joanne+chris

Here are some shots for our July 1st wedding - Joanne & Chris - at the St. Andrews Wellesley Church on Burrard St and then onto The Sutton Place Hotel. These are my "not even close to professional" shots of the set up and decor...can't wait to see what Blue Olive Photography comes back with.

We also had the pleasure of working with Steph & Kathy from Marliss Productions - soooo much fun and would love to work with them again - as well as Hayley Miller (for make up) and Seree for hair. They did an amazing job on all of the bridal party and family.

I had my business partner, Jen, here from Victoria helping out as well as the lovely Erica McKeddie (in the below picture with me "fluffing") of White Dahlia Weddings.











My favorite part of the decor for this wedding was the escort table we did. I found this cool wooden/stick screen that I cut to the shape of the table where we slide in the escort cards. Oasis Flowers did the amazing flowers (as usual) and curly willow/orchid arrangements.





This amazing cake was make by the groom's aunt from England. It was just like the photo that Joanne had of her dream cake - the flowers on it were all hand made and so incredible looking. Nice job Auntie!

charlie + katie

Here are some pics from Charlie & Katie's camp wedding this past week-end on the Sunshine Coast. So much fun was definitely had. The first picture is from the photobooth that Rick Collins (the photographer) set up.





Yes...I used the chalk boards again...can you blame me? Thanks Albertine for writing out the 180 names.




Brent (my brother-in-law) made me all of the wooden block place card holders and table # holders.

The guest favors we all done by the brides mother - cookies from Katie's late grandfathers recipe. Yummy!

The flowers were done by Charlie & Katie's friend - Ali at Oasis Flowers, which you all know is my favorite florist in town. The flowers were so pretty!


This was such an amazing week-end and I could not have done it without Ryan at the camp and all of the awesome camp counselors. Most importantly - Albertine...thank you so much girl. So tiring, but so worth it!

sunday fun in the sun

I loved my day with my little monkey. We went to Maplewood Farm for the first time where Chloe was able to run all around, totally overwhelmed by all of the animals and giggling the entire time. Okay, not totally true...we had one meltdown, but only when I had to take her off of the pony when the ride was over. We may have horseback riding lessons in our future (like her mama). Here are some pics from the farm...




When we got home from the farm, and after a wee nap, we played in our little turtle pool. I think it was a little chilly and Chloe kept asking me to sit in there with her...huh...no thanks! She loves the water.

fun & funky at the brock house

I had the pleasure of working with Will & Nina for the past 8+ months on their wedding. Will & Nina were one of those couples (like most of mine) that I loved going to meet with over coffee. Most all of Will & Nina-s guests were from out of town and they wanted to make sure everything was looked after for them - and everything was!

This was one of the most fun weddings I have worked on as well as the most fun to attend. We had a photobooth from Angela @ Photobooth Vancouver. Music by Supertonic Jazz Trio and Hot Hit Productions (Blue was great to work with). Randal Kurt was the photography and he was a pleasure to work with...can't wait to see the pictures!

Okay, so...it was off and on light rain all day, but we decided to try it outside anyway. Well, I did get a couple of "stressful" messages from Nina & Will suggesting that we try the ceremony inside. I didn't get those until about 7pm (after the ceremony). We did it outside and it was perfect...a little chilly...but perfect. Diane Brown (the marriage commissioner) was great as usual and the rain held out until just minutes after the ceremony. Literally minutes...good timing! Still have my record of ZERO rain outs!








The menus and place cards were done by...of course...Blue Skies & Daisies.




Without fail - anytime I go to pick up the wedding party flowers from Oasis on the day of I am blown away. When I saw these HUGE arrangements I was in awe - they really were so beautiful. This is why I love Ali & Shellie at Oasis!



You can barely see her, but she's there...my mega helper Albertine of BSD. She makes my job easy on the day of any event - thanks mama!


Meet my other little working girl - Erica McKeddie who is working for me all summer in preparation for her own company - White Dahlia Weddings She totally rocks and she still talks to me after I shouted orders to her all day - thanks to you too girl!





One of my favorite things was this 4'x8' chalk board that I made for the seating arrangement - looked great in this atmosphere. Getting it there and back was interesting though, but it made it.



You can't see it here (yet) but the party was still rocking after the lights came on and the bar closed, which means this event was a success. Lots of fun people!!



All the best Will & Nina!!!

very proud of my cous...

My very talented cousin, Greg, who lives on the Sunshine Coast wrote this book for teens and I can't wait to get into it. We went to his book signing in Sechelt today and there was quite the turnout.





Thank you Jane for coming along. As you all can see, Chloe loved it too!

forsythia, lilacs and tulips, oh my.

The people closest to me know how much i love flowers. So much in fact that it is one of my biggest thrills to anticipate the coming of spring along with two of my favourite flowers. I know where all of the forsythia and lilac bushes are around town and i know which ones are easiest to sneak to with my shears. This year before we even left on our trip i knew i would miss the start of forsythia season. It wasn't a good enough reason to cancel the trip (um, sorry honey but we can't go until the growing season is over because i don't want to miss any flowers this year).
The good news is that i haven't missed the lilacs. Because of the cooler weather this year, they seem to be a bit late. So, if you see a crazy woman climbing a bush with a knife in hand pull over and i'll cut you some too. And, if you feel like getting married in the next few weeks, we should talk about your flowers.

the cure for the winter blues

I just got back from our 5 week tour of 7 States with Brent and our 8 month old Delphine. We made our way south and across to Florida camping in the back of our van. It was an amazing experience and of course it was great to get out of the west coast rain for awhile. Besides a few hazards (car breakdowns, fire ant bites and a crazy fistfight amongst a louisiana family) we have the best memories of spectacular vistas and super friendly Americans....Now its back to work - the wedding season is starting soon!