Jennifer + Jon

Posted November 29 2008

Jennifer + Jon hold the distinction of being our final couple for 2008! They were married at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake with cocktails and dinner following at The Courthouse just a trot north down Queen Street.

What's really cool about The Courthouse is that it's actually an old courthouse right in the middle of downtown (complete with an old school iron barred holding cell!) that's been partially converted into one of the three Shaw Festival Theatres! It's only available to rent during the off-season (Nov to April) and from what I hear, you have to book it 18 months in advance!

Jen and Jon went totally chic in black, white and chartreuse ... the place looked fab! Our floral elements included white anemones (with black centres!), white lisianthus, spray roses and white ranunculus. Our hits of chartreuse came in the form of chincherinchi, green pepper berries and striped pandanus leaves.

Enjoy the pics!

Jen's bouquet features anemonies, lisianthus and white spray roses.


The bridesmaid's bouquet contained white ranunculus and chincherinchi (Star of Bethlehem)


The centrepieces were a mix of tall and short pieces. This particular centrepiece was based on one of our 'clarinet' vases (upside down) and contained mounds of white macrophylla hydrangeas, pepper berries and pandanus leaves.



We made up four of these 'trees' consisting of curly willow branches and featuring white cymbidium orchids and candle-lit globe lanterns!

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Casey + Kara

Posted November 24 2008

We're winding down to the end of wedding season here at VDC ... only one left this weekend and that's all she wrote for 2008! So, I'm looking into our archives to bring some of the very best of years past ... I hope you enjoy this first installment of many to come this winter!

Casey and Kara celebrated their big day outdoors at the Grand Victorian on September 15, 2007. The ceremony was held in the garden followed by a tented reception on the grounds of The Grand Vic just a trot around the corner. There were a lot of little details in this one that pulled together to make the day fabulous ... everything from place-cards pinned on green apples to custom designed wedding stationery to hanging globe lanterns made the atmosphere warm and inviting for their guests!

Forest was the colour palette for the day and was incorporated into each element we designed for Casey + Karey. The florals we used included poppy pods, roses, calla lillies, orchids, magnolia leaves and seasonal zinnias.

The ceremony in 'the round' out in the garden. They rented the chiavari chairs which were also used at the guest tables in the tent!


The guest table were long and two sided instead of the traditional 'rounds' ... so we designed the satellite centerpieces to work with the table layout.





Thanks to Mark Elliotson for the superb stationery!



The stunning cake ... I believe by Willow Cakes in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

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Joanne + Lons

Posted November 17 2008

Joanne + Lons were married in an afternoon ceremony this weekend at St Julia's Roman Catholic Church with their reception following in the Imperial Ballroom at White Oaks Conference Resort & Spa. It was a great pleasure to work with you and a joy to be part of your day ... we wish you all the best!

This is the second of two weddings we've done for the O'Connell family this year ... Joanne's sister Kathleen married Mark back in May! It's always fun to work with all the siblings in the family ... we've had the privilege a number of times over the years and appreciate the loyalty!

Joanne's bouquet is start of many 'purple' bouquets to come ... we've got loads of them for 2009 already! Theses bouquets feature Picasso calla lilies as well as mokara, lady slipper and cymbidium orchids.



The centrepieces were all tall, pedestal style capped with a full floral arrangement containing white and purple hydrangeas, gerbera and roses.

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Weddingbells ... Rosie's Ideas

Posted November 12 2008

Just a quick little note to thank Roseanne over at Weddingbells for her quick mention of our work on her 'Rosie's Ideas' blog!

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Kathy + Dave

Posted November 10 2008

Congratulations to Kathy + Dave another one of our couples who were married this weekend! We have a special connection with this couple and it was a privilege to share in their wedding celebration!

Kathy + Dave shared vows in an afternoon ceremony at Southridge Church in St. Catharines followed by cocktails and a dinner reception at Rockway Glen Golf Course and Winery.

We helped them choose black and pink linens which were a perfect match for our 'Spirit' palette! We also added in some hits of fresh green and white for a little balance. It was classic, elegant, clean and yet whimsical and fun in it's own way!

Flowers included gerberas, hydrangeas, garden and spray roses, green cymbidium orchids, callas and berzillia.

I hope you enjoy the pics!

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