Stationery Scoop: the blog by paper company CEO Heidi Reimer-Epp

MBlog Winnipeg Blogging Conference; you have to go.

"Ever wondered why all the good blogging conferences are... somewhere else? Well, now Winnipeg’s got its own. Network with people you’ll actually work with some day!"

I love this quote from the MBlog promotional material because it's so true. This second annual blogging conference doesn't require a hotel or a flight or a huge outlay of $$$. What an opportunity!

The focus this year is on finding your voice. And I'm excited to be participating as a panel speaker on Saturday afternoon. I'll be talking about finding your voice in business blogging and sharing experiences from developing and growing the blogs at my company.

My experience started eight years ago with my personal blog, Stationery Scoop. Next, I developed a B2C blog for my company Botanical PaperWorks. This blog focuses on retail customers in the eco, wedding and special events categories. Most recently, we created a website and blog for B2B customers in the promotional products industry called Seed Paper Promo. 

I'll be flying in from Toronto in the wee hours of Saturday morning, so by the time I'm presenting at 1:15, I expect to be well-caffeinated and slightly punchy. So come ready with your questions and fire 'em at me. I'll be jazzed up and ready to share. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Register for MBlog here.

Before I Die Wall in Winnipeg and around the globe

Before I Die is a global public art project that invites people to reflect on their lives and share their personal aspirations in public space. Originally created on an abandoned house in Candy’s neighborhood in New Orleans after losing someone she loved, the project is about remembering what is important to you and creating public spaces that better reflect what matters to us as a community and as individuals.

A while back, a friend shared some images from the Winnipeg Before I Die project. It was located on the north-east corner of Maryland Street and Ellice Avenue, on the side of the Spence Neighbourhood Association building, facing Maryland.

Did you get a chance to see the wall? To read what people opened up about? Shared from the heart?

From the Winnipeg installation:

Thank you Larry for letting me know about the Before I Die project, and for spearheading Winnipeg's own installation.

Celebrating 70

We celebrated a major birthday milestone this week. 70 years. It's hard to wrap my head around what that means for someone. That's a lot of years of highs and lows, heres and theres, aheads and backs. Made me think of what I'll be like when I reach that milestone. I'm hoping that I head more in the relaxed and laid-back direction and less in the old-and-cranky, but you never know.

We gave one of the new 70th cards from the Milestone seed card collection. We feasted on meat at Hermanos. This platter was meant for two. We brought 1/3 of the food home, no joke.

It was a great evening and I felt lucky to be there to celebrate 70. And thankful for family in general.

Happy Green St. Patrick's Day

I'm blogging today over at Botanical PaperWorks about ways to celebrate a green St. Patrick's Day. Please join me over there and add your ideas!

Anja Studer's first solo exhibition

Artist and photographer Anja Studer has been a friend of Botanical PaperWorks ever since she used her talents on several sets of photography for the Botanical PaperWorks website.

I was excited to receive this email from Anja this week, inviting us to her first solo exhibition titled "Home Sweet Home". It's a series inspired by her childhood memories of growing up in Switzerland and the opening night is coming up in a few weeks. Here are the details:

Opening Night March 22
7:30 to 11:00 p.m
Cre8ery Gallery
125 Adelaide

The exhibition runs March 22 - April 3 so please get over to the Cre8ery and support Anja and this exhibition. You can also visit her website anjastudios.com or download the invitation:

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