I'll get you my pretty....and I'll bring you home too!

I never expected to find her so soon, or to fall so head over heels in love with her. I was dubious of other women's stories. How is it that you just know? Did you really cry when you found her?

I am a believer now.

As I watched her from across the crowded room, I knew. I tried to restrain my excitement, for fear of disappointment, but it was too late. She must be mine. She WILL be mine. She is mine.

And that is the story of how my wedding dress came to me.

That's right; after visiting 6 different wedding boutiques, and climbing in and out of, what felt like, a billion dresses, I finally found THE ONE. I never thought it would happen to me. There were tears in my eyes!

I am delirious. I am exhilarated. I am euphoric. I am a woman with a wedding dress.

I would post pictures, but my fiancé puts in an occasional appearance around here, and I haven't figured out how to hide part of the post yet, so if you're dying to see what it looks like, just leave me a message and I'll send you a pic....or ten :)

And I've left the best news for last; the dress was a sample dress! So not only did I bring it home right after I bought it, but I received an AMAZING deal on it!

I think my face might split in two from all this grinning.

I'd like to give a big shout out to all the lovely ladies in my life that helped me shop for this beauty. Mom, Jane, Liz, Sarah, Payal, and Michelle - you guys are the best!!

As an aside note, did you know that the word pulchritudinous describes something that is characterized by great physical beauty and appeal? I just found that out today.

My dress is pulchritudinous.

More from Pelaez Photography...

Rico and Gracci have so many beautiful images on their blog, here are a few more just because!!












WOW!!!! How amazing are their photos. Needless to say we are super excited to have them shoot our big day, and our engagement photos too!

Behind the lens...

We don't have many pictures of the two of us together; lots of one or the other, but very few of both. I guess that's what happens when you make photography a hobby. Expensive cameras, with expensive lenses are very difficult to hand over to a random stranger so they can take a quick pic of you and your significant other!

You know what else is difficult when you dig photography as much as we do? Finding a wedding photographer whose work you LOVE for a price you can AFFORD. But after much searching, I'm happy to report that we did just that :)

In fact, I'm way more than HAPPY, I'm elated, overjoyed, and ecstatic about our photographers!! Ok, ok, I'll stop babbling and start introducing...

Pelaez Photography

Rico and Gracci are a husband and wife team whose pictures really do speak for themselves!





to be continued....

Hi(atus)

Why hello there. It's been a while hasn't it? In my defense, there wasn't a whole lot of wedding stuffs going on for a while, and I was getting ready to head to Toronto to visit my best gals. Now I have all sorts of fun things to report, and with the wedding just over a year away...well there'll be lots more to talk about!

So without further ado, we'll return to our regularly scheduled programming :)

More than 2 colours?

These days, instead of just one or two main colours for wedding decor, brides are choosing a whole wedding palette, which, I'll admit, I'm pretty stoked about. I like the idea of having a couple colours that are the main focus, but I also like having different shades of those two colours, plus a few complementary colours, and one colour that adds POP!

It's not easy coming up with a colour palette. But photoshop and a fiance that works wonders in photoshop definitely make the job easier! So far, this is what I've come up with.



I'm going to keep working on it, as I'm not quite sold on it. Will post more as I make 'em. In the meantime, let me know what you think!

Huxedo!

Nope, that's not a spelling mistake. Huxley, is going to be a part of our wedding!

We weren't sure if he'd be allowed, but the event coordinator at the DAC just emailed us and gave us the go ahead to include him. YAY!

If you're wondering why we need permission to include someone in the ceremony, it's because that "someone" happens to be a 2 year old Chocolate Labrador Retriever and the "apple of our eye".

Our whole lives pretty much revolve around him, and so of course, it only seems natural to include him in our big day! We're not sure how he'll be involved, but we've got lots of time to figure that out, and start his "lessons. We'll have to find him a spiffy outfit to wear, hence the Huxedo!

Some recent pics of our big baby:

Aren't I a handsome fella?

Walking on a tree.

Throw the stick dad!

Big jump!

My favorite little creek in Robert Burnaby Park.

One more for good measure.

Spring has sprung!

Oh Heavenly Day...

Anyone who knows me, knows I'm not a "Pachabel's Canon in D" kinda girl. With that in mind, I've been searching for the "perfect" song to walk down the aisle to.

Heavenly Day by Patti Griffen is currently a top runner. The only problem is, I kinda like it as a first dance song too! haha



PS. This was the best sounding youtube version, so please excuse the "inspirational" pictures that go along with it ;)