DIY Brides: Pick Your Own Local Organic Flowers

This week's Western North Carolina Wedding Wisdom post is a continuation of my interview with Katie Grear of Lady Luck Flower Farm. DIY Brides can pick their own organically grown wedding flowers on Katie's Farm.

I had such a good time meeting Katie, and getting to know her story. She made her flower-growing start growing Hydroponic Snapdragons. As she said last week, "I loved dealing with flowers and I loved bringing flowers to town, but I wasn't in love with the hydoponic greenhouse and [the chemicals] that went into that." So Katie stared Lady Luck Flower Farm, and started growing in season, organic flowers.

In this video, Katie talks about what DIY brides can expect from their U-Pick experience.

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My weekend post–about wearing your mother's dress– is published at The Bride's Book blog. For those of you wearing your mother's dress, she likely took the time and expense to lovingly preserve it with the idea that someday you would wear it. And for some of you, you are! Even if you are not wearing your mother's gown as-is, many of you are incorporating parts of it into your day.

Image from BridePower.com

However, as I was talking about this post to a few girlfriends of mine, one chimed in with a story about how important it was for her and her mother to hermetically seal her wedding gown. Everytime I said the word "preserve" she shouted "hermetically sealed, it's called hermetically sealed. I had my gown hermetically sealed!" Did I mention there was wine involved in this conversation?

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I have been guest blogging over at A Mountain Bride with Jes is honeymooning and moving across the country. I have posted my top five things I wish I HADN'T done. Check it out.

Image from Space Oddissey's Flickr Photostream

My top 5 regrets:

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Bits and Pieces on My Radar Today…

1. DIY Bride's Crafty Count Down re-draw:

Hey Stephanie L. you are the winner of the DIY Crafty Countdown. I sent you and email Wednesday morning. If I don't hear from you by tomorrow at 9AM EST, I will redraw.

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Guest Post on A Mountain Bride:
What I'm Glad I Did!

I am so flattered Jes asked me to join the company of such a fantastic pool of guest bloggers on A Mountain Bride. For those of you who are new to A Mountain Bride, Jes graduated with her Ph.D., got married in the beautiful mountains of Flagstaff, and is moving across the country from AZ to NY (all within 3 weeks!) Please check out not only Jes's blog (and my post) but also the fantastic guest posts from real brides who have shared their stories and dished up plenty of hindsight advice these past couple of weeks!

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