6 Reasons to Shop the Junior League Holiday Mart

Indianapolis Love at the JLI Holiday Mart

Indy Geek Girls were invited to the Junior League of Indianapolis Holiday Mart Shopper’s Eve preview. We mingled. We sampled. We shopped. A lot.

We’re not going to talk about how much I spent, but I am thrilled to say it was all within budget. I was even able to …read more    

Indy Geek Girls at the WTHR Health & Fitness Expo

Indy Geek Girls at WTHR Health and Fitness Expo

Indianapolis bloggers were invited to the WTHR Health & Fitness Expo today, as the on site social media team. We each received an exclusive swag bag plus a chance to win VIP tickets for a Bret Michaels Meet & Greet.

Huge congratulations to Katy Mann and …read more    

First Monthly Blog Workshop at Indy Reads Books

Indy Geek Girls Blog Workshops

One of the core purposes of Indy Geek Girls is to support, inspire, and collaborate with Indianapolis women bloggers. I think we do that very well in our Facebook group, but we have always wanted to take it further.

Starting next week, we will be hosting monthly blog …read more    

Best of Indy Geek Girls 2013

It has been quite a year for the Indianapolis women bloggers. We have worked together. We have shared our stories. We have loved and lost. We have tweeted and Instagrammed and Facebooked and finally learned Google+.

And we have blogged. We have blogged our hearts and our passions. We have blogged …read more    

Holiday Gift Guides from Indianapolis Bloggers

Holiday Gift Guides from Indianapolis Bloggers

I’ve been blogging for more than 10 years now, and I just put together my very first holiday gift guide. I’ve been watching other bloggers for years, but it just seemed like so much work.

It is, but we’re already seeing increased traffic, higher click-through rates, and more affiliate sales …read more    

10 Ways to “Fix” iOS 7

iOS 7 tips and tricks

I’m not usually an early adopter when it comes to software and apps. I prefer to hang back, wait for everyone else to find the bugs, then download when I’m convinced it’s actually awesome — or when my apps finally stop working with the current software.

This week, though, I …read more    

It’s Not About the Internet

Balloons from Casey

Last week, one of our own suffered unimaginable loss and pain. Katy’s beautiful, precious daughter died at just two months old. While we cried for Shaundi and her grieving family, we were also able to witness something unbelievably beautiful.

Community.

Our community rallied around her, even before they knew …read more

We like to DANCE!

The IndyGeek girls put Yo Gabba Gabba aside for a night, and tried our hands at Abba instead. With hits like Mamma Mia and Dancing Queen, we were ready for a night of disco, thanks to Ubisoft’s latest Wii dance game, ABBA You Can Dance.

And, why not go all …read more

When Online Friends Become Real Friends

Earlier this year, I hosted one of those “Mom Parties” for a business. I was asked to invite my friends and told that they didn’t need to be bloggers.

Except, all my friends are bloggers.

In fairness, the only reason that they’re all bloggers is because I made <a target=_self href="http://fairytalemom.com/" …read more