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Wedding Bells!

My dearest friend Michelle and I met freshman year in college. We have ever since been the closest of friends, leading symbiotic lives.

A couple of months ago, she annouced: Alice is getting married! My heart sank, Alice...but she still is so young, how can our children even think of getting married? What does that make us? I still feel in my heart and mind (alas, not body) like that young, free spirited adventurous young girl who decided to study in the States... Once the shock set in, I called Michelle and said: "OK, Alice is getting married, I'll come over, bring wine and let's plan a wedding.

My role was to convince Alice to have flowers at the wedding...I couldn't visualize a wedding without colors. I went to the flowers market in New York and picked flowers according to Alice's favorite colors, purple, yellow and white:

The setting: Stowe, Vermont

Famous Trapp Family Lodge

Stowe is a beautiful quaint town

The wedding

Chairs and tables are set by the amazing bride's maids. A wonderful group of girls... who said that M.I.T girls can't have fun?

The flowers... 5 hours in the making...

photo by http://geoffhansen.com

Here comes the bride accompanied by her mother.

Thank you Laura Mercier for your waterproof mascara...At this moment when "no longer... little Alice" walked down the aisle, I was absolutely bawling

photo: http://geoffhansen.com

Mr and Mrs Friedman

photo: http://geoffhansen.com

Did i mention? ...Michelle and I are starting an event business

The planners (my humble self wearing a necklace , created by our very own Marsha of SPLENDEROSA)

splenderosa.blogspot.com

A Bientôt,

Francine

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Finding Serenity

Green is the color of life, green symbolizes self -respect and well being.

Green is the color of healing, it represents regeneration and growth, balance and harmony. It brings calmness, and soothes the senses and the nerves.

People who favor green tend to be kind and giving, loving, family oriented, creative and artistic. They enjoy life and comfort and care for the well being of others. 

Healers' first choice for treating physical, emotional, mental and spiritual is green as it contains powerful energies of nature, growth and energy.

Green is a medium for creativity, changes, growth, green protect from fear and anxiety.

I am in need of a little green!

It seems that my life is a constant whirlwind, professionally, emotionally and physically. It has been more than a month since my last post! Exhausted and stressed, I took refuge to our beloved family island in Maine. Drove 9 hours each way, wind blowing with the top down, to meet my family and friends. Three blissful days, immersed in green is all it took to soothe my nerves, brings back peace and calm and re-envigorated me for my creative quest. 

Church in Iceland

 Iceland original houses

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All photos by Francine Gardner, otherwise noted

Hope you have a little green in your life

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