Image by Danielle

Planning two workshops at once may be double the work but it’s also double the fun – especially when it came to picking our scholarship winners for both cities at the same time.

The three of us trawled though all the amazing entries late last night, emailing back and forth with our favourite ones. Although we were pretty unanimous that our Los Angeles winner had to be Danielle. Her entry was so cute, creative and fun. We might have just been a little swayed by the paper headmistresses (& Gareth!) in the video too – so damn cute!

Some of my eagle eyed readers might actually recognise her – I not only featured her wedding waaaaay back in 2008 (!) but we met in Las Vegas last year and Lisa did a shoot with her and husband Jose. They really are the sweetest couple ever and nobody deserves this more than Danielle.

Then for Portland we picked Jessica. Her creative design skills really shone in her video. I love how she took a completely different approach to her entry by using her skills as a graphic designer to really show us what she’s about. I know she’s going to be a fantastic addition to the Portland class.

I can’t wait to see you both in your respective cities. It’s really not long to go now, the countdown is ON!

We still have a few seats remaining for the Portland (March 30th & 31st) & Los Angeles (April 6th & 7th) classes. Visit theblogcademy.com for more information or to book your spot.