Category Archives: Personal

A Garden Party wants to Invite You!

Mary and I are excited to invite you to our First Open House at our new studio.  We have had a fabulous, fun filled, year so far and are looking forward to more great things in 2011. We wanted to find a way to share some of our new ideas with you and came up with the...

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South Jersey Wedding Florist: Welcome to A Garden Party’s NEW(ish) Studio!

The remodel is complete!! I am so happy to unveil our dream come true, A Garden Party’s Floral Design Studio! Dawn and I have been dreaming big and have spent a LOT of time discussing what direction we want our business to go in and what our priorities are and how to meld all of...

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May 20, 2010 - 11:35 am

Kacee - Mary & Dawn,
The space looks great! You guys did wonderful designing it… doesn’t look like an old barn anymore. Im sure it makes work a lot easier to have such a great space to do it in. Great gutter idea Mom. Keep up the good work, I love seeing your work and reading your posts! Kacee

May 20, 2010 - 12:23 pm

Nicole Conyers - Beautiful space, girls! I’m so happy to see you guys making so much progress! I know it’s been a long endeavor, but so worth it!!!

May 20, 2010 - 12:26 pm

Jaime - I absolutely love it!!! Great job on the studio :)

May 20, 2010 - 12:28 pm

Jessica Allen - congrats Girls!!!! It looks so great, you have put a lot of work forward & it sure has paid off with the great space you have. Dawn looks like you guys have lots of fun, way to put all Mrs. Emmon’s classes to work =)

May 20, 2010 - 12:37 pm

Kylene - Wow! The space looks AWESOME ladies :) Hope to get to see it next time I visit!!

May 20, 2010 - 2:22 pm

Diane - It looks even better than I imagined! Congratulations! That is going to be awesome to have such a beautiful place to work. I can’t wait to see it in person!

May 20, 2010 - 4:49 pm

Ellie Vranich - LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! I had no doubts that you’d make a gorgeous space to work in and meet your brides, girls. Great job!

May 20, 2010 - 5:26 pm

Jolyn Beal - Girls, Girls, Girls…you are awesome! It is so nice to see a fresh twist to floral creations! Mary, I always knew you would strive to reach your dreams and there is no better way to do it than with your sister beside you and your families behind you. Your creativity is astounding and your passion is contagious…cheers to many more years of making brides dreams come true. <3

May 20, 2010 - 7:13 pm

Roanna - The place looks AMAZING :) It’s so warm and inviting, I love the personal touches with the framed pictures of both of you and your work! You both deserve this!!!

May 21, 2010 - 4:23 am

melanie colson - Love the efficient use of design space!

May 21, 2010 - 9:38 am

LB - Mary! Dawn! I almost cried when I saw it! It looks sooo good! So cute! I think it really represents your style and business well! I love it! I cant believe it is done! I am so happy for you guys. Good job! I am glad you decided to use that building instead of going elsewhere!

May 21, 2010 - 10:09 am

Devon Vernomrsverno@hotmail.com - Dawn & Mary you did a BEAUTIFUL job!! the space is absolutely gorgeous!

May 21, 2010 - 10:33 am

Cheryl Ann - So happy I was able to inspire you w/your new floral studio! Looks great…best wishes! Cheryl “Cheryl Ann Floral Design”

May 22, 2010 - 5:14 am

Sandra Koberlein - Fabulous! Dreams do come true!

May 22, 2010 - 3:23 pm

Denise - Beautiful! You are very lucky to have a husband who helped with all the construction. I can’t wait to see it in person!

May 25, 2010 - 1:04 pm

Sarah M. - This place looks so great! can’t wait to see it in person tomorrow!!

May 26, 2010 - 5:30 pm

Natalie Doebler - Hey! It looks beautiful! Well done! :)

May 30, 2010 - 7:55 pm

Kristin - I love this especially since it is refurbished! The perfect balance and I do agree that your mom’s idea for the gutter was excellent! Can’t wait to see it soon!

June 9, 2010 - 2:54 pm

Amy Lynne - What a great space! Good luck with your business!!

Making some friends along the way in the South Jersey Wedding Biz

Well good morning everyone - Little Lee had me up at 4 am and now I can’t go back to sleep, so here I am! Rice Krispees and all. I often find myself just laaaaaaaaaaaaying in bed thinking about all the things I need to get done and it kinda ruins my sleep mode, ya know...

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Part 2 – My wedding toast on “How to survive being a farmer’s wife”

This is a more personal entry for Sarah’s wedding (see full post below for all the flower details), I have had many requests to share my wedding toast and words of wisdom regarding marriage. Sure, why not?!?! I had brainstormed about this toast for many many months and felt a lot of pressure (I had...

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