Recycling your wedding flowers – Lilies
The flowers I chose for my wedding were gerber daisies (the bridesmaid’s bouquets) and star gazer lilies (bride bouquet). Unfortunately the gerber daisies did not last very long. They are a very pretty flower, but not very durable. I’m not sure the gerber daisies didn’t even last the entire evening. The bridal bouquet had tons [...]
More Bachelorette party ideas!
In my last post I discussed stagette themes, but here’s a list of specific activities that I’ve brainstormed for a group of ladies to do for a day or evening. Go to the spa. Manicures or pedicures or facials – spend the day getting pampered and pretty. Have a fondue. Start with oil or cheese [...]
Bridesmaid Gifts
The most stressful part of my wedding was finding the perfect gift for my bridesmaids to say “thank you”. They are responsible for so many aspects of the wedding from helping you with invitations, to planning (and paying for) your stagette, all the way to keeping you calm on your wedding day. In the end, [...]
Top ten wedding favor ideas
Wedding favors are a great way to thank your guests for coming, providing a souvenir and also work great to decorate. I believe wedding favors should be customized with your name and wedding date and they should also be functional! Here a 10 ideas I’ve brainstormed to help you: 1.) Sport’s theme. Do you play [...]
Bridal Fairs
Most bridal fairs happen in January or February to allow enough time to plan for a summer wedding. As such, we have missed most fairs across Canada for this year. However, there is a bridal fair coming up in March! Details: Bridal Trends March 29-30, 2008 Vancouver Convention Centre 999 Canada Place Vancouver, BC Saturday [...]
Top five ideas for a bachelorette party
Now that all of the important aspects have been taken care of (dress, caterer, venues), it’s time to start doing the fun planning: an event for you an all your close girl friends. A bachelorette party is a great way to relieve some pre-wedding stress. The planning can be left up to the maid of [...]
How to choose the perfect wedding dress.
As I learned from experience, you should buy your wedding dress no later than 6 months before your wedding. It can be done in a shorter time frame, but your selection will be limited as you will not have time to order one. When you order a wedding dress it takes at least 6 months [...]
