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...
Jan 23, 2018 | Event and Wedding Styling, Our Couples, Wedding Floral Design Ideas, Weddings
When I first met Jamie, she told me she wanted lots and lots of lights, candles and fairy lights. She wanted flowers and decor that stretched between blush to burgundy and were soft enough to reflect all the light. Ceremony and Reception Both ceremony and reception...
Feb 3, 2017 | Our Couples, Wedding Floral Design Ideas, Weddings
Reminiscing about this beautiful April wedding. Kimberly and Dan chose a 10:00 service at Bethlehem Baptist, followed by brunch with their family and friends at Cafe Astor in Minneapolis. Kimberly carried a bouquet of white peonies, green hypricum berries, gray...
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!