Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Linda & Mathew

Family & friends travelled from different continents to celebrate the vintage inspired wedding of Linda & Mathew at Cave Spring Cellars' vineyard. The unbearable heat forced the ceremony inside the retreat building where family members & friends from New Zealand and England greated each other. From the atmosphere at the ceremony you could anticipate that a good time was going to be had by all. Nothing says vintage quite like garden roses,spray roses, lisianthus, freesia and dahlias. All flowers, except the garden roses, were locally grown.








We added white & coloured hydrangea to the wedding flowers to create the vintage style ceremony pieces.









Large vintage bouquets decorated the tables at Inn On The Twenty(http://www.innonthetwenty.com/) in Jordan Village (http://www.jordanvillage.com/) as the guest dined on locally inspired cuisine. The well travelled couple identified each table with postcards from the countries they had visited. Of course, the most popular was the New Zealand table - the groom's native country.














All the best Linda & Mathew. We can only imagine the welcome you will experience in New Zealand.























Friday, July 1, 2011

Pam & Caitlin

Pam & Caitland choose Vineland Estates Winery (http://www.vineland.com/) located on the escarpment bench in Vineland. The winery, located on a former Mennonite homestead dates back to the 1840's. Wedding/private events take place in the former carriage house. This picturesque building features the original stone walls and floors and views of the vineyards.





Pam's vintage themed wedding featured peonies, roses, hydrangeas, bells of ireland, anenomies and lady's mantle. The theme reflected the bride's personality perfectly.











The ceremony was performed on the carriage house deck by Sheldon Kofsky (http://www.weddingceremonies.org/) in front of an arbor made by the groom. The arbor was decorated with an italian/lisianthus garland.










The centerpieces were vintage bouquets in blue vintage mason jars the bride & groom collected at antique sales. Tied on each jar was a playful picture of the bride & groonm flanked by a handmade ornament crocheted by the brides' great aunt.





























Congratulations Pam & Caitlin. It was a perfect venue on a perfect day. Have a great honeymoon.

































Erin & David

The wedding venues this past weekend are the reasons brides comes to the Niagara Peninsula (specifically the wineries) to get married. The can have it all - the ambiance, the views, the local cuisine, the award winning wines, and 'a day in the country'. Erin & David choose Chateau Des Charmes in Niagara-on-the-Lake.(http://www.chateaudescharmres.com/). This magnificent french inspired winery is run by the Bosc family which represents the sixth generation of french wine makers. Erin's purple colour scheme included pops of fushia. We all loved that bold 'surprise' colour.













Also loved the asymetrical purple/fushia centerpieces







This was the view behind the bride & groom - perfectly manicured vineyards and the lush green escarpment. Not to be overlooked are also the magnificent rose gardens on the winery grounds.











They say that flowers girls steal the show. In this case she also stole a bridesmaids' bouquet.
But then the father of the bride stole the flower girl's wand.





The cupcake 'wedding cake' was provided by Vineyards Sweets (http://www.vineyardsweets.ca/).






Congratulations Erin & David




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