Put business men in a room together, and they’ll probably talk about business.
Put bloggers in a room together, and they’ll probably talk about everything. Fashion, beauty, biscuits in the shape of dresses, travel, photography…the worlds our oyster when we’re all put together.
On Saturday I went to my first ever bloggers event; Bloggers Festival. An amazing, classy venue 31 story’s high, with beautiful bloggers swarming around stalls from coveted brands. A few hours of chatting about anything and everything, swapping business cards whilst giggling over the amount of goody bags on our arms. It was an amazing afternoon, one that put a massive smile on my face whilst I tried to totter back to London Victoria in heels (something that I’m not so good at).
Scarlett (scarlettlondon.com) was the first blogger to follow me/tweet me on Twitter, and I’ll never forget that. She’s an awesome person, an amazing blogger, and judging by the success of Bloggers Festival, an incredible events organiser. She really should be so proud, because I feel like there’s nothing negative that anyone could say.
Now, slap me on the wrist because I’ve been a bad blogger. I didn’t actually manage to take many photos of the festival…
Please forgive me, I was too caught up in the moment really. I was excited to be a part of such a big event, and far too busy enjoying it all to remember to take photos!
Scarlett picked companies that she knows and loves to represent the event, and to me she did such a good job.
Urban outfitters, one of my favourite fashion companies, were there. As soon as I found out there would be an Urban Outfitters stall I got very excited, and hot footed my way there as soon as I could. They had a competition to win a pair of headphones…and I won! Which again, got me all excited.
Bee Good was also a firm favourite of mine. They create their products from bees wax, and everything is organic and ethically created. I spent a good few minutes conversing with Simon about their products, and knew that I wanted to buy pretty much every product as soon as I got home. (plus their biscuits were delicious…)
I fell in love with Very’s Autumn/Winter range that was on show. Tanya Burr has created a fashion collection for them, which is exciting as it is, but I saw a coral lacy number that WILL be mine this Winter.
Search Labs were also great, offering a book that will help all us bloggers with SEO. I’m actually a bit of a nerd and love learning about SEO, marketing, social media etc., so it was great to get to know this brand.
There were so many other great companies too – from dress shaped cookies from Quiz, to lovely clothes from Want Her Dress, makeovers by Gary Cockerill and beautiful nail wraps from IZ – it was a really good networking day.
As soon as I got home I cooked a pizza, put up my feet, drank my free wine whilst watching Wild Child (don’t laugh), and tweeted about how happy I was that I decided to become a blogger.
Thank you so much to Scarlett for inviting me, her event opened up my eyes to how friendly and exciting the blogging world can be.
Also a big thank you to Mariah (starlasays.co.uk) and Lea, who walked around with me and gave me plenty of giggles, it was lovely to meet you! It was also so nice to finally meet Scarlett and Jessie-Ann, and to talk to tons of new people too! Hello, and thank you for making me smile.
I really am excited to go to more of these events…bring it on!
Did you go to Bloggers Festival? What did you think of Scarlett’s awesome event organising? Keep me posted!
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About Hazel Jane
Hello! I’m Hazel Jane, a 23 year old recent graduate from Brighton. I suffer from a severe case of wanderlust and I’m a pro cake eater. However I’m first and foremost a writer, and so this blog is here for me to keep on writing whilst I try to figure things out. Expect an eclectic blog with many topics – whether it be lifestyle, fashion, recipes, personal posts, rambles or even comedy, I’m sure there’ll be something for you. I hope you enjoy. If you have any enquiries please email: hazeljaneblog@gmail.com
Looks like great fun! Glad you had such a good time. Scarlett must have really worked hard to get it all organised!
Saskia / girlinbrogues.com
She definitely worked hard, and did such a good job! Thank you sweet! x
Ahh man I didn’t even know about this! It looks like you had such an amazing time 🙂 I will have to come to the next one to meet you all! xx
Definitely come to the next one! If you look at Scarlett’s post about this one, you can sign yourself up for the next one already! 🙂 xx
Great blog post Hazel! I hope we inspired your choice of dinner when you got home! 😉
Of course! 😉 pizza makes the world go round!
Looks fantastic! I wish we had these kinds of things in Scotland… in fact, there’s an idea for me to work on hehe 😉
I love your writing style too, you’ve got a great skill!
Love,
Iram @ Lovestruck for Louboutins
Yes you should definitely organise an event in Scotland! I’m sure loads of Scottish bloggers would be pleased! 🙂
And thank you so much! That’s put a smile on my face! xx
Lovely blog post Hazel! Sounds like an amazing event! Would love to go to the next one! Xx
Thank you! It was a great event! If you look at Scarlett’s blog post about it, you can put your name down for the next one there! 🙂 hopefully I’ll see you at the next one! xx
Thank you so much for writing such a lovely post about the event Hazel, it’s a great read! It was so nice to meet you at long last – after three and a half years of being ‘twitter buddies’ haha! It was amazing to have your support in the beginning and now. I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the day and I hope to catch up again at the next event – I’m so excited to start planning it already!
Scarlett x
scarlettlondon.com
Aw thank you Scarlett! It was such a great event that I couldn’t say anything negative! 🙂 I will definitely be interesting in coming to your next event! I’m excited for it already too! xx
Oh Hazel this looks like so much fun! And so happy for you winning those headphones – how awesome!
Jemma 🙂
xx
Haha thank you Jemma! The headphones are pretty good, so I’m chuffed! xx
Aaaw I’m so jealous Hazel! Sounds like you had a great time! I would love to go to a blogger event in the UK since there aren’t really any in Germany and I write an english blog.
Take me with you next time! Loved reading about your experience!
xx Carolin
http://www.olive-apple.com
Haha awww I’d love for you to come with me Carolin! If you look at Scarlett’s post about it you can sign up for the next one! 🙂 And then you can come to England and see me! 😉 xx
Oh my goodness, this looks amazing! I must go over and sign up to the next one, although I’ll probably hide in a corner because I won’t know anybody, haha!
And as for your movie choice, Wild Child is one of my favourite films (shhhhh!) xxx
You definitely should come next time! 🙂 head over to Scarlett’s post about it and you can sign up there 🙂 haha you wouldn’t hide in the corner, ’cause I’d be there 😉 it’d be great to meet you!!
Wild Child is just so good isn’t it! xxx
This looks soooo fun!! Can I come next time? Think there’s a chance someone will sponsor my flight? lol
Haha! I say you should definitely give it a go 😉 if all else fails I’ll skype you and take my laptop with me! 😉 xx
Oh my gosh Hazel this all sounds so fun! I didn’t even know bloggers festival was a thing!! Very jealous xxxxxxxx
The lovely Scarlett organised the whole thing! She’s doing another one at some point, definitely put your name down so you can come along!! 🙂 it’d be lovely to meet you! xxxxxxx
YAY! Was so fun!
Glad we finally met!
xx
Me too! Will have to meet again sometime 🙂 xx