Lilacs were the jumping off point today, lilacs in brilliant white, and that beautiful vibrant purple. We have worked with the colour palette three times already this season, and it is simply because it so incredibly beautiful. Greens, whites, mauves and purples mixed with some soft grey. It really doesn’t get better then this!

It has been a long cold winter and early spring around these parts, but apparanetly it was all leasing up to today. The most brilliant day of sunshine and gorgeous blue skies. The reason we all love it here so much. A perfect back drop for the spring wedding of Stacey & Jeff at the Interfaith Chapel at The University of Victoria, Finnerty Gardens.

This was a beautiful combination of spring whites and greens, with subtle touches of antique dusty mauve roses. A gorgeous combination of roses, peonies, and hints of flowering mock orange.

It gets better with the bouquets, and heady scented combination of peonies, lilacs, lily of the valley, freesia and more. They were just gorgeous, and the pictures of the whole day and especially of the bride, can’t come fast enough! I have been waiting to work the Kelsey Goodwin and today was the day!

It’s pure bliss!

Sera & Sebastian were married today. What a beautiful day it was. I love spring, and I love playing with all the flowers that we get in spring, it is the perfect time of year to get married, so this was a great wedding for me to be a part of. The ceremony was at the lovely chapel at St. Anne’s and the reception was in the stunning dining room of Church & State Winery in Brentwood Bay BC.

The “theme” of this wedding was birds, along with a whole bunch of lovely natural elements that embraced the couples love of the outdoors. We had a great time “scaping” the tables with all kinds of birds, nests, moss and ferns. The end result was gorgeous!

We incorporated the birds and the natural elements throughout the rest of the decor, from the wishing tree with hanging candles and the gift table with the antique bird cage.

The bride’s bouquet was a beautiful combination of purples and greens with roses, lisianthus, anenome, freesia, viburnum and gorgeous purple hydrangeas, the maid of honour had a little less purple and more white and the bridemaid’s was even less purple. The effect was beautiful.

I have been waiting and waiting to be able to team up with Emmy and Aaron of EA Photography and today was the day. I am just a bit excited to say the least, and can’t wait to see their images from the day. Those two know how to cover every inch of a wedding and no detail is too small for them. Can’t wait! The lovely and talented Christine Smart of Smart Events was the unflappable coordinator of the wedding, everything works like clock work, when she is on site, such a treat!

And the saving the best for last, the cake! I am constantly amazed by the genius of Corina Ludwig from Passion for Cakes, she is just so good at this, and this cake was proof positive that she is the best cake artist on the Island.

And my favourite helper…..Lily!

It’s official! Favourite colour palette of the season. There is something so exquisite about purple, green, and white. This wedding had it in spades. What a beautiful day it was on so many levels. Beautiful sunny skies, beautiful flowers, beautiful venue and a beautiful bride and her dapper captain. Kelli is my friend and I guess that makes Duke my friend now to. I was thrilled to be able to create the florals for this wedding. The other thing that was thrilling was being able to work with Stephanie Rae Hull of Centric Photo. I have been watching her work for years and, yearning for the day we might meet up.

My pictures capture some of my favourite bits and pieces of the weddings I get to be a part of.Here is a sweet sequence of photos documenting the two of them seeing each other for the first time.

Now let’s talk details… Bouquets,

The ceremony and reception took place at the beautiful Sea Cider Farm and Ciderhouse. It was a beautiful ceremony made even more spectacular by Duke’s kilt and his beautiful niece in her quilt as well. Kelli’s number one man Tucker, her sweet, sweet labradoodle walked her down the aisle and waiting paitently till they were finished.

Thank you Mt. Newton for all that you do for me, and thank you for all your hard work this past summer. You are a pleasure to work with week in and week out. We love you….all of you.