A tale of sixteen bloggers...

On Sunday I headed into the centre of Bristol, (which for me isn't actually that far!) To meet with some other bloggers from the South West (and beyond) region for lunch, drinks and a chat. 
We started off in Cabot Circus where we challenged Nandos to accommodate sixteen bloggers, an hour later and they passed the challenge by making us our own giant table! 

Steph passed out the goodie bags which were filled with some rather fantastic surprises including this Crown & Glory bow that i had been lusting over for a while, in gold which compliments my hair colour perfectly!

After we had finished all our lunch we headed for a little shop, and then to the Lanes to shelter from the rain and talk some more. All in all it was a wonderful day and although unlike everyone else I'm not a fashion/lifestyle blogger everyone accepted me and I made a lot of new friends!

It was wonderful to see Megan again, who some of you will recognise from my Butterfly catcher series, I also got to finally meet Paige, the lovely little lady behind my logo, she's so wonderful and I love her singing moments! I also got to chat to Amy of Mod Dolly and Sophie of crown and Glory briefly, both who inspire me with there wonderful personalities and awesome businesses - hopefully I'll get the chance to collaborate with them both one day! Other wonderful bloggers that attended were:

Amy from Credit Crunch Chic

Hannah from Two Grazed Knees

Gemma from Fat Frocks

Abby from Abbzzw

Joe from Unlimited by JK

Laura from Only Half Dressed

Sammy from The Cookie Button

Emma from The Style Box

Kim from Sweet Monday

Lily from Red Brick Lipstick

Xmas Blogger Party

I was invited by the lovely Gina @ MyStreetChic to take some photos at the first, but hopefully not last, Xmas blogger meet, sponsored by Boohoo.com. It took place on Friday at Java on Park Street, which was a lovely venue! The disco room was AMAZING and the ceiling was out of this world, although it didn't give the best light for photos :( But I persevered and got some good enough shots of the event!

The actual evening started at 7, guests were given a goodie bag filled with lovely treats ( I got one too!) and a free drink on arrival and had an hour to mingle and say hello before the fashion show started. I took this opportunity to photograph some of the lovely people there:

Betty

Joe

Kim (who had amazing DIY shorts!)

After that everyone made there way into the other room to watch the fashion show that was kindly put on by Boohoo.com. The models were smiling as were the guests and it was wonderful to photograph so many happy faces! I was having a bit of a tough time with the lighting, I desperately need better flash equipment (hopefully I win the lottery soon!) But like I said I tried my best and as it was my first time photographing an event of this nature I'm pleased with the outcomes!

I had an awesome time and spoke to some really lovely people, I would definitely love to go to another event, and hopefully get to talk to some more people. I've only had this blog for a couple of weeks but it was nice to meet some more bloggers! 

It also helped me gain more confidence speaking to new groups of people and asking to take their photo, and hopefully next time I photograph something like this I'll have updated my equipment better to suit this kind of environment.

I hope you all had fun too, and thanks again to Gina for organising a wonderful event!

Chloe !

P.S Lots more photos added on my Facebook page! Please feel free to 'like' it and share with your friends :)