As the day grew nearer the excitement grew..
For me days without a child in tow and the opportunity to meet friends that I only ever really converse with over the internet are few and far between.
So as the day arrived I set off before anyone else in the house stirred, I jumped on a bus and headed to Nottingham train station to meet the lovely Ellie from The Mummy Diary and we set off for Birmingham with excitement and giggles for the Tots100 Blog Camp.
When we got there we met up with a whole host of my cyber friends old and new, we laughed, learned, laughed some more and made some memories. It was great to catch up with Afra from Mad Mum Of 7, who I met for the first time last year when Vicky and I found her in a coffee shop before Britmums Live.
Talking of Vicky who blogs at Verily Victoria Vocalises, we became friends as total newbies and have continued to be friends ever since! we only normally get to meet up at Britmums Live which made this event all the more special. I
It was also amazing to meet up with Jo from Outnumbered Mum who I have only ever spoken too and never met in person, until blog camp…. only bloggers can be friends with folk they have never clapped eyes on!
I attended some amazing workshops with some truly inspirational bloggers and besides me being anxious on the journey it soon melted away.
It was great to catch up with some of my other blogging chums such as Anne from Raisie Bay, Helen from Actually Mummy, Joy from Pinkoddy and Jo from Jo’s Nursery who also arranged for drinks after at Hotel La Tour which were delicious!
Events like this make me so happy to be part of such an amazingly diverse and supportive community … I just wish events like this were frequent .. but if they were would the magic be lost? … I doubt it I love bloggers!
I also want to say a massive Thank You to the lovely Stef from Steph’s Two Girls who I finally got to meet at Blog Camp as she became the groups unofficial photographer (unbeknownst to her!) thank you lovely.
Also a big thank you to each and everyone that met, chatted with and even shared a drink with that day, you all made the whole experience more special ….
Bloggers Rock!
I have been selected as a Semi-Finalist in the FAMILY category for the (BiB’s) Brilliance in Blogging Awards! and I am so thankful for each and every vote that got me there … but I still need your help! If you enjoy reading I would appreciate your support with another vote …..
Sounds like a fantastic day. I hope there’s another blog camp soon as I would love to go. I’m attending Britmums so hopefully see you there 🙂 x
yay!! i will see you in about 6 weeks then my lovely 🙂
You lucky, lucky lady; it looks like you all had a great day! I really hope there is another Blog Camp soon so we can meet up. x Mel
thanks Mel its was amazing! i hope we can meet up soon .. are you at BML?
i think the next blog meet up will be britmums live . are you going?
Sounds like it was a great day lovely. This is the problem with blogging anonymously, I miss out on all the fun meet ups!
you can still join lots of anonymous bloggers go to events they just make sure they arent in photos 🙂 xxxx p.s i would be fab to meet you x
you can still join lots of anonymous bloggers go to events they just make sure they arent in photos 🙂 xxxx p.s i would be fab to meet you x
Sounds like a lovely day was had by all! Now I’m slightly worried that I haven’t spent more time getting to know people via Twitter etc (we can’t all be part of the Twitterati!), in the run up to BritMums Live – will anyone know who the hell I am?! 🙂 Anyone reading this and going to BML please say Hi! I’ll be the one dressed like Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz (not really!) looking a bit lost! 🙂
lol Sam tweet me and we can arrange to meet up before if you like my lovely xxxxxxxxxxx
Ah thank you Jaime! I’m hoping to get together with Sara from Mum Turned Mom too! X
well you guys both need to find me!! i will be looking for you xxx (obviously in a non stalkerish way)
Hey linking up for the first week with #MagicMoments great linky ! I have you badge on my linky love page hope that’s alright ?
Must be exciting too meet all those bloggers 🙂
hey its lovely to have you linked 🙂 xx
Yes, it’d be great to have them more often, as I loved that day, too. It was so lovely to finally meet you and glad to hear that you had such a fab day x
it was lovely to meet you honey next time lets hope for longer!! xxxx
That’s why I love Blog Camp, it’s a chance to finally meet up with everyone, and although I’ve not been to Britmums, I think Blog Camp is smaller and it’s a little easier to catch people (except when they are hiding behind a pillar!)
I did miss Charly this year though 🙁
See you next time xx
Oh, and I’m hoping to go to Britmums next year. I couldn’t go last year because of my holiday and this year I can’t plan anything because of Lucy’s operations….but next year…well, fingers crossed 🙂
it was so so fantastic to meet up with you again this year Anne .. i am crossing EVERYTHING for you to be able to do BML next year too x
What an amazing bloggy month for you Jamie! I really feel I missed out not making it to blog camp, everything I read makes it sound such an amazing day, though with t he fab mix of people there how could it not be? I’m thrilled to see you shortlisted too, you’d better make the finals Mrs and hopefully I’ll get to say Hi at Brit Mums too.
it was amazing .. yay for us both being shortlisted .. i am crossing everything!!!! xx roll on britmums x
It must have been so lovely to meet all these people in the flesh! x
its so overwhelming .. in a good way xx
I somehow missed out on hearing about Blog Camp; no idea how – must have been a case of ships in the night on Twitter. Sorry I missed out on it though – looks like a good time was had by all. Oh well, BritMums Live isn’t far away now – see you there! 🙂
Certainly keep an eye with tots100 for the next one. I cant wait for BML … hopefully will get to meet you this year?
It was lovely wasn’t it. Such a great bunch of people to talk to and share with. I hope we get to spend a bit more time together when we get the chance-was a bit fleeting wasn’t it? But then it’s impossible to catch up with everyone I think x
thats half the battle with these events its having the time for a proper catch up .. i hope there is another event there soon so we can catch up properly x
Sounds like a great and informative day. I’m so new to blogging that these events are a bit scary, although think I will be brave enough next year!
my lovely they are amazing and even though i am shy there are some super bloggers to hold your hands x
Sounds like a really great day, lots of learning but most importantly lots of socialising! x
thats the biggest highlight for me 🙂 x
Really does sound fantastic 🙂 Looking forward to BML!!
yay yay yay yay .. its nearly here my lovely xx
Sounds fab – really hope to get to the next one and meet some of the lovely ladies I talk to online.
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i am keeping my fingers crossed my lovely xx
I really forward to meeting some of you amazing bloggers at a future event in UK. I actually bought a ticket for BritMums live but since we’re moving a week later it’s going to be a miss.
when are you coming over Kriss? x
Sounds like you had a brilliant day – I really wanted to go too! All the very best in the BiBs – you deserve to win!
awww Michelle what a really lovely thing to say, thank you x
I was following all the tweets about Blog Camp and it sounded fab. I’ll have to rely on bloggers coming to visit us over in France 😉
if we could i would be over next week!
In addition to not having the budget to go I am awfully awfully shy =P
I love everyones happy smile =)
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awww honey it would be nice to see you there one day xx
It sounds like a brilliant day. Not long until Britmums now!
yay yay yay i so so cant wait to get there now 🙂
Hello there, what a fab post! So glad you got to meet them-you are so right, only bloggers can make friends with people they’ve never met and I’ve been very lucky to meet some really lovely people. Hope all is well with you, and looking forward to reading your next post as ever xxx
awww thank you my lovely you are so kind to me 🙂 xx
im so jealous lol. I would really love to meet up with you all it looks so much fun. Still working at the Britmums live ticket lol xx
i am crossing my fingers for britmums! x
Ahh Jaime so glad you had such a brilliant time at Blog Camp. It is amazing to meet other bloggers in person. I just went to my very very first blogging event ever. I was scared stiff but it was amazing to meet everyone and put a real life person behind the blogs I read. Look forward to meeting you at BritMums!!! What a lovely lovely post looks like you meet some amazing people!
they really are great things 🙂
Blog Camp sounds fab. I’ve yet to meet any other bloggers in the flesh yet, hopefully soon though. Will keep an eye out for any more events like this a bit closer to home.
awww you so need to do it! x
It’s such a shame I didn’t see you there hun, but glad you had a lovely day. xx
i do hope we will get chance soon xxx
It sound like you all had a brilliant day and so good to put faces to names 🙂
thanks my lovely it was fantastic x
This looked like LOTS of fun. Makes me wish I loved over on the mainland again to take part! haha #magicmoments xx
britmums live …here we come!
I’m gutted that I missed it, it sounds like it was such a great day! Next year hopefully…..until then, see you at Britmums! xx
yay we are on the count down for britmums live now 🙂
Looks like a fab event, Jaime, glad you had so much fun. xx
aww thanks so much lovely x
Sounds like a fab day! I need to go to some blogging events next year! #MagicMoments x
it would be so fantastic to meet you my lovely x