Each year after New Years I pack up all of our Christmas/holiday decor. I then start going through holiday decorating withdrawals! It’s a real thing people. So, I feel like creating/purchasing new decor or even just rearranging what is already in the house gives me a decorating fix that wards off the after holiday blues.

I spent the weekend before last at a concert in Phoenix with my handsome hubby and loved seeing all of the enormous cactus there and inspiration struck. I came back home and painted a collection of cactus themed signs and put together some cactus, succulent, sand and rock pieces. This lead me into painting some spring signs. Then I did a wreath with double sided sign featuring a Valentine’s Day side “XOXO” and a “hello spring” side. After this kicked me into full-on spring mode I pulled out all of my fairy garden items and started curating tiny villages fit for fairies! These are now all classes coming soon at Raspberry Hill. I hope you enjoy crafting these fun new year new decor projects as much as I did. Get your tickets here now before all the seats are filled.

Thanks for choosing to shop small, local and handmade!

You may have ready my post about our Mad Hatter styled photo shoot that I shared back on May 5- if not here is a quick recap. SEVERAL local vendors made an amazing collaborative effort to pull off a fun and funky Mad Hatter themed photo shoot behind my building to help promote my girl Cindy’s new event rental company Bits & Pieces. It was a loooong day (about 14 hours and 24,000 steps!) but it was a ton of fun and well worth the work. Our amazing photographer Jordan, owner of Carved Tree Photography, just let us know that the photos are finished. Yay- happy dance! Here are just a few of the amazing shots that she captured that day. Keep an eye out on our social media and in local publications for more photos!

Credits

• Photo credits to Jordan with Carved Tree Photography
• Furniture and props- Rental items from Bits & Pieces.
• Scheduling and maintaining of the madness! April Marie Events
• Gowns by Annelise Bridal Boutique
• Hair & Makeup by Beauty by Lynze
• Florals by Bride & Bloom Design
• Cakes by Ever After Cakes and Creations
• Cookies by Simply Cakes by Camberly
• Scones by Pistachio
• Calligraphy by the Maven Pen
• Paper goods printing by Stegosaurus Press
• Photos taken here at Raspberry Hill Boutique and the Hot Tomato
• Custom photo frames, clocks, place setting plaques, signs and other crafts plus photo vignette curation by ME!

If you are interested in any of the rental items pictured please contact Cindy with Harmony Lane/ Bits and Pieces.

As always- thanks for shopping small, local and handmade!

Cornhole, bean bag toss, bags, or whatever folks in your neck of the woods call it is a summer time family fun must have game! We spent a week in California over New Years and went to the beach, museums, Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, Legoland and more! Do you know what the kids did every day and continued to talk about when we got home? They played cornhole in our hotel courtyard. We have never had a cornhole set but if this trip is any indication- we need one! So… mom came home and started building cornhole boards. My sister immediately asked for a set as well and then several friends wanted the game too, so I scheduled a Custom Cornhole painting class in the DIY Market. Customers loved this class and it sold out very quickly. The boards are regulation size, sturdy and affordable and the best part is that you can customize your boards! Take a look at some of the sets that have been painted in the DIY Market at Raspberry Hill Boutique.

We have another cornhole class coming up this weekend and hope to see you there! Get your tickets here or contact Kylie here to schedule another time to come in and create your own set of cornhole boards.

Thanks for shopping small, local and handmade!

Bits & Pieces Wedding & Event Rentals

One of the very best things about owning Raspberry Hill Boutique (211 E Aspen Ave in Fruita, CO) is the fact that I get to work side-by-side with some amazing local vendors. In the boutique we have hand made soaps, lotions, bath bombs, candles, hair accessories, screen printed and sublimated tees, natural stone jewelry and so much more all made by local artisans. One of my vendors is Cindy Farrington with Harmony Lane. She has an amazing knack for finding fun funky vintage items! She has collected so many wonderful rare finds that she is starting a wedding and event rental company to share these items with the world… check out Bits & Pieces Wedding and Event Rentals at Raspberry Hill Boutique! To kick-off her new business she decided to collaborate with some of our artisans and other local vendors to pull off a styled photo shoot as funky as she is to showcase some of her available rental items. FUN!

The Venue

We have access (thanks to my amazing neighbor) to an industrial paradise next door. It has crumbly brick, exposed electrical conduit, vintage iron doors, and more! We set up 4 separate vignettes in this area as well as 3 more in the neighbor behind us’ patio area. Thanks Hot Tomato!

The collaborators

We had an amazing bunch of models that allowed us to snap shots of little girls playing in the garden, a family having a tea party, the mad hatter herself, and a beautiful bride! The ever sweet Jordan Perry of Carved Tree Photography captured all this and more. April of April Marie Events kept us all on track and on task. Beauty by Lynze did all of the adorable hair and beautiful make-up. Sam Wyatt of The Maven Pen created a funky hand lettered Cheshire Cat denim jacket and sandwich board sign for us. Katy with The Pearled Rose hand crafted some amazingly adorable mini Mad Hatter hats with feathers, flowers and more for the little models. And then there were all of the goodies!!! Cakes, cookies and scones thanks to Pistachio, Simply Cakes by Camberly, and Ever After Cakes and Creations. The flowers were provided by Bride and Bloom Design. The bride was outfitted by Annelise Bridal. And I am sure that I am forgetting someone!! There were so many amazing people involved in this project!! I had a blast creating fun clocks and frames, moss covered tables, vintage porch post arches and more. I am so very thankful to be apart of such an amazing group of women and can not wait to see the photos that Jordan captured! Watch our page for sneak peeks and full photo release. Also, be sure to contact me if you have questions about any of the rental items pictured!