New Location!

We are happy to announce that we have partnered up with Donato's Floral in Maple Grove!

Rita Marie Weddings will now be located in Donato's.  We can do wedding consultations and customers can take a look at cake stands (to purchase or rent), vintage linens, table cloths, etc.

Donato's is a lovely flower shop/warehouse.  So excited to venture with the ladies who run it!
You can check out their website here Donato's Floral.  They specialize in wedding flowers and special occasions.

More to come… we're busy getting settled.  We'll be open as soon as next Saturday!  Hip-hip-hooray!

Oh, and my website got a little facelift, too, with better pictures to see what we rent.
You can check it out here Rita Marie Weddings.

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A Set of 5 Cake Stands

As promised, here are a set of 5 cake stands that were recently ordered by a customer.

They turned out absolutely beautiful.  I only wish my camera could have fit them all lined up in a line better (shucks!)

If you are interested in 1, 2, 5 or however many you need in whatever color you need- you can go here or here to find out more and place orders.

Click Here: Cake Stands Lot of 5

Click Here: Individual Cake Stands

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More Custom Cake Stands

I am so excited about our new custom cake stands that can be ordered in any color or size (6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 inches).  I love these shorter-styled ones that stand just over 3 inches tall.

You can order them with vintage trim that is more of the "bedazzled" nature.

Or you can order them with a vintage trim that does not hang down.

And lastly, there is the edge with no trim at all that some people prefer.

They will look stunning in a setting of multiple stands.  Pictures to come soon of an order of 5 that I am almost finished with.  For now, here it is in the taller version.

As always, you can request whatever color you need.

For more information, see my Etsy listing:

12 inch cake stand

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Promise Yourself

I belong to a women's group called the Relief Society.  We recently met for one our monthly meetings. The theme was "These are a few of my favorite things" and we were each supposed to bring a little something that we love, and give it to someone else (I brought a cupcake stand, of course!)

One of my friends brought her personal mission statement, copied on some fun and bright and cheerful paper.  She read it and shared it with everyone.  She explained that she didn't write it herself, but had come across it years ago and adopted it as words to live by.  The amazing thing is that this really does describe my friend.  She really strives to be this person.

I love it because it is a reminder to be purposeful and intentional.

What words do you live by?

Promise Yourself

Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.

To Make all your friends feel like there is something in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living person you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, and too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

--Christian D. Larson (don't know who Mr. Larson is, but that is who wrote this ;o)

And while I don't have a picture of my friend and I, I do have a picture of our daughters-- children definitely inspire me to promise myself to be my best.

Magestic Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, the Marina, and CARP!

People from Minnesota often have a hard time understanding why I miss the desert.  When we first moved here, I missed the brown earth, pastel mountains, and blue blue sky.  With time, I have absolutely grown to love and appreciate the trees, grass, lakes, and changing seasons of Minnesota.  But when I go home, my soul completely opens us and feels so good to be surrounded by what I dub "earth"-- it is dotted with brush, but the brown earth is very exposed.  And I love it.

Here are my "visuals" to illustrate my point.

Here is Lake Mead.

Does it not look like a picture painted in pastels?

We met up with my awesome in-laws there, then spent a few days enjoying Vegas with them.

This picture was taken last time we were at Lake Mead Marina… Those CARP!!!! Been feeding those since I was a kid, and it was so fun to take my girls to do the same thing (too bad we didn't have time this time).  Funny- that little girl right below… is the same girl up above on the end on the right.

And the amazing Hoover Dam.  I remember the day we would just drive down the curvy, windy road and park right on the dam.  My cousin and I would play and run and put one foot on the Arizona side, and one foot on the Nevada side.  We got a kick out of that!  These pictures are from when they were still building the new bridge, which is completed now.

All good things must come to an end, and we did have to move on to other adventures for the day.  Here is some of the beautiful drive as we left the lake driving towards Henderson to get to Vegas.