Archive for the ‘My Life’ Category
Cupcakes!
January 11, 2012
My daughter recently turned four and we hosted a little cupcake decorating party for her friends at our new house. The pictures from her party were featured on The Sweetest Occasion blog. I’m so thankful that Abby Jiu was there to take pictures of the party! It was all I could do to bake the [...]What a Year!
January 5, 2012
I opened an email the other day from Bernadette Smith, a wedding planner in New York. It was a list of all of the things that she had accomplished in 2011. I was so impressed and amazed at all that she had done. I started to think about my own year. Was my year that [...]While I Was Away…
December 5, 2011
I’m back! After a little break to get myself moved into my new house and studio, The Garter Girl is officially up and running again. Like all things in life, it is taking me a bit longer than expected to get through some of the back log, but I’m making it through. My new studio [...]The Littlest Strawberry
October 21, 2011
This isn’t technically a wedding garter, but it did call into question my sewing skills. I felt a little pressure to get my daughter’s Halloween costume done early this year because of this weekend’s Boo at the Zoo. I’m typically a last-minute-up-all-night type of a girl, but this year I took my own advice, planned [...]The Martha Stewart Show
October 6, 2011
I really thought that when I left working in politics my cool experiences were over. I was so lucky during my working days to do and see so many amazing things and really get to be a part of the action in DC’s political scene. I thought that I had my fill for a lifetime [...]
