nordic party – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com Making a Handmade Modern Home one DIY project at a time. Thu, 20 Feb 2020 22:28:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/francoisetmoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Untitled-2-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 nordic party – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com 32 32 76357554 The Faux Martha’s Nordic Party https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/the-faux-marthas-nordic-party/ Wed, 19 Feb 2020 20:42:41 +0000 https://francoisetmoi.com/?p=18931 An afternoon of crafting, friends and well-being: A look at the Nordic Party The Faux Martha hosted to help us all make light of winter darkness. Short, dark days and obscenely cold weather from October to April make Minnesota winters brutally unforgiving at times, especially as December festivities die down, leaving many of us coping with Winter, rather than thriving in it. My incredibly talented friend Melissa Coleman of The Faux Martha has been throwing Nordic parties (on a smaller scale) the last few winters bringing friends together to find light in darkness and creating a reason to celebrate when hibernation is our natural tendency. This year Melissa masterminded her annual Nordic party, but on a much larger scale for our Minneapolis community to gather, eat, drink, craft and embrace the season. The Nordic party was hosted at Kate Arends‘ Studio 125 where Melissa had brought in hygge-forward elements like candlelight and warm throws + cozy textures. She also hung candle wreaths in the windows and peppered the walls with origami paper stars. Quince created the most delicious Scandi-inspired spread, and Vikre Distillery wet our whistles with their new rose cocktail, Frenchie (which is incredible, BTW! Strong & craveworthy). Fairbault […]

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