An adorable couple, Prisca and Lionel, who are also our close friends, had their 5^th year anniversary celebration this past July.  They asked us if we could help them looking for some quality vendors, of course we gave them our promise without hesitation.  They used orange as their main color scheme five years ago, and they want to have the same color to continue their love story.  So I suggested Prisca and Lionel to use an orange, light pink and peachy tone to create a refreshing and elegant palette. The brilliant florist whom we’ve always loved, Louisa, delivered the most spectacular flower pieces.  From bouquet to boutonnière, from hairpiece to kissing ball, everything was made to perfection. As for the make up, Prisca was looking for a clean, natural look for their daytime photo shoot.  Without a doubt, I recommend my all-time favorite make-up artist, Michelle, to her.  The makeup and hair were very nicely done; as Michelle always has her way to make sure the bride’s beauty glow naturally instead of having the make up doing all the magic.  Having this wonderful couple ready, their unbelievably cute daughters in place, gorgeous flowers all set, magnificent make up and hair completed, we need a special someone to capture all these images to create priceless memories for Prisca and Lionel, don’t we? We then found them a brilliant wedding and children couture photographer, Libby, to take on this role.  Her passion in photography and love for kids really show in the images.  Libby’s work always makes me want to remarry again (to the same guy, of course) and have my own children for her to take those crazy delicious pictures.  It’s truly heart melting!

We helped with Prisca and Lionel’s wedding planning and day of coordination five years ago.  Time literally flies by and five years have passed, we are so honored to have this opportunity to coordinate their 5^th year anniversary photo shoot.  It’s been really fun working with Prisca, Lionel and all the vendors.

Check the gorgeous pictures out at:  http://www.blueprintforlove.ca/moments/priscalionel.html

From creating the color scheme to designing the floral arrangements, from customizing the buffet menu to planning the layout of the venue, Gary and I did it all.  Now, without further ado,  here is Even and Richard’s wedding.

As you all know, there are gazillion things that need to be planned prior the wedding; therefore, usually 10 to 12 months are being put aside for the whole planning process.  Nevertheless, time may not be a luxury item that all engaged couples have.  In our case here, we were being approached by the mother of the groom six weeks before the wedding.  Yes, SIX WEEKS ONLY!  But that’s not it, the most nerve wrecking part is that the wedding took place on February 10th, which was two days before the Winter Olympics began!

If you are a Vancouverite, you’d probably know all hotels and restaurants have been fully booked at least a year in advanced for the Winter Olympics.  Given that February 10th is the full dress rehearsal for the international event, finding a decent venue was just extremely difficult.  But fear not, for I am the “wedding goddess”, whatever the clients ask, they shall receive.

The mother of the groom asked for having a nice hotel in downtown as the venue, and *BOOM!* I got them a nice banquet room on the 34th floor at the Hyatt Regency Hotel with nice mountain scenic view.  After finalizing the venue, I then worked with the catering manager about customizing the scrumptious gourmet buffet menu for them.  As the bride and groom were 3000 miles away in Shanghai, and the parents of the groom didn’t have specific vision for the wedding, I had to create all color combination and designs, make all the decisions, and hope to God that they’d like it.

Since the client wanted to have an elegant and luxurious style wedding, I decided to go for the purple/pink/silver color combination.  Given that it is an intimate wedding of 30 people at a mid-size banquet room, it is important to use fancy backdrop drapes to decorate the room and use gorgeous vertical floral arrangements to make a statement.  I had a blast playing with the room layout, designing the centerpiece arrangements, and organizing with all the other vendors.

It was a busy 6 weeks, but it was fun!  That again assures me how much I love wedding planning.  If I ever win lotto max, I’d quit my full-time job in a heart beat, and do wedding planning for free!