Fall splendor at St. Anthony Main

The St. Anthony Main Event Center looked fabulous last Friday for the reception of Jennifer and Jeremy. I worked together with the bride and Molly of Molly's Flower Studio to create centerpiece looks on all of the cocktail and guest tables on both floors of the center. The lovely flowers were by Molly and the tall cylinders, Santa Monica centerpieces, and votives were rented from MBellish.

A lot of Manhattan in St. Paul

This August I had the pleasure to work with Jennifer at Sitting Pretty to help put together centerpieces for a large corporate function at the Crowne Plaza in St. Paul. All of the table linens and chair covers were from Sitting Pretty, the flowers were by Spruce, and the Manhattans and votives were from MBellish. There were 80 tables which had to be set in only two hours! It was the busiest set-up I've ever been a part of, but the energy and excitement were exhilarating!

Magenta orchids

This spring I had the pleasure of decorating a bridal shower -- a BIG bridal shower -- 100 guests! We used the three sizes of square vases, floating candles, and magenta dendrobium orchids to create this elegant look. The three vases were placed on a 14" square mirror.

Lovely reception at 413 on Wacouta

I recently helped decorate the reception of Missy and Matt at the wonderful 413 on Wacouta space in St. Paul. I love the lights at 413 that shine down on the table centerpieces. There was a gorgeous floral centerpiece from Sassafras on half the tables (flanked with Elegant Votives) and the MBellish Santa Monica centerpiece on the other half of the tables. There were also two Santa Monica down the harvest/head table. These pieces were accented by lots of white flowers from Sassafras and were on a 12" square mirror. A lovely winter wedding!

WeddingWire Best of Award!

MBellish is excited to announce we won the Bride's Choice Awards 2011 from WeddingWire! This means we are rated in the top 5 percent of Wedding Pros nationwide! Thank you to all of our clients!

http://www.weddingwire.com/vendor-reviews

Enter the Grand Proposal contest!

Attention engaged couples in the Twin Cities! Do you you have wonderful proposal story? Submit your story to Make it Grand and be eligible to win $5000 in services towards your wedding! Please share this with your engaged friends as well!

You should plan to attend the Grand Proposal Wedding Fair on February 13th at Make it Grand in St. Paul. Make it Grand is teaming up with the Wedding Shoppe to offer a great day of chatting with wedding vendors, checking out wedding gowns, sampling cakes and treats, and lots of give-a-ways. See the below sign for details!

Style Me Pretty

We are excited to have our Manhattan piece displayed on the wonderful blog, Style Me Pretty. Click here to check out the pictures from this gorgeous event!

New Years Eve reception at the Westin

I had the pleasure to decorate Clare and Paul's New Years Eve wedding. What fun to attend such a celebration on New Years! They had their reception at the Westin in Edina, which I love. It is so elegant and classy.

Clare chose three different centerpieces:
- a trio of tall MBellish cylinders on a 14" round mirror with submerged orchids and floating candles
- a trio of shorter cylinders (the Melrose) on a 12x18" rectangular mirror with submerged orchids and floating candles
- and the Bel Air candelabra on a 12" square mirror

Flowers by Molly's Flower Studio.

Pretty photos from my brother's October wedding

Here is a link to some nice pictures of the MBellish decorations from my brother's October wedding. Photos by Josh Becker Photography.

Click here to view the slideshow.

A Wedding to Remember

The craziest MBellish experience I've had yet is getting back and forth from decorating Krista and Jesse's wedding on December 11, 2010....the day of the enormous snowstorm! I was so grateful my husband drives a 4x4 truck, otherwise I'm not sure I would have made it to Raspberry Island's Boat Club! During the adventure, I helped push several stuck cars, got stuck twice myself, and was stuck behind a woman pregnant with twins on 494 who I ended up safely taking back to my home (true story!).

Krista and Jesse are such a sweet couple I was so happy to get there for them and help make the Boat Club beautiful. It sounds like the bride was a trooper and took some fun pictures out in the snow. Krista chose the Venice centerpiece and elegant votives, accented by deep red roses petals by Molly's Flower Studio.

New candelabra - embellished by Carra!

A gigantic thank you to my talented friend Carra of La Petite Fleur for designing these three different arrangements to showcase the new MBellish candelabra. She went above and beyond and it really shows off both her work and how a simple, elegant piece can be taken over-the-top beautiful for your reception tables!

Arboretum Splendor

A big thank you to Maia Baldauf of La Vie Photography and Sadie of Sadie's Floral for passing along these fantastic pictures of a recent reception at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. I've never made it to the Arboretum, but it looks so charming! The MBellish Venice centerpiece helped accent the reception tables, along with the gorgeous flowers from Sadie's.

New Candelabra

A huge thank you to my friend Carra of La Petite Fleur for designing this arrangement for my new candelabra. I love it!

My brother's wedding!

I am elated to post pictures from my brother, Bill's, wedding on 10/15. Bill and his new bride, Erin, planned a spectacular event in Rochester, MN, capping off with their reception at the Rochester Golf and Country Club. It was so much fun and so special to see my one and only sibling get married to a wonderful woman.

MBellish, of course, helped out with their decor. At the rehearsal dinner at the fabulous Rainbow Cafe in Pine Island, we used the Sausalito mosaic hurricanes surrounded by bittersweet and gourds. At the wedding reception, we used the Venice centerpiece on all of their guest tables, surrounded by five elegant votives and voodoo orange rose petals. On their cocktail tables, they used our trio of square vases with submerged orchids (noorah blue, tangerine and buffalo orange mokaras) with ivory floating candles. Their entry way tables were accented with our Sausalito mosaic hurricanes, and their head table was accented with our tall cylinders, kept simple with water and ivory floating candles. The stunning fall flowers were by Everyday Bouquets of Rochester.

Fall elegance at Rush Creek

Rush Creek is the perfect venue for the fall, with amazing views of the golf course and the surrounding nature. Here are a few pictures from a wedding set-up I did there in September. I thought the Venice piece worked perfectly with the colors in the ballroom. Gorgeous flowers from Trish at The Loft Floral.

TheKnot.com Event at 413 on Wacouta

On Wednesday, September 15th I had a ton of fun attending, and helping decorate, theknot.com networking event at 413 on Wacouta in St. Paul. My wonderful and talented friend Carra of La Petit Fleur kindly asked me to help contribute some rentals to go along with her flowers. I was completely impressed by what Carra and the other vendors put together! 413 on Wacouta was a charming and impressive space which can host both your ceremony and reception. Lynn, the owner, was so sweet, she makes the space even more lovely.

Here are some pictures from the event. The decorations you see are the Manhattan and beaded votives from MBellish, gorgeous florals from La Petit Fleur, and super cool ice sculptures from Metro Ice.

Make it Grand!

MBellish is excited to be part of a new vendor marketplace called Make it Grand! It's a darling space on Grand Avenue, across from Kowalski's and a block down from The Wedding Shoppe.

Make it Grand is a one stop shop for people when they are looking to plan an event, with a community of event and wedding professionals offered in one location. MBellish has shelf space in the marketplace where we're displaying some of our centerpieces.

The grand opening of Make it Grand is August 15th from noon - 4pm. I would love to see you there!

Sophistication at the Carlson Rotunda

I loved decorating for the first time at the Carlson Towers Rotunda. It had to be a quick turn-around, but it's always exciting to transform a space into something beautiful for the bride and groom. Here they used the Manhattan centerpiece and two floral looks from Molly's Flower Studio. I loved how the silver vases coordinated with the Manhattan.

Decorating for a Friend

I had the pleasure to both decorate, and attend, a friend's wedding in June in Ames, IA. Chrisy is a long-time family friend of my husband and she married a wonderful man named Kevin. I helped them acheive their desired look for their reception using lots of glassware and mirrors from MBellish. Here are some photos of their cocktail table decorations (using an MBellish mirror and our modern votives), head/harvest table (where they used lots of Melrose cylinders) and one of their centerpiece looks (using a mirror and the tall cylinders from MBellish and submerging magenta dendrobium orchids). It was a delight to help them decorate and to celebrate their very special occasion!