It was awesome! On Friday July 31st, 60 amazing women gathered for a night of networking and mingling at the Union Pacific Coffee Company. The “Girl’s Night Mixer” has been in existence for less than 1 year, and the buzz is HOT! Our group is ever growing and we are now boasting a mailing list of well over 300 women. It is amazing to see the crazy talent this city has to offer. It is absolutely jaw-dropping to be in a room filled with women so diverse, so creative, so energized and so positive! Although I am the founder and organizer of this group, I swear this group has a life of its own – I am simply a facilitator! So much beauty has come from this event! Can you tell, I can go on and on…..

One of the purposes of the evening (besides having a great time and meeting new people….) is to give back. This time around we collected donations for a local non-for-profit called Bridges for Women, that helps women with histories of awfulness get back on their feet and bloom into the beautiful and strong women that they are. Combined with the evening’s proceeds, we were able to raise over six hundred dollars! Thank you!

We had some great “gold” sponsors this time around: The amazing Nicole Sims (Coley Sims Design) designed the beautiful promos and posters, Terry Zlot (Loupe Imaging) was the printer extraordinaire, and the wonderful Alice Bracegirdle, CEO of Bellyfit, infused us with her fantastic energy!

I also had some make-over help for the evening! The ever talented Erin Froese did my make-up, the amazing Jennifer Davies (The Hair Garden) did my 40’s inspired up-do, and the man that makes all women jealous of his wardrobe…. Franklin Porter accessorized me with vintage bling!

I was SO thrilled to have Jenna Tye photograph the evening for us yet again! Make sure you check out her blog for her take on the evening! She is awesome!

The next Girl’s Night Mixer evening will take place in the fall sometime (date still to be determined). For all you ladies interested in getting on the mailing list for the event, please shoot me an email: veronique@dasilvafoto.com. You can read more about the event on my blog by looking through the archives. We cannot wait to meet more ladies! OOOh – how fun!

These are a selection of Jenna’s images from the evening: