I met Elyse Major in 2008 through blogging. I instantly fell in love with her style on her beautiful blog called Tinkered Treasures.
You know her because in almost every magazine I pick up lately, Elyse has contributed to the magazine with her gifted writing and crafting.
When we walked in the door of Blithewold, Elyse greeted us, and gave me a gift that she made for me. One of her dolls and she showed me how she even got my hair to look just like mine. Isn't she adorable? I will surely treasure her forever! Thank you Elyse.
Once we walked into the room we were totally smitten. There was a buffet table set up with the prettiest craft supplies.
A tower of scrumptious cupcakes decorated with beautiful designs made the perfect accessory and treat while crafting.
Champagne was served and after a short demonstration we were all busy crafting and enjoying being in such a magnificent tea room with lovely kindred spirits.
I met Elyse Major several years ago, when I found her lovely frames on Etsy. Then I discovered her blog Tinkered Treasures and was hooked.
Decorating ideas, articles from magazines that she has written, crafts, and beautiful posts. When she mentioned that she loved You've Got Mail I knew that Elyse was a kindred spirit.
Since then Elyse has written for countless magazines, and written her first book Tinkered Treasures.
Elyse wrote about how this book came to be in a lovely article called Wish Out Loud.
Most recently she has written a series of posts about her amazing trip to London and Paris.
Inside her book, she has lovely decorating ideas, crafts, favors, decorations, and party creations. Her tutorials and photos make you want to get busy making each one.
Last week Elyse had a book signing at Barnes and Noble in Rhode Island, and I got to finally meet her. She is as lovely in person as she appears on her blog.
After reading about Elyse's exciting adventure, I take away a lovely life lesson, that perhaps we all should try...
