New Hampshire Wedding Caterer

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Owner | Cake Artist | Wedding Coordinator | Food Stylist | Mixologist | Designer  | lead chef

Jaime grew up in Medford, New Jersey, surrounded by creativity, culture, and cuisine. She inherited her creative spirit from her mother and spent her childhood immersed in drawing, painting, and cooking, while traveling for competitive softball and learning the rhythms of catering alongside her father. She was especially close with her “Mom Mom,” her grandmother, whose warmth and love helped shape her heart and deeply influenced the way she approaches care, hospitality, and connection. By the age of eight, Jaime was already cooking for friends and family, discovering early on the joy of feeding others. At the same time, she was drawn to art and fashion, dreaming of designing unconventional wedding dresses long before she ever imagined designing weddings themselves. She began her formal art education at East Carolina University, where she spent two years studying fine arts and working across mediums such as figure drawing, painting, pottery, and metals. She later transferred to Appalachian State University in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Boone, North Carolina. There, she shifted her focus toward textile and fashion design, paired her studies with a minor in marketing, and found a deep love for music, art, culture, and the mountains—elements that would continue to influence her creative lens.

Jaime Melfi-McConkey

After graduating, Jaime explored a wide range of creative paths while finding her place in the art world. She worked in interior design, managed and supported multiple boutiques, and held roles with brands such as Anthropologie and Free People. Through these experiences, she developed a strong foundation in visual merchandising, styling, and storytelling through space—learning how thoughtful design can shape experience and emotion.

While navigating these creative careers, Jaime felt a pull to build something of her own. In 2012, she founded a small handmade brand she called Autumn Nomad—a name inspired by her love for fall as a season of change, color, and transformation, and by a lifelong dream of traveling the world and immersing herself in different cultures. Drawn to the way culture, food, and place shape how we connect and create, this curiosity and sense of movement became her greatest source of inspiration. Under the Autumn Nomad name, she created funky, bohemian jewelry including feather earrings, dream-catcher necklaces, crystal pieces, and accessories made with natural elements, along with hand-crafted scarves and headbands. Autumn Nomad became a space for exploration, creativity, and self-expression.
At the same time, Jaime was also growing up as a devoted foodie. She had been working in catering and the restaurant industry since her early teen years, and food had always felt like a second language. Over time, she discovered her love for edible art—realizing that food offered a way to merge creativity, hospitality, and connection in a more immediate and communal way. While she continued creating jewelry, her focus gradually shifted toward the edible arts.

Drawn by a desire to build a new home rooted in nature and intention, Jaime eventually moved to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. There, she began designing cakes at the White Mountain Cupcakery, further refining her craft and blending her backgrounds in art, fashion, and food. In 2016, she opened Autumn Nomad in Jackson, New Hampshire—a café and wedding design studio grounded in handcrafted cakes, curated food, and art-driven styling. Since then, she has had the honor of working with more than 2,000 couples, with her work featured in publications such as Martha Stewart and Brides. Today, Jaime continues to lead Autumn Nomad with creativity, care, and deep gratitude for the people and stories behind every celebration.