The landscape is grey and white.  There’s billowing snow all around.  Perhaps you can see a few evergreens or some of last summer’s weeds still poking up through the snow, but beyond that, January is a pretty barren month here in Northern Michigan. But thankfully, there are still flowers growing in other parts of the […]

Working in the wedding industry means I’m surrounded by weddings and marriage all the time.  I devote my weekends in the summer to celebrating with couples and those long winter days to helping them decorate and plan.  But those days are devoted to the wedding, not the marriage.  We often use those words together, understanding […]

It’s been awhile since I’ve shared an inspiration board on here.  It’s not because I haven’t been creating them, because I certainly have.  They’re an amazing tool to help keep your planning on track.  Sometimes the process of wedding planning can become so overwhelming and there are so many ideas out there, and directions that […]

Last month Josh and I celebrated 7 years of marriage. I was asked what the secret is.  I don’t really think there’s a secret to making a marriage last but if I had to sum it up, I might use words like stubbornness or persistence.   You have to refuse to give up, even when the […]

This week, I’ve been on the hunt for a candle holder I found via the mysterious interwebs of technology.  I say it’s mysterious, because while Google gave the results for the image and I was even able to track the photo back to the originating website, the owner of the website cannot provide me with […]

I’ve had dreams of many creative ventures.  Some of them are fleeting, romantic notions and others have lead me to where I am today.  Often I like to bite off more than I can chew, telling myself that I am more creatively adept than my natural abilities truly reflect. It came to my attention that […]

I know I promised this wedding would be posted Friday.  But something that I have learned is life is unpredictible and so is your internet service when you live in the country.  I’m trying to cut myself a little slack in 2017 and not get so up tight about little hiccups such as this.  Plus […]

I’m having flashbacks to the time that was a wedding planner, floral designer, did 4 heads of hair and was the matron of honor all on the same day.  That’s multitasking at its finest. As someone who has the professional abilities to do all of these things – even professionally style hair – I can’t […]

It seems like a pretty straight forward question and answer.  As a bride, you have a bouquet and as a floral designer, I’m going to encourage you to have flowers around you as often as possible.  But even with something as simple as a bridal bouquet, there are logistics and moments of practicality to consider […]

I grew up in a small town 13 miles north of Flint, Michigan.  While I realize that I’m not “from” Flint – it was not the city on my mailing address or where I went to school – it still has the draw of home.  It was my stomping grounds. That’s where I went to […]