New Item - Square Vases

We are excited to offer a new centerpiece option! Our square vases offer a clean, modern look that is perfect for all of your tables or wonderful to mix-and-match with another piece. They are heavy, handblown glass pieces. The group of three consists of the following sizes: 4"x4"x4", 4"x4"x6", and 4"x4"x8". A 3" floating candle fits perfectly in these pieces. They can be rented as a group or separately.


These pieces were first used on May 2nd at the Habitat for Humanity Hard Hat and Black Tie Gala held at the Marriott City Center. MBellish donated rental items for this event and helped coordinate and organize their decorations. They had 70 tables and went with three different centerpieces. One grouping was the Manhattan with orange roses and green mini-orchids. The second was the tall square vase (with an orange tulip and a floating candle) with two Beaded Votives, accented by green and orange rose petals and green mini-orchids. The third was a grouping of the three square vases (one with a green hydrangea, one with decorative silver wire, and the third with decorative grasses) and two Beaded Votives, accented by green and orange rose petals and green mini-orchids. The lovely flowers were provided by Serendipity. Photos by Peter Kowler.

I Do Vow To....reduce wedding waste

I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with Amy Rubins of Fete Perfection. She is a passionate, intelligent, and highly motivated event planner in the Twin Cities.

I applaud her recent efforts of creating the blog site and the general mission of "I Do Vow To." The efforts and communication she is hoping to foster are in regard to eliminating unnecessary wedding waste. Many weddings and events create dumpsters full of garbage after the event. We both challenge those planning events to think through how things they use in their events can be used for other purposes after the event.

I'm proud that renting decorations is a small way to help make your wedding "green." With renting, no new packaging is created, nothing is thrown away after the event (or stored in your closet for years to come), and the pieces can be re-used and enjoyed by others.

I am grateful to Amy for writing about MBellish on her popular blog:

"Local Resource = Big Savings

...and it's eco-chic. What could be better than this?

Gosh, I'm getting ahead of myself I better explain - I'm so excited to be working with Mari Bern of MBellish a wonderful company she founded over four years ago {and ahead of the eco-friendly curve I might add} which rents unique, stylish and reusable wedding decor.

She is located in Newport {a St. Paul suburb} however will come to you with her beautiful samples which is an added bonus when you and your wedding planner are selecting linens on the other end of town and having a hard time imagining how everything will coordinate.

Many of these pieces can be stand-alone or MBellish-ed with flowers... they're lovely either way. Two GREEN thumbs up to Mari Bern of MBellish for her contribution to the eco-chic world of weddings and providing less wedding waste."

Do-It-Yourself Flowers - Sat. February 21st

Please read the below message from Sadie's Fine Floral Design:

Sadie’s Fine Floral Design is proud to offer classes for Do-It-Yourself Brides to teach you the technical aspects of designing flowers for your wedding. If you have already decided that you are going to do your wedding flowers yourself, we will teach you how to design your boutonnieres, corsages and bouquets as well as be able to answer any specific design questions you may have. Class space is limited to 10 participants each so we may be able to offer you the individual attention you may require. The first class offering is Saturday, February 21, 2009 from 12:00 – 4:00 pm. We will also have supply kits you can purchase following the class that you can take home and use for the big event. Class fee is $150.00 per person, which will cover the instruction, snacks and beverages as well as supplies to work with. If you are interested, please e-mail sadie@sadiesfloral.com to sign up!

Tulips in Manhattan

I had to post this stunning picture of tulips placed in the Manhattan centerpiece. How beautiful! Flowers by Sadie and photo by Cari McGlynn Photography.

Taste of the Nation Event

On September 14th, MBellish donated decorations for the Taste of the Nation event. This is a wonderful event to raise funds to work toward ending childhood hunger. The event is a "foodies" dream - each table has their own celebrity chef that prepares a multi-course meal. This year featured chefs from such places as B.A.N.K., Oceanaire, Restaurant Alma and W.A. Frost. It was held at the Graves 601 Hotel where they used the Manhattan and Sausalito centerpieces, beaded votives, and mirrors to decorate the space. Here are a few pictures from the event, taken by Ariana Murillo Photography.

More lovely pictures of the Venice

Today I received some more lovely pictures of the Venice centerpiece taken by Kelly at Agape Moments. Thank you for sharing these Kelly. They were taken at the July wedding of one of my clients, Ericka, which was at Stonebrooke Golf Club in Shakopee.

Gorgeous photo of the Venice centerpiece

Josh Hackney, of Josh Hackney Photography, was kind enough to recently share this gorgeous picture he took of the Venice centerpiece. He was the photographer at Donna and Rob's wedding last October at the Minnesota Valley Country Club. Thank you, Josh - beautiful!