Get The TechniqueLast Thursday we hosted an event for a couple hundred of our favorite bloggers. It was a great chance for all of the blogs under Martha Stewart to get together and meet the people behind the blogs we love. We'd planned a rooftop party, overlooking the Hudson River, but the threat of rain moved us inside into one of our photo studios. There was plenty of great food & drink, straight from the pages of our magazines, and activities like ping pong & paper crafting. All of the blogs under This is Living, from the editors here at Martha Stewart Living, were present, stamping passports with out top NYC craft, garden, food, decorating, and family destinations. I had a great time, and it looked like everyone else did too. Were you there? What did you think?
1 Steph, Athena, and I stand by the Crafts Dept. booth, ready to stamp some passports. Those boxes are from last August's Dipping story.
2 That's our last blog header and some of Martha's aditors' passports to NYC.
3 This passport is stamped with our top ten NYC craft destinantions.
4 Editors from Graden stamping their top ten NYC Garden Destinations.
5 Hannah crafted with our guests.
6 There was a lot of paper punching happening.
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10 Tom from Garden and Charlotte from the Food Department chatting with guests.
11 Whole Livingbrought in a bicycle powered blender to make smoothies.
12 Lucinda and sons Calder and Miles with some delicious redipes from Mad Hungry.
13 Leslie from Everyday Food serving up s'mores and sliders. Delicious!
14 Sharkey & Francesca couldn't make it, but The Daily Wag was there without them.
15 Martha gave a speech. Everyone listened.
16 The Whatever Girls stopped by.
17 The Bride's Guide brought in delicious treats.
18 Pretty tablesetting ideas from Sandals Weddings by Martha Stewart.
19 Tome gave a painting demonstration.
20 Living's Sarah Carey chatting with EDF's Anna Last
21 There were a lot of giveaways.
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From: Melanie @ Whimsical Creations | 8/9/10 at 12:16 pm
I wasn't there. I did see it on blogs I follow. Looks like everyone had a great time. One day I would like to attend.
From: Pamela Smerker | 8/9/10 at 1:28 pm
I had an amazing time and loved meeting everyone from the crafts department. A real dream come true for me! Next on my list...to be a guest on the show!!
From: thea | 8/9/10 at 4:31 pm
What punch was used to make the vine in the 7/23 photo?
From: Shirley | 8/9/10 at 6:51 pm
Any way you could share the top NYC craft destinations with us? I wasn't able to make out all of them from the photo. Thanks!
From: nan | 8/9/10 at 10:46 pm
My friend went and she had a blast! Loved hearing about it!
Ps I love the pet items!!!
From: Shelley@DivinePartyConcepts | 8/10/10 at 8:30 am
I have heard so many great things from other "party friends" that attended! What an exciting event!
From: Craft Test Dummies visits Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Offices! | Craft Test Dummies | 8/10/10 at 2:04 pm
[...] the way, you can see the photos from the Crafts Department photo stream of Blogger’s Night Out, too! There’s a great pic of all of the crafty [...]
From: Morgan Levine | 8/10/10 at 3:58 pm
Hi Shirley,
We'll publish a post next week about all of the blogs' top ten destinations.
Morgan
From: Champagne Mom | 8/11/10 at 1:55 pm
I follow many friends on Twitter who went to this event and viewed their photos after-wards. It sounds like it was a wonderful time! Will you be doing another event during the conference next yer?
Thank you!
Champagne Mom
From: Fashionably Organized » Blog Archive » DIY Wednesday Organization & More | 8/11/10 at 5:53 pm
[...] Stewart’s The Craft Dept blog posted Around Town: Bloggers Night Out and of course I couldn’t help but link to it because I WAS THERE!!!! It was so awesome to [...]
From: Candice @ Fashionably Organized | 8/11/10 at 5:55 pm
Thank you for such a fantastic time. I had such a wonderful time and loved all of the different areas we could visit. I only wish Twitter had been working at that time so I could have shared with people about how great it was. I linked to this post in my post for today: http://www.fashionablyorganized.com/2010/08/diy-wednesday-organization-more/
From: lisa | 8/16/10 at 6:06 pm
Does anyone know where to buy rice paper. I have a wedding that wants to cover vases with orange and yellow rice paper.
From: Kristy ~ Posh Pixels Design Studio | 8/17/10 at 12:13 pm
I was there & it was absolutely fabulous! You all did an amazing job with the event! I'm thrilled that I had the opportunity to attend!
From: Condo Blues | 8/23/10 at 6:50 pm
The party was fabulous! I had such a wonderful time talking to everyone at MSO about what and how you do what you do. There blueberry green tea smoothies were to die for! Is the recipe listed somewhere?
Best of all was seeing my dog's face when I gave him the pet toy door prize I won. He turned inside out with joy! http://condo-blues.blogspot.com/2010/08/make-woven-ribbon-and-washer-bracelet.html We shared the bounty with some of our favorite rescues.
From: BlogHer: Martha Stewart Bloggers Night Out – Wistful Wrists | 9/1/10 at 2:49 pm
[...] other great accounts of the party. A few of my favorites are Craft Test Dummies, TomKat Studio, The Crafts Dept., Blonde Mom, or can just peruse the Flickr group full of photos from the [...]