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Winter Walk Wonder, painting in Northfield Minnesota. |
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Written by Nicole
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Tuesday, 08 January 2008 20:47 |
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I painted at Winter Walk in Northfield, Minnesota again this year. It was blistering cold, but folks from Minnesota are a hearty breed and they were wandering about, red nosed and happy we weren't below zero. It was 7 degrees above. The wind chill? Well, let's just be polite and say it was bitter. I was toasty warm inside, painting in the back of a great little shop called, Swag. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 09 January 2008 21:19 )
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Tips on Buying Your Wedding Gown |
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Written by Ingrid Kent
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Tuesday, 08 January 2008 19:09 |
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Shopping for your wedding gown should be easy and stress free. For most brides, it is anything but! My name is Ingrid and I work for Mestads Bridal and Formal Wear in Rochester, MN. Over the last 6 years, I have worked with hundreds of brides and have noticed a few things that can make shopping for your gown pleasant and fun. So without further a-do here we go. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 08 January 2008 20:56 )
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An Interview with a wedding painter |
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Written by Administrator
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Recently I sat down with Nicole to learn more about this unique work she does. It is obvious from her responses that this is a labor of love for her. She gets excited just talking about it. Q: Wedding painter. That's a unique idea. How did it get started? Nicole: While I was working at the Walker Art Center, there was a couple planning their wedding reception at the museum's Gallery 8 restaurant. |
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Is this the begining of a blog? |
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Written by Nicole
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Like millions of others, I admire Oprah. The opportunity and hope she has created for herself and countless others is amazing. But, what is truly captivating about her is that she seems at peace with who she is. There is a quote from John and Stasi Eldredge's book, Captivating, that states, "A woman of true beauty offers others the grace to be and the room to become." Oprah is beautiful because of her spirit, her actions, her encouragement to perservere and to become the best of ourselves. (Besides she always has a show on amazing women - housewives and mothers who raise the hairs on my head and make me sniffle back tears while I'm folding laundry, shouting to my boys to 'shhhh, please be quiet/go in the other room/get your feet out of his face right this instant' and wondering could I be them?) |
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If you are just getting started on planning your wedding you might find this article from about.com helpful. My best clients always seem to have a well-defined budget and they stick to it. An online budget calculator could be very helpful. Checklists can also be very effective tools. If you can afford it, I would highly recommend hiring a wedding planner. If you are in my neck of the area, ask me for a referral. |
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