Crafting in Minnesota

Vacation brings out the crafter in me. This project started with a dilemma. Sister Lisa needed a wedding card! I'd picked one up at the airport to give along with the Vera Bradley jewelry case and matching cosmetics bag that I'd picked up as a gift for the bride...

I love Vera's stuff. Quilted. Great patterns. Really great, in my opinion for travel supplies. And reasonably priced, since they are good quality. Anyway, back to crafting....

So I volunteered my airport card to Lisa, and decided to set about making a card of my own, as beautiful sun porches with lilacs are just asking for a big papery project to happen on them! So we sat down to craft... having my wonderful seven year old niece with me made crafting even better!

The gift bag. Simple and tasteful, with handmade paper ribbons

Miss Morgan added this wonderful detail. Its an S and a P for Sarah and Phil, bride and groom.

A handwritten note on the inside. Morgan picked the beautiful brown papers. I sewed the beige paper into the card by hand.

A sweet wedding quote for the young couple, courtesy of Martin Luther.

The back: first note that beautiful paper Morgan picked out! And at the bottom, our signature.

A Minnesota Wedding

Back from a lovely Memorial Day weekend! I flew to Minneapolis to attend my lovely niece's wedding. The wedding was, hands down, the most beautiful wedding I've ever attended, so if you're ever in the Minnesota area, call my brother and sister, Steve and Patty, at Festivities. Seriously, my relatives are so sweet, and ridiculously good at throwing gorgeous parties. (Its nice having party planners in the family... can't wait to give Steve the call when I need to start planning my own...) Also... apparently Steve's got the in with Martha Stewart's MN area cake decorator. So I consumed Martha approved cake while staring at award winning floral design. Can you say, VIP, don't ya know? Here are a fraction of my pictures of the big day:

The setting: Bearpath Country Club, A Jack Nicklaus signature golf course
Rich people golf here...

Cute relatives

So pretty....


More pretty...


This room was immaculately detailed... The Martha Stewart cake was designed with a pattern that matched the table cloths. And those little blue puffs on the backs of the brown satin chair covers, were blue begonias that complimented all the bouquets and table floral arrangements. I'll have to do a whole new post just on the invitations, cards, and other paper bits.
I. Love. Attention. To. Detail!!!


After dinner and some dancing we were invited back outside to find the reception space transformed into a cozy outdoor nook with comfy seating, great music, a s'mores fire pit, and chefs preparing crepes and bananas foster in the pavillion. What a treat!

That's all I'm posting on here. Don't want to exploit my gorgeous niece and my talented family of designers any further! Check out their website to see some of their other work!

I love a good wedding.