Preparing for SNAP!

Hello friends! I hope you all had a nice weekend. I spent mine getting prepared for SNAP! Conference and vending at a spring craft fair. Will any of you be attending SNAP this year? I would LOVE to meet you in person. I am thrilled be be attending this year (to say the least)! Yes, I am a newbie and have saved long and hard to be able to attend with my creative colleagues this year. I am looking forward to learning and I know I will come home incredibly inspired. I feel blessed to be able to learn from such creative, innovative women.
Want a peek into my preparations? If you follow me on Instagram, you get most of the "behind the scenes/real life" stuff. But for those of you who don't have Instagram, I thought I would share some of my preparations with you :)

I made sure my bloggy business cards were ready for my trip. I love how well they match my blog. Thanks to my husbands design skills, I have some pretty sweet cards. I will say, however, I could probably stand to bring another 100 with me, but what I have will have to do.

I even attached some pretty rings I made with some baker's twine to the first 45 bloggy friends I meet at SNAP! I hope they love their little gift.

I finally made it over to the new Tanger outlet mall near my house. I found some really cute clothes in some really fun stores. Ummm...can we say "I love you H&M!"??

I rounded up all my luggage... a suitcase, plenty of zipper pouches for organization, my jewelry organizer, my purse, and my awesome Nest of Posies bloggy tote.

I checked out the SNAP schedule, picked out the classes I'd like to attend, and plugged them into my Much Ado About You planner. Now I am ready to register first thing Thursday morning. I also prepared a schedule for my husband and daughter, laid out her outfits for the days I am gone,

I also made some really fun swag for my roomies, Bev of Flamingo Toes and Michele of The Scrap Shoppe. Can I tell you how excited I am to be rooming with these girls?? SO EXCITED!! Once I am back from SNAP, not only will I share all of the juicy details, but I will share the FUN swag I gave my bloggy friends.

Most of the out-of-towners who are attending SNAP are flying into Utah. Not me. I'm road trippin' it with some of my FAVORITE Arizona bloggers. Do you recognize them?
Cindy of Jenkins Kid Farm Kendra of My Insanity Sara of Clever Pink Pirate and Laura of Pink Cake Plate.
Um...Hello Party Bus!! : ) If you are not familiar with these ladies, I HIGHLY suggest you RUN over to their blogs. They are so creative, so fun, so silly, and so sweet.
And in the midst of preparing for my trip, I did a little of this over the weekend...

My big helper and I sold hand painted signs and handmade jewelry and hair accessories at a spring craft fair. I can't get enough of it!! So fun : )
I leave for SNAP early Wednesday morning. Follow along on my adventure via Instagram. kara_mineforthemaking
Have a great week, friends! See you tomorrow for Tot School Tuesdays.