we are super excited to announce we booked our space for our portland blogshop! Fontana Studios is located at the charming historical North Coast Seed Building who host around 40 units filled with architects, painters, photographers, designers and woodworkers. we thought it would be the perfect place to set up shop.
we are excited to head back to one of our favorite cities (and eat a bunch of good food too!)
we still have 5 seats open in this one! hope to see you there!
to sign up for blogshop go here
and to request your city go right here
i am excited to show you around a little bit more inside the bold italic space we taught at in san francisco! there are so many good workspace ideas (textured walls, hanging light bulbs, cool decor!) and let me fill you in on the cool products we gave our students at blogshop!
1. noteify heart SF tote bags – represent your city!
2. see those instagram magnets up there? i loved how they turned out! stickygram uses this great matte finish and gives you these tiny little memories to stick on your fridge. a great way to print out your vacation photos. or give them as a gift!
that wood wall makes me want to bust out a saw real bad. someone needs to recreate this!
3. wood + metallic yoyos from something’s hiding in here! (love the packaging in those bags!)
typewriters on the wall? ok, i’m sold. and you see that yellow wall up there? it’s made purely of PENCILS! imagine the patience that took. turned out awesome though.
4. colorful cutout arrow cards (see all the colors here) designed by ashley pahl!
5. our friends over at arch supplies sent us these cool wooden pencils & notepads. fit the vibe of the space quite well! have you guys visited arch? you should!
those hanging lights looked amazing!
6. you must check out all the new spring scotch nail polish colors over here on hip apotheca! i’ll take one of each please.
just angela + I loungin’ around before class…
and an additional shout out to wasara for your lovely tableware, uppercase magazine and our friends over at adobe photoshop!
i know, that wall is incredible! and so was this class. thanks for showing us such a great time, san francisco! excited to see a whole lotta new blogs come to life.
to sign up for blogshop or learn more about this photoshop class for bloggers here! i see canada in our near future. and portland right around the corner!
this time we made ourselves right at home at victoria’s house for SF blogshop (two classes back to back). we had never done that before, and I felt proud that we were even able to sell two in a row! it was pretty exhausting, but at the same time totally fulfilling. there are so many new blogs about to be born after those classes, and that makes me feel really great.
we taught in this space called the bold italic (if you live in SF, you have got to check this place out!) it was an artist’s paradise. now, let me tell you a little bit about our awesome sponsors!
1. maptote: SF tote bags that were beyond perfect. find your city here.
2. One True Love Rentals set up these cool vintage school themed props! they do great work.
3. Enjoy Events Co: two adorable gals that NAILED the flower arrangements & garland decor. if i was going to turn into a flower arrangement, this is what i would want to look like.
4. Greenhouse Design Studio gave our students these beautiful linen napkins (i’m so happy i was able to snag one!) and these natural tea leaf soaps that smelled fantastic.
see, isn’t this space so rad? the wood work was beyond impressive. (and another flower arrangement by the enjoy girls!)
5. Reverie Daydream: these detailed letter press monogrammed flat cards (i like these too)
oh! and two of our students traveled all the way from guatemala to attend the class. crazy, right! they brought these little handmade “worry dolls” to give to everyone as a nice gift. you are supposed to put them under your pillow to take your worries away. boy, do i need that.
hard at work, learning photoshop…
6. Ellington donated these colorful leather change purses (the bold red is my fave)
7. MattieLuxe made individual place mats with the student’s names on them! great for parties.
8. Acme Party Box: these cute DIY terrariums. green thumb not required.
9. Wasara: i am seriously obsessed with this company. They sell these disposable cups, bowls and plates that make your events look top notch. the design is extraordinary!
10. EarthLust: eco-friendly water bottles. hey, we keep our students hydrated!
11. Viv & Ingrid: tiny stud earrings to wear on a casual day.
12. Uppercase Magazine: one of my favorite magazines! I gladly pass these babies out in class. (have you read the most recent issue?)
this group was filled with a buncha fire balls. ready to learn. ready to tackle photoshop! ps, designers have you taken a look at the new version? i am excited to see what’s next.
thanks caitlin for hosting the class & helping us put together a wonderful event! couldn’t have done it without ya.
if you want to learn more about what we teach in class, head on over here and here! (still a few spots in portland) and we are getting ready to announce new cities…sign up for our mailing list to be the first to know about it.
i have been thinking a lot about blogshop. and i feel apart of something big. bigger than i can imagine really. and that feeling can’t really be put into words…
well well, what do we have here? a profesh blogshop teacher portrait? it looks that way!
we picked out these glorious string lights from paris to decorate the space (you can find them here) i love that you can choose your own variety of colors and personalize them…
curtain road studios in london was THE perfect space. and such a good energy in this class too (i still can’t get over how NICE people are in london!) the all white sure added to the good energy.
the goodie bags were pretty fun this time around! here’s where you can find these awesome companies:
1. we actually just made these magnets. picked up some little ceramic trinkets and glued a magnet to the backs. simple!
2. lisa congdon designed these adorable mid-century chair tattoos for tattly!
3. i wear these ban.do pom flowers just about everyday. different colors for every mood.
4. it was time to switch up the design for our pinhole press notebooks! each class gets a special cover.
the rebel rebel flowers in vintage bottles made the space just perfect!
6. how bout those cute tiny crescent triangle earrings?
(can you tell we love taping stuff to the wall?)
7. we are big fans of these neon ampersands printed on heavy cardstock.
8. you can’t really go wrong with a big pink heart on a white card!
9. those yellow happy note cards with gold foil. i can’t get over how perfect those are! (she has other colors too)
these pictures bring back such good memories for me!
i can’t thank mailchimp enough for sending my bestie to london to photograph behind the scenes! and now we have TONS of photos to use for our eblasts. every company should use mailchimp for custom email newsletters. they are so helpful for us, seriously! (speakin of that – have you signed up for our mailing list to hear about the city announcements before anyone else?)
and one of our students made this adorable behind the scenes video! it really shows how cool the space was, so i thought i would share it with you guys! we are announcing cities within the next few days, stay tuned!
we stopped in new york to teach blogshop before heading to london. (it sure made that flight short and easy) there was such a wide variety of students attending this time. high school students, moms, food bloggers, wedding planners, stylists, writers…the list goes on. it sure makes things interesting in there!
great links from our new york class!
1. colorful chanel nail polish poster! samantha’s illustrations are so wonderful.
2. rebecca tricked out our space with that cool window decor & vintage props!
3. tattly: a never ending supply of well-designed temporary tattoos.
4. curious creatures: we love these geometric brass triangle necklaces. simple and lovely.
5. tokketok: perforated cards with funny words you can pass out to your friends.
6. knot & bow: our favorite place to go for metallic twine!
7. pretty please: a student in our class handed out these “blogger babe” nail polishes! you can name your own polish for parties and events.
8. we really enjoy working with pinhole press to make our blogshop notebooks. we just upload the artwork for the cover and a photo for the inside and that’s it. it’s super easy and has given me a place to write my 5,000 to-do lists!
angela and i had a big meeting tonight and picked a bunch of new cities and dates. sign up for our mailing list and be the first one to know about it when they’re announced!
as always, we love you new york! you can expect we will be back.
you guys weren’t lyin about seattle having a starbucks on every corner, were ya? and i thought it was funny that i always hear friends complain about the gloom there, and when we went the sun was shining bright the whole time! the seattle blogshop was great (our biggest class yet!). we taught at this really cool artist space called fred wildlife refuge. (check out this huge open room!)
scout rentals made our space all good looking with her awesome furniture & decor (like these pillows i loved!) and look at that beautiful teal + gold laura burkhart abstract painting that we raffled off. i would definitely put that in my loft.
we included a lot of wonderful artists that i’m excited to share with you all. it’s still really fun for me to hand pick the items that students get in each city.
our seattle sponsors!
1. AuRetour – a print studio in brooklyn makes these cool geometric totes!
2. Julia Kostreva – silver foil dotted gift tags & those journals that i quickly became obsessed with!
3. Field Guide Design – those colorful DIY paper ornaments! i hung mine in my office at home!
4. Balue/Co – i was really drawn to this jewelry when i spotted it on etsy! i like the simple silk cord!
5. Our Paper Shop – my dear friend emma just started a card line. it’s hard to pick a favorite!
6. ravenna girls – neon rope bracelets!
7. Lime Green – organic soap trio
wonderful food by:
homegrown catering, cupcakes with adorable heart toppings by trophy cupcakes, pesto jars by rialto pasta bar, AND these cool cookies thanks to be coolinary!
to see a cool behind the scenes video that Stephan Gray put together, head right on over here!
it was great meeting new friends and exploring a new city for me. thank you all for your creative energy! and as always, thanks to our friends at Adobe Photoshop for your generous gifts!
here’s a cool behind the scenes video that Stephan Gray put together from our seattle class! to see all of the photos of our seattle trip and peek inside the artist’s space we taught in, head on over here!
it’s starting to get wild how many of these blogshop classes we have taught! we just had an LA round 4! here are some highlights of the photoshop-tastic weekend…
the bash please gals put together the most darling little floral arrangements & super cool triangle decor! those girls are so full of talent, it hurts!
we silk screened these cardboard boxes to hold all the presents for the students. it was a nice change and i found it really entertaining to watch the girls open them!
our awesome sponsors!
1. knot & bow: silver and gold metallic twine – perfect for special packages!
2. something’s hiding in here: adorable brightly colored wishbones
3. leah duncan: three pack of blank patterned notebooks – great for list makers.
4. twig: that quirky letterpress love print – i want it in my office.
5. we see rainbows: my assistant made these adorable little gold + pink clothespins! craft queen.
5. show me your mumu: everyone got to choose a patterned flowy mumu top
we swear by heirloom LA and their ridiculously good food. i don’t really know how they do it, but i think they are putting magic crack dust in their lasagna cupcakes. i’ve been eating these babies every night since class.
and thanks for the sweet treats, frosted cupcakery!
and students, make sure you check out all the fun smilebooth photos from the weekend!!
NEXT CLASSES FOR SALE: London (2 spots just opened!)
we posted alllllll about the fun we had in austin over here!
