Harry Potter Wand
As previously mentioned, BlogHer 2013 in Chicago was amazing. Something that everyone often hears or wants to hear about is the swag. I’m not going to lie, there’s a lot of it. Be prepared to bring an extra suitcase for all the stuff that you’ll bring back. Rule #1, be smart about what you pick up. If you are extra smart you will go through the items at the end of each night and get rid of the items you do not want. That’s if you have enough time / energy at the end of the day.
It’s not all about obtaining “free” items, at least not to me. I was exposed to companies that I’ve never heard of, products that have yet to be released and made contacts with companies that directly relate to my blog. More so, it’s opened me to new ideas to touch upon my blog that I’ve never even thought about. Win – win all around!
Now to the good stuff, here are some of my favorite items!
Speck iPhone 5 camera case and some pretty fabulous nail polish. This case rocks my world. Thank you Speck and Best Buy!
This is the most comfortable shirt and … well… how can you not like it?!
Udi’s – the best gluten free cookie / cookie in general that I’ve tasted in a long time. This may be bad news!
Books! From meeting Kelly Edwards (who also signed my book) to the St. Martin’s publishing books… who doesn’t love diving into a good book?!
An array of children’s items that was mixed in with a few things that I picked up along the way. My niece / family will be very appreciative of these (as well as some good items for the family vacation road trip).
South Fort Walton Beach hosted a party (quite possibly the best party I attended while at BlogHer) and provided each guest with a Mophie! How awesome is that?!
A collection of items from the swag bags as well as the Walgreens bag I won (filled with a small pharmacy). I also won a bag from Universal Studios with a Minion (see previously posted Instagram photo), Spiderman, Transformer and the awesome Harry Potter Wand (at the top of the post). Heather and I were having fun practicing magic! haha
Damn, I need to do a swag post, lol.
1. JEALOUS you got a Harry Potter wand – who gave out that??
2. Eleanor & Park = fantastic book. I really wanted Fangirl, her newest book, which they also had, but they wouldn’t give me one – said to come back, so I did, but at the wrong time. Boo.
3. I think my fave swag is either the vision box I got today (new sunglasses!), the bamboo socks (in Soiree or Luxe’s bag I think) because it’s super comfy, or my customized Galaxy S3 case – it says “Liz Parker @yesnofilms” on it. Super nice of Samsung to do that.
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The Harry Potter wand came from a bag I won at the Universal booth. It was filled with some pretty awesome things so there’s some pretty happy kids (and big kids). The wand is currently sitting at my desk at work, haha. Your swag sounds pretty awesome! Your case was fantastic!!! Samsung did do a good job!
Oh also – I haven’t been able to find Udi’s cookies ANYWHERE. I looked at Meijer (local chain) and Whole Foods, with my five coupons (yay!) so far I’ve bought their bread, granola bars, and pizza, all of which has been delicious. But I want their cookies! They were an official BlogHer sponsor last year, this year they were just at Swag Suite though.
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oh my goodness, so much swag! that is incredible. I never know what to do with all the stuff I get at events though 🙂
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It was too much stuff but it’s like Christmas, I’m sharing this with a few people so that’s good at least! haha
Dang! That’s a lot of stuff!! How DID you get it all home? I’m all for free stuff, but I think the most exciting part is that you were able to begin relationships with companies that are interested in your blog! That is awesome!
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We actually brought an extra suitcase just for the “stuff” and we left some of it there. This wasn’t everything. I think Heather and I each had an entire hotel bed filled of stuff that we had to go thru (most stuff comes in reusable bags). On the flip – I completely agree, it’s all about the networking!
Wow, looks like you got a lot of great stuff!!!
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