Alice + Tristan || Like a Panda

June till the end of October has been crazy for us - CONSTANT weddings but so much fun! BUT this lovely month of November we were free!!! So we went to California! Mac and I are BIG on Disneyland so we obviously hit that up - for TWO days - and man oh man was that a good time. First day was totally dead and we got to go on e-ver-y-thing. Classic day in the happiest place on earth. Second day was poop. It started off sunny and beautiful then just dumped rain! I made the worlds biggest mistake of wearing a light sweater and toms - toms just suck up the water and NEVER dry off. It took an hour watching a live performance of Aladdin in California Adventure to convince me to stay. Musicals can always convince me to do stuff. Two days before we left for California we shot a really cool wedding in Vancouver - Alice and Tristan's.

My first time meeting Alice was on her wedding day during her hair and makeup and I learned a lot about her in that time: 1) She is super hilarious but you really have to listen because her tone NEVER changes (which makes it all ten times more funny); 2) She doesn't like makeup; but 3) She LOVES pandas! I laughed like crazy when she asked her make up artist to do a more dramatic smokey-eye so she could look like a panda! At first I thought I had misheard her cause she said it so matter-of-factly but I misheard nothing- that was her request! And it looked great!

Alice and Tristan got married in the Celebration Pavilion at Queen Elizabeth Park. It was perfectly clear but FREEZING! (Obviously you can't see the temperature in the film so I thought I would fill you in on that little tidbit). About 50 guests and it was so sweet! Their reception followed at Season's in the Park. The food was great, the speeches were funny and the couple gave their guests a giant bag of favours each! What more can you ask for? SOLID wedding. My favourite part was the chalk speech bubbles the couple had for guests to take photo's with - so creative!

Congratulations Tristan and Alice - your wedding was so beautiful and we had such a fun time! We wish you the best as you begin your new life together back up in the interior!

mikaela + shane || a starbucks engagement story

Meet Mikaela and Shane. These two have a pretty remarkable story. Also I think Shane wins hands down for best proposal of all time. So this past summer, Mikaela and Shane contacted us about making a 'love story' type film to tell the story of how they got engaged. We were thrilled to shoot one and were very excited to hear how Shane popped the question. Mikaela then sent me a link to a post on her blog and my jaw dropped. I couldn't believe it... Shane recreated their first date at a starbucks... in the woods! SO cool! We were amazed how he thought of every little detail! Naturally we met up with them at a Starbucks to talk more about their relationship and how they got together. There is so much more behind the elaborate setup and we couldn't wait to tell their story in this engagement film.

For more check out Mikaela's blog post. and Their new site www.starbucksproposal.com

PS: Mikaela and Shane recently tied the knot! Check out the beautiful photos by Jasmine Star!

kaelin + erick || you can't see me

When we first met with this couple, the first thing I noticed about Kaelin was her insane organization! She came in with a monster sized binder with tabs all over the place - I LOVE organized people and I LOVE tabs! The first thing I noticed about Erick was that he ordered his frappuccino double blended. I don't' know why, but it stuck! There were two things Kaelin was set on for her day - 1. They were going to have a first look at Crescent Beach and 2. It was GOING to be sunny for that first look. She got both! When the boys came to pick up the girls in the limo, Erick wore a blindfold so they could wait to have their first look at the beach. My favourite part about this was that Kaelin did NOT have to wear a blindfold and she reminded Erick of this saying "You can't see me!" (in that singsongy way a kid would taunt another kid on the playground) as she stood right in front of his face hahaha!

Kaelin and Erick were married at Minoru Chapel in Richmond. Not only is this church the cutest little church you've ever seen, but Kaelin's parents were also married in it! So special! The reception followed at Mayfair Lakes Golf and Country Club and it was gorgeous! Kaelin planned her pants off and it paid off! My favourite part of the reception was their cake - I LOVED this cake. I did not eat any of this cake, but it looked so pretty! I did however eat my favour which was sugar cookies in the shape of a wedding cake - oh man. I get sad when I remember I can never eat one again… so good.

Kaelin and Erick you day was SO beautiful and SO much fun! Thank you so much for including us - we had so much fun with you both and wish you the very best in your lives together! Congratulations!

We had the pleasure of working with the lovely Larissa of Luxe Photography... check out her site!

bobo + wowo || it's our moment

We love all of the couples we film, but this couple is really something special. BoBo and WoWo are so very much in love and have such a touching story that I spent most of my time fighting back tears at their wedding. While dating is usually a really light and fun time, the majority of this couple's dating life was spent in hospitals. BoBo's father had been diagnosed with cancer and actually passed away 2 months before the wedding. BoBo's mother was in the hospital so sick with cancer that she was unable to make the trip to Canada for the wedding. (She also just recently passed away as well…)

BoBo is very sweet and soft spoken. She is absolutely beautiful. WoWo (or Tin as I know him) is also very sweet and always looks out for others. He takes wonderful care of BoBo.

Their wedding was incredible. They both love nature and so decided to get married outside of an old mansion on a golf course on the water in Harrison Mills, BC. It drizzled right until the ceremony began and then stopped just until it ended. Not one word of english was spoken during the ceremony but it still took everything in me not to cry. Just watching this couple was enough to know that they have a different kind of love. Like a different level of love that you can't reach until you've been though something tragic together.

The best and most difficult part of the wedding was just before the reception. WoWo had arranged for one of his friends to play a song for BoBo on the piano. This song meant a lot to the couple because it helped them get though all of their hard times. It was the one song that they would put on repeat and listen to until they fell asleep when they were just too tired to try anymore. If that wasn't hard enough, when it came time for the vocals in the song (which was mostly "oooh's"), their friends, scattered all over the room, joined in and started singing. I lost it. You could not NOT feel. Everyone was crying. I'm crying writing this. The song was beautiful.

I've never been so happy for a couple before. This couple deserves each other. This couple deserves happiness.

BoBo and WoWo - we feel so honoured that we got to be a part of your wedding day. We are so blessed to have met you and to have heard your story. We hope that your wedding film was able to capture the love, sorrow and joy that we experienced on your day. Congratulations and may your future be filled with nothing but joy.

PS: We loved being able to work with the awesome Bartek & Magda. So much fun laughing about them about certain bags... it's an inside thing. Check out their site!