check out all the fun valentines product available at the store!



(with love pouches also available online here)
check out all the fun valentines product available at the store!



(with love pouches also available online here)
Monday night Mayor Hartwell joined all the merchants here at MoDiv to cut the ceremonial ribbon right in front of my store! We celebrated afterwards with a lively reception and many media interviews.
Many many thanks to Rockford Construction for all their hard work on this event and the space itself. We watch them work diligently around here to make the Shops at MoDiv better and better.
If you haven’t had a chance to visit all our unique local shops, please do — there’s so much to see.
40 Monroe Center, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
My 4th and final 2011 Sustainable Wedding Ideas post is up
on the Neenah Paper Blog, Against the Grain.
You may click on the link above to read the whole post,
I will just share the lovely images here…



I had a little help with getting these props together, which is one
of the many things I LOVE about being in MoDiv with all these talented people!
bokay by Easter Floral provided the red berries
Chai Boutique provided the rustic crate
the kitchen sinc provided the serving dish
bolero (& sustainable attire info!) was provided by the talented Vue Design
In 2012 I will continue to guest-blog for Neenah,
providing fun DIY tutorials for sustainable wedding projects.
How about we wrap up the year talking about some 2011 holiday wrap.
{insert rimshot here}
I usually match up my tree ornament colors with my wrapping paper,
with the porch garland, with the gift tags, etc…
My tree was (still is) red and orange colors – but the wrap was a bit random.
I fell in love with this spool of cloth ribbon from Anthro,
re-used some packing paper and added gift tags.
It ended up to be an eclectic and budget-friendly look.
Definitely not the fanciest year for us, but quick/easy was just what I needed this year.
I’m curious – am I the only one that tries to color-coordinate my decor with wrapping style each year or do you do the same? Share in the comments, purdy-pleez!
We are now entering the “get this holiday stuff SOLD” period in the retail world. Therefore, I’ve started a sale on holiday items as follows:
(only available in the physical store downtown Grand Rapids)
Holiday gift wrap: 50% off
Holiday card sets: 30% off
Holiday card singles: Buy 2, get 1 free
Elfing Holiday card singles: Buy 1 get 1 free
Be sure to check out all our stocking stuffer ideas and last minute gifts too!
Downtown Grand Rapids, with the kickoff of Holly Jolly GR, is still boasting with some very lovely holiday window displays! If you haven’t had a chance to visit and see them, please make a trip down – evenings are the best time to view the windows.
For our window, we had the help of Grand Rapids artist & painter, Elizabeth Mayville. She came up with the idea of making paper ornaments, found a pattern, and covered herself with glitter during the process. The final display consists of 50 of these paper ornaments, along with our naughty elf cards and it all really lights up at night!
She found the idea for these holiday ornaments on the blog, shelterness. We were able to use all scrap paper from custom orders to make the ornaments, then we added glitter for more vibrancy.
If you would like to vote, you only have till tomorrow at 6pm (Dec. 13th), but there’s still time! You can vote here.