Truly a unique site, with unique products to customize your wedding with beautiful touches! I didn't want home-made looking signs on our wedding car, because the car was just too stunning to ruin the look that way. The bridal car was a red & white, vintage, 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air. So, I ordered initial monograms for both sides of the small, rear, passenger windows and the "Just Married!" label with our first names were applied by our chauffeur to the main, rear window once the ceremony began. Oh yeah...and they're easily removed too. Good quality artifical, green & white hydrangeas (from Michael's) were bundled and attached on the car's rear bumper with white ribbon, below the rear car lights. The overall look was subtle and classy, but still had the "wow" factor. We also ordered a sign from Wonderful Graffiti Wedding for the front entrance of the wedding reception, so guests were greeted warmly and did not accidently enter through another door intended for restaurant clientele and vice versa. The folks at Wonderful Graffiti Wedding offered great customer service, when I discovered that the corner of my sign was bent during shipping. They sent another one free of charge.
I dealt with Terry and Andrew with all the logistics for the song list and the dj introduction of the wedding party for the reception. We didn't have a dance because we had a small wedding reception of about 107-110 people, consisting of family, relatives (many with young children) and close friends only. I chose a wide variety of bossa nova, trip hop/rock/rhythm/blues (e.g. Morcheeba), Spanish music, a little jazz (e.g. St. Germain) and threw in a bit of '80s music (Sade, Spandau Ballet, The Pretenders, The Cure). I wanted to get the feel and atmosphere of a hip, classy lounge. I didn't want any Chinese music, which is often typical, background music at Chinese wedding banquets. Since our reception was held in a heritage bldg/house, we had to go classy and timeless all the way! The guests loved my selection of music and Vince (DJ) did a great job with introducing the wedding party. He respected my request to keep the intros simple and classy...none of that flamboyant, Vegas-like showmanship! Oh yeah...I also requested all family, friends, including the DJ that wedding games were not permitted at our wedding reception, keeping with the classy, "adult-like" atmosphere.
Elizabeth, trained by a French pastry chef, is a friend of my husband's, she used to run her French pastry shop at Leslie & 16th in Richmond Hill. She is now located at Times Square in Richmond Hill, ON. I've yet to try all her desserts, but so far they're all dee-lish! We had a white, pin-tuck ruffle, 6 tier cake, 2 of the tiers are real (lemon rasberry flavour). The ruffle detail mirrored the ruffles on my wedding dress. The look of the cake was inspired by a photo I saw in a Martha Stewart Weddings magazine. Thanks Elizabeth for making our cake so special!
I wanted something creative and different from the chopsticks, Chinese takeout boxes, Asian tea cups, picture frames etc. that are usually given out as wedding favours at Asian weddings. I purchased mini-bamboo steamer gift boxes to house the Jelly Belly candies that were packaged in gusset bags, sealed with an initial monogram sticker. I then wrapped a satin ribbon around each mini-bamboo steamer, attaching a label with our name and wedding date. It was chic and pretty to look at, inside and out and can be re-used to hold small items. InspirAsian Creations had sold the most affordable mini-bamboo steamers at the time and they happen to be Canadian, so no customs/duty fees for me! They were prompt and easy to deal with. I would recommend comparing prices with various vendors, as prices may change over time.
Based in Strathroy, Ontario, Crystal Clear Bags was by far the most affordable when it came to packaging. They were very quick to send my order out (and very friendly too on the phone). I purchased clear, gusset bags from them to house the Jelly Belly candies that were put into mini-bamboo steamer boxes as our wedding favour. Unless you can find something else cheaper, I would highy recommend them!
Always a favourite of mine when it comes to candies that you remember savouring during your childhood years. They sell what was once common in stores 30-40 yrs ago. As well, they have a large selection of Jelly Belly candies...my fav! We ordered two different brown coloured Jelly Bellies for the adult guests and green and yellow ones for the kids, to compliment our wedding colours. I gave them a 4 star rating only because Jelly Belly candies are always too expensive, but they were the cheapest that I could find at Sugar Mountain. Be sure to order extra, because it's REALLY hard to resist not eating them while you're wrapping them up!
I ordered Medium Round Monogram Labels/Stickers from Wedding Favorites (also available in mini size as well). You can choose from a variety for colours and fonts to compliment your wedding. The monogram labels were pretty and chic and were used to seal the gusset bags that housed our Jelly Belly candies. To identify the kids' favours (they had different flavoured candies) from the adults, we stuck a monogram sticker on the outside of the mini-bamboo steamers which packaged each bag of Jelly Belly candies nicely.
Saj is an amazing solo artist! He sang so beautifully at our wedding ceremony (Praise & Worship solo and during the Signing of Registry). I first heard of Saj when we started attending Agincourt Pentecostal Church in 2005. He sings with soulful conviction and a lot of warmth, reflective of his love for God. He sang Lisa McClendon's "You Are Holy" and Commissioned's "'Tis So Sweet." He also worked well with my brother and friends (musicians).
Janet & Julia were recommended by Grace Church on-the-Hill, where our ceremoney was held. Janet's a professional Classical singer and Julia sings regularly with the choir. They both sang so beautifully during the Processional that some of our guests cried! I selected Lakmé, "The Flower Duet" by Léo Delibes, which happened to suit their voices and they both were familiar with and had sung the piece before. They were accompanied by a friend of mine (Ambrose Chan, piano teacher and performer) on piano. Along with the church's great acoustics, the ladies sounded like angels!