10 September 2012
This wedding was featured on Style Me Pretty!
"Fortunato in amore, fortunato nella vita. Siamo molto benedetti." (Translates to "fortunate in love, fortunate in life … we are very blessed!")
When the summer heat hits its peak, wise Italians escape the city and head to the country to join their loved ones for the mid-summer festival of Ferragosto on August 15. This was the inspiration for Janine + Roberto's Ferragosto wedding among the vineyards at Good Earth Food and Wine Co. in Niagara’s wine country.
The wedding ceremony was held in a verdant meadow under century old willow and sugar maple trees. Our nieces and nephews helped out in the religious service with a rousing responsorial psalm and handmade alleluia signs. The groom’s papa led the guests in reciting an Italian version of the Our Father – Il Padre Nostro. The ceremony ended with a prosecco toast: viva gli sposi! and we were deluged with handfuls of rice thrown from every direction.
As the sun was setting behind the orchard, guests strolled toward the winery bistro alongside the vineyard. The communal dinner table was waiting under the pergola, softly lit by sparkling crystal chandeliers and votives in a combination of mercury glass and custom hand-sewn vintage fabric sleeves in tones of muted mauve, pale lavender and mulled grape.
The last word goes to Janine + Roberto's five-year old nephew who whispered into the groom's ear: “Zio, can I tell you something?” “Yes, Ryan, what is it?” “This is the best wedding I’ve ever been to. It’s only the first wedding I’ve ever been to, but it’s the best!”
This wedding was perfectly captured by our good friend and uber-talented wedding photographer Nataschia Wielink!
Event Photography: Nataschia Wielink Photo + Cinema / Private Photography: K Black and Co. / Wedding Venue: Good Earth Food and Wine Co. in Niagara, Ontario / Floral + Event Design: Mimosa Flower Studio / Menus + Programs: Laura Hooper Calligraphy / Place Cards: DIY / Wedding Cake: Good Earth Food and Wine Co. / Music: Claudio Santaluce / Wedding Dress: Jenny Packham via White Toronto / Bride’s Veil: Antique Belgian Lace / Bride’s Shoes: Sigerson Morrison / Bride’s Earrings: Laurent Gandini / Hair + Makeup: Jessica Jean Myers / Groom’s Suit: Ermenegildo Zegna via Holt Renfrew / Groom’s + Pageboys’ Ties: Pomp & Ceremony / Flower Girls’ Dresses: David’s Bridal / Pageboys’ Suits: J.Crew Crewcuts
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14 July 2012
Check out this short film teaser from Kendra + Chris' big day at Inn on the Twenty ... produced by the inimitable team at Nataschia Wielink Photo + Cinema.
We can't wait to see all the pics!!!
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19 March 2012
Before all of this fabulous spring weather we've been having recently, we started our look back at some of the best moments of the last year's wedding season! Here's part 3 in the series of our favourite bridal bouquets from last wedding season ... enjoy!
Luscious Bride's Bouquet ...
This wedding was featured on Style Me Pretty Canada!
Alyssa + Jay's wedding was jam packed with luscious and intense colour ... bright and bold tones of deep pink, red and burgundy ... the girls wore stunning peacock blue dresses! A feast for the eyes.
The floral colours borrowed heavily from our ‘Spirit’ palette and featured oodles and oodles of peonies, garden roses, orchids and pink hydrangea ... mmmmm.
See the whole wedding here.
The bridesmaids bouquets looked absolutely delicious against their peacock blue dresses!
The scrambling roses on the Vineyard Retreat were in full bloom ... just perfect!
Mid-Summer Night's Dream Inspired Bouquet ...
Muted tones of blush, butter, light purple, ivory and soft green were the colour palette for the big day ... a very Mid-Summer Night's Dream feel! The bride was so excited about her bridal bouquet and gushed about how 'we must've read her mind' ... we love it when that happens!!! :))
We used soft and romantic blooms such as garden roses, antique green and white hydrangeas, blushing bride, pieres and even some seasonal mint foliage, japanese painted fern fronds and variegated hosta leaves from our organic cutting gardens!
The maid of honour carried this pretty bouquet ...
The couple were married in an afternoon ceremony in the Atrium at Queen's Landing ...
Earthy + Textural Bride's Bouquet ...
The color palette for this wedding was 'Forest' featuring shots of caramel and butter with accidental indigo, deep pink and mango tones and loads of texture.
To accomplish the 'look and feel', we designed with green mums, garden roses, viburnum, hydrangea, cobra lilies and gardeny bits (from our Studio's organic cutting gardens!) including mint, heuchera and japanese painted fern.
See the whole wedding here.
Above: Bride Erinn's bouquet. Below: The bridesmaid's each carried a unique bouquet!
How we love the cute raspberries tucked in this bridesmaid's bouquet!
The bride and groom ... after just having tied the knot inside (during a torrential downpour), exit the Vineyard Retreat and the sun comes out ... on cue!! Matt's expression says it all.
Modern Vintage Bridal Bouquet ...
Deep purple, rose, champagne, burgundy and muted magenta were all in the colour palette for the day. A very modern vintage theme featuring classic glassware and pewter accents such as our hammered-rim votive holders, pewter linens and silver chiavari chairs.
Blooms included purple vandas, dazzling dahilias, roses, picasso callas, white and antique green hydrangeas, curly willow and toad lily plucked straight from our studio's organic cutting gardens!
See the whole wedding here.
The *Made with Love* Bouquet ...
While we were dreaming up our most recent photo / film shoot, we were really focused on some specific words and phrases such as ... 'local', 'heirloom', 'hand-made', 'authentic', 'community', 'nature', 'living in the moment' ... we followed our heart and really let these words become our mantra to guide us through this project.
At it's heart, *Made with Love* is a story about beauty, friendship, connection and kindred spirits ... it's a story that is about more than just a theme or colour scheme ... it’s about more than a schedule of events or formalities and pretense.
See the whole photoshoot here or watch the short film we made!
We hope you enjoyed our looki back at some of our favourite bridal bouquets from last wedding season ... we're really exited about all of the wonderful love stories we're going to be involved with in 2012!!!
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21 February 2012
A couple of weeks ago, we started our look back at some of the best moments of the last year's wedding season! Here's part 2 in the series of our favourite bridal bouquets from 2011 ... enjoy!
Bold + Beautiful Bouquet ...
We absolutely love colour ... for Chloe + Herbert's wedding we really punched it up a notch and took full advantage of a palette featuring intense shades of cobalt blue, magenta, deep pink, deep purple and fucshia tones.
See the whole wedding here.
Flirty + Fragrant Bridal Bouquet ...
The dreamy tones of our 'Glow' palette featuring soft yellow, ivory and cognac set the mood for this wedding, while the garden roses, white hydrangeas, tulips, heaven-scented lily of the valley and peonies did all the heavy lifting design wise!
See the whole wedding here.
Noel's hat pin from his days in the Canadian military provided the emblem detailing on Jennifer's soft yellow bridal bouquet! Check out the cute bouquet 'collar' ruffles ...
Organic + Textural Bride's Bouquet ...
We were excited to design the organic, texture-laden, earthy and informal flowers for this wedding. The colour palette followed shades of medium pink, silver/grey, white, deep taupe and blush.
We brought in so much texture by using curly willow, hydrangeas, garden roses, calla lilies, orchids, celosia, dusty miller, air plants, pink protea and Hens 'n Chicks (fresh picked from our studio cutting garden!!!).
Pretty in pink ... love, love, love the Hens 'n Chicks in there!!!
See the whole wedding here.
Purple Bride's Bouquet ...
Purple was still a huge colour in 2011 ... this wedding featured hues from our 'Breeze' colour palette ... mainly purple with acents of green and white/cream and a touch of butter.
Flowers we designed with included green and white hydrangeas, stunning purple Vanda orchid blooms, dahlias, roses and pieris. Quirky elements included cork logs, Manzanita branches, giant slabs of walnut and canning jars with oodles of glass candlelight!
See the whole wedding here.
The Jonathan Adler Inspired Bouquet ...
In the last summer of 2011 we worked with Cynthia Martyn Events Inc. to put together a wedding day design inspired by a favoured designer (Cynthia chose famed housewares and accessories designer Jonathan Adler as her muse)
The feature appears in the Winter/Spring 2012 issue of WedLuxe Magazine ... pages 68 - 70.
See the whole magazine spread here.
Find part 1 here ... stay tuned for part 3 coming soon!
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4 February 2012
It that time of the year when we look back at the best moments of the last year's wedding season! We're going to start with some of our favourite bridal bouquets from 2011 ... enjoy!
Classic + Romantic White Bouquet ...
Here's a fun fact: our bride Andrea is a wee bit famous! You might have seen her on Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Criminal Minds and Blue Bloods ... or you might know her best as Dennis Leary's ex Janet Gavin on Rescue Me. Andrea is originally from Southern Ontario and she flew back to Niagara from LA to tie the knot with her producer fiancé, Todd Biermann.
Flowers in her predominately white bouquet included lavender foliage, white calla lilies, garden roses, freesia and white lisianthus .. we wrapped and pinned the stem with a length of lace.
See the whole wedding here.
Earth + Textural Purple Bouquet ...
This wedding was featured on Style Me Pretty Canada!
The flowers in Ariel's bridal bouquet were purple local dahlias, lavender, lavender foliage, butterfly bush and japanese painted fern from our organic cutting gardens here at the Studio. The stem was wrapped in jute with a handmade ceramic button finishing it all off!
See the whole wedding here.
Sunny Yellow Bride's Bouquet ...
Flowers in these bouquets consisted of garden and standard roses, gerberas, craspedia, orchids, yellow callas, and gardeny bits such as heuchera leaves, japanese painted fern, mint and scented geranium from our own organic cutting gardens!
Reanne's bridal bouquet in yellow featured a special pendant detailing on the stem!
See the whole wedding here.
Dazzling + Dramatic Red and Pink Bride's Bouquet ...
Rebecca's bouquet was full and flowery featuring dramatic shades of rich red, raspberry, medium pink and burgundy in a combo of our Passion and Spirit palettes and loaded with garden and standard roses, mokara and cymbidium orchids and calla lillies.
View the entire wedding here.
The Sentimental Bridal Bouquet ...
The colour palette for this bouquet features muted tones of soft purples, greens, blush, soft white and champagne ... a very modern vintage 'Anthropologie' type feel.
Beth's bridal bouquet wins the award for the most sentimental bouquet of 2011 ... the antique lace we wrapped around the stem of her bouquet was part of her mother's own wedding dress. As well, the gold heart locket wrapped around the stem was given to Beth by her father before he passed away earlier in the year.
Taking parts of the past into a new future ... it's heart warming! :)
View the whole wedding here.
Stay tuned for parts 2 and 3 ... coming soon!
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