Janni is one of my customers who chose to order a felt flower bouquet kit and make her flowers herself! They turned out beautifully and their Danish wedding looked so fun.

These shots of them as a couple are so cute. And talk about a handsome groom!

And check this out. Wowie zowie!! I think this is the first time anyone has gotten a felt flower tattoo!

Congratulatons Janni and Dennis and thank you so much for letting me share in your big day.

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So funny story, I haven’t done a bouquet like this (with buttons and flowers around the outside) in over a year, and now I have three of them to do this month!

These are Becky’s flowers. Hot pink and white with love from me.

Her flower girls are taking these two huge posie flowers down the aisle…I love that! I wanted the polka dots to look like confetti…

Congratulations!
xo

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1. My good friend and model Sarah Lorsung Tvrdik has entered a contest to be on an episode of Mad Men. You can vote for her every day and if she wins, I will do a giveaway for a free dress from my upcoming line. Isn’t she beautiful?

Fancy pro photos by Bill Sitzmann. Go vote!!!!!!! Every day!!! And win a dress!!!!!

2. Last Saturday we hosted one of the legs of the Joslyn Museum’s annual Young Art Patrons art crawl event at CAMP where I showed the progress of my dress line and explained the coworking concept to attendees. It was a great turnout–almost as many people as we had for our opening party. Here are a few pictures from the night.

So yeah Dave and his friends came and played Magic the whole time.

3. I had so much fun reading the comments from Meg Duerksen’s blog about things to do with your kids in the summer. I can’t wait until Alice gets older and we can do some of these awesome activities. Actually I can wait…she’s already growing up so fast. Take your time, pancake. Anyway this stuff looks way fun and creative.

4. CAMP was recently featured on the front page of the Omaha-World Herald money section. It’s a good read about coworking.

5. …and we were also featured on KPTM news here locally. I’m linking to my friend Andy’s site instead of KPTM’s because I don’t know when they are taking the video down and I don’t want the link to be broken. Also the KPTM site has too many ads. I had to be here at 10am for the interview! Too early!\

6. I’m in the final stage of finishing up all the embellishments on the dresses…I can’t resist a tease.

A LITTLE tease.

xo
meg

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This post was inspired by a forum thread and blog post (here and here). One poster commented that maybe this exercise is theraputic, and maybe we just want people to know. Maybe we want our selves to be seen, and not just what we present.

1. I have a huge pile in my office of unsent thank-you notes from Christmas and Alice’s birth. Should I send them anyway?

2. I think I have made food for my husband just three or four times, ever. I often feel guilty that I am not a better cook, because to me that represents being a good wife.

3. I may never share pictures of my house because it is too messy. Our realtor, who sold us the house, has asked at least six times–every few weeks or few months–to come visit, but I am too ashamed to let anyone inside. I think people observe my love of design and style and assume I live in a gorgeous, well-decorated incubator of inspiration but it could not be less true–I’m a slob. Most days I would rather be anywhere than in my home.

4. I’m not a person of faith. I guess I’m not afraid to admit that to others, but I admit that I wish I was a believer because I think it’s just nice. It must be nice. I think that believing in a creator would give me comfort. But I believe that faith can only come from revelation–not from just being “raised with it” or from tradition–and I just have not been stirred to that. I don’t think it’s right to pretend that I have and I don’t think I ever will.

5. I have lost touch with friends because of my work. I’ve become pretty unreliable socially.

6. Before I had Alice, I used to smoke once in a while–like, a 3-4 times per year–and I miss it sometimes. I am good at quitting things–meat, soda, smoking–and I won’t start again–but there, that’s the truth.

7. I’ve been in an abusive relationship.

8. I don’t watch the news or read newspapers. I used to–I was a newswriter for a while and planned to work in journalism–but it’s just not enjoyable and I don’t find the time.

9. I’m sort of afraid of microwaves.

10. I’ve peed in a pool.

11. I’ve never tried spaghetti, soup, a hamburger, a salad, or a sandwich other than pbj.

12. The most embarrassing thing I’ve ever done is call a girl fat once when I was at a camp as a child. Maybe I was ten. She cried. I still think about that and it hurts me so much to know that I said something so heartless to a young girl–though I was a young girl myself–that I made her feel less than, that she felt less special and beautiful because of me. It kills me to think that someday that could happen to my little girl. If I could take back anything I’ve done in my life, it would be that moment. I regret it so much. Kids do such mean things and it’s so awful.

13. I don’t think I remember how to do long division.

14. Sometimes I look at pictures of my exes on Facebook and check out what they’re up to these days and feel really really really smug. (Don’t we all do that?)

15. I have a huge compulsion to peek in people’s bathroom medicine cabinets.

16. I’ve had that freaking egg pancake for dinner every night for the last 4 nights.

17. Sometimes I wish I was Lady Gaga.

Don’t feel bad about yourself.
You are awesome and loved.

xo
meg

Photos via Mary Ruffle, Tatielle, Paul Mathers.

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Here are some pictures of Alexis’s flowers for her Vegas wedding next week! She’s going to wear a gold dress and her “divas of honor” will be carrying polka dot posie bouquets.

Congratulations to Alexis and Alan and have fun in Vegas!

xo

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