A Wedding Planning Guide for Vancouver Brides
Feeling like a busy weekend of bridal duties? We have two events you can check out (three, if you’re planning on attending the Blush Bridal Sample Sale).
For dress hunting, head out to Ivory Bridal in Langley and peruse the Alyne Bridal Trunk Show, which takes place on Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm and 11 am to 3 pm, respectively. Continue reading
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When it comes to Vancouver wedding shows, we’re fans of smaller, more original events (we’re kind of crazy about Indie I Do), and there’s another fun fete-feeling one coming up.
It’s called The Bridal Party, and it’s next Thursday (February the 16th) at Hollyburn Country Club—a swanky spot that could be what you’re looking for in a wedding venue—and admission is absolutely free. Not just free for you, as the bride, but free for your bridesmaids, friends and family members that are involved with your wedding. In fact, the Bridal Party wedding show is catered toward them too, so they won’t spend the whole night standing behind you looking bored while you check out vendors. Continue reading
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Just a little lovely Valentine’s Day wedding/engagement photo inspiration from around the globe. Happy Pre-V-Day!
Photographers (clockwise from top left): Laura Leslie Photography | Miller + Miller | Simply Bloom Photography | Youkeun Oh Photography | Chelsea Nicole | Cameron Ingalls Inc. | unknown
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You probably have a to-do list for your wedding that’s longer than most college papers and you’re probably looking forward to tossing it as soon as your wedding day is over. But there are a few things you’ll still need to do, and these five should be sooner rather than later.
1. Take Care Of The Legal Aspects of Changing Your Name (If You’re Changing It)
We know more than a few couples who didn’t get around to changing all their documents for almost a year, and it gets confusing once you have your married name on some things and your birth name on others.
Make it a point to fill in as much of the paperwork as you can before the big day (we recommend buying a name change kit) and then enclose copies/photocopies of your marriage certificate and send them off right away. Continue reading
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More than half of engaged couples now use wedding websites with their invitations, and when you consider how much easier it is to keep your whole guest list in the loop about event details (and last minute changes!) it’s no surprise. In fact, we’re kind of impressed with the couples who can get away without it. But as popular as wedding websites have become—and as many options as are available now—there are still a lot of templates that make us shudder.
Before you settle on something standard, head over to the new site The Perfect Couple, where couples can submit their wedding websites for users to vote on, and, more importantly, where you can find plenty of inspiration for your own wedding website.
The Perfect Couple site is sponsored by Dessy Group (one of the biggest names in bridesmaid dresses), and the company will be offering up prizes to some of the best wedding websites, which adds a little incentive for you to submit your own website once it’s up.
You can check out—and vote for—the website of one of our own B.C. couples here.
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Okay crafty brides, get out your paper punch. The gals at Ruffled have wrangled one of our very own Vancouver stationary superstars, Uniquity, for a save the date DIY that’s unique and fun. Head over to Ruffled for step-by-step instructions (with photos!) on how to make your own save the date wheel and, while your at it, take a little time to check out the Uniquity website too. Vancouver graphic designer Tammy Lyon started the DIY invitation stationary line to make great wedding stationary affordable and we love her well-laid out printable wedding invitation designs (CrossStitch would be perfect for a sweet spring wedding).
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Depending on what stage you’re at in your wedding planning, it can be hard to believe it could ever get boring, but trust us, eventually you’ll feel like you’ve seen every invitation, dress and guestbook under the sun. And that’s when you’ll want something—anything—that breaks the “traditional wedding” mold.
Enter Indie I Do, Vancouver’s alternative wedding show. Now in its fourth year, Indie I Do features vendors that are truly unique, and just attending is bound to leave you feeling more inspired. Even better, you could come away with a perfect solution to almost any wedding need (thanks to more than 30 vendors): Bling that isn’t boring, bridesmaid dresses that don’t make your maids squeamish, inventive decor, and more.
The Indie I Do show is this Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm at the Heritage Hall on Main Street, and you’ll want to get there early to snag one of the swag bags they’re giving away to the first 30 people through the door. You can buy tickets for a discounted rate here.
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Do you watch Say Yes To The Dress and wish you could be a Kleinfeld bride? We can’t offer you a ticket to New York, but we can point you in the direction of this year’s Style & Strut show at the Sutton Place Hotel, where you’ll be able to check out a plethora of pretty wedding dresses from designers like Oscar De La Renta, Monique Lhuillier and Jim Hjelm, and, more importantly, get a little dress advice from the Say Yes To The Dress guru himself, the say-it-like-he-sees-it Randy Fenoli.
Style & Strut has lured Fenoli in to talk about his top tips and offer up suggestions on what to look for when you’re shopping for you gown (while filling everyone in on his own life story).
You’ll have to pony up an extra $55 to hear Fenoli’s advice, but it could be well worth it if his wise words help you find what you’re looking for. And, when you’re not living out your Say Yes To The Dress fantasies, you can sip on sparkling wine and hit up the brand new Style & Strut Show Style Lounge to test out lash extensions and other big-day beauty treatments.
You can get tickets here.
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Maybe you’re a Vancouver bride who lives in the heart of Vancouver or maybe you’re a Vancouver bride who’s a little farther out from the city proper, either way getting married in the “country side” (Burnaby, Langley and beyond) has its advantages. There are one-of-a-kind venues, jaw-dropping outdoor locations, and less competition for booking your desired wedding date.
To get a feel for whether the outer Fraser Valley might be a good fit for your wedding (or to lock down some venues for an almost-out-of-town wedding), check out the Fraser Valley Wedding Festival this Sunday. It’s running from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Coast Hotel & Convention Center (pictured above). Best of all, admission is free! Continue reading
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What’s in a name? A ton of paperwork for one thing. Just when you’ve made it through the stresses of organizing and executing every detail of your big day and think you’ve made it to wedded bliss, you’re hit with the challenge of having to add your new name to every important identification you’ve got. It’s enough to make a girl want to keep the name she came into this world with.
If you’re eager to take your new hubby’s name, however, there’s a service that can make the whole process a lot easier. It’s called I’m a Mrs. and if your friends have been asking about wedding shower gifts, a gift certificate from I’m a Mrs. will do wonders for your stress levels. Continue reading
