Blogging Your Way 2.0

Holly Becker of Decor8 blog is at it again.  You may remember that I took her Blogging Your Way class in the winter of 2010 which majorly revolutionized the way I blog and the look of it.  She has decided to offer a follow up class that I just signed up for in the month of June. 

I feel like I have been letting my beloved Design R blog get a little out of shape as a result of my business seeing growth (yay!)  However, Design R is one of my loves and I think it's time to put the running shoes on and get it back into shape!

Be looking for some life to be pumped back into this blog and some great changes as I get much cherished feedback from my classmates.

If you are interested in Holly's e-courses for your own blog, you can find out more here.

Giveaway: Decorate

I know I just had a great giveaway a few weeks ago and now it's time for another! 

This is the promised Decorate book by Holly Becker that I got especially signed for my readers at the book signing in San Francisco.  I also was able to get Leslie Shewring to sign.  Bonus! (If you haven't seen Leslie's yummy photography over at A Creative Mint, you must check it out right now!)

You are going to LOVE this book. 

Holly was even so generous as to throw in a Decorate pin!

How to enter:

Leave a comment about your favorite decorating style and you will be entered to win!

Bonus entry:
1. Tweet about the giveaway mention @rwarddesign and leave a comment back here about your tweet
2. Become a new follower and leave a comment about it

The giveaway will last a bit longer this time since I want to give everyone a chance to enter!  The last day to enter is Thursday, September 8.  Winner will be chosen via random.org and announced on Friday September 9th.

Best of Luck!

Decorate Book Tour

 Yesterday I made a trip down to San Francisco to meet and greet Holly Becker of the popular blog Decor8.  She has just come out with a book, appropriately named Decorate.  The Anthropologie store was hosting the event, providing a mood board presentation by Holly and Leslie Shewring.  Leslie authors the blogs Color Me Pretty and A Creative Mint. How can I resist the combination of some of my favorite bloggers in one of my favorite stores in one of my favorite cities??

Accompanied by a colleague, DeAnna Mackensen of REDesign, we made a day of it by hitting the San Francisco Design Center (more on that later) before making our way to Union Square to do a bit of shopping before the event.

We arrived at Anthropoligie to join the other bloggers and Holly Becker fans for a bit of refreshments and farmers market kettle corn before Holly went through the process of making a mood board.  She gave great advice on how to not get overwhelmed when you are out shopping for your home by making a plan via the mood board.

Holly's Mood Board

Holly Becker

Holly Becker

Leslie Shewring

After the presentation, we chatted with fellow attendees, Holly and Leslie Shewring.

Me and Leslie

Me and Holly

Both Holly and Leslie were teachers in the Blogging Your Way class I took in the Winter 2010 session.  The class led me to have much admiration for their creative abilities and mastership of blogging and design.  They are my creative gurus!

It was such a fun night!  I gathered a few inspirations just from being in the Anthropologie store!

 

Holly will be touring a few other cities on her book tour, she is in LA tonight.  If you don't have a chance to catch her in person, I highly recommend picking up a copy of Decorate, which is already in its 4th printing.  It's back ordered on Amazon but you may be able to snag a copy at your closest Anthropologie.

.....Or you can stay tuned for a special giveaway of a signed copy of Decorate that I picked up just for my readers!  Giveaway will be announced on Monday!  Have a great weekend!