Contributor at SNAP! Conference Blog + Valentine’s Day Party

I’m really excited to let you know that I am going to be a regular contributor on the SNAP! Conference blog!  I will be sharing some party and entertaining ideas twice a month, with my first post starting today with details on the project pictured below!  So head on over to the SNAP! blog to check it out!!

In case you aren’t familiar with SNAP! – it is a 3 day conference on April 19-21, 2012 that is being held here in my hometown…Salt Lake City, Utah!!  Well, Lehi, Utah, actually (about 30 minutes from the SLC airport)…at beautiful Thanksgiving Point.  Seriously, a fabulous location with beautiful gardens, restaurants, and one of the coolest home decorating and accessory shops in the valley – The Emporium.  The conference is geared toward bloggers representing modern handmade, contemporary craft, mind-blowing events and home DIY.  There are some absolutely wonderful speakers lined up – seriously amazing!!  I personally am so excited about the event track – Brittany from One Charming Party is part of the SNAP! Conference team and some of the party experts that are speaking include Kim at TheTomKat Studio, Kara from Kara’s Party Ideas, Courtney from Pizzazzerie, Stephanie from Couture Parties and Michelle from Maddycakes Muse.  My darling photographer friend Emilie is also speaking, along with TONS of other well-know bloggers.  For a list of speakers, go HERE and for more information on the conference itself, visit the SNAP! website HERE.

I attended my first blogging conference in Arizona last year and it was fabulous and so much fun!  I hadn’t even started my blog yet, so it was wonderful to get some great information about blogging as well as meeting some amazing new friends that share the same passion as me!  So if you already have a blog, or are even thinking about starting a blog, I would totally recommend attending this conference!  If some of you are already planning on coming, let me know in the comments below – I’d LOVE to meet you!!  Or if you have questions about coming, just ask…I can help!

I also thought I’d share with you my Valentine’s Day party from last year.  I didn’t have a blog when I held the party last year, so it didn’t get posted until April.  This was my first party after discovering the online party world and I had so much fun planning this party for my daughter and her friends!

I loved the idea of inviting a bunch of little 3 year old girls over to make Valentine’s Day cards, decorate cookies, color, play some fun games and eat yummy treats, so that’s what we did!  Here are some of the party pics, which are fabulous, thanks to my amazing photographer friend Laura!  To see the rest of the pictures and details, go HERE to this blog post!

My amazing friend Laura made all the wonderful desserts! I told her I just needed 1 or 2 desserts for the moms to enjoy and this is what she came with – like 500 amazing desserts (and yes, they ALL tasted as good as they look!!).

Is anyone planning a Valentine’s Day Party this year?  I had to totally exercise some self control and not do another Valentine’s Day Party this year because I want to do an Easter Party really bad!  So I’d love to hear about your parties!!