A Mountain Wedding

 

Hello friends!

We just returned home from a fabulous 2 week trip to Colorado & Wyoming.

First stop on our trip was my cousin Morgan's Colorado mountain wedding.

She met her mountain man Pete in Steamboat Springs where they teach high school, ski and climb mountains.

 

 

The week long festivities took place at Midnight Ranch, about 30 miles North of Steamboat Springs.  The 105 acre ranch has a huge trout pond & 3 cabins. They had BBQs, kayaks, hiking trips & a bunch of other activities planned to keep everyone busy. 

 It was really a gorgeous place.

 

 

The morning of the wedding was spent transforming this enormous tent into Morgan's dream space.
 

 

 She had spent months planning & designing every wonderful detail.

 

 

By 4pm we were hiking up to the ceremony spot.

 

It was a perfect summer day.  Clear skies, 80 degrees and no humidity!
Just like Texas.

 

 

I was expecting a carriage ride up the hill for the bride, but I about died when I saw a tractor in the distance.

 

There's more than one way to get up a mountain:)

 



 

The ring bearers were adorable in their suspenders and hats.

 

Then came the junior bridesmaid pulling a goat cart with twin flower girls.

 

 

Morgan was a beautiful bride.
She is not a fru fru type of girl and had a hard time finding the right dress.
In the end she settled on a very simple but elegant vintage style gown adorned with pretty French lace.

 



They wrote their own vows and the friend who introduced them years ago officiated.
It was all very sweet and I cried through the whole thing.
 



 

Everything from the cakes to the band were created & contributed by friends & family.

Everyone worked together to bring Morgan & Pete's wedding vision to life.

 

 

Somebody call security.

Who let these goons in?

 

 

Morgan's principal roasted a pig. It was delicious,

but Philip was thinking it might be a good time to become a vegetarian.

 

My contributions included a guest book, & the ring bearer pillow.
My gift to the couple, was a vintage wedding book.

 



 

I was in such a hurry to get it finished in time that I forgot to take pictures.

Here are a few from my iphone.

  

The book is filled with photo's from past family weddings, I left a page blank for their own wedding.

 

I was inspired by Lori Oles & her wedding book that was featured in Sew last month.

 



The picture above is my Grandmother & Grandfather.

Unfortunately I have no pictures from their wedding.

 

The little people on the right are my Great Grandparents.



 

Howard Stern crashed the wedding.

 

 

A row boat carried the new couple to their wedding suite, a tent done up 'Out of Africa' style.

 

 

The sun set and the party kicked into high gear. 

Next Stop, Grand Lake! 

 

 

My Studio

 

It's time for another workshop. 

 There are a lot of positives about working from home.

For one thing I know that at least once a month my studio will be clean!

Wanna see?

 

I don't think I've blogged about my studio in awhile, so get ready to be bombard with pictures.

My room is pretty much right in the center of the house which is good & bad.

Good because I can keep an eye on my kids, bad because it usually looks like a disaster.

 

 

See all this stuff?

Normally half of it is on the floor and the other half on my desk.

 



 

I almost sold this beautiful cabinet.

Then I realized it's the perfect place to hold some of my art & special gifts.

 



 

 

I collect old hand written school note books. Beth gave me the amazing one pictured above.

The binding is hand stitched and there is tissue between the pages to prevent smears.

It's filled with the most incredible drawings and text.

 

 

The black one is very special to me,

it was Carola's 1st grade writing journal.

 

 

Take a look at her penmanship!



I only buy the ones that have interesting subject matter, like the stitching examples and Grandmothers soap recipe.

That one was .25 at a garage sale:)

 

My studio is filled with reminders of friends I've met around the world.

 

 

 



Kristi brought me a souvenir from Round Top last year. A note from one of my favorite designers Carolyn Westbrook.

You can tell by her note she's not only insanely talented, but also very funny.

 



 

I'm a sucker for old books with engraved illustrations.

 



  

 

 

The sweet boys leather boots are a birthday gift from Dawn.

Pieces of our friendship are sprinkled throughout the room.

 



 

The photo on the left is my Grandfather as a young man in the Russian Army.

 



  

 

Well that was my studio at her finest.

 



 

If you live in the DFW area and want to see it for real, 

have some laughs, and make something beautiful...

 

  

 

(Pictures from my last class)

 

 

 

then join us on June 21st!

You can get the information & sign up at my Etsy shop.