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Anais and Andrew
We have to dedicate two posts to this particular couple because the story just can’t fit into one! In our business we get to see many couples and we think Anais and Andrew are the perfect couple for a number of reasons. She does all the talking and he mostly smiles and looks at her lovingly. She is hilarious and he laughs at her and appreciates her. She loves him and his quiet ways. The only time he reigned her in during the entire planning process was to say no to the silver votive candles we proposed and so we all agreed, that because he was so undemanding, we would grant him this one wish.
We have known Anais for about 4 years, she used to work part time for us and so we knew she would appreciate us bringing our humour with us to our very first official consultation for her wedding. We dressed up in wedding gowns and made her wear a veil. That pretty much set the tone for the rest of the planning stages.
Anais and Andrew decided to get married on their favorite beach and have their reception at her uncle’s stunning condo in Tofino on Vancouver Island. While all that was a great idea, the logistics for us were mind boggling, to say the least. We had to figure out how to safely deliver hundreds of stems of white phaeleonopsis orchids, a few hundred roses, hydrangeas and more not only to Tofino, but also how we were going to traipse the orchids and vases down to the beach. Our first order of business and one of our better decisions was to rent a cargo van to drive and house all the flowers and supplies. I’m not sure about the pink bow, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.
OK, I can’t believe I just posted that picture of myself. Taking one for the team.
We spent the rest of Friday afternoon settling in to our VERY luxurious accommodations at Anais’s uncles condo development. His name is Walker McKinley of McKinley Dang Burkart and he is the very charming and very talented architect of The Shores. Friday night was spent wiring orchids, making bouquets, centrepieces, bouts and getting ready for the ceremony on Saturday.
This is the deck before we worked our magic. Stay tuned for the transformation. I know, it is fabulous like it is now but wait until you see it!
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Verbena in WedLuxe
Last year we did the flowers for a beautiful couple from Vancouver Kristen and David. Thier wedding took place on a beautiful sunny afternoon at the Villa Marco Polo and we decorated the Italian garden with hundreds of bright green and orange cymbidium orchids. The whole event was masterfully doccumented by CJ Scott and recently it was chosen as a feature fot the latest edition of WedLuxe. Congratualations to CJ for being published and we are thrilled that our little Verbena is gracing the pages of such beautiful magazine. Check out the spread here: Kristen & David
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Island Bridal Guide Launch Party September 04, 2008
We were happy to be asked by Island Bridal Guide to provide the florals for their gala reception to launch their new high end Bridal Guide. We decided to follow in the footsteps of one of our favorite weddings from the summer, especially given that it was at the lovely Villa Marco Polo.
Jan and Mal met forty years ago in Louisburg, Nova Scotia. A year and a half ago they met again at a mutual friends birthday party in Victoria BC. The rest is history they say and we were thrilled to be asked to create some arrangements for thier wedding that took place in the most beautiful and intimate penthouse suite of the Swan’s Hotel in downtown Victoria BC.We knew it was going to be magical when we picked the flowers up from the wholesaler and Jenny got goosebumps at the sight of the towering white calla’s and the deep chocolate calla’s. Here is a small sampling, and look for more picture on our website. Once again THANK YOU Jan, Mal and your beautiful families for allowing Verbena to accent your spectacular day!
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