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Cardiff Blogs Christmas Social

By Gem - 10:57:00

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CDF BLOG CLUB

By Gem - 21:28:00

We enjoy hosting our bigger events from time to time but we all thought it would be nice to have a smaller, more regular meetup for people to attend and so, we present to you…The Cdfblogs Blog Club!

Excited yet?! Chill people. Calm yourselves.

Every month we’ll hold a meetup somewhere in Cardiff where you, the bloggers of Cardiff, can sit down together and work on your blogs, exchange some ideas and generally get to know each other a bit better while still, and this is the important thing, being productive!

We all have those days, weeks and even months where we just can’t get motivated or we’re just not inspired or we just can’t find the time. Our blogs bear the brunt of it and they sit there, looking lonely and neglected, as we struggle to get some words out or figure out exactly what we want to say.

This is where Blog Club hopes to help.

By gathering a small group of you together in the same space – from new bloggers to the more experienced and established among us – we hope to give you the kick in the ass to get things moving again. With other people around you working on their blogs you’ll hopefully be inspired to get things going on yours again or their productivity might rub off on you as you sit near them.

Our first Blog Club meetup will be on Sunday 29th September 2013 at Chapter Arts Centre in Canton and a handful of our team will be there from 2pm to 5pm (of course you can stay as long as you like). You can come along for the full 3 hours, if you’ve got the time to spare, or you can just drop in for an hour anytime throughout the afternoon.

We’ve created an Eventbrite so we can get an idea of how many people are likely to come along during the session. If you’re coming for all or part of it then sign up so we can make sure we can plan enough space for this and future meetups.

Interested? Hopefully we’ll see you there! And remember, the first rule of Blog Club is… I jest! I jest! There aren’t any rules. Except for the ‘You must bring cake for the organisers’ rule

*This post was written by a follow cdfblogs team member Tzevai, and originally appeared here.

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big lunch

Cardiff Blogs Jubilee Big Lunch – get involved!

By Gem - 14:42:00

As some of you may know I recently joined the Cardiff Blogs team, we put on lots of informative events for bloggers but we also organise fun social meet ups too. I love any excuse to get the bunting out and indulge in tea and a lot of cake so I'm very excited to announce that we will be holding a Big Lunch to celebrate the Jubilee.

Come one, come all!

In just a few weeks, we’re hosting a Big Lunch for the Jubilee and we want you to get involved! On June 3rd, we’ll be setting up camp in the sunshine (optimistic…) near to Pettigrew Tea Rooms at 2pm, and with the new tea room so close, we can take advantage of as much tea and cake as we like! The lovely David of Pettigrew’s has also kindly said that we can come on inside if the grey clouds appear (and despite it being June, that is always a possibility…)

So, what do we need?

Well firstly, we need you. Come along and bring friends, family, whoever you like! We want to have a real old fashioned community gathering, so everyone is welcome. And of course, we hope to see as many of you bloggers there.

Now, Cardiff is home to a talented bunch, so we also need help in other areas:

Bring a dish
We’re asking everyone to bring at least one dish (home-made, bought, whatever you like). Take a look at some food ideas here.

Music

Bring some music! Bring your portable speakers (perhaps with battery life!), ipods, or even good old CDs. All musical tastes welcome. Or if you own a musical instrument (guitar, tambourines, a triangle) why not bring it along and serenade us all?

Decorations

Bunting, bunting and more bunting! All you crafty bloggers out there, post your ideas on how to make bunting, or easy to do decorations that will make our Jubilee gathering look pretty. It can be red, white and blue if you like, but we’re not fussy. Here’s some quick and easy decoration ideas to get you started.

Games and activities

As the Olympics are also fast approaching, it would be silly not to embrace a few games and enjoy some sporting fun. We’re thinking egg and spoon, 3 legged race (think school sports day).

Bring as much or as little as you like, but if everyone contributes at least one thing from the list above and brings along some food (in the spirit of community and all that) then we think this could be a really great day for everyone to get involved in and have fun!

We would love to see you all there, so let us know if you’re coming – tweet us, tell us on Facebook or email us.

Bring your friends and family along, and share what you’re going to bring in the comments below.

Please spread the word – let’s make this Cardiff’s best Jubilee party!

Cardiff Blogs Team