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Real Event: Victoria’s Baby Shower

By on August 25, 2010 in real events

This weekend was all about spoiling little Charlie, Victoria’s “little chick” as she calls him, who is going to hatch in just a few short weeks. The shower was a huge hit, with delicious food and treats that would have made anyone feel pregnant afterward. I couldn’t stop myself… especially with those darn gourmet jellybeans that were bought. They are my weakness!

The ladies who hosted did a terrific job, I had to post to show off their amazing work. Everything from the cupcakes, iced shortbread cookies and the beautiful decor, everything thing was decked out in matching hues of yellow, green, and blue. So fun and fresh! Even the house dog, Blue (yes that’s her name), dressed up in a blue bow for the occasion.

Oh, and as for my gift, I found this adorable (and very appropriate) organic hooded chick towel by 3 Sprouts at Pistachio. It was too perfect to pass up. I paired it with a bamboo brush from the Body Shop too, so she can give Charlie a stylish mohawk – haha, so she says. We’ll see how much hair she has to work with.

A big thanks to Jodie, Stephanie, and Rachel for the wonderful time! I think mom-to-be was very pleased. ;)

{images taken by moi}

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Real Wedding: Melissa & Mark

By on June 28, 2010 in real events

Melissa and Mark travelled to the beautiful island of the Dominican Republic for their spring-time nuptials. Having Dominican blood and a lot of family there, it is a place Melissa has always held close to her heart. The couple also saw it as a good opportunity to have a small wedding with their guests being close friends and family. The planning of a wedding abroad is never the easiest task, but luckily for the couple, Melissa’s cousin Juan Carlos  is the events manager at the resort and helped to ensure everything ran smoothly and allowed all of their ideas and wishes to come to form for the big day. Almost everything was their idea, from flowers to colour scheme, location to music, the only thing they did not plan were the surprises that day. The planning began as soon as they were engaged on June 13th 2009. Almost a year in the making, they finally wed on the Beach Gazebo at Melia Caribe Tropical, Punta Cana.

Melissa arrived in a horse and carriage (a little surprise from her cousin), and after the ceremony itself they had a three piece meringue band play during the post-ceremony cocktail hour right on the beach front. Following this, they took to the beach for photographs and then headed to the outdoor amphitheatre for the evening reception. The amphitheatre itself was lined with tiki torches and candles from the walkway to the entrance, and all along the inside. A few more surprises came from Melissa’s cousin, including a very touching speech about the families coming together, a contemporary dance piece performance (for Melissa’s love of dance), a three piece vocal group for the arrival and during the meal, as well as some pyrotechnics during the first dance. The couple expressed that entire day was beyond perfect and more than they could have ever wished for. Mark concluded: “Having a destination wedding so close to our hearts made everything much more special and being able to do everything as traditional as we wanted it and also as original as we wanted, made for a day that neither of us will ever forget”.

{photos taken by Kara for Arrecife Studio; dress by Maggie Sottero; headdress: the Acacia 2 by Jenny Packham; text provided by Mark Hayton, edited by Samantha Dubeau}

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Engagement: Anu & Brian

By on May 24, 2010 in real events

This carnival/beach engagement session by Erin Leppo is so much fun! Unfortunately for me… this past long weekend I stayed in by myself watching the fireworks from my apartment window. I really wish I could have been on the sand watching them from a closer distance, and eating sugary cotton candy like this happy couple. A perfect date night for me always includes sweets and exploding lights in the sky.

So job well done, Erin. This set certainly made me swoon. What a perfect summer date night.

{photos from Erin Leppo’s Flickr stream}

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Real Event: Rachel & Evan, Moved In

By on May 10, 2010 in real events

Not too long ago, Evan and Rachel finally moved in to their new home that they had built from scratch. How cool is that? I’m pretty sure they picked out everything from the flooring, to the trimmings, to the ceiling fixtures. What an exciting journey! But of course, all that hard work led to this…

Great work guys, and good luck! So glad to have been a part of it by helping you design your moving announcements.

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Engaged: Russell & Bethany

By on April 23, 2010 in real events

This lake themed shoot by Seattle photographer James Moes has captured my heart. The photos are simple, tender and serene. James works under the name Holy, Holy Matrimony and carries both Canadian and U.S. passports, shooting from the beautiful British Columbia to California.

This shoot has me set on a picnic boat date this summer. Now I just have to get someone talented with a camera to capture it. ;)

Be sure to view the rest of the shoot here, and follow other current works on his blog.

{images from the blog of James Moes}

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Real Wedding: Cherrie & Jaman

By on April 14, 2010 in real events

A friend of mine, Jaman, was just married to Cherrie in Hong Kong last week. As a pre-wedding trip, the couple went to Hokkaido, Japan in January with a photography company, Muse Muse to take their wedding photos.

Jaman and Cherrie traveled with two other engaged couples, and a photography team of 4 people to Japan for 15 days. Since Hong Kong doesn’t get snow, it was a special opportunity to capture their pre-wedding photos in a winter scene. From the behind the scenes video, you can tell it wasn’t easy capturing these shots in the cold! However, I’m sure it left each couple with beautiful photos and a great memory. Congratulations!

{images by Muse Muse}

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Update: Jessica & Eric

By on April 10, 2010 in real events

A while back, we posted some engagement photos from our friend, Jessica and her fiance, Eric. The couple recently launched their wedding website, which captures their personalities perfectly. This is such a lovely collaboration between a designer bride and engineer groom :)

My favourite part of the site is the story of the proposal, that has little annotations from the unknowing bride :P Sadly, I will be missing out on this wedding next month but I’m sure it will be well documented with photos on this website!

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Real Event: Rachel & Evan Moving

By on March 22, 2010 in real events

I wanted to let these photos explain what I’ve been up to for the past week or so. One of the couples we featured under Real Weddings, Rachel and Evan, are moving into their first home together.  I’m very excited for them, especially since they have gone through the whole building process from start to… well, soon enough, finish. Can’t wait for the final reveal. And how am I a part of this? I’m making custom moving announcements for them. Yay! Can’t wait to reveal those as well.

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my birthday present

By on March 2, 2010 in H&H news, real events

This was the best of them all…

Mike's gift to me

I actually cried when I flipped to the word ‘live’. Looking forward to next September. :)

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Amy & Casey’s Surprise Proposal

By on February 26, 2010 in real events

I love hearing stories about how brides-to-be were proposed to and how their fiancés planned out the perfect proposals. So when I found this on bridepop, I knew I had to share it. Casey brought his girlfriend Amy to the place they had their first date. There, 11 of their friends delivered tiny boxes to Amy, each containing a small token of their time together. The last box was delivered to Casey, and in it was the ring.  The couple was interviewed about the big moment. Watch the surprise unfold in the video below as Amy laughs, cries, talks and gets quite the surprise at the end. Amy – you are one lucky gal, and Casey – well done Sir !

Casey proposes to Amy from One Small Instrument Pictures on Vimeo.

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