Pinners Conference + Expo to Bring Thousands of Creatives to Arlington Convention Center this September
AUSTIN —Pinners Conference + Expo, the only major creative conference of its kind, connecting consumers, top creative brands, and influencers in one location, will take place at the Arlington Convention Center Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9-10. Pinners Conference + Expo is a place where creatives can learn, create and connect.
“Texas are you ready for your most creative weekend ever? Because we’re bringing Pinterest to life! Pinners’ goal is to facilitate an inspiring experience for women. Our hope is that every attendee leaves feeling enlightened, encouraged, creative and happy,” Roxanne Bennett, Pinner’s Conference Event Coordinator, said. “Pinners is the creative event revolution everyone has been waiting for. You’ll quickly notice this isn’t just another craft show.”
The Texas conference will be a Pinners’ first in the state, which has had three previous shows in Salt Lake City has averaged 11,000 visitors each year. Now in it’s fourth year, the conference is expanding to DFW, Scottsdale and Atlanta over the next 12 months, and is making plans for as many as 10,000 attendees to experience this year’s Pinners Conference + Expo at the Arlington Convention Center.
Women from across the nation attend Pinners to learn, create and shop all the creative ideas they have seen, pinned and discovered online. The conference includes 100 classes and a full trade show floor featuring over 200 popular shops. Pinners selects the best of the best to teach classes at each conference.
Pinners’ presenters will be chosen from the best of the following categories: beauty & fashion, DIY & crafts, lifestyle & learning, food arts, home & home decor, quilting & sewing, party planning, photography and health & fitness.
“Pinners Conference allows attendees to customize their most creative weekend imaginable,” Bennett, added. “It connects the blogger, the retailer, wholesaler and the consumer in a face-to-face environment during a weekend of customizable fun. Women typically do so much for others, but feel guilty about taking time for themselves. We hope to give them a chance to learn, create and connect together in one fun packed weekend.”
Pinners Conference + Expo attendees get to meet some of the most inspiring, creative women on the web and learn from them first hand and the conference allows them to gather with some of the greatest shops on the web, all under one roof. In the past, Pinners Conference attendees have said they’ve come home with new skills and finished projects to improve their lifestyle and even professional advancement.
Pinners Conference + Expo will be sponsored by Michaels Crafts, IKEA, The Happy Planner and Close to My Heart. Tickets are available for $7-$49 at http://tx.pinnersconference.com/.
