I’m here with a few photos from my trip to California for Blog Sugar ~ but first I want to thank everyone that’s been praying for me. Yesterday morning I was a brave girl ~ I made it through my flight from Minneapolis to Los Angeles without making myself sick with fear. During the flight I kept saying, God, I trust you… I felt like such a big girl.
And now that I’m here, OH MAN I’m so thankful that I’m here…
Yesterday I spent the entire day with Lindsey, Jeannett, Ruthanne, Mique and Jess. We started the day by shopping the Fashion District and ended the day with a hotel sleepover ~ and it’s been amazing to spend so much time with my pals ;]
And today has been no different. Breakfast at the Long Beach Cafe, lunch at Thai on Main, we dipped our toes in the ocean {my hair smells like the beach!}… I’m loving California. I told Zack our next vacay needs to be out here! :]
ENJOY YOUR SATURDAY EVENING! I’ll be back later ;]
I”m so glad you had a wonderful time! And…is that a heart shape in the seafoam by your tootsies? Wonderful! We spent 10 days in Cali for our honeymoon this past summer. We wanna MOVE there!
Aww how fun! Mique messaged me yesterday asking about what fabric places I went to when I was down there, I hope I sent you ladies to a few ok ones :) dipping toes in ocean water is why I stay over here on the west coast, so fun!
Isn’t Tai on Main AMAZING! I live 10 min. away & go almost every other week! hehehe
It was such a delight to meet you and have lunch together at Thai on Main. Like I said, I will be a new customer for your beautiful sewing creations. :) I truly hope you can come back out to our neck of the woods again to thaw out from your MN winters.
Aw man, I feel so left out- all the cool girls are out at blog sugar. :) So glad your flight wasn’t fear-inducing and that you got there safely. Can’t wait to hear ALL about it!!
CA is wonderful…isn’t it!?! Can’t wait to meet you tomorrow night! :)
oh my gosh, it really is… i think i need to live here :]
So glad you’re here. See you tomorrow!
glad you made it through the flight! i love california! my in-laws live there so we get to go every now and then. the weather is amazing!
Gus gus- so glad I got to sleep with you last night. I miss you already. Looks like you girls had fun today- the beach! Finally! So excited for you for tomorrow. Wish I could be there. (sad sad face) You will be amazing. Lots of hugs, pepperonis and bananas. xoxo, Miq
HA HA!!!!!!!!! seriously. she’s getting a bushes of naners for her birthday.
How cool you are there! My sis lives in long beach ( right on the beach, lucky duck!) she can see the queen Mary from her place. I’ll be there in 4 weeks for a sister weekend, yay!!! I’ll be one of the vendors in the pop up shop with you in November. Can’t wait to meet you! :)
I was on your flight! I recognized the Gussy headband and thought it might be you but was expecting blond hair….but now i know it was you! I’m so glad you made it through! Have a blast at blog sugar tomorrow!
what???? are you serious???? that’s so crazy!
PS. are you on the 10:25am flight back on Monday??? how fun would that be? :]
Hi Maggie! I read you all the time but never comment. Totally had to comment today to say welcome to CA! I live up on the coast here, actually in the same town as Jeannett. :) I hope you have an awesome time while you’re here and I totally know what you mean about flying! I’m about to visit my bff in just a few days here (that I met through blogging almost 3 yrs ago) and will be flying from L.A. to Houston all by myself. I’m so looking forward to the adventure and will be so proud of myself for being a big girl too! :) Ha!
you can do it!!!!!!! yeow! aww that sounds so fun!!
and i’m so glad you’ve commented so i can “meet” you/say hello back ;]
Wish I was there too! We never should have moved away from Newport Beach – I miss it!
Yeah!
So glad you made it safe!
Enjoy!
Wish I could hear you speak! ;)
I miss CA!
There’s just something about CA!
xo
I am so glad to hear that your plane trip went well! :) I went to CA once and I was really impressed with how pretty it was. :)
Sounds like such an exciting time! :)
Have a nice trip! Sound like a great time! I could use a get-a-way too! I am visiting from TT&J and wanted to say thanks for the giveaway! I would love to win some beautiful goodies!
Stacey of Embracing Change
Looks like a wonderful trip!!
LOVE the look of your products~~
Looks like a wonderful time!!! I’m glad you trusted in God to get you through the flight – on the wings of an eagle! :)
Love all of your headbands!!!! :)))
Such a fan of your work! Here from TT&J.
I follow you on twitter and have been seeing your instagrams…you look like you’re having a wonderful time!
So glad I found your work! I’m in LOVE! Visiting from Tatertots & Jello :)
There’s not much better than good girl time! :) You have such a pretty blog, and I was just drooling over your shop. Visiting from Tatertots and Jello! :)
It sounds like you are having an AMAZING time!! I’m a bit jealous – I’d love to get away for some girly fun. :) Visiting from Tatortots and Jello!
How fun this sounds!!
I am here from TT&J – you always have the coolest pics on your blog. Thanks for sharing and glad you had a great time. Flying is fun! it is just like the Lord to give you peace
It looks like a blast girl!! You rule! And I entered your giveaway on tatertots and jello!
Saw you over at TT&J and LOVE your stuff. Amazing talent!
Thanks so much for the giveaway at TT&J! Your beach shots are beautiful! They’re making me miss home (San Diego). I’m stuck in Texas for now and in desparte need of the beach!
Hi Maggie! Your session was wonderful at Blog Sugar and I was so glad to finally meet you in person! I hope your SoCal vacay leaves you refreshed! :)
♥ thank you!!!!!! :)
I am a new fan,but am so inspired by you!
Fabulous Blog! Love your store too!! :)
New to you blog. Glad to see you made it to CA safely. California is beautiful, I lived in Chula Vista for 3 yrs.
You are too cute for words. So happy that you had a great trip.
So glad you had such a good time! I love seeing all the great photo’s you posted on instagram from the trip.
P.S. AWESOME giveaway you are doing at TT&J! Thank you!!
Love all of your items!!!
I love California too! My hubby is from there {so. cal- orange county} so we get to go lots. It’s great!
Looks like so much fun! California is awesome, just got back from a little trip their a couple of weeks ago :)
YAHOO for being Brave!! :) I know the feeling!! Love your CUTE stuff!! Enjoy your time in the warm CA Sun before heading back to MN!! Sending some TT&J Love!!
I am visiting from tatertots & jello! woot woot for meeting your fear head on. I grew up in so cal and miss it so much….these pictures made me homesick! also, you make the CUTEST little things!! nice to meet you :)
Shannon
Have followed your blog for a long time… am stopping by from tatertots & jello today :)
Hair smelling like the beech is the next best thing to clothes smelling like campfire. I LOVE it!
Here from TT&J. Thanks for the giveaway!! I love your stuff. And I hope you have a good trip!!
So happy you made it safely…sounds like you are having a great time! Visiting from TT&J :)
Thanks for the chance at your generous giveaway. Smiles~Beth
Love everything you do and have so enjoyed reading your blog!! Hoping I win your giveaway at TT&J!! Thanks!
I wanted to go so bad but didn’t know about it until it was too late :(
I am stopping by via TT&J… Hello! I love everything you make. You are so incredibly talented!
Thanks for your fun, creative site!! I just found you today via tt&j and really loved how honest and open you were about asking for prayer for your trip.
I have been so blessed to get to travel all over Asia and S America and on one of my flights in Korea, we had a bit of a scare. Since then, I get nervous every time…every time. However, God says that we shouldn’t be anxious, but should pray and give our requests to Him. So, that’s just what I do…I pray *every* time! Glad you had a good, safe trip!! :) Looking forward to keeping up with you on your blog~ :)
yes! yes! :) instead of praying for safety i prayed more for thanks. it’s so incredibly hard for me to fly, but repeating over & over, “God, I trust you” made the flights so much easier. xoxo
Found your beautiful shop and blog through tt&j- excited at the chance to win and excited to find another great blog to read! God Bless!
I’m so glad I got to meet you on your trip out here! You are even more adorable in person. Praying for a safe, uneventful flight home for you and Carrie! ;)
hope you have a fabulous trip! Looks so much fun so far!
Looks like you had a great trip! Glad your fears didn’t keep you away!
That sounds amazing! I am jealous! So glad you had so much fun. — silent follower (til now) :-)
Sounds like you had a great getaway! Thanks for being so generous over at tater tots and jello! What an awesome giveaway!
I’m so glad you made it there and back safely and had a great time! You did great and each little step will help! :)
Looks like you had a great trip! Thanks for sharing about your AWESOME giveaway on tatertots and jello…so excited!
Yup, California (especially orange county) is the best! My fiance and I have had people from all over the world visit us here. I’m glad you enjoyed your stay!
One of these days I’m gonna bite the bullet and Go to Blog Sugar for some Inspiration. You and many others are such an inspiration on how to take and idea/passion and make it work.
i have always loved your site but just now realized you have a blog!
Ah — sounds/looks amazing!
Oh you are such a lucky girl. Hubby and I are from California, born and raised (we’re a Military family, so we were forced to move lol). I miss it so much. Anyways, you look like you are/had a wonderful time. Long Beach, is one of my fave places to be in Cali.
So glad you got to go to this Maggie. It sounds like you and the girls made quite the impact ;). I’ve been praying for each of you … as I stitched up your little goodies all the way up through the event. I hope your heart and soul were filled too!!
XOXO
andrea — OH MY WORD your embroidery hoops — they are adorable and amazing and we all LOVED them! thank you so so so much!!! :]
I live very close to where you visited. Long Beach is amazing, I went to schoo at Cal State Long Beach! It’s always funny to read about people visiting, such a different perspective.
It’s wonderful to find people giving God the glory on their blogs. Keep it up!
The honsety of your posting shines through