What makes a wedding memorable? 
 
It's the unique details--the one-of-a kind touches that transform the traditional elements in an unexpected way.  2 Martins in a Nest owner Rachel Martin chose red, white and all shades of blue for her summer wedding in 2010.  She searched magazines and shops for floral ideas in that palette.  Rachel wanted something unique--and something she could keep.  She and her mom, Cecile McPeak (Founder and Creative Director of Just Another Button Company), launched a search for creative material to make the wedding flowers themselves.  Rachel loves papers, and with so many colors and textures available, it proved to be a perfect place to start.  Rachel and Cecile designed a variety of petal shapes, and built custom tools to add texture and dimension.  They discovered the spark that a bit of patterned paper adds to a bouquet and the charm of incorporating buttons and vintage details.
 
Somewhere in the process of creating the Martin wedding, the 2 Martins style was born.  The red paper flower bride's bouquet and tulle and flower headpiece led to hundreds of red, white and blue posies for bouquets and matching boutonieres for the attendants, escort cards and napkin rings.  A shabby garden trellis was was strung with fabric pennants and trimmed with big showy flowers and paper ribbons.  Little martins were stitched in from layers of paper to be used as placecards and mounted on hat pins for table centerpieces.
 
One very special wedding was just the beginning for 2 Martins In A Nest.  Rachel's wedding is a cherished memory, and now 2 Martins In A Nest is ready to make your paper dreams come true!  What can we make for you?

I love color and paper! When I realized I was the only music student at Millikin University traveling from home to dorm with my own craft cabinet, I paused to re-think my career plans.  A year off to explore my creativity went into high gear when I began to plan my wedding!

I took my "just finished" bridal headpiece and bouquet when working at a trade show and it inspired a flurry of encouraging reviews from a fantastically creative group of quilt designers.  The weekend was topped off by a serendipitous meeting with Jo Packham, of Where Women Create magazine.  Jo's interest in the headpiece and bouquet led to an invitation to have my wedding and studio photographed for her magazine.
This has been a magic carpet ride of a year, but I'm not fooled into thinking there is anything easy about this industry.  I got lucky, yes, to meet so many creative role models, and to be asked to publish my wedding, but I'm also ready to stay up all night to read books on internet marketing, scrub a century of grime off wooden bobbins, or thread hundreds of buttons on floral wire.
I feel so lucky to be creating--doing exactly what I love with my mother, my husband, and my glue gun as my partners in crime!