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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Kristy Rice&#8217;s new book promises jaw-dropping images, content-rich chapters and masterful paperie.</p><p>It&#8217;s lauded as a completely new kind of how-to wedding book in which Rice teaches brides how to create their dream wedding by looking beyond the how-to of wedding planning. Her style looks beyond the &#8220;big day&#8221; to style a life and home.</p><p>Rice, a native of Dallas, is a Penn State graduate and an award-winning stationery designer and watercolor artist. Rice will celebrate the release of her new book &#8212; &#8220;The Painter&#8217;s Wedding&#8221; &#8212; at Dundee Gardens, Sans Souci Parkway, Hanover Township, on Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.</p><p>Rice owns and operates Momental Designs, a wedding invitation design business which creates handmade watercolor invitations. She started the business 14 years ago at her dining room table. It has grown steadily over the years and now employs eight professional artists and designers in its West Wyoming studio.</p><p>Countless notable celebrities like Sean Parker (Napster/Facebook), Jessica Simpson, Katy Perry and Alexis Bledel (&#8220;Gilmore Girls&#8221;) have selected Rice to create art for their events.</p><p>Magazines such as People, Harper&#8217;s Bazaar, Brides, The Knot, Martha Stewart and Vanity Fair have featured her handmade watercolor wedding stationery and it has been spotlighted on &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221;; in well-known lifestyle stores nationwide like Target, TJ Maxx, Bed Bath and Beyond and Anthropologie; and on well-known paper brands like Papyrus and Envelopments.</p><p>Reservations to meet Rice are available under &#8220;In Store Events&#8221; at dundeegardens.com. A $5 entry fee will benefit the Luzerne County SPCA. Other sponsors include Forget-Me-Not, The Couture Cakery, Flourished Grace Contemporary Calligraphy and Patchwork Planning.</p><style>
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Local designer, artist plans book-release party Saturday