Haven 2013--What I Did, What I Learned, and The Swag

I have a tiny, tiny blog. But I'm a HUGE DIY blog reader/fan and I was just itching to attend Haven. So, I registered back in February and Alex decided to join me and hang out in Atlanta for a few days. All I can say is that I am a super-fan/geek and I had so much fun! We flew in and arrived on Thursday afternoon. I registered and there was a cocktailparty that evening. Later on, I met Alex at the Braves game.

The next 2 days were filled with attending classes, listening to speakers, eating and socializing, and talking to vendors.
Here I am at the Advanced Painting class taught by Marion of Miss Mustard Seed and Shauna of Perfectly Imperfect.

Sandra from Sawdust Girl and Brittany from Pretty Handy Girl taught a great class on how to cut and install mouldings.

Sandra had these templates to help with crown moulding. I am making a set of these as soon as I get a real mitre saw.

Painting with Chalk Paint class.

Whitney and Ashley from Shanty 2 Chic showed us how to make a spice rack. They built the whole thing from start to finish during the class, nothing was precut.

And here is all the stuff I came home with.

I also met some super cool bloggers that I'll be friending as I go through my stack of business cards.

Thanks for stopping by!! --Adrienne