Summer Love

Hello again, my loves! Time has passed...a crazy amount of it when I actually look back to what I was doing the last time I wrote to you all. Let me just say that last winter and spring were HARD. Yes, there were some really delightful things going on, and, as always, friends and family filled my heart-space with a ton of wonderfulness. However, depression wormed its way in...and I felt like a shadow for a while there. It is also really hard to talk about feeling depressed, so thank you for hearing me. And thank goddess for life coaching, walks around Greenlake, cross-country skiing in Glacier National Park, flowers, naturopathy, my childhood home, and my amazing habibi Ben, who weathered it all with grace, patience and love! I feel much more like myself now, particularly after embarking on a soul-nourishing, BIG LOVE journey! Ben and I GOT HITCHED!! Woot! To begin my re-entry into blogging and reaching out with my work, I wanted to share the vision that we had for the design of our wedding reception. The photos below are of a lil' photoshoot my mom and I did about a week AFTER the wedding. This is totally representative of the feel we were going for...cheerful, eclectic, sunrise-y, abundant and blissful! I hope you totally enjoy this little vignette!

 We found all of the dishes, flatware and table linens (enough for almost 20 tables!) at Goodwill, except for the table topper, which was a family heirloom. The flowers are all from my farm, as are the tomatoes. The tomato tarts are made with love by Molly. The jam favors, which we handed out at the wedding, were made over the summer by the two of us! The tags are handmade by me :)

 Nina, of course, wanted to know if we were done with those tarts...

Many new offerings, due in part to this amazing endeavor, are about to be revealed by Flying Bear Farm! Keep your ears perked and eyes pealed for more! 

With sweetest, deepest love,

-The Flying Bear