It’s a Celebration!

Greetings from the Common Grounds in Vermont on an absolutely gorgeous Fourth of July! Our niece was married here yesterday afternoon in a lovely ceremony. It was a fabulous wedding. It began on Sunday afternoon and extends through most of today. I’d call it a community supported wedding, where everyone who wanted to, pitched in to help. I was on the photography team, and helped set up and decorate the dining hall for dinner after the ceremony. Jasmine and Hollis have the most amazing group of friends. Twenty-four of them were the Core Team, and worked so hard and joyfully to make sure the whole event was well-coordinated and stress-free for everyone. The weather was spectacular and you can see from the photo that the setting was gorgeous. I’ll have more to share later, but here’s one photo from the ceremony.

Here’s the card I created for their wedding.

I began by embossing this beautiful floral arrangement from the Simon Says June card kit, “Blissful” onto a Vintage Cream card. I added a piece of black and gold metallic paper from MME’s “Fancy That” paper pad to the bottom of the card with a narrow strip of gold metallic paper to define the parts, and stamped one of the sentiments from Papertrey Ink’s “Keep It Simple: Wedding.” Simple, but elegant.

We’re off on the next leg of our summer journey. We’re spending the morning with family and then heading out to Portsmouth, New Hampshire for two nights. We’ve never been there, and I’m looking forward to exploring.

For those of you celebrating:  Happy Fourth of July! I hope you’ve had a wonderful long weekend.