I love details at a wedding. I’ve been looking on Pinterest lately and there are some gorgeous dance floors at weddings. As a photographer this just makes the photos even more unique and the beautiful lighting is magical.

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It was a beautiful day for a fall wedding. I had been looking forward to Sonya and Jon’s wedding all year the beautiful decor was all ready, the bride was all set and the room was waiting at the end of the aisle. There were smiles and tears during the ceremony and throughout everything you could just feel the love from Sonya, Jon their friends and family. It was an amazing day, one that I was so happy to be a part of.

I think these have been my favourite wedding favours ever! Little birdhouses. Adorable!!

The men looking dapper.

The awesome flask groomsmen gifts.

The decor reminded me of Snow White or a fairy tale. It was just gorgeous.

Sonya getting ready with her girls.

Instead of a first look with the groom, I did a first look with Sonya’s dad. I love the first image, right when he saw her come out of the brides room. LOVE.

It was beautiful light during the ceremony at the Langley Golf and Banquet Centre.

Yeah can we say all the girls are just gorgeous? Sonya’s bouquet was beautiful for the time of year.

First time I’ve ever seen/heard of this. A mashed potato bar. I heard it was DELICIOUS!!! All the fixins’ and even more than you could think of. Genius!!

Favourite photo of Jon and Sonya!

This tree was just calling to be in their portraits!

The singing talent in Sonya’s family is crazy! She sang to her new hubby and it was amazing. They were then both serenaded by her Mom and Dad, we were all smiling, just to be in the presence of that much talent was inspiring.

I wish you both all the happiness in the world!

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It was our first Sunny day in July and Stanley Park was packed! Nicole and Riadh were married in Paris and came to Vancouver for a family reception at the Fish House in Stanley Park. The day was beautiful, Nicole looked stunning, in a dress she designed, and Riadh charmed all of us. They were only here for a few days after the wedding before they headed home to Dubai.

I said, “okay you’re going back to palm trees, you have to get some photos with our West Coast trees!”

I love Nicole’s bouquet. The peonies were perfect and all the different shades of pink were gorgeous.

They just have a classic elegance to them. Plus they laugh a lot together that just makes me smile on a wedding day.

Sex and the City feet with Glass Slippers…All girls get that right?

Pale pinks were the colour of choice. Since they were married in Paris I added the Eiffle Tower to the invitation, the favour boxes had wax seals with their initals stamped in. The most delicious chocolate truffles were inside to the delight of the guests.

I loved the fireworks that Ridah and Nicole had for their cake. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before!

As the sun set we took a few more photos around Stanley Park. How can you really pass up this view?!

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Welcome to a wonderful world, my favourite land of styled shoots. In this land I can let my imagination go wild work with different vendors from all over the lower mainland and have an exciting/fun shoot. Everyone can do a shoot like this, in my wedding world I call them RE-Wear the Dress. I’ve never “trashed a dress” I like to think of these sessions ones that we can have fun with while you get to wear your wedding dress again and best of all you don’t have to get to your reception!!

I’ve had this shoot on my mind for awhile now and even when I was planning it I didn’t foresee the photos come together this beautiful. I started talking to CC Roa of Roa Floral and Event Designs. We both love being creative and I fell in love with the bouquet she created for Little Red Snow White. {we rolled both characters into this shoot!} Not only were the white roses beautiful with hints of red just around the top of the petals but she wrapped the bouquet in a gorgeous gold and red silk ribbon.

Next what every girl wants a gorgeous dress. I, being a wedding photographer as well, browse local designer sites often. I have adored the custom and local designs of Ellebay Bridal Boutique. They seem to have pulled some of their dress designs right out of my imagination! When I was in the store I could see different shoots for so many of their dresses! They are in the New Westminster bridal district and the dresses are made right there in the store by a great mother and daughter team. I met first with mom Merly and then when I took the dress back after the shoot I was able to meet daughter Gabrielle. They are so sweet and Merly knew which dress she wanted me to use as soon as I explained the shoot. I couldn’t agree more it was perfect!

Last but not least, the cape. I needed a cape! I’ve never been to Watt’s Costumes but I had serious costume envy when I went to pick up the cape! Put it this way I can’t wait to go back for the next shoot!! It could be Halloween on other days than October 31st, pick a theme, throw a party and grab some costumes. Hmmmm I may just have to do that this summer! My last stop was to Costco to pick up the giant bag of apples, {all but one have been now consumed by myself!} Oh and Anna {Little Red Snow White} stopped at Sephora {swoon} and had her makeup done. We all agreed that she must buy some red lipstick it just looks awesome on her.

On the shoot night I had the Dowbiggin sisters helping me out. Kelly and Shannon are friends and also along that creative line that I find myself walking a lot. It was bloody brilliant to have the sisters helping me, placing props, holding gates open and of course taking care of Gerome {he was quite the diva}. Thank you to all of you for a beautiful shoot and I can’t wait till the next one! Contact me for more details about RE-Wear the Dress shoots too!

Running to find her prince before she takes a snooze. Anna was the perfect Little Red Snow White!

This is my favourite photo!

Ummmm yes the bird is real…And I didn’t sequel with delight when I saw it at Watt’s Costumes!!

Of course some outtakes – Gerome getting all hot and flushed from a kiss. Kelly and Shanon making sure it looks good on the bridge, our first stop. We know Kelly is a little on the vertically challenged side but this is just crazy!! I hope you all enjoyed this session as much as I did planning and shooting it. Let me know if you have any ideas and they may just turn up as a styled shoot!!

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We were keeping our fingers crossed for some non-rainy weather for Ashlee and Chris’s wedding day. We kinda got everything, some sunshine, clouds and just at the end of photos it started to rain so a few quick ones and we were all in the limo! It was a beautiful wedding and I was able to catch up with Ashlee’s mom Colleen, we used to work with each other back in the day, at the reception. Everyone looked fabulous and ‘lemmie tell you, this bridal party can get some air! {oh you’ll see.}

Little Flower Girl Lily with her milk and mom’s coffee. Getting everyone ready to go.

There are so many things I love about the dad walking his daughter down the aisle. Brian looks so happy and proud, this photo just makes me smile!

I love that all the guys had DC Shoes to wear while we took photos {with purple laces to go with the wedding colours}. No slippery shoes for them.

Foot race to the door with another bridal party. We won.

Those are some pretty cool shoes on everyone.

Even with mustaches the girls still look gorgeous.

This is why I LOVE Ashlee: She said to me that she didn’t want the typical locations for her wedding photos. I did throw in Steveston {sorta normal} and then I took them to a shipping yard just down the street from their reception. When they got out of the car I remember the guys saying “this is so cool!” Done and done.

Okay Chris is a Huge BC Lions fan and at the first game in the new stadium they handed out 50,000 orange pom poms. Ashlee you found an awesome guy, he picked up 5 of them for some photos on the wedding day, cause they matched their wedding colours.

I loved their logo: Go LIONS!! All the candy in their colours as well awesome.

Gorgeous cake, with gumballs at the bottom, really can you get better than that?

Ashlee serving up the first piece of cake to one of her friends.

Congratulations Ashlee and Chris. {and one more time, smoking monkey!}

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It was great to see Mel and Mike’s wedding featured on WeddingWire today. It had fabulous details thought of by the bride and groom and Wedding Planner Lisa Gregory Special Events. It was such a gorgeous day.

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Courtney and Bryce’s summer wedding was featured today on the Weddingbells blog. I also designed their wedding travel inspired stationery, lots of vintage stamps later the wedding was absolutely blissful. Check out the link.

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It was a beautiful sunny day when Mel and Mike said their I dos. I love, love, loved her dress and I think they both smiled all day. Thanks to Weddingbells who featured them today on their website.

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I was so happy to see another sunny day for a wedding. Natasha and Keith’s wedding to be exact, you may remember back in the Spring they were the winners in the Weddings in BC contest, and well, they won me! A wedding photography package and engagement session. If their engagement session was going to be any signal of how their wedding was going to be, it was going to be an amazing day. {Sorry you couldn’t ride your motorcycle down the aisle Keith, but we got some good photos on it!}

Keith and Natasha met in middle school at Pacific Academy and their first date was when they were 16. They went to Metrotown on the Skytrain to go bowling. Fast forward to last year and Keith proposed in Stanley Park at Prospect Point after getting their hair and nails done! {Okay that’s an awesome guy!}

Natasha, who is a nurse at BC Children’s Hospital, got ready with her sisters and friends at her and Keith’s place in Vancouver. The girls looked fabulous and Natasha even made everyone’s fabric flowers for their hair. Keith, who is the head instructor at UBC Aquatic Centre, arrived with his Groomsmen and a Vancouver Trolly. I don’t think there would have been a limo large enough for this bridal party! {Oh and special thanks to Natasha’s brother for driving my car over so I could take some photos in the Trolly. Thank You! Thank You!} Brock House is a beautiful venue and when the leaves are just starting to fall on the ground it kinda makes it stunning. Natasha said that the most unexpected moment of the day was when a spider ran across the wedding license while she was signing it and Keith jumped back refusing to kill it. {I’m so glad I didn’t see it! eep}

 Here are just a few of my favourites, yes just a few!

You know my love for shoes and these ones so passed the test!

It would have been a tight squeeze in a limo, so call in the trolly.

After the tea ceremony, a quick change back into her wedding dress. These girls are pros!
I love the group photo when I say I want to see something fabulous, they knew exactly what to do.

Details make the day, {swoon} Natasha’s mom made all the poms on the chairs out of fabric, gorgeous. The bouquets were stunning, muted colours, and the beautiful pin that Natasha and her Mom found for her something old, was so pretty. Thinking ahead, blankets were available to guests just in case a bit of a wind kicked up from the ocean view.

Vows read from an iPad. Love it.

Cutest flower girls and best dressed. Just sayin.

YAY they’re hitched!!

I think everyone knows I love a good jumping photo by now and y’all take the cake! I’m always amazed at how high everyone can jump!

Y’all were so fantastic, and we only had 45 minutes together. It was like a whirlwind photo session!!

Okay if you guys don’t hang this one on your wall, I’m hanging it on mine! I LOVE this photo of you two.

Natasha the mailbox wins the detail award from me for the BEST idea to keep all the cards together! Brilliant!!

I have never seen a Lion Dance so up close before, I’m really amazed how much personality they have in their faces! It was awesome!

And just a little sugar fix before everyone leaves. The Storm Trooper cake pops were pretty amazing.
Natasha’s advice for anyone getting married is to, “have someone else be in charge of all the day of coordinating – my wedding coordinator was so on top of everything and I did not have to think about or answer any questions!” Hope you have a fantastic honeymoon in Mexico!

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Oh there’s so much I can say about Justine and Amos, they were my vintage with a modern kick, bride and groom. Just my style, I was looking forward to their wedding day probably as much as they were! I remember their engagement session, they were a bit shy and saying, “we’re really not sure what to do, you’ll have to help us with poses.” Well fast forward to the wedding day and I don’t know if they practiced or watched a lot of Top Model but they were calm and cool, ready for photos and so ready to DANCE! {More on that later}

They met at work when they both worked at the same law firm for a couple of years. Justine says, “Our firm had a Breakfast Club every Friday morning and Amos and I would often end up arriving before our co-workers. That is where I got to know him and his humour, good nature and blue eyes.” Amos said he is attracted to how sweetly outspoken Justine is, “she says what is on her mind and calls a spade a spade.” This is how you know you have found an amazing guy, Justine moved into Amos’s neighbourhood and before she got cable, Amos kindly invited her over to watch The Hills at his house so she wouldn’t have to miss any episodes. {Sorry ladies Amos is now married!!}

So after a tricky week of on and off rain, the wedding day was here and so was the sunshine and almost summer like temperatures. It was a day that went so fast, Justine looked stunning and Amos looked so GQ. Their wedding party was FAN-TAS-TIC. Holla’ to all of you for making an amazing day for Justine and Amos, creating memories that will last a life time and looking so awesome in the photos, I had a hard time narrowing them down to just these ones.

The guys got ready at the Shangri-La Hotel which is fantastic for photos, thanks to Sam my second shooter for the day.

Meanwhile, the girls were at the Loden. When I saw Justine’s dress hanging on my favourite hangers I knew this day was going to rock. Oh and the shoes.

Mini cans of Sofia champagne. Need I say more?

Love this photo of Justine.
The girls were given assorted colours that Justine liked and they could pick their dresses.
I loved that because they could pick the dress that suited their personal style.

Okay it was HOT in the Chapel at the Burnaby Village Museum. But like I said to Sam, they didn’t have air conditioning back in the olden days I guess they are really staying true to the times.

Justine and Amos got engaged in Napa last November on the day before Justine’s birthday. Amos planned a surprise trip for Justine’s 30th to San Francisco and the Napa Valley. After a picnic lunch at Barnett Winery, overlooking the Napa Valley, he proposed. {Again ladies he’s taken.}

One of my faves from the day.

Pink bus to match the pink shoes? Yeah I made that happen.

This is how I want every bride, groom and bridal party to feel while we’re taking photos. We’re with you for a few hours so no stress and a lot of laughs. {Hopefully, not a strongly worded letter, right Lyndsay?!}

Okay, so the guys matched their ties to the girls dresses, then as an added bonus matched their socks to the ties that matched the dresses. Brilliant.

Shoe love. Justine’s Kate Spade pink peeps and Jenny’s black shoes {I didn’t look at the name boo on me} with peacock feather clips.

The best photos I think come when you are relaxed, chilled and really enjoying the day. Case and point above.

Justine’s dress had pockets. Amos’s pants had pockets. Could I pass up this photo opportunity? Nope.

Justine added a lot of D.I.Y. touches to the reception which I LOVE and wish more people would do. The mini table number flags in the fish bowls that had the gorgeously wrapped chocolate bar favours. How did everyone find their seats? You found your button with your name on it and on the bottom stamped was your table number. The genius thing was everyone wore their buttons so you didn’t have to ask “sooo, what’s your name?” all night.

Their favourite moment of the day was sitting down to dinner together and getting some alone time while still surrounded by their friends and family. Little Madeleine in the bottom right corner of this photo, was their unexpected moment of the night. “We were surprised and delighted that our friends, Lisa and Kevin’s, daughter Madeleine was so excited about the wedding and wanted to spend the whole time with us. She even told us she was going to put a picture of us in her locket!”

Just because everyone has a cake doesn’t mean you have to. I loved this tower of French Meringue cookies that are Justine’s favourite. {She really fell in love with them while in Paris}

When it comes to first dances, to me they are usually slow and we get great photos. But this first dance, You are the Best Thing by Ray LaMontagne, we got RAD photos it was fast and slow and Justine and Amos truly loved to and wanted to dance. When their dancing was over the floor was packed right away with their friends and family. I’m sure that the floor was rockin ’till the wee hours of the night.

Advice from the BRIDE: Do it how YOU want to do it, make it about you and prioritize those things that are important to you. The process involves a lot of accommodation of other people so it helps to start with a plan you are really excited about!

Congratulations Justine and Amos! I wish you many, many years of happiness and a fantastic honeymoon in Greece and Turkey!
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The Hair: Michelle at Clementine  |  The Makeup: MAC  |  The Accessories: Twigs & Honey and Etsy  |  The Dress: Frocks – Ivy + Aster  |  The Suit: Canali – Harry Rosen  |  The Bridesmaids Dresses: J. Crew and Nordstroms  |  The Rings: Minichiello and Etsy  |  The Decor: D.I.Y.  |  The Stationery: Minted  |  The Tunes: Boneta  |  The Flowers: Celsia Florest  |  The Food: Boneta  |  The Cookie Tower: Boneta  |  The Reception Location: Boneta  |  The Ceremony Location: Burnaby Village Museum  |  The Planner: Down the Aisle  |  The Officiant: Tanyse Billas

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