winner announced!
free cbc '10 pass goes to:
NatTheFatRat said...Well, if you do not sing a little Celine a la cjane then I think the entire crowd may revolt.
c-line a la c-jane? You can use that if you'd like.
And you should wear blue!
Aren't you glad you asked?
i don't know how many times
the first comment wins the prize
but you done won it.
email me at cjanemail @ gmail.com
and we shall hook you up!
congrats!
ever since i started blogging
i've wanted to go to a blogger's conference
but not a high profile conference
so much
a smaller, more intimate conference
for those bloggers like me
who do it more for hobby.
i was thrilled
--you can imagine--
to learn about
the casual blogger conference
to be held may 28th
in utah.
but not a high profile conference
so much
a smaller, more intimate conference
for those bloggers like me
who do it more for hobby.
i was thrilled
--you can imagine--
to learn about
the casual blogger conference
to be held may 28th
in utah.
it will be a one day affair
perfect for a daily outing
with your blogger friends.
(worth making the trip, for out-of-towners!)
(utah is especially lovely in may!)
and by the looks of things
i will be the last keynote speaker
(gulp).
but maybe the best part of all
is the pricetag
really,
really
cheap packages
and early bird deals.
(see: here!)
the most excellent organizers
at the cbc'10 have given me
permission to giveaway one
conference pass.
who wants it?
to enter: toss me a comment
with a suggestion for my keynote speech
like what should i wear?
what joke should i start with?
how shall i manage my unmanageable lisp?
giveway will run until thursday, mst midnight!
thanks elisa, lee lou and team!
would your company be interested in sponsoring cbc '10?
good idea
email here:
admin@casualbloggerconference.com
cbc'10 is also looking
to feature products
in swag bags
(a swift way to get your
stuff out into the hands of bloggers)
email here:
admin@casualbloggerconference.com
perfect for a daily outing
with your blogger friends.
(worth making the trip, for out-of-towners!)
(utah is especially lovely in may!)
and by the looks of things
i will be the last keynote speaker
(gulp).
but maybe the best part of all
is the pricetag
really,
really
cheap packages
and early bird deals.
(see: here!)
the most excellent organizers
at the cbc'10 have given me
permission to giveaway one
conference pass.
who wants it?
to enter: toss me a comment
with a suggestion for my keynote speech
like what should i wear?
what joke should i start with?
how shall i manage my unmanageable lisp?
giveway will run until thursday, mst midnight!
thanks elisa, lee lou and team!
would your company be interested in sponsoring cbc '10?
good idea
email here:
admin@casualbloggerconference.
cbc'10 is also looking
to feature products
in swag bags
(a swift way to get your
stuff out into the hands of bloggers)
email here:
admin@casualbloggerconference.
100 comments:
Well, if you do not sing a little Celine a la cjane then I think the entire crowd may revolt.
c-line a la c-jane? You can use that if you'd like.
And you should wear blue!
Aren't you glad you asked?
Don't try to manage your lisp... I heart it. May 28 is my birthday. Wouldn't it be loverly for me to fly down and be attached at your hip for two, whole days?!?
Wear red...you look fabulous in red.
Definitely sing....it's your thing!
Lisp? You have a lisp? ...Never noticed before.
I would fly from Texas to come to this...From.Texas.
OOH! I've always wanted to go to a blogger conference! I like lisps. I don't think you need to worry about that. It'll make your speech more exciting!
i believe you should wear something that accentuates the baby belly (Will there still be a belly??) or if there is no belly..then something very red and retro. :)
manage your lisp by making a joke out of it. Something like....
"Welcome bloggers. I might be a suprise to you to hear my god given lisp. It's a good thing that my lisp doesn't slip into my typing, of i might not be here today"
hmmm, that sounded more funny in my head, with the right emphasis. You get the idea, right?
How about that yummy pink dress Betsy gave you?! Would love to fly in from Portland and attend the conference!!
Wear green!
As for the lisp, just say...."Do I sound different in person?"
(cracking myself up here)
You sing well....I saw your Christmas you tube!
Maybe you want to sing?
Wish I could come all the way to Utah from way down here in Florida to hear you!
Indie
sounds fantastic! i feel the same way about the big conferences... a bit overwhelming. i'm hoping to go to #smokies10 - but this sounds lovely too!
about the lisp... what's to do? it's fantastic and part of your charm :-)
I'd love to hear you and your lisp in person!
Wear something minx-y
CJane,
You don't strike me as the sort of person who would give the giveaway to a flatterer, but I'll just write what I think is true:
If you write your talk the same way your write your blog, and then you present it in the same voice you used for that podcast on UPP the other day (I didn't notice a lisp, so I can't comment on that), you won't be needing any advice from anyone.
The writing on your blog is hilarious. The voice I heard on UPP was so authentically Utahn. Combining the two (and what else would you do?) will win over the the type of people this conference is trying to attract (although the price for tickets is too high, but I take it you're not one of the organizers).
Minx dress,
Superpower hair,
Lisp even HARDER!
(ps Hi Shannon)
definitely something retro. and as for the lisp... i think it is a perfect trademark of yours.
Embrace the lisp!
Wear pink!
Sing!
Cry a little!
I'm scared just to GO to a conference and I'm not speaking. Mostly because I don't know anyone in Utah, even though I live here now. Pick me! I will go alone just to see you!
Clearly you should wear the very popular purple shoes (if you can stand [in] them). I think they count as "minx-y."
I h ope you sing! Maybe at the end? Also, wear that kick-y ruffle skirt (oh wait, will you be able to?). I love that skirt and I think about how I can steal it from you...:)
The purple shoes. You must.
I am no public speaker, but humor as well as singing is always appreciated!
Especially the humor.
Good luck!
I think you should wear something sassy! Probably it should be the perfect shade of sassy pink? Whatever you choose it will be perfect!
I think you should wear the "grandmother" dress that you got from Lucy. It's a beautiful color with your gorgeous hair, and the perfect color for spring!
I think you should start off with a fun Chief story... that way everyone will feel like they do when they read your blog.
Good luck. Wish I could be there.
You're a Star-Bellied Sneetch, so I wouldn't worry a moment about your lisp. We all want to be you.
And I second the ruffle skirt. It's red and fabulous.
I say you do your entire speech in limerick! You know..for fun.
i think you should perfect beyonce's single ladies and come out on stage shaking your groove thang!
but seriously, no matter what you do you will rock it!
im looking forward to it! :)
I think your ruffle skirt, too! But anything you wear or speak about will be great because you just are!!
The first thing I saw on your blog was a picture of you dancing at a birthday party. So shake it, baby.
Red lipstick! Of course. And yellow earrings. Always.
I would love to come! Just as much as my mother would love an excuse to see her only out-of-town grandchild. He's pretty cute. :)
Red lipstick, and then, if I were you, I'd lisp to high heaven. And maybe, just maybe, a little performance of "Single Ladies."
Um, you get to buy something new for this. It is a rule. So don't listen to any of the people telling you to wear something from your closet.
And this would be my VERY LAST CHANCE TO FLY before the baby comes. Just saying.
You've got your spice back, you'll know what to wear. I personally think you should slip on your spicy crocheted bracelets - in yellow. :) Oh, and aren't you proudly blogging on behalf of bloggers with a lisp? I say, don't even try to manage it. It's part of your spice. :)
I think you should wear blue. Love you in blue with your dark hair. Well, I mean, I don't LOVE love you, I'm in love with somebody else (sorry) but I think you look so pretty in blue.
Whatever you wear make sure you have great accessories. A great necklace can make a simple top or dress look amazing! I am sure you will be great, and I would love to be there :)
kissyjensen at gmail dot com
There's a shortage of perfect lisps in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours ...
Wow! Where have YOU been all my life?
I mean by the look at the comments you are getting you are a FABULOUS blogger. I'm going to have to catch up. I'll be a follower from now on.
What to speak on. Hmm. How long have you been blogging? Why did you start?
Are you a writer? You could talk about what makes you write and why you do it? Have U been published? Even cooler. If you have. Talk about that.
As for colors. Wear your fave colors. I heard once to pack all one color. That way your shoes will match everything.
:)
I would LOVE to win a CBC2010 ticket. MY hubby is looking for work and I am slowly saving money to go but if I won a ticket, that would seal my chances of going for sure!
I will be a regular follower from now on. I've seen the light!
It sounds like you sing?
Maybe you could sing too? :)
I don't have any good jokes, but I would love to learn about where you fit in blogging in your real life.
Tell us what inspires your blog posts! I love them all. I mean, do they just come to you in your dreams? Do they flow from your fingertips? Does the family tell you what to blog about?
Wear shoes that pop! Well not literally of course but you get what I'm saying. :)
i think you should talk about why you blog and how you feel about the people who read them, what you try to get across to them. also you should wear purple, with some fabulous shoes!
Can't wait to hear from you! You'll be fabulous...just be your sassy self and don't take away the lisp...it's like a trademark! luv, trina
i think ... most definitely ... that you need to put together some song and dance routine to lead out with. you know ... to loosen things up a bit. :)
and i'm thinking you should wear your house dress (or MuMu as i like to call them) ... you'll be much more comfortable in that than anything else. i'll wear mine too, if that helps you feel less self-conscious about it.
I would love for you to sing us a little diddy. It would be just magical!
this is so exciting!!!
Wear something that shows off your, um, décolletage. Just kidding. Kind of.
wear that adorable coral-colored 50's dress you found recently, i love those old styles! and you can do your hair like you did in the picture, which reminded me of reese witherspoon's in "walk the line" or faith hill's in the music video for "never loved at all," although faiths was a much more extreme version. yours was definitely more like reese's.
and then wear leggings and a cute rosette necklace or head band or something to make it modern while still being 50's classy. oh man. love it.
just a thought.
Just be yourself. We love YOU!
I would so love to be there.
I think you should sing . . . have Topher play the piano and you just sing your heart out. We love it when you do that.
No matter what you wear or how you sound, take comfort that everyone of the people in the audience have their own insecurities whether you can see them or not. They're not the ones with courage to put it out there by getting up to that podium so there! Would love to come!
Love to go!
My suggestion: start with a baby belly bump joke.
"My reputation - and my belly - proceeds me...."
No way to hide it so run with it! (or maybe waddle)
hahaha!! I LOVE the other comment about Beyonce's "single Ladies" You should totally do it!!! You would rock! :) I think you look beautiful in RED!!! A cute red grandma dress with red lipstick and maybe a yellow bangle....! ok, maybe not yellow....that might be a little too ronald mcdonald....or katsup and mustard. Maybe lime green....ya, lime green:) good luck! You'll do great!
Oooh! Please enter my name! :) I definitely suggest opening with a song...or perhaps a knock knock joke...
Who's there!
Eskimo!
Eskimo who?
Eskimo questions. I'll tell you no lies!
Thank you for this opportunity! :)
Whatever dress you choose, I definitely think you should wear fishnets. Fishnets are totally part of my 'power suit.'
I've been looking for a blogger conference to attend, and I've been dying for an excuse to go to Utah.
Two birds, one stone. Love it.
Well, what a treat to see you in person, this would be fun and I'm always up for a trip to Utah. Please just be yourself, that's what we like about you.
I really want to go to this one. Mainly because you are speaking. {No brown nosing here...my nose is already brown}
Let's see, I think you could sing one of your made up songs but really try to incorporate the lisp. That way people can hear it's true beauty through your voice. Just to start to conference out right.
Also, wear something from Shabby Apple, you can't go wrong with one of their numbers. Or wear one of your vintage dresses so we can drool over it because we will never be able to find another one like it!
Don't wear too much perfume. (Always good advice.)
I would really, really like to go. I leave my fate in the hands of the random number generator.
Courtney, just be yourself, because YOU are positively perfect. And I want to win so I cam come and visit you!!!!
I think you should start off your speech with a sentence full of s's! The joke and getting the lisp out the way right up front! You will win them over. Good luck!
Would love to come!
Wear a big butterfly, bird or flower in your hair a la Carrie from Sex in the City... ;-)
This would be fun to just hang with all of you.
Cheers!
I, for one, would like to see a saucy grandma dress. The lisp? Keep it. Charming! And as for jokes, I trust you implicitly in that area. But there's nothing like a from-the-podium knock knock joke for the sweet awkwardness that makes comedy happen.
Orabelle's Pink Minx dress is a popular choice. And if you're dressing minxy you should sing us a little somethin' somethin'.
Your lisp is just totally you--keep it!
And you should wear something fun!! Something wild and crazy and you. What about the purple pumps? Or the Orabelle dress? You look great in that.
P.s. I would love to be there!
A tiara and a sash?
I think for sure the Grandma Dress from Lucy and because you are wearing something that you already have then you can for sure buy some nice new shoes. Go with the lisp, and think if someone else has one you know they are just trying to copy you! It will be the new thing--instead of talking Swedish they will be talking Courtish!
My suggestion is that you require any bloggers wishing to make comments or ask your questions to do so while lightly lisping. Solidarity.
(For me, it comes naturally.)
so fun. i would love a pass.
just be you- that's who we(your readers) like anyway.
and wear comfy shoes.
okay. i told myself i wouldn't try to win since i THINK my lover will be deployed then but what the heck. if i win this, i will FIND a way to go...(and a nanny to watch my five rats).
you should wear that shirt you got scoldd for wearing. the t-shirt that makes ur boobs look big. create scandal. and somehow match it with ur purple strappy heels. HOT.
-jessica
Oh yes, do sing. And bring your brother Topher to accompany you. I just love seeing a bald guy with glasses at the piano.
I really want to go to this conference, so pick me.
Please do not manage your lisp. It's quite endearing and I would like to hear it in real life.
I'm all for red shoes with coordinating retro dress. As far as your speech, you simply must keep it real with your lisp. Trying to cover it up would be as sacrilegious as covering up Cindy Crawford's beauty mark. Yes, the tried it but in the end the mark won!
You should wear something fierce, whatever that means....
The joke you should start with....tell people you are really happy to be speaking to them. Ha! Funny, no?
And, don't worry about a lisp. They are a-okay in my book. And my book is pretty important, just ask anyone.
I think you should open your talk with a number like you did for Chief's b-day (complete with backup dancers). As far as what to wear...I am prego too and it should be whatever makes you feel good on that day. You might pick it out the night before but it will really depend on how you are feeling the day of.
I would LOVE a day down south. I think you should wear a shabby apple dress - do they make maternity?
since I think it was your best look ever -
a retro apron with the words
"future blogger fodder"
referring to the babe on board of course.
thanks for all you do!
SO wish I could be there!!
I know everyone is into skirts these days. But I find dark blue jeans to be very slimming...I have a whole closet full! You can't believe how many different shapes and sizes of dark blue jeans you can spend money on when they make you look slimmer. So I say, dark blue jeans and a frilly top. Screw skirts! (But if you wear a skirt I will still read your blog. Maybe. Oh I will.)
I'd love to come-we'll see. I don't care what you wear as long as your hair is still brown. I like it best that way.
Definitely wear your Orabelle dress, because you look like a minx in it, especially with that gorgeous brown hair of yours!
Ummm....I can leave you a suggestion of what not to do? That's helpful, no? Well maybe you shouldn't start off dressed like Austin Powers (hey, it was over 10 years ago and it was popular and it just came out), then say something about being so nervous, and run off stage, and have a loud recording of what sounds like someone peeing (was in the movie) then came back on sighing in relief and say something like, "please allow myself to introduce...myself", because it's possible that no one will laugh. and by it's possible, I mean no one will laugh. This may have happened to me when I was running for student council....just maybe (yes), I was kind of special..... :) I want to go! and I'm a utahn! cross fingers cross fingers
Anything you wear will be GREAT!
Any joke you tell will be FUNNY!
& your lisp is ADORABLE!
I would love to come and see what you come up with! Pick me! Pick ME! :) LOL
Wear Thee shoes.
Maybe a cat suit?
(Think J-Lo, new years eve)
And backup dancers always help.
wear red. always wear red.
I want to go really bad. I would make the trek from NorCal to Utah in a heart beat for this conference.
I'd like to know more about doing great, diff. perspective photos like you do.
And, I think you need to bring Mao.
I really want to go. I am in California, so it's close, but I will still need a plane ticket. I just stumbled onto this conference this weekend and knew I had to go, it's perfect! I gotta win a ticket at least if I'm going to convince hubby to pay for the plane ticket...
I want to come - all the way from Florida ... so my advice is "Just be yourself ... you are the BEST when you are just YOURSELF!"
Really need to win this ticket!
For your keynote speech, I highly recommend Spanx. Cannot go wrong with those!
i am super casual blogger. nothing special to be written in magazines about, but i would love to attend this. what a wonderful opportunity.
i am afraid everyone has already said this but i am going to tell you as well, be yourself. don't try to hide your lisp and don't wear anything you don't feel comfortable in.
Wear one of your half shirts baring the belly, with a grass skirt, then you won't have to worry about your lisp people will be too distracted ;D Or you could just show up in your underwear and say you are just trying to make everyone else feel more comfortable while you give your speech, lol!
I'm going to be leaving UT at the end of May so I will miss it.
I want to go in the WORST WAY!!!
I want to be inspired and most of all....
I want to hear you speak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think you should talk about why you write, and what inspires your thoughts. There are so many people who think they can't blog because they aren't good at writing.... but I know you are the person to motivate them!!! You are!
You should wear Orabelle (if it still fits), you look great in that color. And.... you should definately dance (unless it would throw you into labor... then don't dance.... sit calmly in a chair.)
Ok, I confess.... I also want to get my hands on a Sweet Tooth Fairy Cupcake while I'm in town.
Wear ruffles.
And your most favorite earrings.
And your cleavage.
Bring your baby.
Do a little dance.
Make your baby dance.
Everyone will love you!
I like the idea of wearing ruffles! You'll be great!
That little Orabelle number would be great. Or... maybe sweats if you are 8 and 3/4 months pregnant.
I would enjoy hearing you talk about some of the technical things of your blog (layout, bells and whistles). Also, what inspires your writing.
Let the lisp roll. Nobody minds. :)
Wear orange. Hold up a bowl of oranges. Ask the audience who in the audience is an orange ( the same boring blog as everyone else) and then hold up a unique fruit and say....or are you unique and do u stand out when you write on your blog. Funny side note.... You could hold up different fruits like a melon which represents melon head rude commentors. Who knew fruit could be so fun? Make it work for u and you will stand out above the crowd! Obviously everyone is "bananas for u and Steph" or u wouldn't be asked to be the speaker! Good luck!
Wow - I'd love to see anything you do. Just don't make us cry!
I love your dark locks - and I love dark locks and red. Red is a fab color.
Really, you know what you should wear. Shoot dang, I'm calling CMM to get it shipped back just in time. Just think...you can be the Leo Lisp Lady and give your entire speach in quebecois. I'd be glad to translate.
Ooh pick me. I'm totally willing to fly in from California. I need a mommy only getaway. Don't avoid the lisp. Its endearing & its you! We all love you. As far as what to wear...I'm assuming you'll be wearing a beautiful new baby. That will make the outfit complete, whatever you wear underneath a baby. If you pick me can we have breakfast one morning? My treat...you pick the place.
oh my goodness, i would LOVE to win, especially since i live on the east coast. you should wear a beautiful dress from the shabby apple. stylish, yet professional. you'll do great + i'd love to be there to see it in person! xo
Okay, open with the joke: "Whats brown and sticky?" (A stick!) If the joke fails, pull your collar and make a face a la Rodney Dangerfield.
Don't worry about the lisp.
Wear something you haven't bought yet that goes with the lovely purple pumps in the piano photo.
How about showing us the Jungle Drum dance your SIL cooked up? That'd be a great way to start off your speech!
Wear one of those awesome headbands. You've blogged pictures of so many.
This would be fan-freakin'-tastic if I won.
I believe you should start out by singing that uh-mazing Christmas song...I don't even want to mention it...because it will most definitely get stuck in my head AGAIN.
Just so you know I had to play that video multiple times, and for more multiple people. It made my day. Really it did!!
Thank you.
Wear the Orabelle dress. You look hot in that.
I think your keynote speech should be about why you chose to fly the casual blogger Notes From The Frugal Trenches over from England to attend the conference. I promise to bring my accent with me and fill you in on the top British baby names. I also promise to bring any British chocolate or treats you miss, because we all know Americans love our chocolate. And, as a special thank you, since I to spent time in Canada I will also bring poutine.
Accent
Chocolate
Poutine
Seriously nothing better!!
Oh and baby names.
And no that isn't a sneeky way of getting two chances, I genuinely did forget!
Count me in! I'd love to win. And you better wear those angel wings in your keynote, with a halo!! ;)
Depends what kind of lisp you have. I could help with that.
Try long t's. That turns into s's. Try keeping your s's on that spot on the top of your mouth where you burn pizza on (right behind your teeth).
Other than that, I've got nothing.
I would wear something that goes with the purple shoes you got so many comments about ... maybe something bright since it "suits" you so well!
And your lisp is darling - endearing, no need to worry. :)
(And I'm local, so I would FOR SURE come if I won!)
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