Received a lovely thank-you today!!

Thank you Angela for all of your hard-work, great advice and for always being one step ahead of everything. I am now a firm believer of hiring a wedding planner and preach this to future brides. Thank-you for making me keep the chairs - you know me very well ;o) My wedding was perfect thanks to you and your team ~ Worth Every Penny

Laureen Singh

Vera Wangs New Perfume….LOVESTRUCK

Love Vera Wang…Love the name of her new perfume!

DIY Weddings!

It seems to me the days of spending excessive amounts of money on a wedding are coming to an end? The focus seems to be back on love, and family and togetherness and you know what…that is “A” OK with me! Now don’t get me wrong, lush extravagant weddings are amazing…but not everyone wants to splurge on such things or can afford to for that matter!
DIY weddings are becoming so popular the trend is sweeping the nation, hand making items puts the focus back on what matters, and increases quality time with family and friends over a nice glass of wine, living, loving and laughing…together! Check out this site I found (and just LOVE) with all kinds of idea’s, free down-loadable templates, and a ton of resources…enjoy! www.diywedding.org

They have step by step instructions on how to do it yourself!

Or go to their site and download some of these templates!

Photo Credit ~ All photos from www.diywedding.org Become a Member (for free) and enjoy the resources…Happy planning!

2012 Bridal Dress Trends!

All signs point to Softness and Romance! The runway saw a tone of blush and pink shades, illusion necklines, horse hair trim hem lines, two tiered skirts and lace sleeves!

Illusion Necklines:

Photo Credit ~ Carolina Herrera

Horse Hair Trim (used to make crisp hemlines):

Blush Pink Shades:

Photo Credit ~ Monique Lhullier

Lace sleeves:

Photo Credit ~ Monique Lhullier

Resource: www.Brides.com

Etsy…some perfect finds!

So who doesn’t love Etsy…we thought we’d share some amazing wedding finds …fun unique and creative, hand made, one of a kind awesomeness… we hope these things could set your day apart from the rest…check them out!

Photo credit ~ Tea Jenny’s

Photo Credit ~ Elizabeth St

Photo Credit ~ Funky Shique

Photo Credit ~ bbond052

Photo Credit ~ vintagetwee

For more inspiring finds visit Etsy now!

Candy Table Inspiration

Well it’s a trend that isn’t going out of style!!! Candy table’s…like a fine wine they seem to be getting better and better…once just a gathering of jars with candy…now lavishly colour coordinated displays of confectionery oh la la! Check out some of our favourites!

Photo credit ~ Zalita

photo credit ~ Amorology

Photo credit ~ Amy Atlas Events

Photo credit ~ Sugar Momma’s LLC

We also have an amazingly talented dessert bar team here in Vancouver with Yum Dessert Decor…check them out! http://www.yum-dessertdecor.com

Life is sweet!

Laureen and Ben May 7th, 2011

Congratulations to Laureen and Ben! We had a fantastic time working with this couple…they were gracious, sweet and truly in love! The ceremony was performed at the Sikh Temple in Burnaby and the reception, at the Fabulous Capilano Golf and Country Club! Magnolia Photographic took these amazing images, the cake was made by BC cakes, ice decor did the awesome elephant ice sculpture, upright provide rentals of the chairs and centerpiece glassware and Flower Factory made the beautiful flowers! An all star team and a fantastic time! Others who helped but were not pictured: MIB roadshow (DJ)…thank-you all for helping us to make Laureen and Ben’s day so perfect!

Win some Free Stuff with Junebug Weddings!

Win this Necklace…find out how!

Here’s what they have to say: To enter to win, simply leave them a comment on their blog telling them about the accessory you’re most excited about wearing on your wedding day. They’ll accept entries all week long and randomly choose a winner next Monday, July 11th. And once you’re done there, don’t forget to head over to TheAisleNewYork.com to register your account and sign up for their newsletter letting you know about all their weekly sales and specials. They promise you, you don’t want to miss all that they have to offer!

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Tofino Wedding…Just winging it!

This past weekend I had the honor of helping some friends of mine with their wedding…My friends are the exact opposite of me, where I am a “planner”, and like structure…itineraries and plans…they are relaxed earthy and breezy! I convinced my friend she HAD to have tables, chairs and linens… at least! she agreed…But said that was where the “planning” would end…EEEK! The rest she said…we were going to “wing”! No decorator, no photographer, no florist, no caterer…Needless to say my heart skipped a beat and I instantly had about a thousand questions the first being:… “winging it???….are you serious?”

They rented a house on Chesterman beach in Tofino… It was a quaint little beach house…There was no yard area for the reception only a combined open plan living and dining room…with no floor plan or measurements…I had to hope this unseen house was going to work!

I arrived a day early and gathered “beach treasures” (drift wood, moss and shells) with my husband & kids, and once they arrived we looted the house of it’s vases and starfish, found some serving platters in the kitchen, Nana Brought some tarts, her fine crystal candlesticks and some cookies, The bride had some mason jars, Uncle Dave made a lasagna, and caught a salmon the night before, the guys went out that morning and caught some crab, Mom brought flowers over from her garden…and we even found a few ceremony pillars!!! The neighboring house had a wedding on the Saturday and actually made these really cool pillars and during conversation they realized they didn’t want to truck them back…so we took them off their hands! They also had left over bubbles…and I thought…why not we’ll take those too! By the time the wedding day had arrived we had amassed a ton of do-dads it was time for the winging to begin…and wing it we did!

We cleared the sofa’s out of the living room, moved the dinning room table into the Bay window and decided we would make a dessert station there with some platters from the kitchen and nana’s crystal candlesticks to make the plates into cake plateaus, we moved the tables and chairs in…and wouldn’t you know it…not an inch to spare, but IT FIT!

The beach do-dads began to go onto the table, we used the mason jars and a mixture of glassware found in the house for the centerpieces…placed a turquoise napkin in the center for a shot of colour and then it all began to take shape… Mom’s flowers were used sparingly to add more colour on the table and for the bouquets, We made two standards out of salal bush and ferns, a vase found in the house and a vessel used to hide the key outside (which had a similar shape to the vase from the house) we winged it…we winged it all! Don’t get me wrong, there were some loose plans in place…it was always in the plans to not hire a caterer…Uncle Dave is an awesome cook…of course there were invitations sent, a marriage commissioner hired and some cupcakes ordered…but other than that…we were winging it baby…and it was pretty good! Here are some images…(keep in mind I am not a photographer…but I think we did OK)

We laughed, we cried but most importantly…we did it… together! The focus wasn’t on the shade of flower or how many layers were on the cake…it was all about being together…celebrating love, life, family and all things good! I am sure it didn’t hurt that they are friends with an experienced wedding planner (that would be me)… but somehow I think it would have been perfect whether I was there or not! I Love you guys…thanks for inviting us, it was a weekend I will never forget!