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Vegas Recap and a Giveaway!

I am finally getting around to my big Vegas post.  I was waiting until we had all the sponser links from our big blogger meet up on Wednesday.  Natalie of What the Teacher Wants worked so hard on the photos and credits.  I hope your read on and enter the giveaway!
Me and my blog buddies having fun with Paul Edelman!
Our hotel room!  Could not resist participating in the Blog Hoppin’ scavenger hunt!
My hotel roomies and me: Amanda Nickerson, Katie Mense, and Cheryl Saoud. 
Outside the Venetian
I presented on Tuesday for the I Teach 1st Conference for SDE. 
Here are some of the lovely attendees!  Someone even asked where my dog Niles was.  I loved that she knew the name of my dog from following me on Instagram and on my blog.   The attendees were so focused and kind.  My initial nerves were soon settled.   If you attended, I made up a post of links and freebies HERE. 

After presenting, I met up with some lovely teachers for dinner!  

Back Row: Deanna Jump, Rachelle Smith, Kim Adsit, Hope King, Elizabeth Hall, Deedee Wills, & sweet her coworker.
Middle: Me, Tanya Solano, Amanda Nickerson, & Kim Jordano
Bottom Row: Cheryl Saoud, Kelly Bumgardner, Katie Mense, Diane Schmelzer, & Erin Klein
While in Vegas, I hit the outlets via limo with some more blogging friends!  
Me, Amanda, Cheryl, and Tanya

 Kaci Hoffer, Katie Mense, Tanya Solano, Crystal Radke, Amanda Nickerson, Cheryl Saoud, & me.  Notice that my outfit is different than the one I left in!

My shopping finds!  I may have went a bit overboard at Tory Burch.  My friend Amanda was right there with me and helped me not feel as guilty! 
Tory Burch gave me a free phone case, since I am the only person left with an iphone 4. 
Dinner at Serendipity with some blogging beauties: Holly Elhe, Amy Lemons, Hope King, Michelle Oakes, Lindsey Erickson, Amanda Nickerson, Elizabeth Hall, me, & Natalie Kay 

Check out my GoNoodle Swag!  I mentioned that I use GoNoodle in one of my SDE presentations and they gave me these goodies.  My students love GoNoodle and after seeing their booth, I am going to upgrade from the free to premium subscription.   You can hide the Frozen song that way! 

The TpT Supercharged Seller Conference:

The blogger panel: Greg Smedley, Cara Carroll, Deedee Wills, Elizabeth Hall, & me

Paul Edelman with me
Deanna Jump, Michelle Oakes, Amy Lemons, me, Elizabeth Hall, Natalie Kay, Cara Carroll, & Deedee Wills.

Bottom Row: Natalie Kay, Amy Lemons, & me

The extend of my gambling was the penny slots!  I am so not a gambler. 

 Now on to ….

The Huge Blogger Meet UP!!!

Our Teacher Blogger Meet Up was a HUGE success!! It was loud, it was crazy, and it was a completely full house, but that didn’t stop us from having an incredibly fun time. 

My job was to hand out tickets at the door.  Tamara Russell gave me the most exuberant welcome ever when she came up to me.  She wasn’t expecting me to be working the door.  She is so sweet.

We took over 200 pictures of the event and there’s no way to showcase them all, but here are a few snapshots of the night.

It was so fun getting to meet some of our online bloggy friends for the very first time! Plus, we got to meet so many teachers from all over the country – we even had teachers from across the world!!
(Shout out to our friends from Spain and Australia!)
*To see more pictures from the meet up, visit the 
What the Teacher Wants Facebook Fan Page*
Here are the wonderful ladies who made this meet up possible and helped us line up such amazing sponsors.
Back row: Amanda Nickerson, Kim Adsit, Rachelle Smith, Deedee Wills, Lindsey Erickson, Amy Lemons and Cheryl Saoud
Front Row: Hope King, Cara Carroll, Traci Clausen, Holly Ehle, Deanna Jump, Elizabeth Hall, Erica Bohrer, Michelle Oakes, Natalie Kay and Katie Mense
(Not pictured: Kathleen Pedersen)

Besides meeting such amazing bloggers and teachers, the best part of the meet up was all of the amazing prizes that were donated from our sponsors! 

Here are all of our generous friends who offered prizes for our meet up:

TeachersPayTeachers

Staff Development for Educators

Scentos

Kaeden Books

doTERRA Essential Oils by Natalie Kay
Tiny Dazzles
Lock Smocks
C Jayne Teach
Kinder-Gardening
ESGI
Creative Teaching Press
Kreative in Kinder
Crayola
Erica Bohrer Teaching Resources
Tieks
Linen & Lace
Sit Spots
ImproveElectronics
HueHD
Classroom Friendly Supplies
Kiddo Cubes
Clever School Teacher
Babara Gruener
Studies Weekley
Lakeshore Learning
Go Noodle
Hameray Publishing
Carson Dellosa
Learning Resources
Mixed Bag Designs
Thank you to everyone who came to this event! We appreciate everyone who was able to come and mingle with us. We’re already thinking about next year’s meet up, so start saving your money for next year’s Vegas meet up!!
Feeling sad that you couldn’t join us this you? Wishing you could win some of these fabulous surprises? 
Well… as a special treat, we are giving away two Erin Condren gift cards!! Enter the Rafflecopter below for your chance to win!
I hope you enjoyed reading about my time in Vegas!  Hope to see you there next year. 

You can check out other posts about the Vegas Meet Up over at What the Teacher Wants!

Today and tomorrow, my Ultimate Decor packets are on sale!
   

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  2. I would have been happy to win any of the prizes. The winners' faces were smiling, and I'm sure I would have beamed as well. It looks like everyone had fun.

  9. So wish I could have been then, but next year I will find a way, lol. I wish I could have won the TPT gift cards. They would be perfect to help stock up for back to school Thanks for the great giveaway!
    Julie

  11. Oh goodness….I honestly would have been thrilled with anything! I have been very curious about the Sit Spots, though. I may need to buy some for the new school year! 🙂 Thanks for the chance!

  15. I would have loved to have won any prizes! Looks like a fabulous conference. I hope to be able to attend one day!

  17. Any of those prizes would have been great!! But I've had my eyes on a pair of Tieks for quite a while! So that'd be my first pick! 🙂

  27. Oh my goodness – so many great prizes! I would LOVE a TPT gift certificate – help me cut down my wish list a bit! 🙂 Thanks for a great giveaway!

  29. There were so many great prizes! I would've definitely loved to have won any of it, but a TPT gift certificate can ALWAYS be put to good use! It looks like you all had a fabulous time! I hope next year I can make it to the teacher/blogger meet-up!

  34. I just discovered your blog. I wish I could have been there or they had something like this for teachers on the East Coast!

  36. Looks like a blast Erica! I wish I could have made it this year. I would love to have won any of the prizes. I would LOVE a TPT gift certificate to put a dent in my wish list. The Scentos markers are so yummy smelling, too! Just to be there and meet everyone would have been gift enough!

    Sandy Timmerman

  39. Lovely blog! I recently discovered you and I am enjoying it very much. This TPT conferences look fun, I wish we had something like this in Spain. I would have loved the TPT gift card. Thank you for the giveaway. 🙂