celebrate :: birthday at hycroft

(found via Oh Joy! / images by Ryan Savella)

Nestled in an area called Shaughnessy in Vancouver, there is a beautiful Edwardian mansion known as Hycroft. The house was originally built for Alexander Duncan McRae, a leading businessman and politician in Western Canada at the beginning of the twentieth century and in 1962, it became the University Women's Club of Vancouver. Hycroft is available to rent for weddings and events, but make sure you book early as they are a very popular venue! You can see some of our past weddings here and here.



As one of my favourite venues to work in, I just had to re-blog about this party that I came across on on Oh Joy!. Adele, the marketing manager for the Canadian clothing line Dace, held an Alice in Wonderland themed party to celebrate her 10 year old daughter's birthday.

wedding :: lisa + jon

We met Lisa and Jon through this couple and eventhough they were working and going to school in Florida for the entire wedding planning process, we had such a fantastic time. I came to the conclusion last night that weddings were sort of like break ups between the wedding couple and the coordinator. We spend all this time emailing back and forth and having coffee dates then the big day comes and although you remain friends, it's never the same.



A big thank you and congratulations to the new couple! You two were absolutely gorgeous and we wish you all the best in your new journeys.


Sakura Photography was on-hand to capture the entire wedding day, but thought it would be fine to take a few snapshots using the polarize application on the iphone.




Lisa and Jon had one of the most beautiful chuppah's I have ever seen. It was locally handmade and includes images of places that hold significant moments in their lives including Vancouver, Miami, Mexico, Guatemala and Israel.

wed :: inspiration :: sweets

All things sugar... do i need to say more? :)



Perfect for a school theme!

melissa + chris

(photo credit: Hubbard Photography)

Simply put, Melissa and Chris rock! Seriously.



When their venue, Villa Amato, was only available for July 7th, they said "Fantastic, we are going to go with a 7-11 theme!". We had it all folks - slurpee machines, nacho cheese fountain, burrito station, gelato bar, mini hamburgers and hot dogs, fries in little cone cups and to top it al off, a candy bar with all of your favourite 5cent treats complete with mini plastic tongs!




One of my favourite components of the wedding was the handmade aspect. All of the bridesmaid dresses were handmade by Jane Bon Bon and one of the bridesmaids was actually the very crafty Rita aka Smeeta!

Cupcakes were freshly handmade by Lyndsay Sung from Coco Cake Cupcakes.



We had a top star wedding team including Kyra from Villa Amato, Flower Factory, Shannon at the Lazy Gourmet, Angela from Hubbard Photography and Tania from Chair Decor.

A different spin on the traditional centerpiece by the Flower Factory and the wedding couple.




Head over to Angela's blog for a sneak peek of more wedding photos.

congratulations to Krista & Matt

Despite the liquid sunshine all around us, we had a fantastic time in the middle of Capilano Suspension Bridge for Krista and Matt's wedding last Saturday!

Professional photos are on the way from the seven and a half months pregnant Morgaine Owens!

Lovely flowers were from the Flower Factory, Cupcakes were from Cupcakes, Chocolate and Caramel Apples from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and all decor was by lotus events.

A big thank you to all of the staff at Capilano Suspension Bridge. You were amazing! Plus, your whipped potatoes was to die for :)

Congratulations!! Have a safe trip to London, Paris and Amsterdam and we will see you when you return!

happy birthday to me!

it is my birthday! hooray!

thanks for everybody's birthday wishes! i love u guys!

MmMmMmmmMMMmmm.... cake....