Dreamers into Doers-FL-Meet ‘n Greet

To say I had a great time this past Saturday would be an understatement. A while back I joined the Martha Stewart “Dreamers into Doers” online group. A sweetie from Orlando (Melissa of Truly Chic Inspirations) put out the word that there would be a meet-n-greet for all the Florida members and the rsvp list grew to about 18! I volunteered to create a “Sunshine State” logo for the gift bags that Melissa was gathering. I used components of the original logo and condensed it into a circular design.
Melissa set up a blogger swap so we could get to know a little more about who we’d be meeting. I decided to give a little something to everyone, in addition to my crafty swap partner (Amy – buggie and jellybean). I created a design for the covers of these composition books and attached some sweets to it with a tag I made.
For some others I added a wrapped chocolate bar and some pizzelles (Italian waffle cookies). I am really happy with how the wrappers came out. I started with printing a striped design on regular paper and wrapped the bar with it. Then I printed a flourish design onto vellum and wrapped it around the stripes. Finally, I attached ribbon and a personalized tag with the person’s blog logo. I got a great response! Maybe I’ll offer these in my shop! HA!
We gathered at Downtown Disney and over lunch shared our passions and joys and learned lots about each other. We also got goodies from other Dreamers Into Doers members from around the U.S. (thank you!) and even the Martha Stewart headquarters. When the time came to leave it seemed no one wanted to head out. I kind of felt it was a sort of reunion even though some of us had only met virtually prior to this. It was just so cool to meet all of these lovely entrepreneurs!

Here’s a snapshot one of the ladies took of all of us gathered outside.
For more pictures and a great write up, visit Melinda’s blog here.

Thank you Melissa, for putting this together and to all those who gave out goodies! And thanks to my blog swap partner Amy, for the cute wreath! I look forward to our next meeting!