Easter Quilts and Dolls Hand Made Originals by Mona Rae Cich





Mona Rae Cichs of Hidden Talents

We first introduced you to this talented woman on December 6, 2010 here as our featured artist. Mona Rae Cich creates unique hand made original quilts and dolls and is the owner and creator of  Hidden Talents. http://www.monaraeoriginals.com/
 Mona Rae is an avid fan of our CCC blog and Facebook.  Even on the road during their recent travel to shows in Phoenix AZ, Denver CO., and Lancaster PA. she always keeps in touch and provides updates.
Mona Rae has been very busy preparing quilts and dolls for the upcomming Canterbury Spring Festival on April 8, 9, 10th in Shakopee MN.  Please stop in and meet Mona Rae and her husband Ken at the show, they will be in booth# D1&D2.
In addition to our Easter featured decorating and gift ideas, check out Mona Rae on Facebook and view all of her beautiful creations at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mona-Rae-OriginalsHidden-Talents/127350071963
and become a fan.

Maxwell-9inches tall, can be posed $23.99

$45.00 with stand, $30.00 quilt only

Mr. Rabbit and Ms. Bunny 24" tall $39.99 each



Pete is 8" tall and is $12.99



Picket Fence size 14"x16" with stand $69.00

Birdhouse 6"x8", $35.00 with stand

"Flower Power"

Jenny ( the Bride)

Flowers... definitely my favorite planning stage of the wedding!  After careful research Jenny has chosen to go with fresh flowers.  Jenny theme is "garden" so it made sense to go fresh. Besides,  she felt fresh flowers make a wedding so romantic.


Jenny and Jim at Cape Coral Florists

 Wedding ideas and inspiration can be found all over the Internet with plenty of do-it-yourself ideas, and how-to information. And we considered creating the flower bouquets ourselves.  With the time and energy it would require, Jenny decided to go to one of our local florists at Cape Coral Floral.  Jim has 34 years of experience and does excellent work.  And their prices were not bad at all.


Jim ( Wedding Designer)

 Jenny and I met with Jim to discuss several options, and he was very open with what Jenny wanted.  Jenny looked at several bouquets online and narrowed it down to colors and style.  Jenny had printed out a couple so Jim was able to get a vision of what Jenny was looking for.  This allowed us to spend more time at our appointment discussing what what we want rather than wasting time on what we didn't.
The beauty and fragrance of wedding flowers symbolize promise and commitment between the couple.  it can be somewhat difficult to choose the right wedding flower. Listed below are 4  of the wedding flowers Jenny chose:
* Rose:  known as the queen flower.  Rose has always has been used by poets and romantic writers as a reflection of beauty, emotion,true love and passion.
* Calla Lily: An elegant calla lily looks sensational in a wedding bouquet.
* Tulip: Tulips come in many colors and symbolizes a powerful human emotion and a yellow tulip means, hopelessly in love.
* Hydrangeas: The powerful presence of hydrangeas infuse glamor and life to your wedding.

Now that you know the special meaning to some of Jenny's wedding flowers we just have to wait to see how fabulous the wedding flowers will look!
-Kate (Mother-of-the-bride)

It's Spring, a good time for a Wedding!



Jenny and Rob

 One of your hosts here at Creative Chicks Cafe, and my daughter, is getting married!  Yes, can you believe it... Jenny's getting married! The special day is coming up fast.  May 7, 2011.  I don't even want to think about how close it is. In honor of this special event we are featuring some posts about meaningful, unique wedding ideas.  Planning a wedding from start to finish is definitely not an easy task and can bring with it moments of exhaustion and stress. But,   I also find it extremely exciting.




The wedding invitation

 Hosting a wedding involves decisions. The wedding theme is the foundation for these decisions and is the inspiration for all ideas and creativity in transforming the wedding day into something special. Cute and sweet, with endless possibilities is the love bird theme.  Birdcages and bird-printed anything are in abundance this spring. The wedding invitations were
purchased at Micheals. www.micheals.com  BRIDES, a wedding collection from the editors of  Brides Magazines designed them.  http://www.brides.com/  We had them printed at Office Max in just one day.  www.officemax.com Total cost for invitations and printing, under $150.00. 



inspiration dress

 The next step was the choice of the Bridesmaids dresses.  Color and style were easy. Truth be told, Jenny has been planning her wedding day since we can remember and for at least ten years we have kept a evening gown the color of jade and black in the back closet as inspiration.  So it was not difficult to move on from there.  Jenny chose Alfred Angelo,  www.alfredangelo.com for both her wedding dress and the Bridesmaids dresses.  I wish I could show you the dress she has chosen, but,  I'll have to save that for after the wedding.  I can tell you  that her wedding dress is ivory and the girls dresses are jade.  Each Bridesmaid has selected a unique style of her own.

So with all that being done, it's time for the Bridal Shower.  The shower will take place this Saturday. with an Asian Flair.  This is where you come in...
I am looking for ideas.  Whether it be food, decorating, games, etc.  If you have a website you would like to share or an experience we would find helpful please leave us a comment below.  Or you can email me at   Kate@creativechickscafe.com  We appreciate any and all ideas...
Have a great day!

-Kate