The fabulous core members of Wedding Hive worked feverishly to pull together what turned out to be a truly enchanted night buzzing with the excitement of newly engaged couples, curious passers by and many new and old Hive clients/friends. The turnout was just wonderful!

Not only was the show a great time, but I had a serious blast cutting, pasting and all out crafting my magical woodland/vintage inspired table! I’m not sure if it translates in the photos, but there are various birds and furry creatures placed throughout the scene made out of book pages and white glass…I mean, how much more Melissa can you get?? I also gave myself a bit of a personal challenge; to showcase as much of my work as I could while remaining ‘unplugged’. What fun!

Here I am chatting with one of my adorable visitors — note the expression of the sweet woman looking at my Bliss Book…makes me happy.

And though I stayed glued to my table for most of the night it was fortuitously positioned right next to the runway so ‘no way, Jose’ was I going to skip capturing the splendid fashions of Gown Gallery, Janay A. Handmade, Ornamental Petal and Meadowbelle Market!

Look closely….I do believe that is the beautiful Lea Collins of Monkey Wrench Clothing modeling for Ornamental Petal ( left half of image below!)

Janay Andrews trailing her beautiful runway show. She is so cute! (below..)

And just to give you an idea of the turnout – look at all of the people!!

I am so lucky to have found such an amazing group of artists that also happen to be in the wedding industry. Wedding Hive has made it so much fun to find new and interesting clients and friends to work with. 2010 is going to kick some serious behind and I owe so much of it to the darling Hive.

I can’t wait to hear what the 2011 theme is going to be!!!

In case you haven’t heard, it’s time for the (now) annual Wedding Hive Show. Yippie! I had an excellent time participating in last year’s 1920’s themed Wedding Hive show and I cannot wait for this year’s ‘An Enchanted Wedding: A Brothers Grimm Inspired Event’. The good news is that it’s only 7 days away!!

ArtsTech located at 1522 Holmes St. Kansas City, will be hosting some of KC’s most creative and wonderful wedding talent on Thursday Feb. 25th from 5:00 – 8:30 pm. And the talented core members aka: ‘Queen Bee-ches’ will be transforming ArtsTech into a terrifyingly romantic ‘Grimm’ forest where we ‘Honey Bees’ will be showcasing our talents right along with the ‘Bee-ches’ to help you complete your wedding day plans.

Enter to win prizes, marvel at the inspired runway show, bid on items to benefit ArtsTech and leave feeling completely enchanted.

I hope to see you there!!