Karen & Ryan

A few weekends ago, we were able to work with Karen & Ryan for their wedding at Cecil Green in Vancouver. Karen was a stunning bride, and was an absolute pleasure to work with! She sent us this beautiful thank-you note:

Hi Karlee & Wedding Design Studio, 

Just wanted to thank you again for doing such a wonderful job with the decor. It looked absolutely beautiful and I couldn't have been happier. The day turned out perfect!

Thanks again and will definitely recommend you to future brides!

Karen

PS - the flowers were lovely.

Eric & Brianna

We just received a thank-you note from the bride and groom of a wedding we did several weeks ago.We hope to see the photographer's photos soon!

Hi Karlee & Wedding Design Studio,


Brianna and I have just returned from our Honeymoon and wanted to reach out to you to express our sincere gratitude for everything you guys did to make our wedding day such a great success!  The tent looked fantastic, the dinner tables incredible and the overall look and feel of everything was unbelievable!  Our photographer has sent us some images already and those taken of the tent and the tables looked very impressive.  We plan to ask her to submit some of the pictures to a few wedding magazines...


Karlee, thank you again for helping us along the way. We couldn't have done it without you and the Wedding Design Studio team - and would recommend you guys to any of our friends, who plan on getting a wedding designer on their wedding day.


Regards,


Brianna & Eric

Jolanta & Shane || Sneak Peek

This past weekend, a florist and several designers headed over to Galiano Inn & Spa on Galiano Island, BC for a destination wedding. The bride and her mother LOVED flowers, so the decor design of the wedding was completely focused on flowers. 

Here are a few photos that our designer took. We are awaiting photos from the photographer, Chris Boar.

The ceremony took place outside, in a location that overlooked the water. The weather was perfect! A blanket of roses were spread across the entire aisle, creating a stunning walkway for the bride and bridal party.

The bride and groom got married under this archway. It was completely saturated in flowers, and really flowed with their "flower" theme.

The guests tables had a eggplant runner for the base, and were lined with long floral arrangements. They looked incredible!

This is a close-up of the flower arrangements that were made for the head-table. The colors were so gorgeous, and both the bride and her mom loved them.

We received this lovely email from the bride's mother, expressing her thanks:

Dear Karlee, Renee, Kim & all décor people,

We just wanted to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for this wonderful wedding.  Jolanta sent me an e-mail saying that this was the most spectacular day of their lives.

Everything was just perfect and went smoothly. Flower arrangements and bouquets were phenomenal.

We will remember this wedding for the rest of our lives.

Thank you again!!!

Meggie, Ken, Jolanta and Shane.

Leighton & Carlin

Several months ago, we worked with Leighton and Carlin to create wedding decor that was unique to their personal style. The wedding took place at Rowena's Inn on the River. The wedding was captured by the amazing photographer, Mikaela Ruth. Take and moment to have a peek at the photos Mikaela provided from this beautiful wedding:


Carlin looked stunning on her wedding day! Here she is, with her bridesmaids:

 Carlin's bouquet was composed of cream roses and peonies, created in a loose, garden dome. Light greenery was added as a collar around the bottom of the bouquet. 

Her bridesmaids were given small bouquets of hydrangea, garden roses, lisianthus, wax flowers, and a few additional "garden-style" flowers. The handled was wrapped in a soft mauve fabric.

Most of the wedding festivities took place on the lawn. They had set-up several lawn games for the guests to enjoy.

The centerpieces were made in various sizes of vases and bottles, grouped together at the center of the guest tables and cocktail tables. The linens were creamy brocade and helped to compliment the soft simplicity of the wedding theme.

 Bird cages were hung in groupings around the reception tent. Both inside and cascading out of the cages were willow branches, and flowers to match the decor. It helped to give some definition and layering to the surrounding of the tent.

 

Thanks again to Mikaela for providing us with these stunning photos! We hope to work with you again in the future, as you have been a delight to work alongside. Also, a huge congrats to Leighton and Carlin on your marriage! May your future together be amazing!

Heather & Steve

Several weeks ago, on June 25th, Wedding Design Studio had the pleasure of working with Heather & Steve for their wedding at Swaneset Bay Resort. The photography was done by David from Pedersson Storyteller Photography. The bride and groom also featured a photobooth by Photobooth Vancouver.

On the day of their wedding, the weather had a difficult time making up its mind. The final decision was to have the ceremony indoors, and it still ended up looking elegant and edgy, just like Heather. Just take a look at her shoes!! 

The rest of the room decor matched Heather's edgy and fun style. The tables were covered in overlays of white with velvet black vine designs. The chairs had sexy and sleek black vanity chair covers. The centerpieces were flashy silver branches with bright purple orchids displayed throughout the branches. We placed a light under each centerpiece to give it an extra pop of color.

We enjoyed creating a sexy lounge near the bar. We made a small room with walls of black velvet fabric, and featured a black chandelier in the center of this room. Inside the lounge were two contemporary white loveseats, a long black coffee table, and black and mauve throw pillows to match the rest of the room decor.

The bouquet was a dome of fresh roses with crystal pins throughout. It matched Heather's love for sparkle and glam. Steve had a matching rose boutonniere on the lapel of his jacket.

Swaneset has stunning picture windows. The bride and groom had their dance floor in front of those windows. To frame these big windows, we hung panels of sheer fabrics from each of the three center windows. In front of the center window, we also created a window of sheer fabric with a black chandelier hanging down. It gave a great backdrop for photos and dancing.

Wedding Design Studio loved working with Heather & Steve. They both have a unique style, and we really enjoyed creating a wedding that matched their special style. Congratulations, Heather & Steve, on your wedding. Best wishes to the two of you on your future together.  

Here is a note from David Pedersson, the photographer:

Hi Wedding Design Studio,

Thank you for making Heather & Steve’s Swan-E-Set Wedding so beautiful. I loved all the stylish elements like the chandelier, sitting area and drapes, it was awesome.

Cheers,

David Pedersson 

Destination Wedding Weekend

This past weekend, Wedding Design Studio traveled to Victoria, BC, and set-up decor for two weddings. The first wedding was a rental of crystal candelabras for clients who were getting married at the Hatley Castle. Our second wedding was a stunning reception set-up at the Westin Bear Mountain Resort. For this second wedding, we had the privilege of working with wedding planner, Renee Aird, as well as the coordinator at the Westin, Helena Price. The photographers for the Bear Mountain wedding were Emmy & Aaron of EA Photography.

While we wait to see the rest of the photos from Bear Mountain Resort, we would like to share a sneak peak of what the reception room looked like. The below photo features the centerpieces, which were fresh, tall trees brimming with hanging candles, and real crystal strands. Around the tree centerpieces were alternating height cylinder vases, with black crushed rock and floating candles. Each of the chairs had black fitted overs on them and a matching sash with a crystal buckle attached to the back. The backdrop behind the head-table was created with white sheer fabric and panels of silver platinum taffeta. Bright lights were used to up-light the fabric, giving more color and glow behind the head-table. Directly behind the bride and groom's place settings were two tall trees, curved together, in order to create an elegant canopy over their chairs.

The room decor was loved and admired by, not only the bride and groom and their guests, but also the staff who were working at the Westin Resort. It was a pleasure to work with the bride and groom, Renee, Emmy & Aaron, Helena, and the countless others who made this wedding a success. Wedding Design Studio cannot wait to see the photos from this wedding!


Stay tuned for more photos from this fabulous wedding!

Carlson Wedding || Featured

A few weeks ago, we decorated Maclean & Erin's wedding at Grouse Mountain. It has since been featured on www.weddingsinbc.com, all thanks to the talented photographer, Jaime Delaine. Jaime did a fabulous job at capturing the Carlson wedding, and we hope to work with her again in the future.


Here is a link to the featured wedding: Forest Wonderland

Lauren & Kris

Wedding Design Studio had another fabulous weekend designing the decor and floral for a Lauren &

Kris' wedding. The wedding took place at the gorgeous Swan-E-Set Bay Resort in Pitt Meadows and was photographed by local photographer, Erin Gilmore. The couple were a pleasure to work with. They were so sweet during all of their appointments, and we loved working with them. Lauren chose pure white and a color-block of hot pink, all showered in diamonds and crystals for her decor. 

Lauren's bouquet was composed of peonies and cymbidium orchids with hot pink throats. Usually at this time of year, peonies are not available. But because of the late start to summer, we were able to create this stunning bouquet for her.

 On the headtable, we featured our new hot pink raised ribbon fabric to center the bride and groom. It helped give a pop of color to feature the newlyweds. On all the chairs we used our couture white chair covers which hugged the curves of the chairs at Swan-E-Set, creating a sexy and stylish look. This last photo was taken by Andy Raddysh.

We just received this wonderful thank you note from the bride's mother: 
 
Karlee & Décor Team,  

Before too much time passed- I wanted to thank you for the beautiful setting you created at Swan-E-Set this weekend for my daughter’s wedding, Kris and Lauren Chucko. We know you did many extra things over and above what they discussed with you and it was very, very, special. We have seen some preliminary pictures from Erin Gilmore and the décor really sets her photographs a glow!  We had so many comments on the decorating!  Between yourself, Lauren, Kris and Judy Chucko it could not have been planned more perfectly.   
 

Thank you again for all of your hard work and the extras you provided to make the wedding a success in every way.   I need to find some “curly willow” in Minneapolis for my own parties.  

Jenny Williams Nelson

Stefania & Michael

Thanks Chris and Lynn for sending along the amazing photos from Stefania & Michael's wedding. You always make our decor look amazing. It was a lot of fun designing this stylish sexy wedding for this stylish sexy couple. 
The amazing Renee of Aird Events did a superb job with the planning and coordinating.
A big thank you also to Fabio & Naz at the Italian Culture Centre, and Tala Florist for the flowers for our acrylic candelabras.

Erin & Maclean + Carlson Revisited

We had the privilege of designing another wedding for another one of Linda Carlson's children this past weekend.   We met Linda seven years ago when her daughter Diana was getting married at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.  They were such a wonderful family and we were so happy when we heard from her again this past fall for her son Maclean's wedding.  Please enjoy the first set of photos from Jamie Delaine Photography  from this past weekend at Grouse Mountain.  We love the unique touches that they incorporated into their wedding, especially their Cookie Bar (a take on the popular Candy Bar) as the bride has a love of cookies.  The bouquets also fit in with their love of Harry Potter with accents of pheasant feathers and curly willow cascading over peonies.   A magical glow was developed by the use of towering cylinder vases with willow submerged to create a elegant forest feel.  The entrance way was adorned with 10' tall willow trees arching together to create a tunnel for guests to enter the room. We look forward to working with Maclean and Erin in the future with their amazing company Hello Tomorrow Wedding Videography. 


All the best Erin and Maclean!

This is the amazing thank you note from Linda Carlson (Mother of the Groom):


Hi Kim, Andy, and Karlee


THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!


Wow the wedding was beautiful thanks to you guys!!!
We were so thrilled and elated to see what you all had done.
The church was perfect and Lupin's was spectacular. People were talking about it before I even got in there to see for myself. There definitely was a buzz going around about the decorating. :) :) I thought it was amazing and more importantly, so did Erin and Mac.
Who would of thought a cafeteria could be transformed into something like that.
It was magical and all the candlelight really enhanced the foggy, cozy evening it turned out to be.
You guys have done it again. I am just so sorry that I have no more children getting married. I LOVE weddings with you guys.
The happy couple are now in Hawaii relaxing and getting some sun. They loved their day, from start to finish.


Thanks again.
Linda Carlson




Here are a couple of photos revisiting Linda's daughters wedding seven years ago.

Samien & Chris

 

 Thank you Samien for the kind words!!!

"To Kim, Andy, Karlee and the amazing team at Wedding Design Studio,

Where do I begin? How can I possibly thank you enough for the stunning décor at Swaneset Resort?

The décor was incredible.  I knew it would be amazing but it was above and beyond even my expectations. Over and over, compliments such as enchanting, beautiful, fresh, romantic, unique, grande, heavenly, breathtaking……..oh, I can go on and on! 

I don’t know how you did it but you brought the dreamy softness and delicate feeling of spring indoors. I get goosebumps just thinking about walking through those majestic arching cherry blossom trees.  I can’t think of a better feeling for a bride on her wedding day.

The ceremony gave the best first impression to our guests and set the tone for the remainder of the day.  It was definitely a ‘wow’ factor!!  Surrounded by thousands of blooms with the light dancing between the branches accompanied by harp music……it was heaven.  And the décor for the reception was divine…

From the moment we first met in your office, we felt like you understood all the emotions we wanted to convey to the guests.   Something different, something true to the spring season, something memorable and evoking feelings of freshness and love.   You took all those words and helped us focus our vision.  Your creativity, cooperation, sensitivity, enthusiasm, professionalism and amazing style culminated in a day that will be in my heart forever.  You were an ABSOLUTE PLEASURE to work with, always available and attentive, incredibly meticulous and detailed yet full of joy and laughter.  It was FUN to contact you and your team; working with you was honestly one of the highlights of the wedding planning. 

From the bottom of my heart, I THANK YOU a million times over.   I tried to mention it to anyone wearing the black Wedding Design team shirt, I hope you all felt appreciated because you really were.

I wish all brides could feel as special as you made me feel. Thank you and best wishes for continued success, "

Samien (and Christopher)

Oksana & Nathaniel || Sneak Peek

 Enjoy some images of a wedding we designed at Swaneset Bay Resort & Golf Club

 Aisleway hedged with orange mokara orchids. White leather furniture accents the seating area. Draping of taffeta around the perimeter of the terrace area. Taffeta pillows designed to accent the decor colours.

Seven foot wreaths to flank the gates leading into Swaneset, consisting of orchids, hydrangea, curly willow and roses.

 Each centerpiece flanked with a hedge of mokara orchids, three shades of roses, hydrangea. Solid glass charger plates rimmed with gold designed in Germany.Cream and white brocade linen napkins.

Eight feet tall centerpieces of curly willow, dripping with stems of mokara orchids, rimmed with hydrangea. Heavy textured cream brocade chair covers accented with taupe taffeta.

For a special treat, click on the link to see an amazing video clip of this wedding from Cloud Nine Creative
Thanks Bruce, your video work is incredible!


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