tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83678682889334314262012-01-24T21:13:55.444-08:00Wedding design, planning, crafting, baking, mothering, gardening, designing and adventuringMeaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247555722382122373noreply@blogger.comBlogger1781100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367868288933431426.post-59270952212105400762012-01-24T20:04:00.001-08:002012-01-24T21:13:55.457-08:00

Dear clients of ours, Emily and Dan celebrated their marriage on 9/10/11, on a gorgeous autumn day here in Maine. Their pretty and vibrant wedding was featured on Style Me Pretty today, what a treat! All of the beautiful photographs were captured by Sharyn Peavey. A big thank you to my right hand, Charli as well as all of the vendors and talented professionals who made this special day a

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We are excited that one of Maine Seasons Events clients' weddings was featured today on Style Me Pretty's Little Black Book Blog! It is quite possible that Mary and Ian are one of the most beautiful and sweetest couples I have had the honor to work with, really. Mary & Ian are based in Boston, and reached out to Maine Seasons Events to design and plan their labor day weekend wedding celebration

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Whiskers on kittens, blue satin sashes....snowflakes that stick to my nose and eyelashes...In the holiday season I am more aware of how thankful I am for what we have and the people and pretty things that I love. Looking around the house today, I realize a few of my favorite things are right here.... My ever growing fabric stashOur vintage camera collectionWine cork mushroom ornaments made with

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(photo by emilie inc.) Recently I was interviewed by Love and Lobster blog about including pets at weddings. I have seen some things, I will say, and I was happy to shed (no pun intended, hee-hee!) some light on things many people don't consider in regard to the safety and comfort of animals at weddings. Having worked at a veterinary hospital in my past life, I have learned a few things about

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We just learned that Whitney and Rian's beautiful Maine wedding was featured on Grey Likes Weddings, in a feature about pre- owned wedding dresses! Whitney's Vera Wang Eleanor dress was a confection on her, just the right cut for her fabulous figure. Now Whitney's dreamy dress is also for sale, on Pre Owned Wedding Dresses.comI love all the layers on this dreamy dress, and her sparkly Ruby

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One of our dearest and smartest couples, Jessica and Dalen, reached out to Maine Seasons Events for design and planning for their wedding this past June. Jessica's father is very involved with the Smith Meetinghouse in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, and it proved to be the perfect location for this very special celebration. We came up with this palette for the design, incorporating jade, pale blue,

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Well, another year has passed and our almost Christmas holiday of Old Hallows Eve has come and gone again, for us marking the start of winter here in Maine. This year I admit I was, well, pressed for time and had to act quickly. I found a plastic disc sled in the garage and thought it just had to become a mushroom cap, with a little red fabric, hot glue and a welding mask head bracket attached.

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I am so behind in posting this, but I do owe my husband the mention! My creative life long love had his photographic work featured on toycamera.com recently, go have a peek! Anyone who knows Chris knows that he is a tinkerer...he makes things, all kinds of things. Things you have never seen, things you have never thought of and reinventing things you use all the time, everyday things. He

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One of my sweetest couples had their wedding featured on Green Wedding Shoes blog today, you can read the post here. It was a beautiful day for these two special people, with such kind hearts and a genuine love that is palpable... Days of rain before the wedding stopped as Whitney prepared to walk down the aisle, and as she came in to "Here Comes the Sun" the sun came through the clouds and the

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What fun: Skye and Allen's September wedding in the Bar Harbor area was featured today on Grey Likes Weddings! The wedding was at Skye's family summer home overlooking Goose Cove, and the weather was PERFECT! The images were captured by Michelle Turner-such succulent photography!The ever talented Judy of Flora Fauna provided stunning table scapes and flowers, the dance floor was kept full by

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Hooray! It is so exciting to see our clients, Erin and Sam's beautiful wedding featured today on Style Me Pretty, you can read the whole feature and see the complete gallery of sumptuous photos at the above link. Thank you to all of the talented people who made this day very special for our special clients! And an action shot of yours truly, coordinating the ceremony, in deep knee bend!Venue:

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I am thrilled that our dear clients, Suanne and Fatemeh had their beautiful wedding featured in the most recent issue of Boston Weddings Magazine! (All photos this post: Brea McDonald) This was a wedding of firsts for us, our first same sex wedding, first Bar Harbor wedding, and first wedding I had my husband attend as my assistant...it was a special event for so many reasons. I had the great

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(Photo Brea McDonald) When you look close, and you connect with others, there is kindness and goodness around you. I am fortunate. I have kind and dear colleagues, and there is a nature of helping one another and of support for one another and our individual and shared endeavors. (Photos Brea McDonald)Maine Seasons Events was featured today on Something Blue Blog, and I am moved by how

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Last summer I styled a house for a Maine Home + Design Magazine feature, and it just came out on the May cover-what a treat to see it in print! This perfect little house was Heaven to be in for the day, the screen porch on the same level as the main floor is one of the many brilliant ideas in this house, of architect Will Winkleman. I could have pulled up a chair and stayed on that porch all

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Yep, that is what I did today. I had to fix the toilet flapper flange thingy in the tank and bake a birthday cake and start building a cabinet for the office. All in my favorite black cashmere sweater. Has anyone ever run a circular saw in a cashmere sweater?!? Refreshing- I tell you. And recently I also rode a camel. With my 3.5 year old daughter. And me at 35 years old. Yep, a camel.

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For the 5th time, Brimfield Antiques Show made for an exhausting and exciting adventure. Treasures and trinkets aplenty and of course, enough oddities to offer a few nightmares! Basket of porcelain doll heads, anyone?This year Chris and I zipped to Massachusetts for the one day that could be allocated to treasure hunting this week, between client meetings, office building and Ava tending. It

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How does it really go this fast?!? I mean, how? How does a wee baby go through metamorphosis and turn into this little spirited girl? Not a baby anymore, clearly a girl. A girl who told me today, " I can't believe I am growing up into a grown up, isn't it amazing?"It is. Absolutely amazing.

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How has it been so long since I visited here?!? And how many times have I said that?!? Oh how busy things have been! I owe you a little update: Some big things are happening around here! 2011 marks the official growth staffing of Maine Seasons Events, with 5 employees officially coming on board, with the plan to continue to grow the business and teach someone new how to do what I do, so the

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It is hard to believe that this scene will soon be the site for a luscious fall wedding!I drove to Bar Harbor today to do double duty, scout out a few locations for one client and meet with another for their catering tasting and to tour the location where we are having the wedding. We had a huge snowstorm here yesterday, so the roads were almost empty and every tree was dusted with confectioners

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I am so excited to have a recent clients' wedding (you can see all of the images and read the story here) featured on Style Me Pretty-the couple wished to remain private, but the details were so fun for this event. I am so fortunate to have the privilege of working with people who have become my dear friends, and photographer, Corbin Gurkin is one of those extraordinary talents and irreplaceable

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I am so sad to report that our beloved Mr. Noahnie and his brother Meema have both passed away. Those who knew Noah and us will understand how a keystone of our family has been pulled out from under us. Noah was a great cat, a great friend, so loyal and sweet, the inspiration for a T.V. craft show and many songs and jingles, Meema was the undercat, the unlikely champion, with a voice, the

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(All photos in this post by the lovely and talented, Brea McDonald) Dear friends of mine, and fellow wedding professionals, Brea McDonald, Dawn Kelly and Meg Simone recently participated in an exciting project for women filmakers recently in the Bahamas. I am so proud of them, I wanted to share the story and to encourage women everywhere to fulfill our creative selves. Professional event

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A dear friend of mine, Sara of Griffin-vites just had her baby boy, Everett York O'Brien and I couldn't be happier for her! She is a going to be a super incredibly wonderous mommy-she is divine and so stylish, even in the throes of late pregnancy! Here is little beautiful Everett in his bed with his quilt!(Geneve Hoffman Photo) Earlier this summer I attended a baby shower for Sara my gift was

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Clients of mine, Laurie and Spencer were married on Lake Winnepesaukee in New Hampshire recently and Style Me Pretty published their wedding story and images, you can read the post here. So exciting! Maine Seasons Events provided planning, coordination and also event design in collaboration with Laurie the bride and Susan of Lakes Region Floral Studio. Here is the list of people who

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My dear friend Corbin Gurkin recently photographed a table top design I created, along with another dear friend, Judy of Flora Fauna, who created the incredible floral arrangements and bouquets, and low and behold! It was featured on Style Me Pretty's main page on Monday, what fun! You can see all of the pictures and read the story behind the design here. Thank you Corbin and Judy, always a

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(Photo: Brea McDonald Photography) My old friend and guru photographer, Emilie Sommer has started a new blog called Love & Lobster, Coastal New England Weddings. Aside from the cute graphics, font and colors, it is filled with good details, and as always, in true Emilie fashion, filled with useful and great information. There are links to great finds, pictures and articles with fun wedding

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It is hard for me to believe that it has been since May 23rd that I posted....tisk, tisk! I have been so intentionally busy and anyone who knows me will attest to the fact that I am a habitual life stuffer. I tend to pack as much living, activity and creativity into every possible second as humanly or inhumanly possible...so I am back, to fill you in on a bit of what has been going on around

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There has been a whole lot of wedding preparation going on around here! Pulling and organizing props for upcoming weddings, sorting milk glass for floral arrangements, Scavenging the last few needed items at yard sales and antique shops, polishing vintage silver for centerpieces, Ordering ribbon for dessert bar curtains, sewing custom pillows for

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I can say I have never seen a blue jay nest, not near my house anyway. I can also say that in the 11 years I have owned my Wisteria plant, it has only bloomed a few times. Not enough blooms to even anticipate more the following spring, And some years? No blooms at all... Yesterday, while serving breakfast to my two and half year old daughter, she asks, "Mama? Why is there a blue jay dancing

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For years now I have been lucky enough to attend the Brimfield Antiques Show in Brimfield, Massachusetts. Usually I go with my husband and once we became parents, we even took out 6 month old daughter. But this isn't really a trip for a toddler, not for us and not for them! This is the mother ship of flea markets in my corner of the world. This year I went for 2 (10 hour days!!) days and a

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There is an exciting workshop happening on May 12, 2010, here in Maine.  Inspire.Collaborate.Succeed has been created by Brea McDonald and Dawn Kelly, a photographer and floral designer who I have had the privilege of working with.  Oh yes, and yours truly will be a guest speaker at the workshop!  Hope to see you there! Here are  some of the details, and please visit the link above to learn more

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I just learned that one of my weddings was featured on the Wedding Chicks Blog! You can see more of the gorgeous pictures of this wedding on the blog post in the above link.   This wedding was photographed by the lovely and oh so talented Sharyn Peavey-gorgeous images, as always! I was so pregnant at this wedding, I remember having to move 130 chairs from the ceremony area to

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I have wanted to work on a fabric item for a friend of mine who happens to be an incredibly talented photographer, mommy and lady-finally it is done!Whenever I think of Sharyn I always think of this color palette-vibrant, interesting, fun and so pretty. Not surprising, Sharyn embodies all of those characteristics!The front of this little quilt is in purple, magenta, lavender, gray and pale pink.

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My husband e-mailed me this link-from the desk next to me the other night...he said, " I am sending you an e-mail, go look"  So I did and of course I had to make this little dress from a pile of my sweaters destined for Goodwill...Instructables is a fun web site, one which I never have time to peruse, but my husband checks it regularly and sends me the links he thinks I will like.  What a peach

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A fun way to incorporate vintage style into a wedding design: I am scavenging these vintage medicine and tincture bottles for one of my Maine brides this summer...I can't wait to see them at the wedding on the guest tables with flowers, mixed with tons of votive candles and canning jars of larger floral arrangements....I am going to keep the color pallete for this wedding under wraps for a bit,

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We went to the Portland, Maine Flower Show yesterday, despite gale force winds and rain.  We all needed a bit of spring!One of the first exhibits was of a greenhouse with a cabbage garden, so pretty, I love them just for ornamentation! This booth also featured a lettuce fence, which is brilliant, I think we will have to try this this year- a great way to dress up a fence and avoid bunnies and

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I have been so excited to share this, but as it was an exclusive feature, we all had to keep it under wraps until the magazines came out. Sara of Griffin-vites Watercolor Stationery, photographer Brea McDonald and I collaborated on a fun summer wedding design photo shoot way back in June of 2009, and it can finally be shared! Shot at a private residence, the green summery backdrop was just right

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I am forcing myself to look at those goals I set for 2009 and see where I succeeded and where I have some opportunity. I really don't like the word failure, it doesn't exist in my vocabulary... So from this list of lofty goals, here are the things I would rate as successes for 2009: From Who I want to be: 1. fearless (well maybe sometimes I was. 12 miles up a mountain on a bike with a

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I am so excited to have some of my work published in Seacost Bride Magazine...it has been a long time goal for me and I finally took the time to talk to one of my favorite women and photographers, Sharyn Peavey to demystify how this whole submission/publication thing works...It took some time this past spring to get all of the necesary details together and actually make the submissions at various

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I have had some inquiries about a picture I posted of this knitted purse: The truth is that I whipped this up during a nap time for a very talented photographer friend of mine. Well, it was actually intended for her adorable daughter, but I am not sure who will use it more! I wish I could say that I had a great pattern to share, but it was one of those spur of the moment, "I have an idea....

Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247555722382122373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367868288933431426.post-16825786891205200062010-01-12T18:03:00.002-08:002010-01-20T20:32:21.542-08:00

(Sharyn Peavey Photo) On January 1st, wedding planner powerhouse Kate Parker launched her newest venture, My Kate Parker Wedding, a new online ultimate wedding resource and vendor directory developed and designed by a wedding planner for chic & savvy brides and grooms. Membership is free to use the site and with cutting edge technology, clients will be able to customize their planning

Meaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02247555722382122373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367868288933431426.post-21887704615188863482010-01-12T17:27:00.000-08:002010-01-20T20:00:23.752-08:00

Happy 2010! Where did the end of 2009 go?!? And where was I? Oh, you know, the holidays, chasing after a 2 year old, planning for my next photo shoot, tending to my wedding clients....I had the best plans for keeping up with the blog, and they slipped away for a bit, sorry to have been away! (the camper filled with photo shoot props!) So, what is new, what is coming? Well, a recap for 2009, to

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Hooray! The Style Me Pretty wedding style photo shoot that I recently designed and coordinated is up on their blog and delightful Abby at SMP wrote not one, not two, not three, but FIVE posts on the shoot! Including a post for the film we had made by Meg Simone of the shoot and concept design. JUICY! (All photos this post by the lovely and talented Brea Mcdonald) The shoot design was inspired

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I just read a very nice blog post by a sassy wedding photographer who happens to be new in my life. I recently met with Melissa Mullen, she photographed me and we talked, got to know each other and each other's business philosophies more...she wrote such a thorough and juicy post, just wanted to share a little more of her kindness! All photos this post by Melissa Mullen Photography Here are some

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Another fun detail in a wedding planner's life is actually going to the wedding venue with the client, and doing a "walk and talk", a site visit, a walk through. During this meeting, we walk around, make sketches about layout, note electrical outlets, water supply sources, parking areas, overhead view, style, color, feel and atmosphere. We close our eyes and imagine what the space will be when

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I was recently asked to create a floral arrangement for a photographer friend's table at a wedding show. I always love to do these small, creative jobs, but also always feel nervous! I want to be sure the flowers represent the vendor well, that they speak to their brand and accentuate, not compete with, the other materials and work on display. Melissa's brand colors are pale pink and light

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Okay, here it is, drum roll.... Here is the winning inspiration board from Style Me Pretty's inspiration to reality challenge #4! I am so excited and anxious to translate this reader's vision into reality...the shoot is in 8 days, so the heat is on! Wish me good creativity and stamina!

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Style Me Pretty posted the announcement challenge to readers to create a wedding inspiration board to be brought to life by little old me and my style team-what an adventure! The concept is called Inspiration to Reality, the winning inspiration will be chosen tomorrow and I will then have about 72 hours to translate that inspiration into reality, with a photo shoot capturing the real life

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Isn't it interesting to be called an expert?!? I guess I should be honored, but I am humbled... I recently wrote a little article offering some ideas when considering wedding guests' comfort, and it was featured today on the My Kate Parker Wedding blog- a morsel of press, what fun! All photos in this post are from one of my recent weddings, photographed by Bethany & Tigue of Cunningham

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Oh, how does my favorite season pass by so quickly? I think I say that every year. I have been so busy thinking about and planning weddings for next summer, that I have missed a bit of autumn, while thinking about June, July and August. Before it slips by again, here are some of the things that we have been doing... Taking sunset ocean side walks... Knitting by the campfire during Ava's nap...

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I know, I am running a bit behind, but it is for good reason, really! I have been very occupied with wedding planning for next year, and starting the creation station for this years' holiday make-athon. Here are some photos, however belated, of my owl on Halloween. That is the pumpkin we planted from seed last February-she is so proud of that giant thing, I can't bear to compost it yet! And

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No really, that is what the recipe is called! I have had several requests for this recipe, so here it is, from my friend Emily's cookbook for picky eaters. Hmmm, that would include me! This recipe is versatile, you can add dried cranberries, cherries, raisins, chocolate or peanut butter chips...Scrumptious, crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, any way you make them. Honest to God, the

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I am so excited to announce the debut of Sara McCormick's film about my last wedding photo shoot at Clark's Cove Farm! Maine Wedding Vendors: Road Trip to Creativity from Sara McCormick on Vimeo.Sara M. worked for 8+ hours, filming Brea, Sara and I set up and shoot the autumn design from our four seasons wedding series. Sara M. did a beautiful job capturing the essence of the design, the process

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In preparation for the next of a series of wedding design photo shoots I am working on, I recently visited Clark's Cove Farm, in Walpole, Maine to scout out the property for a possible shoot venue. When I arrived, I was treated to such delightful views of a lovingly cared for property and an even more delightful owner, Tim. Some other delights who are involved with this photo shoot are Brea &

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Here are a few of my faves from Brea McDonald's professional photos from our last wedding magazine shoot. Dessert buffet, hand made pinwheels... Some of Sara Fitzgerald O'Brien's incredible custom designed, watercolor stationery... A bouquet made by yours truly, so prettily photographed by Brea on a rusty old tool box, scavenged from a barn on a road trip through Vermont with my sister... I

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I have been up to so much lately, I have backlogs of folders of pictures to share...and here is part of the reason that I haven't been blogging much: Yep, that is my desk. Can you see the lists buried under the luscious distraction?!? They are in there, you just have to really look. Oh and my laptop is under there somewhere too. The trouble started the other day when I realized that every

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Oh I've been busy-sorry to have been away. I recently worked again with two fabulous girls-Brea McDonald and Sara Fitzgerald-O'Brien to complete a wedding theme we had started back in June. We had some interest from a wedding magazine editor and needed to create the rest of the wedding story to photograph, before the season changes completely! These are just my snapshots, Brea's photos will

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I think I can only show you the set up of this one...there may be a chance of it being published, and I don't want to ruin it. If this wedding gets selected for publication, then I will yell it from the rooftops and send you links to see the rest, but for now, I can show you the days of set up that were required at this extra special, unique and delightful wedding. This may shed some light on

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After performing assistant to the hostess duties at a recent event, I took a little drive before going home. My daughter was already asleep and my husband wouldn't mind if I was a little late... I drove to the end of Cundy's Harbor, Maine, to see the wharf at sunset. Holbrook's wharf is a working wharf, and you can read a bit about it's rejuvenation at the above link. \ Even though I grew up

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I recently spent a humid summer evening assisting with the celebration of a friend and client's open house. This dynamic couple built their "someday" house, before someday came, and I admire them for doing it. For their privacy, I won't show the house, but trust me, it is beautiful! They invited all of the people who had worked on the house, the architects, the framers, painters, general

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Oh how I wish these pictures could translate...What a joy to coordinate Christina and Colin's Portland Museum of Art wedding ceremony. You know those people who are truly beautiful, inside and out? The ones who glow with the goodness that radiates from within them? Yeah, that would describe this bride and groom and the so delightful (and one of my beloved former brides) special event

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Hancock Gourmet Lobster featured the photo shoot I assisted with on their blog! You can read the post here. So cute and well written-and I must admit, I felt a tiny bit special being invited to help style this shoot. Just think of all the hands that catalog will be in, and my hands had a part in some of the images all of those people will see. The world is a small place in that sense, and

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Ahh, yet another reason I love my husband. Look what he sent me via text message from work the other day: "Go get it!" I insisted.Our following text conversation went like this: "They aren't home" I was told."Leave your number on their door!" I replied. "I am not doing that, I will come back by later and ask if they are getting rid of it""Is it by the road? Is it by their house, do you think

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Well, I made something from that orange yarn. But, as usual, it doesn't quite fit an adult, as intended. It may have to be a toddler hat. It was fun to make, I used a very easy and simple pattern that is modifiable with stitch designs of your choice. I made some modifications to the pattern, as it is for a 9 month old baby and I wanted it to fit a 30 year old (almost!) woman. Yes, the intended

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This morning Ava and I went to our local farmer's market, to buy umm, green beans and cucumbers and maybe a plant. Yeah, yeah, that was the plan, really. While Ava enjoyed a home made cookie, what did my wandering eye see?!? Maybe the hunter orange color doesn't translate on a computer monitor...Please don't ask me why I bought local hunter orange yarn. And please don't ask me why I started

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A friend of mine had a baby girl last August 1st. A whole year ago-how can that be possible?!?When I caught wind that baby Aubrey would be receiving a hand made dolly from her mama for her birthday, the idea sprang into my head that the dolly needed a bed and a hand made quilt. I mean, don't all dollies need such accoutrements?!? I raided the stash of wood that is leftover from the camper

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I have been so busy-so busy that I have not been here to tell about it.. .While I make the time (it is made, not found, so I am told) to blog about all that has been happening in the past few weeks, you may enjoy another little Maine views series to hold you over... This series is from Acadia National Park- a favorite place of ours. The Rocky shore has the best rocks for holding, some shaped just

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Today was a rough one. I was very fortunate to have spent the day styling a photo shoot for Hancock Gourmet Lobster Company in Cundy's Harbor, Maine. What a treat to spend time in a brand new, waterfront and oh so gorgeous house, equipped with the smartest kitchen I have ever been in, and in the company of great people. Oh yeah, and did I mention the water view?!? Here is a behind the scenes

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Today my step sister had her baby, a boy, Aiden. Here he is, healthy and new. And just like that, you are here. Incredible, isn't it?

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Recently my husband went to New York to visit his grandparents for the weekend...for various overcommitment reasons, Ava and I didn't go along with him. We had a girls' weekend instead. We made home made pizza for dinner, did crafts, put on rubber boots and ran in the puddles-because apparently, it is going to rain just about every day for the rest of the foreseeable future here in Maine. We

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In case you won't be getting here this summer, or if you just want a Maine fix-I will be posting some views from Maine for you. A little series of sorts. Number one is from a Maine fishing village that also features one of the world's only working crib stone bridges. A typical wharf . The shore is mostly rocky here and beaches like this are not uncommon. We do have a few sandy

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I am excited to be featured on the My Kate Parker Wedding blog! You can read the 2009 Vendor Advice and Trends feature here. I love what Kate has done with her new venture, My Kate Parker Wedding-you can keep up with the blog, the service and web site will launch in January 2010. Kate Parker is one smart cookie. I don't remember if I mentioned this feature back in April, but I was also

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Every July, we go to one of our favorite places on the planet: Bar Harbor, Maine, or Har Barbor, if you ask Ava. Acadia National Park is quite indisputably, one of the most incredible places to be, smell, walk, hike, bike, swim, laze or craze. We have so many great memories and adventures in our past, being there with my husband's brother and his wife, before they were married, and before we

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We took Ava strawberry picking for the first official time in her life. She is old enough now to be in the fields and assist with the picking. Well, sort of. Really she was more concerned about the surrounding vegetation and spent most of her time with her Grandpa, making the rounds on the farm, as opposed to actually picking.She did contribute though.I want to teach Ava where food comes

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The New York wedding went well last weekend-what a treat to work with my sister's old friend as the bride! My sister and I loaded up her Subaru and headed out across New Hampshire and Vermont. It was great to be with my sister alone, for the first time in a long time. We laughed so much we missed our exit and ended up deep in southern Vermont before we realized our detour! We stayed at the

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1. When you open your silverware drawer, this is what you see. Yes, a seal. A plastic toy seal. 2.When you come downstairs in the morning, this is what you almost trip over, on the bottom step. (Maybe you were just too tired to pick them up when you went to bed last night.) 3. When you reach for the refrigerator handle, you catch a glimpse of this: Are you in the right house?!? 4. Most of

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Oh, just one last sip of spring! This was such a flowery spring here, I can't let these pictures go unseen. Without meaning to, I have somehow amassed a lot of green and white in my garden. Ferns, so simple, so perfect.Solomon's Seal are like earrings Nature puts on-they are so pretty dangling under their stem.Ahh, one last deep inhale before we move on to summer.

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One of Ava's favorite books is this one. It has become one of my favorites too, best at bedtime. We recently visited a local farm to see some baby lambs that had just been born that morning. These Sheep are Katahdin Hair sheep-they don't have wool?!? Being a knitter, I didn't dare to ask what they are bred for, let's not think about it. I like to think that sheep have a luxurious life, grazing in

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I am so happy to have one of my table designs featured on the Nantucket Weddings Unveiled blog! The strawberry inspiration board is so perfect, I could just eat it! And it is looking like I must have that necklace. My birthday is in 9 days, so I can justify it, right?!? (Photo courtesy of Nantucket Weddings Unveiled Blog)

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I want to appreciate these beauties, before they pass for the summer! Some random delights I am so thankful to be able to look at every day. Enjoy the view!A recent wedding bouquet... ... and boutenniere.A grand bearded Iris And a bird's eye view of a Siberian Iris One of the last bunches of purple and white lilacs for the season-where does the time go?!?

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I am wrapping up the place card creation for an upcoming wedding...I don't typically do this, but it is for a long time friend of my sister's, we have all been there... Since these pictures were taken in the wee hours, the lack of nice light is a little too obvious for my liking, but a behind the scenes peek is always fun. 3 spreadsheets, 11 piles and a zillion paper clippings on the floor

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Remember this 100 % Cashmere, 100% splurge yarn, that I was disappointed with when it came in the mail? Well, it found a purpose. Those 2 tiny little precious portions of cashmere whispered out to me from the yarn box...They were too small, even together, to make a large item, but too special and soft to be left in the stash much longer... At first I thought they were telling me to knit my

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This little vest pattern comes from Debbie Bliss Essential Baby. I have really wanted to make a little something from this book, and am working on the pinny for Ava, but row after row of seed stitch on size 3 needles was wearing on my patience, so I left that on a holder for a bit and started in on this little vest for a friend's soon to be born son. I used a pale blue Peruvian wool from a

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I had the great experience and fortune to collaborate with two very smart, witty, kind and oh so talented women business owners this week. We produced a wedding table design photo shoot inspired by Maine seasons, incorporating flowers and fruit locally available. This shoot captured 2 ideas I have had for a while for a summer and spring wedding table. We will be doing another similar shoot soon.

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My step mother surprised us with a sweet treat recently. She made lemon scones, lady and baby sized, and brought over a tea party, complete with real tea pots, teacups and saucers. The weather was delightful that morning, so we sat outside like proper ladies and took our tea under the umbrella with the apple blossoms and lilacs scenting the air. Ava took to her little porcelain tea cup

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We have a very hot and sunny garden along our house, since our beloved Silver Maple trees had to be removed in 2007. The moral of this botanical story is that when you get lemons (we LOVED those trees, until one fell on our house when Ava was 7 weeks old), you make lemonade. (I found some new, yet smaller lovies to take the sadness away) And unto my heart, a love of sedum was born. These

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I got this pattern a while back at Alewives Fabric, while on a fabric outing with a friend. We make a special trip to this shop, though it is out of the way-there aren't many places in Maine to get certain fabrics. Sometimes you just have to touch the fabric and go home with it in your bag, you know? Online shopping is great, but real life, in person is better. Perhaps I have an instant

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We wait so long for spring here. Too long. For the past 2 nights I have been out gardening, until after dark, once in the pouring rain, covered in mud in my trusty rubber boots. All of this just to be out there a bit longer, to smell the sweet, peppery apple blossoms on all of the trees in the backyard. There really should be just a few more hours in each day. This feels like the first year

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I hope all the mamas out there had a good Mother's day! My husband made a mother's day brunch for my myself, my mother, my sister and my mom's friend. What a menu! Crepes with Ghiradelli chocolate sauce and strawberries, warm croissants with real butter and raspberry jam-then my fave: Cafe Maison. We always get this when we go to Quebec city; coffee and hot chocolate in a bowl with a scoop

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Among being way too over committed right now and having no significant time to do anything, I manage to somehow still do everything...sound familiar? I know so many of us are in this boat. In my obsessive and likely annoying effort to give my daughter a magical childhood, filled with creativity and hand made things, this little jumper was bound off the needles yesterday. Despite being a bit

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I am excited to have been featured on The Smart Planner blog-you can read the interview here. The author of this blog is an Arizona based wedding planner who started a consulting business for wedding professionals. Liene interviews planners from all over the country in a series called, "Meet the Planners". I enjoy reading about the other planners and hearing about their successes and that many of

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I am so excited to share some of these...My friend and very talented photographer, Sharyn Peavey sent me these pictures from Ava's 14 month shoot...so yummy, I had to really exercise control to pick just a few for this post. I love this one of Chris helping Ava put on one of my lime green shoes that she took from my closet...while she holds a pink one in the other hand... And this one of us

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My friend got me started using Cascade 220 yarn. Being new to the knitting craft, I take advice and recommendations from the seasoned knitters in my life. I really love the feel of this yarn, it has helped me make several sweet little projects. This same friend also told me about a web site and recent sale on Cascade yarn-and I followed her recommendation on this one too, and gorged myself on

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Easter marks the no turning back point on winter for me. We enjoyed a very busy day filled with family, friends, a very competitive egg hunt, and too much food and candy. In preparation, Ava and I made my mother's sugar cookie recipe and glazed the cookies with thinned out royal icing. I gave Ava some little craft paint brushes and let her paint a few cookies-much to her delight and my needing

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Yes, I am going to be an auntie-in August. My step sister is expecting-the first boy in our family. I whipped up this little hat for little Aiden-it is so tiny and cute. It does stretch out and become rounded once on a human head. Ava wanted one of the cats to wear it, but I assured her that he already has a warm fur hat to wear. A little bean hat for the newest bean in the family!

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I found this Kokka fabric online, and instantly knew that it must be mine. I coupled it with some scraps from a fabric trove at a local salvage warehouse (Marden's in Lewiston) for the back panels-and Voila! I had two new pillow covers for Ava's rocking chair. I am simply in love with this fabric-it reminds me of spring, and eating strawberries and what childhood should be-sweet. I mean,

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Well, if spring refuses to arrive willingly, then I will just have to force it. Again, 19 degrees here last night, I mean REALLY. I can't take it anymore. I decided that today would be the day Ava and I bought some seeds and started our first little garden together. It will just have to be indoors for now. I didn't even pay attention to the instructions to "sow seeds 8 weeks before the last

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"Naturally Nice" it is called...it might not naturally fit it's intended wearer, but I think I can at least give the sweater with a note that it can be exchanged for a sweater that will fit. This baby is not a tiny baby-and the sweater? Well it came out a bit tiny. I followed all of the directions-maybe it just looks tiny, next to my not-so-tiny toddler. Was my daughter ever this small?!? I

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If I think about the fact that I made a goal to complete only one knit sweater in 2009, then I feel a little better about the fact that each of the 2 I have made so far (yes, 2!) are just a bit...not quite right. Here is number 2-Babette in cotton chocolate brown and strawberry pink yarn. I omitted the hood, but made a little collar, added a second color and stripes and learned that I don't

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Hello, Mother Nature? It can be spring now. Really, any day now. March in the Northeast can be the hardest month of winter I think. You are really still in winter as evidenced by these recent pictures, but you are so close to April, that you can almost feel it. Well, maybe if you stand close to the wood stove and close your eyes tight, and imagine... Since these pictures were taken, we have had

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