Two years ago, Jen Schmidt of Balancing Beauty and Bedlam had the desire to bring the creative topics of my blog to real life.  She didn’t want to just write about things for her readers to read over a screen. She wanted to meet them and laugh with them and live life together – because in real life is so much better than on-line.

Her dream came true in the form of the Becoming Conference , a weekend designed to encourage women to become more intentional in all aspect of life.

Teaming up with another one of my personal favorite blogger, Jenny from Southern Savers, they’ve now had the privilege of sharing their love of all things creative, purposeful and frugal with over a thousand women from around the US!

And I’m SO HONORED to be able to join them at this year’s Becoming Conference, where I’ll be leading sessions to help show you that a family supper every night IS possible! No more excuses, no more guilt. I’ll share tips, tricks, and recipes to help you put supper on the table no matter how hectic your day becomes!

This August is  for YOU!

A weekend for YOU to be encouraged and refreshed.

We’d love for you to join us this August 9-10, at the third annual Becoming Conference at BEAUTIFUL Ridgecrest, North Carolina.

Kick back and relax in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of NC. It’s the perfect girls get away weekend, and you will leave refreshed and encouraged on so many levels.

The desire of the conference is that all women can attend, and that is why they offer the conference, hotel, three meals and lots of goodies for under $100 (if sharing room with friends.) Check out all the details at www.becomingconf.com and follow along on the facebook page for updates.

They are elevating the conference a step further this year by bringing in eight new speakers and ten new sessions, along with four more HANDS ON workshops on Friday afternoon.See details here to sign up for optional workshops.

They joke that the hardest part of your weekend will be deciding which workshops to attend. There are just too many good choices.

Our session workshops and descriptions will be updated soon, but just to get you excited,our speakers for this year will include:

• Jen Schmidt: Balancing Beauty and Bedlam  and 10 Minute Dinners – 25 ways to Slash your Family’s Budget, 80 % off Living and Loving it
• Jenny Martin: Southern Savers – Optional Couponing Workshop and more
• Barbara Hemphill: Organizational guru will be giving our Keynote address –  Love It or Lose It: Living Clutter-Free Forever and Taming the Paper Tiger at Home
• Christy Jordon, a true gem from Southern Plate  – Encouragement and ideas for all things food and meal planning
•  Marian, aka Miss Mustard Seed, Home is what you make of it (How to DIY your way to a home you love.)
• Angela Statzer  of Button Bird Designs,  Trash to Treasure Inspiration
• Rachel Van Eerden, Purposeful Mothering
• Ruth Soukup of  Living Well Spending Less and Edie Wadsworth of life{in}grace – Hospitality and Party Planning on a Budget
• Annie Omar of Maison Blanch Paint. Everything you want to know about Painting Furniture and walls.
• Sisters, Courtney Brown and Brennan Lau from Cents of Style: Dress and Accessorize like a Million Bucks without having to spend it.
• Dawn Camp of My Home Sweet Home , Optional Photography 101 Photo Walk workshop, and Creating Family Heirlooms through Pictures.

The optional workshop, taught by our speakers, which begin prior to the conference include Cake Decorating, Trash to Treasure Craft Creations (Angela), Paint Your Own Furniture (Annie), Photography 101/Photo Walk (Dawn),  as well as a free couponing workshop.

Are you excited yet? We sure hope you can join us! It’s going to be a wonderful weekend.

Registration is OPEN!

To Register: Please check out the price breakdown and all the details found at the Becoming site.