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 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 3, 2018 | Event and Wedding Styling, General, Our Couples, Wedding Floral Design Ideas
On a beautiful June day at the Chaska Event Center in Chaska, MN, Emily and Nathan became Mr and Mrs. Emily’s desire for fuchsia pink peonies, yellows, pinks and corals all came together in an explosion of beautiful vibrant color. We included metallic gold...
May 30, 2018 | Event and Wedding Styling, Our Couples, Wedding Floral Design Ideas, Weddings
When I first met with Jen and Jon to discuss their April 14th wedding, they acknowledged it could be cool and maybe even cloudy with rain. They expressed a strong desire to make the inside of the JX Event Center in Stillwater feel as much like spring as possible, just...
Feb 25, 2018 | Event and Wedding Styling, General, Our Couples, Wedding Floral Design Ideas, Weddings
Janelle came to us describing a tropical themed wedding that would include white flowers and monstera leaves. We also decided to include hosta leaves from Janelle’s mother’s garden. The variegated white and green variety mixed beautifully with the other...
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!