A Touch of Teal

Washington, DC Lifestyle Blogger | DC Fashion Blog

An Etsy Shop Update

Now that it’s been about three months, I wanted to give an update on my Etsy shop—Scott Street Paper.

scott street paper etsy shop update

This was a widely requested post in my reader survey—which I’ll do a recap on next week!—and so I’ll try to give you guys an inside look at my Etsy shop about once a quarter. (Consider this one your Q2 report even though we’re a few days shy!)

In addition to showing you some of the projects I’ve been working on, I’d like to share a few insights about what I’ve learned along the way. Lately, I haven’t had the opportunity to design new pieces for my Etsy shop, as I’ve been traveling, busy at my day job, and prioritizing my blog over the shop. Now that I’m home for a bit, I am excited to execute on a few more ideas I have.

So, let’s hop to it, shall we?Read More

What Do You Want to See on A Touch of Teal?

Happy Wednesday, team!

It’s that time of year again where the roles are reversed and you get to talk to me!  That’s right—it’s reader survey time.

I’ve put together a reader survey the past two years, and it has been so helpful in creating content you all want to read, sourcing new ideas, and making midcourse adjustments. (If you’re newer around here, I shared my 2016 reader survey results here and 2015 reader survey results here.)

This year’s survey is linked below and is 10 short, easy questions—some are required and some aren’t.

TAKE THE READER SURVEY HERE >>

Please be open and candid with your answers! All surveys are completely anonymous because I want you to feel comfortable giving completely honest feedback. I’ll leave the survey open for a couple of weeks, at which point I will read through everything and share some of the results here.

I look forward to incorporating your comments into future posts and projects to improve A Touch of Teal. Thanks in advance for your time and feedback! 

As always, if you have any comments or questions (during or after the survey period!), feel free to email me: katie [at] atouchofteal [dot] com.

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PS—in case surveys aren’t your thing, I’ve linked the outfit above I am taking with me to Miami here! (Exact dress is sold out online, but still in stores in the Contemporary section.)

 

My Experience at the NYC Create + Cultivate Conference

Hello, friends!

create cultivate conference review

Whew! What a whirlwind of a week since we last caught up here. As I mentioned then, Monica and I headed up to New York City last Thursday night to attend the Create + Cultivate Conference in NYC. I’ll share a little bit more about how we spent our very rainy Cinco de Mayo soon, but today I wanted to recap the C+C Conference and share my amazing experience there last Friday night and Saturday.

It’s been a personal goal of mine since last August to start attending more conferences that support my side hustles and creativity, and so I am proud to see that dream come to fruition and hope I can find a few more to fill this side of my soul.

Before we dive in to the good stuff, I wanted to answer the FAQs I’ve been getting about the conference:

  • ANYONE can attend! You don’t have to be a blogger, entrepreneur, small business owner, designer, what have you. Anyone can sign up—and I think anyone would get a lot out of it!
  • The Conference isn’t always held in NYC. In 2016, they popped up in LA, Atlanta, and Dallas, and in 2015, it was held in Chicago. They announcing their next city and 2017 date soon. Secretly—or not so—I’m hoping for DC. You can sign up to be notified when the next city and date are announced on C+C website.
  • The conference lasts one day. It’s a long day—12 hours—but so worth it. There was a kickoff happy hour the Friday night before, and I’d say about a third of attendees were there.
  • Each conference has two tracks and panels and mentor sessions for each track run simultaneously. At the NYC Conference, Track One—my track—was geared towards influencers and content creators and Track Two was geared towards entrepreneurs and small business owners.
  • General Admission tickets are $350, which is what Monica and I opted for. For about $700, you can become a VIP and select your own track, have access to VIP-only areas and food, and receive an upgraded gift bag. If you opt for General Admission they assign you a track based on a short profile you fill out. Candidly, I don’t think it’s worth the money to opt for VIP since it’s pretty easy to bounce between tracks if you want to—and the perks didn’t seem worth double the money.

Now that we’re got the housekeeping and basic details out of the way, I wanted to take you inside my day at C+C!Read More