Sunday, December 16, 2012

Shout out to the Sash! (the wedding sash that is!)

Hey guys!

Since posting the blog on Marina and Steve's wedding yesterday, I've been on a little mission to find the coolest and most unique wedding belts I could find. But first things first - apparently they are not called wedding belts, they are called wedding sashes. Excuse-moi! But I do agree that wedding sash is a much more fashionable term, so I stand corrected.

So what does one do when they want to find creative, unique wedding accessories? They go to Etsy.com of course!

Within the first 20 seconds of my search, I was already squealing - I came across this shop, Rosy Posy Designs. Not only are these all handmade, but they have such a unique flavour to them - kind of boho, kind of earthy girl, very romantic. You could put this on any lace dress and have it work perfectly, or for you summer-time beach casual brides, white eyelet cotton or linen. A few of my favourites:




Something blue!
You could even incorporate the guys' corsage colours with the colours in the sash, and your bridsemaids too!


This last one is a great compromise for those of you who dont want to go all out there with the colour, but want to have something unique and feminine.



And wait, I totally just thought of something - after your wedding day is over, you can still have these brooches / sashes afterwards, as a keepsake that is not tucked away in a box in the basement. Yay!

I came across these two that I really liked, mostly because I'm still obsessed with gray bridesmaids dresses, and I've seen these colour combinations before and it just works so well in photographs. The following two pictures are from Brown Eyed Girls Boutique.







Loved this one for the very boho look, from Lukamoda.


For a little more of a refined look, elegant and clean but still unique, I stumbled across this shop called Elite Women. I love the placement of the interesting feathers on these ones, and was surprised at how low the price was.



 Another great thing about handmade wedding sashes, is you can save a lot of money with buying a simple dress, and enhance it for under 200$.

There are tons of options out there though, you can really bling it up:

From Ingenue B
From Star Trim















So there you have it :) Most bridal shops these days have a small assortment of bridal sashes, but I always recommend checking out craftspeople first. Have any of you guys seen some awesome wedding sashes? Feel free to share in the comment box below!

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Marina & Steve- Wedding Hamilton, Ontario




After a serendipitous meeting at her mother’s hair salon, Steve and Marina were well on their way to creating a beautiful life together, with a beautiful August wedding to kick the whole thing off. It was kind of rainy that day, but as with most weddings we do, the rain has a way of either washing everything clean for us, or staying out of the way for the really important parts.  After hanging out with the groomsmen for a few minutes, we headed on over to Marina’s house, full of hustle and bustle and all around gorgeousness. 




Marina looked every bit the princess bride in her fabulous, multilayered gown – simple, yet so feminine and pretty.




One of my favourite parts is the awesome belt that perfectly customizes the gown to match Marina’s style , yet still remains elegant and not over the top.



And check out these sexy hot pink shoes…!





Finally it was time for a beautiful ceremony at the Holy Cross Croatian Roman Catholic Church.







  
After the ceremony, we headed over to the Royal Botanical Gardens for some formals.  




A little behind the scenes on this next picture, as Marina was getting her fine self situated on the bench, Steve was standing beside me, with this look of just pure love and adoration for his bride. He just shook his head as he gazed at her, and said (or rather, sighed) “isn’t she just beautiful?” It was so darn sweet and he walked over and gave her a very prince charming kiss, and I swear  the birds just started a-singin’. 








 Before  we headed to Pier 4 Bayfront Park for a few more pics, a little break for a smooch in the elevator ;)









Now it was time to head over the the Croatian National Home, for some delicious food and some nerve-wracking excellent speeches.

Notice the gleam of mischief in Steve's eye? :)




What a fun idea for bonbonierre’s, don’t you guys think? Honestly, after the wedding, I ate so many gumballs, I couldn’t  open my mouth properly for a couple days my jaw was so stiff, tee hee. : )

To top the beautiful day off, Steve and Marina danced like professionals…

 ....and then everyone else followed suit! Patryk from Liquid DJ Services was great, he got everyone involved and everyone was bustin' a move.




These two are so in love, it was so fun to hang out with them for the whole day.  It’s stuff like this that makes life so good!


Saturday, November 10, 2012

Lindsay & Sean Engagement Shoot Brickworks, Toronto

So, I can’t always go to each of our clients engagement shoots, which is a total bummer – especially for an extra cool one like this. 
 


Lindsay and Sean invited Mike to the famous Evergreen Brickworks in Toronto, a place that is special to this couple because Sean literally helped rebuild the site to be the amazing place it is today. 






 When Mike got home from the shoot, he was so pumped and kept saying how much he could tell these two were really in love with eachother. You can totally see it in the pics they captured that day too.  

Guess where they met :)

My favourite? It’s a toss up between the impromptu brady-bunch-meets-photobooth shot (especially the one right in the middle!)



and the ‘prepare to merge’ :D


 And of course, our patented  reflection shot tm


We are really looking forward to being there when these two tie to knot next year!








Rockin' Fairground Engagement Shoot - Jamie & John



When Jamie and John agreed to do their engagement shoot at the Rockton Worlds Fair this past Thanksgiving Weekend, we dosey-doed (yep!) right on over to the fairgrounds and got shootin’.



The fall colours were just in the middle of their glory, but the temperature was certainly not glorious (it was fah-reezing)– however, Jamie and John were troopers and still managed to look cozy and warm, canoodling in the midst of a copse of trees on the fairgrounds.



After a quick snack on some delicious apples,

We headed over to barn, where we met this cute little Miss, all decked out in her fuzzy pink jacket and adorableness.


Then we met Dandelion the cow. Guys, seriously, who looks this good petting a cow! A little backstory on Dandelion, Mike and I went back to the fair the next day and we happened to meet Dandelions ‘dad’, who is a 7 year old boy. He informed us that even though her name tag says Dandelion, her real name is Suzanne. Which makes total sense, of course. ;) 

Next came the midway, and some significantly less healthy snacks. We were stopped at least twice to ask if we were doing a modeling photoshoot, which kind of tells you that it wasn’t just us that thought this couple looked pretty darn good. 



rain schmain.

 We also snagged a couple of free rides, which was a total bonus to such a fun day with this great couple! 



 
Jamie and John, you helped us Rock that Rockton Fair *badum-bum*