An electrifying night at The Blog Awards Ireland
Where has the time gone! Almost a week gone by and we’re still on a high from the absolutely fantastic night at the Blog Awards Ireland 2013 which was held in The Osprey Hotel in Naas. From the moment we stepped into the room we knew it was going to be a night to remember. There was no corners cut for this bloggers celebration….. the most fantastic lighting, table decor and the guys and gals from underCURRENT were meeting and greeting and smiling with us for the camera 🙂 …….. the Cabaret theme was brought to life!
Eco Evolution made it to the finals in the Best Eco/Green Blog. Thank you to everyone who nominated us and the judges who put us through to the various rounds. Alas, we were not winners but we did have the privledge of sitting at the WINNERS table. The lovely Dee of Greeensideup swept the boards. Not only did she win the Best Eco/Green category she also won two other categories, Best Great Outdoors, Best Lifestyle and took away the Best Overall Blog Award. Catherine of Foxglove Lane also won Best Photography Blog…..Wow! five blog awards at the one table. My gut feeling was right….Greensideup would sweep the boards on the night. Told you Dee! 🙂
We shared our table with friendly chatty bloggers from the Best Eco/Green and Great Outdoors categories. Bloggers that I have followed for years and had hoped to meet one day …… and here we were, all at the same table 🙂 There was the Queen of Irish blogging Dee from Greensideup, Brian from The Secret Garden, (who loved my strong Wexford accent!!) David from Beyond the Wild Garden, Lorna from Jardin Design, Catherine from Foxglovelane and Suzanna from Zwarbles. If you get a minute please pop over to their blogs as they are well worth the read.
Bunny, a funny and fabulous Drag Queen from Northern Ireland and the very talented singing and dancing UnderCURRENT troupe based in Dublin kept us well entertained on the night. Goody bags, spot prizes galore, delicious food and wine (I’m vouching for the vegetarian option here!) and not one but three desserts from Glenisk which were just devine 🙂 where all part and parcel of an amazing night. We were one of the lucky ones, our table was adorned with a fabulous basket of freshly picked organic grapes brought along by Suzanna from Zwarbles. All in all an awards night to be remembered.
If you would like to see more great photos of the night head on over to the Blog Awards Ireland Facebook Page.
Well done once again to Amanda, Beatrice and Lorna on organising such a memorable occasion.
What a lovely reminder of the evening Mary and you looked gorgeous!! I was only thinking tonight that it’s almost a week gone by and how quickly time flies when we’re having fun. Can we do it all again in slow motion please lol! Well I’ll have to listen to your intuition next time Mary as you obviously have a gift :))) ’twas lovely to see you again and so glad to have shared the table on my big night with such lovely friends, thank you x
Aaaah thank you Dee. Can’t believe that this time last week we had donned the glad rags and were heading to the awards. Se delighted that we decided to go. I’m sure it went by in a blur for you with all the excitement of winning so many awards 🙂 It was great being there to join in the celebrations and to meet so many bloggers for the first time….sadly I only had the chance to say a quick hello to some but there’s always next year 😉
Mary a great reminder of the night, wasn’t it just the best table!! The photos of the pair of you are fantastic, the glamour!!!
It was a fantastic night Catherine and being at the winners table made it all the more special. We don’t get dressed up too often so it was nice to be glamorous for a change 🙂 Loved the photos from the night especially the black and white one.