Inspiration
Kelley Moore: A Passion for Entertaining and Design
At this year’s Design Bloggers Conference, you’ll hear how blogger, author, TV personality Kelley Moore transformed her life by following her passion. Kelley, who will be speaking at the conference, is a lifestyle and entertaining expert with a simple mission: to inspire people to connect and build relationships through the entertaining and design. With an…
Read MoreTobi Fairley to Speak at Design Bloggers Conference
Traditional Home Magazine predicts “Tobi will be like Cher. Or Oprah. One of those women for whom one name says it all”. Selected as one of Traditional Home’s Top 20 Young Designers in America, Tobi Fairley has a signature look that is fresh and simple combining colorful, large-scale prints with classic furniture styles for a…
Read MoreCassandra LaValle: Life is in the Details, Style Accordingly
We are thrilled that Cassandra LaValle will be speaking at the Design Bloggers Conference. Cassandra LaValle is the editor behind the lifestyle blog coco+kelley where she explores trends in fashion, decor and entertaining, highlighting pieces that exude classic design and glamour. Launched in 2007, coco+kelley quickly gained a loyal following from readers that describe the…
Read MoreAttendee Profile: Barbara Karpf
In 2005 Barbara Karpf founded DecoratorsBest, an e-commerce website selling designer fabric and wallpapers at competitive, discount prices. Now with over two-hundred-thousand products and increasing daily, DecoratorsBest has established itself as a leader in the decorating community. The recently launched blog has increased DecoratorsBest’s visibility to the public, providing everything from Barbara’s designer tips to…
Read MoreAttendee Profile: Plum Pretty Sugar Loungerie
Blogging for Plum Pretty Sugar Loungerie is a little bit of “behind the scenes”… so much so we call the blog, { Between the Seams }. It is the inspirations, the aspirations, the sweet little things, and some of the big things that make this brand progress, move forward and essentially tick. The blog is…
Read MoreAttendee Profile: Regina Garay of Fauxology
Fauxology (www.Fauxology.com) explores the love affair between inspired Interior Design and extraordinary Decorative Painting. I started the blog in June 2007 and although I wrote sporadically then, it’s going to be almost a year since I’ve started writing daily posts. I simply adore decorative painting and finishing – which is good because my siblings and…
Read MoreAttendee Profile: Susan Jamieson of Bridget Beari Designs
I started blogging as away to document all the crazy things that happen to me, inspire me, and thrill me in this world of interior design. I started my first blog in July of 2007 to record a before and after kitchen makeover. From there it has evolved to include videos showcasing my travels and…
Read MoreHow Blogging Changed My Life: Kimberly Grigg
My first exposure to blogging involved me politely corrected a conference speaker on his pronunciation of the Southern dish, “chicken bog”. He was speaking about BLOGS… Mortified! However, in only one year, blogging has become my platform for promoting “green” design, gaining national recognition for my work… On hgtv.com
Read MoreHow Blogging Changed My Life: Fenella Pearson
I’m an interior designer and I have breast cancer. I started blogging because I wanted to help other women be less afraid. Jane Bryant Quinn, editor of a start-up hyperlocal news publication, read my blog and hired me as Home & Garden editor. Now I have a new career!
Read MoreHow Blogging Has Changed My Life: Cheryl Draa
Rising from the dust of recovery to focus on the future this “steelworker” takes what was learned from the past and begins welding the future. Blogging has provided me another outlet to my future, allowing me to merge past design experiences and knowledge into new forms of marketing and recognition.
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