facebook page to organize carpools! The Fashion Island Mall is less than a mile from the Dunes so you could meet there and carpool over if you like. If this cost is a problem for you, feel free to shoot us an email.  Link to directions HERE


* We will be having lunch and dinner outside so you may want to throw on some sunblock and bring a light sweater or jacket since we will be right on the water.


* Hashtag: We want to show The Dunes lots of love for offering us this amazing venue so feel free use the hashtag #npdunes along with #elevateconf in your social media posts.


A few other matters of business...


* We will be cutting out fabric to send to Sole Hope to make shoes for children in Africa so if you could bring either fabric scissors or pinking sheers, we would appreciate it!


* We will be getting a little handy during our craft so please bring a hammer (it can be small). You can mark your name on them with a piece of tape and we will have a box at the registration table for you to put them in for the day. Heaven knows our purses are heavy enough with out tools in them! If you do not have access to a hammer, we will have a couple, but certainly not enough for everyone.


* The Hotel room block will be released on April 10th so if you have not already booked your room, snap to it! Here is the link to the hotel info: http://elevateblogconference.blogspot.com/p/registration.html


Well, that seems to be everything for now. Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions you may have! We are here to help make this an amazing experience for everyone!


Cheers!

Summer, Jen & Nichole
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Monday, January 14, 2013

Elevate 2013 Speakers

Elevate 2013 Speakers
  
Ashley: Little Miss Momma
Kimmie: Sugar and Dots
 
Sarah: Little Penelope Lane
 
 
 Erin: Living in Yellow
 
 We hope you are all as excited as we are to spend the day with these inspiring women!!!
Tickets will go on sale January 31st at 9 a.m. pst.
There are only 40 available and we expect them to sell out quickly so set your alarms.
See you in May!
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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Save The Date 2013

We are deep in the planning stages of Elevate 2013 and wanted to give you all the official date for this years conference so you can mark it on your calendars.

Saturday May 11th, 2013
Huntington Beach, Ca
Tentative Time (subject to change): 10:30-7:00
Lunch and Dinner will be provided
$89 before March 15th
$99 after March 15th
 Price includes: lunch, dinner, snacks, dessert, a craft and swag bag


More information including Speaker announcements coming soon.
If you are new to Elevate, make sure to browse last year's information on the blog.  We will be structuring this years conference similarly, although there will be some slight changes.


Tickets go on sale Thursday January 31st. 
 There are only 40 tickets available and we expect them to go fast, so we suggest that you purchase your ticket asap.
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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Elevate 2012 Wrap Up and Link Party

It's been a month since Elevate and we thought it was the perfect time to share some photos and start our review post link up.  It is a great reminder of the amazing speakers and bonding time we all enjoyed.  It's right about this time that life starts to take over and those goals we set and inspiration we found start to dwindle.  We hope that this look back at the wonderful day we shared helps to reignite the spark you caught a month ago.  


Feel free to grab any photos you like, but if you re-post please be sure to give credit to Kristine from Lucky Lime Photography who did such a beautiful job at capturing the wonderful memories for us all.  After you scroll through the photo bomb, link up your Elevate post(s) at the bottom.  We hope to see you next year!

Special thanks to our dessert table sponsors: Pinky's Cupcakery, Rockview Dairy, & Sweet Lemonade





 
 


Mindy Mae's Market donated these adorable daisy mason jar lids

Baby Boy Bakery's Organic Sugar Cookies were the perfect addition to our table decor and can we just say, "they were D-licious!"


We were so blessed to have Allison from Madison Design Studio on board to provide all our website and print design work.  She was so wonderful to work with, always so on top of everything!





Ashley from Lil Blue Boo





Okay, now everyone "Duck Face!"...you had to be there I suppose




Thank you to Bon Fortune for these brilliantly blue snack baskets







The incredibly entertaining Nina {and peanut} from Momma Go Round

A huge thank you to Plaid Crafts for providing the paint for our craft project.

Jason from Expressions Vinyl generously donated all the vinyl for the craft stencils



Loved my headband from Pink Elephant Boutique!  It was so comfortable that I didn't even know it was there and it kept my hair out of my face as I ran around all day...not to mention that it is adorable!!  Thanks Meghann!

Thank you to all of you who donated to The Shine Project School Supply Drive.  We have 4 huge boxes of supplies to donate to schools in California and Arizona.


The ever so stylish Becki from Whippy Cake

 Laura from Our Reflection donated the swag bags for Elevate and they turned out awesome!














 Holly from 504 Main even cut her Hawaii trip short to be with us as a speaker!

 Some Minute To Win It Shenanigans















 Once again, we can't thank all of you wonderful women enough for spending the day with us and making this event such a success...we hope to see you all next year!  
 
 

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Please take a moment to look through our amazing sponsors!  This event would not have been possible without their support.
Swag Bags:
Pick Your Plum Jewelry Findings
Stephanie from Life Created Blog Organizer
Trisha from 3 Four and Under Ruffled Pouches
Laura from Our Reflection Swag Bags
Melissa from Brag About It Hand Stamped Necklaces
Jenny's Fabric 1/2 yard fabric
Nichole from Yeung Mother Hubbard business card holders
Nicole from The Twinery 3 samples of twine
Leilani from Soleil Selene Rosette Necklaces and clips
JewelMint Gift Card
Ashley from The Shine Project Pay it forward cards
Jacqui from Baby Boy Bakery Organic Vanilla Sugar Cookies
Stacy & Angela from Bubba's Basics Elevate Pegolls
Meagan from Fairly Fabulous Handmade Cards
Cutting Edge Stencils Zinnia Stencil

Raffle Donations:
Salena from A Little Piece of Me keychains and necklaces
Modest Pillows pink dandelion pillow covers
Becki from Whippy Cake headbands
Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy wristlet clutch
Brady Cakes gift certificate for 2 dozen cupcakes
Alissa from Rags to Stitches Laptop Cozy
Mandy from Vfish Designs scarves
Nicole from The Twinery spools of twine
Ashley from Little Miss Momma rings and necklaces
Brittany from Love Stitched headband, ring and necklace
Nicole from Bip and Bop necklaces
Haley from Sweet Sugar Beet Market Bag
Meagan from Fairly Fabulous hoots
Kristine from The Foley Fam Gift Card
Mica Blue designs pillow covers

Catering Donations:
Pinky's Cupcakery mini cupcakes
Larissa & Pamela from Sweet Lemonade Cake Pops Cake Pops and Lemon Bars
Rockview Dairy mini milks, orange juice, cheesecake, milk bottles

Other Donations:
The Cupcake Social colored straws, sprinkles, large sixlets, cupcake liners, pinwheels, twine
Allison from Madison Design Studio all graphic design for blog and conference
Plaid paint for craft
Expressions Vinyl vinyl for wood craft
Gina from Bon Fortune strawberry baskets
Jenny's Fabrics fabric for decor
Courtney from Mindy Mae's Market chevron bags and daisy lids for mason jars
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