An old table isn’t just an old table at Salvaged with Style—it can be anything, because the possibilities are endless. Salvaging old items and transforming them into renewed, beautiful objects and furniture has become a trend in the past few years and is something that Margaret Ryan, owner of Salvaged with Style in Hudson, is doing every day. Read more about Something Old is New
About 7 million individuals in the United States are affected by scoliosis, according to the National Scoliosis Foundation, and the majority are female. Despite this, many young girls find it hard to meet others who know what they’re going through.
This is why 14-year-old Sheridan Follis and her mother, Kelly, decided to start the first Minnesota chapter of Curvy Girls, a nonprofit group that provides a network for connecting and sharing scoliosis experiences. “Finding all of these girls and coming together, it was amazing to see that I actually wasn’t alone,” Sheridan says. Read more about Girl Group
With 43 seasons in the books, Valley Chamber Chorale has been a fixture in the community for quite some time. Formed by director Carol Carver in 1975, the mission of the group is to provide a creative outlet for adults with musical experience who want to continue their practice by performing challenging pieces.
After Carver’s retirement last year, assistant director Daryl Timmer took over. As choir director at Woodbury High School and a lifelong musician, Timmer is passionate about music and about this group. Read more about Stillwater Sings
There’s nothing wrong with the classic French manicure. But if you’re feeling bold, consider these adventurous styles, suggested by Heidi Meier of Salon Ultimissimo, at your next mani/pedi.
Happy Holographic
Go totally futuristic with a shiny rainbow holographic look to have your friends doing double takes. It’s an easy way to add spice to a solid-color nail. Read more about Nailed It: Manicure Recommendations from a Local Expert
It can be easy for suburban areas to look and feel like the same place. But with 145 acres of restored native prairie surrounding it, Inspiration doesn’t run that risk. The land was first imagined as a space for homes in 2004. After several subsequent repurchases, Mattamy Homes became the developer, which began the process. When Mattamy Homes decided to sell their neighborhoods earlier this year, M/I Homes purchased five of them, including the idyllic Inspiration that reopened for sale in March. Read more about Building Inspiration Through a Special Community
In the November issue we're talking all about homes in the St. Croix Valley. Read more about November 2017 St. Croix Valley Magazine
Four years after she began sharing her art with Seasons on St. Croix Gallery in Hudson, Robbin Firth is getting the opportunity to share her methods more widely, thanks to her recently patented palm washboard tool. The invention was conceptualized by Firth and her husband, Harry, a woodworker in his free time who handcrafts each palm washboard.
“It’s a lot of work to knit and then felt it down, so that’s why I wanted a faster process,” Firth explains of her felting art. “So I asked my husband to create a tool. I started teaching at the house using the tool, and it took off.” Read more about The Amazing Fabric Art of Robbin Firth and HeartFelt Silks
Gemütlichkeit. That’s the German word that, roughly translated, means “a good feeling, a good time, a feeling of welcome and comfort,” says Kim Quade, owner-operator of Stillwater’s Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter. It’s exactly the feeling that she and her team try to create for guests every day, just as they’ve done for more than half a century. Read more about Oktoberfest in the Valley
Cosmos for a Cause
Pier Five Hundred will host the annual Cosmos for a Cause on October 13 and 14. Add a brilliantly pink Cosmopolitan drink to your delicious meal for $5 this weekend, all to benefit breast cancer research. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Foundation. Open 11 a.m.–midnight. Pier Five Hundred,
500 First St., Hudson; 715.386.5504;
pierfivehundred.com Read more about A Handful of Ways to Show Your Support for Breast Cancer Awareness This Month
Community Homestead is an Osceola, Wis.-based living and working community for people with disabilities that’s centered on an organic and sustainable farm. “They live in different houses on the farm, and they just work on the farm. They produce beautiful food,” chef Nathan Sartain says of the community’s residents. “They approached us about coming and doing a fundraiser using their products. We came out and did a shindig [in June]. They harvested a hog for us and grew vegetables, and we created a menu from these for the event.” Read more about Local Chefs Provide Sustainable Menus for Community Homestead
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