#BlogshopATL

When I signed-up for Blogshop, I didn't really know what I was getting myself into. As of Friday night, yes, this past Friday night, I had not even opened Photoshop. At all. I knew that blogs like this, this, and this, had to use something more than I had been using (ahem, PowerPoint), and I knew that if I ever wanted my blog to get some serious readership, I needed to change something. I can say, without a doubt, that Blogshop was an investment, and step, in the right direction.

I was running a little bit late to day one...you know, I had to find the perfect thing to wear...dots & lots of color, of course!

Finding a Baggu full of goodies, this water bottle, and what I have dubbed, the Blogshop bible at my seat was a perfect way to greet us.

We immediately got to work transforming, masking, retouching, and saturating pictures (hello words I didn't know last week).

The SmileBooth provided a lot of fun for all of us and was a welcomed break when we'd had about all the "hold shift" we could take.

As dorky as it sounds, I was completely blog-struck by several of the women there. Not just Bri and Angela, who are rock stars in their own right, but women like Christina, a fantastic jewelry designer in Atlanta, Ali, who is the author of the first blog I ever followed religiously, Mandy who is launching Waiting on Martha, an online boutique, and Meghan, who was an immediate friend and works as a recipe developer (cool, huh?!). These women were inspiring to chat with and learn beside.

As a result of the class, I have a few new ideas that I am eager to start implementing soon! If you ever have a chance to go to Blogshop, DO IT without a bit of hesitation. What is there to lose?

(Well, maybe some of your dignity...)