And the winner is: Diane4529!
Please email me Diane and I’ll email you the confirmation of the paid ticket. Let me know if something prevents you from coming so we make good use of the ticket! Congratulations Diane!
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Before you fill up that brand spanking new 2012 calendar, I think you should consider a little road trip with me to Nashville on March 10.
My darling sweet-as-sugar friend Sibi has announced Pearl Event II—The Double Strand, a gathering of women for a day to connect through stories and share through vulnerability and encourage our fellow sisters in our various vocations as women.
My knees are already knocking. I’m supposed to share my story. Whilst standing upright and speaking into a microphone. And ideally without disintegrating into a puddle of tears.
I said yes right away and then got chest pains and hyperventilated. Then I ate some fudge and felt better.
And then I did hitch kicks because PAIGE IS GONNA BE THERE TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
{I don’t know if I can wait until March.}
So I really hope you’ll join us. We want to meet you and love on you and make sure you know what a pearl of great price you are to our Father!
Sibi’s friends Sarah and Jane will be there as well sharing their stories. I have lots of new friends to make!
And then Sibi herself will tell her tender story of struggle and faith.
{{Side story: I met Sibi at Blissdom 2 years ago and I think she may very well be an angel in disguise. You’ve never met a more sweet or gracious southern belle. Her description of meeting me cracked me up—she said I was a cross between Paula Deen and Beth Moore, carrying a plate of cupcakes (true story) and dressed like a scrapbook page with heavily applied eye liner (true that as well) }}
Here’s the nitty gritty:
Saturday, March 10, 2012
9:00 ~ 4:00
The Opryland Hotel
Magnolia Ballroom
Nashville, Tennessee
You may purchase a ticket for $25 here. There is limited space so don’t hem and haw around like I’m want to do.
I’ll be getting to Nashville on Friday so we can eat lunch together and shop at Anthropologie and get our smoky eyes done at the MAC counter for free.
I’m so excited to meet you in real life that I’m buying a ticket myself and giving it away to you!
Just leave a comment and I’ll pick a winner at exactly 12:00am on January 1st 2012.
Who am I kidding. It’s very likely I’ll be asleep but I’ll pick a winner soon, how’s that?
Pencil in the Pearl Girls.
Mwahhhhhh!
xoxo,
ms. edie shaking-in-her-cowboy-boots wadsworth
I’m so excited!!! I’ve bought my ticket….can’t wait. Shaking-with-excitement nonny
meeting you will be such a treat!!!
can’t wait 🙂
xoxo
Sounds like fun! I am a Pearl Girl from way back! 🙂
Oh pick me! Pick me! 🙂
Pick me, pick me. 😉
I’m still waiting to hear from my girlfriends if our 2012 Florida trip will happen that weekend or not. . .if “not” then I’d love to attend 🙂
You will do great! I may have to take a trip to Nashville to see you sincend I never see you around our own town. 🙂
yes, i LOVE kelly’s idea!!! road trip 🙂
miss you.
What a dream it would be to make it to Nashville, meet you, and hear you speak. If only I lived a little closer. I’ll be praying for you from afar. I know you will be splendid.
awwww, thanks ms. jan! i soooo wish you lived closer too.
i guess at least we have the interwebs 🙂
xoxo
Holy Guacamoleeeeee… I would love to come! I think we met for the first time that year at Blissdom too!
Much love…
Megan @SweetSadieMarie
yes we did ms. megan!!!! hope you make it dearie 🙂
xoxo
Would love to make this amazing day. Planning on a road trip, even if your ticket giveaway doesn’t have my name on it.
yaaaaaayyyyyy!
roadtrip to nashville is one of my faces 🙂
hope to see you there!
That sounds wonderful! I’m on spring break that week and I could actually make this work. 🙂
Oh pick me! Pick me!
Sounds fun! Don’t be nervous, you’ll do great and everyone will love every minute of it. 🙂
Oh I would love to win a ticket!
That sounds like a blast! I would love to come!
Oh, I would love to be there! Sounds like it will be an awesome day!
Road trip? I’m in! March in Minnesota is no laughing matter, and I will grasp at any chance of escaping to a (more) southern climate!
oh you definitely should ms. jessie!
march in minnesota is not even funny.
come on down south:)
OOOH! I would love to win because I am bad about waiting until the last minute!! So excited!!
I would love to go! Maybe I’ll get my mom to join me and we’ll make it a girls weekend! Hugs!
yes yes yes ms. kelly!
it’d be like old blissdom times 🙂
Make that ticket MINE!!!! I would love to go. Thanks….
First step: Pearl Event. Next: Issues, Etc.
well meeting the fellows is on my bucket list. but being on the show, not so much!
you, on the other hand, should be a regular 🙂
mucho love
oooh! pick me!!!!!! Edie, you will be such a blessing to others as you share what God has redeemed!!!
love you. nashville knots or not.
xoxo
don’t know much about the pearl event, but i’m up for it – and a weekend away in nashville would be nice 🙂
i’d be so happy to meet you bethany!
hope you can make it 🙂
xo
That would be lovely. Really lovely.
it’s about time you and i take this relationship to the next level renee! come on. me, you, nashville, loretta lynn? what’s not to love!!!
xoxo
You just made my day!
I’d be so thrilled to come and see you in person, I’m sure you will be great!! Praying for your nerves already!!
I’d be so thrilled to come and see you in person, I’m sure you will be great!! Praying for your nerves already!!
So, I’m Miranda Pike and shall try this again…if you pick me…PLEASE email me @ sippycupsandfingerprints at gmail. Thanks!
I would soooo love to go! I love this blog and your black eye liner! 🙂
it’s one of spiritual gifts. the eye-liner that is!
hope to see you there holly:)
It sounds like just what I need in my life right now, I could use a little backup from some great ladies! I would love, love, love to meet all of you. Thank you so much for this opportunity. Best of luck!
hope to see you diane!
I want to go! but only if Ruthanne will drive me.
oh pleeeeeeeaaaase!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it’d make my year:)
xoxo
leaving a comment is hard on your phone. mail is code for melissa stover.
ms. edie shaking in her cowboy-boots wadsworth-i simply love you!! you know i’d be happier than a credit card in anthropologie to attend!
i’m officially making it mandatory that you come.
there shall be no getting out of it dearest elizabeth.
i’m glad that’s settled!
xxoo
I would love to come! Especially since it’s my birthday weekend:)
i could serenade you with some loretta lynn. but don’t let that scare you away!!!
🙂
i could serenade you with some loretta lynn. but don’t let that scare you away!!!
🙂
I would love to attend the conference. Have only been to Nashville a few times….twice with my runner girl daughter for the Country Music Marathon.
I have it on my calendar and a free ticket will be the icing on the cake…love your blog, too!
sweeeeeet! can’t wait to meet you tricia!
🙂
sweeeeeet! can’t wait to meet you tricia!
🙂
Well of course I want to attend…please pick me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…OK I don’t think they make enough exclamation marks to show my excitement. If there is anything on my calendar, I’m cancelling it tonight. Nashville is a big plus. Looking forward to being a part of this great weekend.
YAY for us!!!!! And I can’t wait to meet you Sarah!
xoxo
YAY for us!!!!! And I can’t wait to meet you Sarah!
xoxo
Edie, I would love to be a part of such a special event. I will be turning 3o’ at the end of Feb. What a great way to celebrate with such inspiring ladies! xoxo Steph
we’ll all pretend we’re thirty and celebrate with you!!!!
we’ll all pretend we’re thirty and celebrate with you!!!!
Pick me pick me….lol. Sounds like an amazing event. I would love to be there to meet and hear some amazing godly women. Happy New Year! Love, Lisa Graves
OOOOOhhhhhh, how I would LOVE an opportunity to hear your story and hug your neck once more!!! There hasn’t been a woman I have felt more drawn to than Edie shaking-in-her-cowboy-boots wadsworth…maybe because you loved me after knowing my story… You are all that wonderful description and so much more 😉 It would be an honor…and I might just have to bring my mama too, she’s heard all about that woman in Bean Station that I had to attend a blog conference to meet!
you are precious dear friend and i’d be whistling dixie to see you again.
and YES, you should bring mamma!
xoxo
you are precious dear friend and i’d be whistling dixie to see you again.
and YES, you should bring mamma!
xoxo
I would lovvvve to go….sounds amazing, it would be great to meet you guys in person!!!! Your blog is truly a blessing… thanks for sharing your story.
That sounds so fun! I’d love to go 🙂
That sounds so fun! I’d love to go 🙂
And I thought I was going to have to leave town to meet you! I’m the other LCMS homeschooling mom in Tennessee 😉 can’t wait to meet you!
And I thought I was going to have to leave town to meet you! I’m the other LCMS homeschooling mom in Tennessee 😉 can’t wait to meet you!
I’ve never been to Nashville.
Life has been one *adventurous* ride for our family over the past almost-three years. Soo…maybe this would be a phenomenal refresher in life, love, laughter and tears. 😉 Sweet blessings to you tonight, Edie.
I can’t wait! I’ve already bought my ticket!
Sounds wonderful!! Would love to be part of this!!
I truly wish it would be possible for me to attend. What an amazing time it would be listening to these stories of God’s hand in each life through the darkest moments. Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it there. Let us know if it’s recorded. I would love a cd. Absolutely wish i was able to go shopping with you and having lunch. Wouldn’t you love to plan a trip to New England. We could visit John & Abigail Adams’s home, Louisa May Alcott’s home, and C.S. Lewis College. Then we’ll fit in some shopping at Anthropologie and lunch. Sounds like fun.
Ruth
oh goodness, what a wonderdul day to spend with sweet ladies in a fun place! I do hope that I win! I would love to come!
Would love to soak my soul in this wonderful event.
Yes yes yes! Sounds like a wonderful day!!
Ok, I need to go. I live South of Nashville, near Franklin….just a “hop skip and a jump”…..oh, and my little business I am building is called “Ruthie PEARL’s girls”….cause that’s my Mama’s name and that’s what we are! :))
New Year’s Blessings!!!!!
Amy
In my wildest dreams would I love to meet you and these wonderful ladies!
Pick me! pick me! pick me!!
-Tori
torigjohnson@gmail.com
I would love to go! Ever since I drove through Tennessee when I moved to DC as a newlywed I have been itching to visit Tennessee. I remember how green the grass was…this Texas girl is used to shades of brown grass…I just wanted to stop the car and linger there. 🙂 I already told hubster we should plan to celebrate our 7th anniversary in Nashville! We haven’t been out that way since Fall of 2005…a trip to see the blue grass is long overdue! 🙂
Oh my gosh!! I would LOVE to go!! Me Me Me!!!! 🙂
I’d love to win this, and then I will buy a ticket for a friend of mine so she can share in this! She needs a getaway and a renewal of her soul as much as ANYONE out there! And I’d certainly not pass up the opportunity, myself! Bless you, Edie!
This would be a dream come true!
This sounds AMAZING! I’m already ticking off in my head the girlfriends that I would love to accompany me to this!
Oh! I want to go so bad! Here’s hoping tickets don’t sell out before I can fit it in the budget. 🙂
I would LOVE to go!
It’s going to be awesome!
From the first time I read about this on Paige’s page I knew I wanted to go. Kinda like something on my “bucket list”, but that I haven’t made one of those yet! I do want to thank you for words that make me thirst and then fill up with faith and love.
Sounds like a lovely event!
Sweet Edie! Nan in B’ham feels very led to come! Am green green to all this , but love what I’m reading and seeing!
would love to meet and fellowship with All!
What a great post Edie! If I lived near Nashville I would most certainly join you all! But Massachusetts is just a bit far 🙂 You will do great ! Happy New Year!
I think I’m finally brave enough to write the first post on a blog name I reserved over a year ago. So….I would love to go and learn from the “pros” and cheer you on as you share your story.
I would love to attend this event! It sounds so uplifting and inspiring! You are a blessing!
Have you chosen yet? I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to go. Wow. Could i actually get myself WAY over there? AND if I did could you ever get rid of me?
I hope it’s not to late to enter!
Wow you are generous! Bless you! I think I ‘m late…as usual…but God knows…and this is FUN! YEA! 🙂
PS. I’m churning over the thought of how I might react if someone said I was dressed like a scrapbook page! LOL. That is funny stuff. Here’s to smokey eyes! Happy New Year!
Edie, I am planning right now to go, if the creek don’t rise! I hope I get to hug your neck!
Happy New Year. (Hope to bring my darling daughters with me 😉
I first hear about the event on Paige’s page and I had the same reaction! I practically did a backflip when I found out that YOU AND PAIGE are going to be there! I have been to Nashville once and loved every minute of it! Although I was born and raised in Boston, I am a country girl at heart!
Happy New Year! XOXO
Thank you for your sweet words. You bless me…..
We are all so excited that you are joining us in Nashville!! Thank you for saying “yes” and for having a willing heart to share your incredible story even though you may be shaking in your boots! These women are going to be so blessed!! Now listen….about those comments of our first meeting…(You know I said to myself that anyone walking around with a tray of cupcakes at Blissdom needed to be my friend. Since, I have a little bit of Elle Woods in me and decided that I would attend my first bloggers conference with a pink notebook and a pen ….no laptop! 🙂 Have mercy!!!AND…I said scrapbook page with the most beautiful layers and textures!! Unlike me, who wears plain ole’ boring black and white! You forgot to mention the part about looking like the cover of Glamour magazine and how BEAUTIFUL I said you were!! Because you are!! Inside and out!!! And I’m just jealous because I can’t do a smokey eye! Counting down the days sweet friend!!!!!!! Love and Pearls!Sibi
oh my goodness…. I’m just now catching up on my blogs since the holidays, but I just might have to go!!! I would LOOOOVE to meet you and all the fabulous gals! And since I’m only 20 minutes from Opryland, sounds like a definite plan!!!