May 24, 2019 | Event and Wedding Styling, General, Our Couples, Wedding Floral Design Ideas, Wedding Planning, Weddings
Leah & Ben’s Love Story Their wedding was a fairytale—the most picturesque day you can imagine—and their first date was straight out of a romantic comedy. Leah calls it the best of both worlds. Leah and Ben were set up by a mutual friend in August of 2017....
Mar 10, 2019 | Event and Wedding Styling, Our Couples, Wedding Floral Design Ideas, Weddings
Dan and Kristine met on Match.com and quickly realized even prior to meeting in person that they had very similar personalities and both were young at heart. On their first date, Kristine shared with Dan her love of bubbles and how she wanted a partner who would...
Feb 11, 2019 | Event and Wedding Styling, General, Weddings
In May of 2017 my beautiful and accomplished daughter Leah asked if she could partner with me. My response? Yes. And Thrilled. We spent our first season determining who was best at and enjoyed what aspect of the business. This past summer we began a journey to rebrand...
Jan 15, 2019 | Event and Wedding Styling, Our Couples, Weddings
Sarah and Ben’s love story began five years ago when they were in college. One week after meeting each other in their junior year, they started dating and never looked back. Romantic Engagement When Ben made the decision to ask Sarah to marry him, he did it right! A...
Nov 4, 2018 | Event and Wedding Styling, General, Our Couples, Wedding Floral Design Ideas, Wedding Planning, Weddings
Christine and Dave’s wedding started early on a snowy, cloudy November day. With an 11:00 ceremony, there was concern about their guests’ traveling to the Church of St Peter in Mendota Heights. However, God did not disappoint, and the skies cleared...
Nov 4, 2018 | General, Wedding Planning, Weddings
So you’ve been asked to be a wedding personal attendant! Because of the importance of this role, it is wise to consider it seriously. As should the bride when choosing the individual who will become her personal attendant/assistant on one of the most important...
In September of 2019 I was the owner and lead designer of a successful wedding floral design and styling business in Minnesota, and quite content with things as they were. As life would have it, however, my husband's job moved us 350 miles away. Leaving children, grandchildren, our home and my business behind, we made the move and settled in by early February 2020, just as #Covid19 started trending everywhere.
As a way to manage the upheaval of the move and the isolation of the pandemic, I turned my creativity to painting, crafting and photography. Always an entrepreneur and not yet ready to retire, I decided to start another business, One Precious Pearl...the Next Chapter.
Combining mixed media art with bookbinding, I now design and sell journals of various types. They range from vintage, modern vintage or mid century, junk, art, writing, faith or commonplace journals. I also welcome and thoroughly enjoy commissioned pieces!