Juicy Couture Chictopia After-Party!

So, the Chictopia Juicy Couture after party was just amazing. If you haven't already heard, I was one of the winners of Chictopia's Make Life Juicy contest and was just absolutely thrilled! I found out two days before I was going to leave and it was just the icing on top of my fashion week cake. Kim from Eat Sleep Wear and Jennie from Going West were the other two winners! We met up at Juicy Couture and were able to pick out any outfit we wanted from the store. I mean, how intimidating is that? There were too many amazing things! We had assistants bringing us different sizes and new styles - I felt like I was in a movie!



We tried on countless variations of outfits and finally decided on what we wanted. I had my heart set on a gray blazer (not pictured!) that I couldn't leave the store without, so I knew I had to base my outfit around that blazer. Of course, it had amazing pants to match that fit me perfectly - so all I had to do was match this slouchy top and some studded heels! I absolutely adore my outfit, thanks to Juicy Couture and Chictopia. Plus, they are reimbursing up to $600 in travel expenses. How did I get so lucky on this one?!



The party - was amazing. I had such an amazing time chatting with so many of my favorite girls and bloggers, sipping yummy honey mango drinks and eating one too many macaroons. Plus, so many pictures, gabbing about outfit shots and the things we bloggers go through, giving secrets about my upcoming autumn posts and laughing over things like sand being ground up in our tripods or boyfriends/husbands that refuse to shoot outfit photos - things I can't normally laugh over with girls in real life. Hehe!



Be sure to check out Juicy Couture's facebook page for more photos on the event and check out Chictopia for amazing inspiration and wonderful opportunities. Thanks to both of them for putting on such a great day - for everyone who took part in it! And also a huge thanks to the people at Juicy Couture who helped us style our outfits, grabbed countless sizes and made so many trips to the back room to get us what we needed. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I felt like a rockstar! I had to remind myself countless times in the dressing room that I'm just a small town blogger from west Michigan!

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Chictopia Media Tech Summit

Phew, it's nice being back home in Michigan and still having posts from NYFW! Now I can laze around the house in my jammies, get caught up around here and relax! On Sunday, we had to change hotels in the morning and then took a cab over to the Chictopia event. Let me say.. it was amazing. The set up was gorgeous, the venue was perfect.. it honestly blew me away on how well planned this event was! And that was just from the first impression of walking inside! Plus, I learned so much! My notebook is overflowing with notes! Did I mention the food? Amazing!



(dress, ring - h&m | heels, socks, bag - urban outfitters | necklace - c/o dolly and boy jewelry
point the way up button shirt, braided belt - c/o shop ruche)



A few tips from the conference? If you're a blogger looking to work with a brand, send a note! Connect! Reach out. Even if they aren't interested, they might work with you on other promos or features. It's important to build a relationship with a brand.. it might lead to a future sponsorship! Guest blogging is a great way to share traffic. Stick to brands you love. Don't promote something just because you're being paid to - your readers won't trust you! Blogging is like being a brand. You have to be consistent with your message. Be authentic. Be true to yourself. Readers will come! Take part in our amazing community. If you truly want other bloggers to succeed, they'll want the same for you. One of the biggest traffic sources is word of mouth and referrals! Be nice to one girl - she'll tell all of her friends! There's so much more, but hopefully that helps a little bit if you're just starting out and blogging!



It was a little bit chilly this day and my feet were dying so it was amazing to have just a thin layer of socks underneath these heels! There were lots of stripes, plaids and prints at the conference - so glad to see all of that still in style, because I definitely love my prints. I have also fallen in love with the socks with heels trend, of course. And military trends - olive green is my favorite color for autumn! And this lady-like purse from Urban Outfitters isn't leaving my side this season either. I am so excited for autumn fashion. I have some really fun posts planned, so welcome new readers! I'm so excited to have you here!



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owen -that mouth

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IFB Evolving Influence Conference

Phew, I'm in New York City for fashion week! What a whirlwind trip. Brett dropped me off to the airport last night and I honestly had tears.. I was so sad to leave him! But I'm so excited to be here. I met up with Elizabeth from Delightfully Tacky and Annie from Time Enough for Drums at our hotel last night and it is so cute here! We are staying in the tiniest room ever and Elizabeth and I are like "ying-yang" in our twin bed that we're sharing - haha! But it's awesome. I'm having a lot of fun so far! We woke up super early this morning to get ready and head over to the Hudson Hotel for the IFB Evolving Influence Conference!




I'm absolutely loving hanging out with Elizabeth and Annie. It's so fun to read other girl's blogs and know them so well through their photos and writing that when you hang out with them, it's like you've been friends for forever. I mean, if you think about it, I'm almost 800 miles from home, staying in a hotel with girls I've only "met" once before and it's totally awesome! These two girls are amazing!



The IFB conference was a lot of fun! To be totally honest, I didn't walk away with any more knowledge than I already had, but that's alright. It was really interesting to hear bloggers talk, to be able to relate to them and to see so many people in the flesh. A lot of the panel speakers spoke about things I've already experienced in my blogging process. I truly feel like blogging is trial and error and you can only truly learn about your own blog through making mistakes or doing something right. A lot of the topics covered like being yourself, finding your niche, connecting to your audience - I've learned all of that through blogging every day for the past year. It's good to learn, but the best lessons you'll learn are from yourself!



(in the shade dress - modcloth | belt, bag - urban outfitters | heels - jeffrey campbell)



After the conference, it was fun to catch up with people at the after-party. I was approached a few times today by amazing readers - I was honestly so flattered whenever a reader would come up and say they loved my blog! Thank you so much to the girls who came up and said hi! After that, we grabbed pizza downtown and are now sitting in our hotel room blogging. So typical! Tomorrow we're headed to the Renegade Blogger Meetup and to Fashion's Night Out!



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