I spent the weekend out on John & Holly M.’s property in Eastern Washington, where Barry & Maja threw a big weekend-long party for their wedding. It was really nice. You can tell how much love and respect their friends have for them by the immense amount of work that went into the whole production. All the cooking, decoration, performance, music, and the rest of it was done by volunteers, and the result was the most gorgeous, friendly, and satisfying music festival type event I’ve ever attended.

Michael H. did the ceremony, and every word of it had clearly been thought out and meant from the heart; it was completely consistent with the kind of people Barry & Maja are.

The weather was good, and the sunset Sunday after the ceremony was unbelievably spectacular – wispy clouds breaking up, swirling, reforming at ten times the normal rate, glowing from inside as the sun sank beneath the horizon. Then we stayed up all night, with music and bonfires and costumes, and lots and lots of colorful LED lights.

I got a lot of compliments on the path lanterns and bloom lights, and many people asked me to let them know next time so they could help out! It was really satisfying to see all of the lights together. It has meant a lot to me to do this project, and being able to surprise everyone with something beautiful and unique made me feel like I have finally gotten my creative mojo back. I felt really good, like I was part of it all again. I’ve missed it.