These are a Few of my Favourite Things

During a very busy wedding season as a freelance wedding consultant, I am constantly making lists to keep organized and on schedule. Today, I thought I'd put together a fun list that tells you a little bit more about me. As Julie Andrews once sang, "These are a few of my favourite things…" The KitchenAid stand mixer. If you are putting together your bridal registry and you don’t have one of these, add it. The KitchenAid stand mixer can be used for so many things and it now comes in a huge range of colours, made to look beautiful on the kitchen counter. From Pavlova to home-made pasta there is...

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Getting the Best Fit: A Guide to Wedding Dress Alterations

For anybody having a Summer or Fall wedding, at this point the dresses have been ordered and they are on the way or already in. The next major step in the final process is getting the gown to fit and I’m not talking about losing or gaining weight, I’m talking about alterations. A standard gown is made for somebody 5’9 with a B-cup bosom, if you, like most women do not fall into this category your dress needs to change, not you. When all is said and done, your wedding gown should be the best fitting garment you’ve ever worn. An expensive, good quality alteration can take a ten-dollar dress and...

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Fragrance: The invisible Accessory

As a freelance wedding consultant known as the “wedding whisperer” when it comes to selecting the perfect dress, I usually am contacted by brides looking for their dress first; groom’s attire second and wedding planning third. I love helping brides find the perfect dress, shoes and accessories and helping their grooms look their best while taking care of all of the details to help the couple write their fairytale. There is one thing that I am passionate about in my personal life that is a part of everyday including the BIG day that is never seen but very much entwined in the making of our...

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Spring Flowers

Spring has sprung and it is the beginning of a busy wedding season. One of the best parts of being a freelance wedding consultant is helping my clients pick their flowers. In Edmonton we are lucky to have many florists to choose from and almost every variety of flower available year round. Although our instinct is often to choose a flower that is the bride or groom’s favourite or to look just at colour and scent, researching the meaning behind a flower to create a bouquet with a sweet sentiment is a popular Victorian tradition that has recently resurfaced. Originally in a time before daily...

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Wedding Trends of 2015

Welcome to my blog! This is the place where I plan to talk about hair, weddings, sparkly things, a bit about me and what I'm up to in Edmonton and in my travels. For my very first post of 2015, I look at what we will be seeing in the weddings of 2015, covering décor, engagement rings, flowers, bridesmaid dresses, tuxes and the wedding dress of course. In this post there's nothing about bridal hairstyles as that is a separate post in itself. Many of the wedding trends of 2014 we will see carried over into 2015 but with a few twists. Rustic Chic Décor Last year we saw a lot of décor that...

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