Karen and Edwin were referred to us by Michelle Fung, an artist and a talented wedding photographer.  They came to us six months before their big day without a ceremony site, flowers, wedding cake, videographer, and an officiant.  Let us not kid ourselves, these are all big chunks for the wedding, and it definitely added stress to the couple.  With not much time left on our hands, we quickly met up with Karen and Edwin to better understand their personality and preferences.  After doing so, we quickly started our research and worked our magic away.

While most venues were booked for other events and weddings already, I was really lucky being able to find the Vancouver Maritime Museum as a ceremony venue for Karen and Edwin.  For those who haven’t been there before, you gotta go there!  It is not your ordinary chapel or your regular backyard.  Imagine having your ceremony right beside the False Creek, and having mountains and the Vancouver Downtown landscape  as the natural backdrop.  It’s just simply gorgeous!

Once the ceremony site is confirmed, everything just seemed more relaxed and easier.  Given that we have a pool of resource already, it was a breeze finding the videographer and officiant for Karen and Edwin.  While I was away for a month due to family emergency, Gary held down the forte to do all the research and vendor meetings.  Gary did an amazing job finding Karen and Edwin a fabulous florist and an amazing wedding cake designer/chef, Celia from Blooming Buds and Paula from Aeyra Cakes.

Even though Karen and Edwin had their friends to manage their big day, I can see how elegant and poetic their wedding was through the images that Michelle captured for them.  The romantic and misty natural backdrop, beautiful and fresh flower arrangements, elegant and detailed wedding cake, and of course their authentic love for each other was what made the wedding truly breathtaking.

Click here to view more of their pictures. Enjoy!

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.