Blogger Brunch

A few weeks ago I met a fellow blogger on Instagram and she reached out to me and invited me to a blogger brunch for local bloggers. When she first told me about the event I saw that I had to work, but told her to let me know if they had another one. We exchanged numbers and got to talking and we have so much in common it’s scary. I got to thinking about the brunch and realized that this could be a great opportunity, so I decided to see if I could get off work. I am BEYOND happy I was able to go, because it was one of the best days I have had in a while. All the girls were so sweet and empowering and uplifting and I got so inspired. I am so thankful I got to meet each one of them and I can’t wait to see all the amazing things we accomplish as a group and individually! I am a little envious of the blogger groups that go on trips together and hang out, so I am so excited that we are forming a community of boss babes in East TN. We actually started an Instagram for our community, if y’all want to follow along I will link it here.

I actually captured some footage from the blogger brunch for my vlogmas, so I will add the video if y’all want to check that out too!

Hey y'all! On the vlog today I go on a little bit of a rant so be prepared for that. Also, I noticed my accent gets a little thicker when I'm mad, haha. Other than that, I think this is my favorite vlog so far.

We met before the restaurant to take some pictures by a big Christmas tree in downtown Knoxville with the amazing Erika with Evolve Creative. We took some individually then as a group and they turned out so good! I will add a few below so y’all can see how great they are!

We ate at Cafe 4 in market square and it was really good. I just got a simple breakfast of eggs, bacon, grits, and toast, but everyone else’s look great too! They have a little bit of everything.

I also wanted to share the beautiful ladies that came to the brunch and I am going to link their instagram so y’all can check them out! I’ll share them under our group picture so y’all can see names and faces. There were a couple of boss babes that weren’t able to make it for pictures, but I wanted to include them as well and that was Lindsey and Megan.

Elizabeth, Brittany, Meredith, Brooke, Tabatha (aka new blogger bestie), Kaitlyn, and Maleia.

We are already planning our next meetup, so definitely stay tuned for more. I am so grateful and thankful I met all these ladies! I think this was perfect timing for them to come into my life, especially Tabatha. I really think we are going to be lifelong friends!

The beautiful lady on the far left is Erika, the amazing photographer, friend, behind the camera!

Vlogmas 2018

For those of you who don’t know what vlogmas is I thought I would explain it a little more. Before I explain vlogmas I better explain a vlog in case you aren’t sure what that is either. Basically, a vlog is just a video blog. Some YouTubers will do a few vlogs to show a special trip or just their daily lives, and some will do them to catch everyone up if they have been MIA. A couple of my favorites to watch are Alex and Michael, I have talked about them before on my Instagram, and Nicole Guerriero. Alex and Michael are husband and wife and they actually have a vlog channel where that’s the only videos they upload. Alex, Alexandrea Garza, has a channel where she does fashion look books, beauty tutorials, home decor, and many other lifestyle videos. I have been following her for years and I have been watching their vlogs from the beginning! I will link their vlog channel here if y’all want to watch their vlogmas and I will link Alex’s main channel here.

Nicole Guerriero mainly does makeup tutorials, but occasionally she will do a long vlog to kind of catch everyone up on things she has been up to. She loves being home so she does’t go out a lot, so I think that’s why her vlogs are so long because she adds a bunch together. I will link her channel here if y’all want to check her out. I know Halloween is over, but she always does such amazing Halloween looks.

Now to explain a little more about vlogmas and why I am doing a post about it. Starting December 1, YouTubers who participate in vlogmas will vlog every single day in December until Christmas. Usually their last vlog will be on Christmas Day, but some will vlog the entire month of December. It is kind of like when Hallmark does their 12 days of Christmas. It is pretty much the same concept, just instead of movies everyday, you get someones real life everyday.

So the reason I am doing a post about vlogmas is because……………………..I’M DOING VLOGMAS THIS YEAR! I was trying to decide whether or not I wanted to do it since I haven’t been very consistent with my YouTube channel this year, but I thought why not? I wanted to start a YouTube channel two years before I actually did it, so I thought why wait for vlogmas. If anything it will help me get better and grow, and maybe I will reach new people and grow my tribe. It will also give y’all a chance to get to know me better. I am just warning y’all now that my life isn’t very exciting, so somedays the vlogs might be pretty short, but it’s just because I don’t want to bore y’all. On days I work it may be a late upload, but I am going to try my best to get them up every single day. Day 1 is actually going to be a little late because it will be later when I get home, then I will have to edit and upload it. If I had to guess they will probably be anywhere from 5 minutes to 20 minutes at the most in length. It just kind of depends on what I am doing that day. I will definitely let y’all know on instagram when the vlogs go up, so be sure to follow me there if you don’t already. You can also subscribe to my YouTube channel to get notified when they go up as well. I will link my instagram here and my YouTube here.

If y’all have any requests for vlogs I will take any suggestions. If there are any challenges you want me to do or a Q&A I can do that too. Just comment your ideas on this post! If you have any challenges that include my husband also leave those and I will try and talk him into it, haha. I am so excited about doing vlogmas this year and I hope y’all are too!