Jan 1, 2019 | Event and Wedding Styling, General, Wedding Floral Design Ideas
Every year Pantone Color Institute announces a “Color of the Year” based on current and upcoming trends. Their choice influences design in all areas, including wedding design. For 2019, the Pantone color experts have chosen Living Coral. Per their website, “Living...
Nov 27, 2018 | Floral Design Classes, General
On the Tuesday night prior to Thanksgiving, a group of delightful ladies gathered in our design studio, ready to learn the basics of holiday wreath decorating. We focused on new skills, like bow tying and construction technique, but mostly what was gained was a great...
Nov 4, 2018 | Event and Wedding Styling, General, Our Couples, Wedding Floral Design Ideas
Christina and Ethan’s classic elegant wedding was held at the Gale Mansion in Minneapolis. Christina had requested burgundy and mauve flowers, which we incorporated into the bouquets and arrangements. The venue, having been built in 1912 in the Italian...
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!