Category Archives: Weddings

The Last Day of Awesome

Today is officially the conculsion of the 10 Days of Awesome which is kind of like Christmas because I get to announce five more winners!

The winner for the time with Rebecca from High Culture: Weddings & Events is Dawn Polanski.

And the winner of the $50 gift card from Photojojo.com is Lauren Hannah.

The three winners of the $25 gift certificates to Nikole Bordato Photography are:

* Dawn Polanski (double winning!!!)

* Jen

* Melanie Kratzer

Here’s is a photo from Chrissa & Steve’s wedding yesterday. You can see another sneak peek on Facebook.

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Day 5 of Awesome: $50 from Koyal Wholesale

As a photographer who photographs weddings I have the pleasure of working with some amazing wedding vendors who do incredible work and are dedicated to bringing to life the wedding dreams of the couples they work with. One of those vendors is Koyal Wholesale.

I had heard nothing but great things about them from other wedding vendors and then a few months ago when I had the chance to work with them, it was one of the best experiences I have ever had dealing with an online vendor.They are always super quick with emails, offer great quality products and will go above and beyond to make sure that you have everything you need to pull off great décor for a really good price. Koyal Wholesale also has a fun wedding blog with tons of fresh ideas for wedding décor and wedding reception ideas.

Koyal Wholesale has graciously donated a $50 gift certificate redeemable at their online store. There are so many ways to spend that $50 – you can use it for birthday parties, wedding décor, bridal showers, even for the upcoming holidays. There are tons of great items available!

I used Koyal Wholesale to buy cupcake wrappers for a bridal shower my sisters and I threw for my cousin.

I LOVED the gold cupcake wrappers with the chocolate cupcakes. I think that they will be making a reappearance for the upcoming Christmas season.

I got my cupcake wrappers in a variety pack of colors, but you pick a single color. If you wanted to incorporate your wedding colors into cupcakes at your wedding, but didn’t want to go with a colored icing, cupcake wrappers are a fun way to do that. Here is an example of a way to incorporate red & aqua wedding colors into your cupcakes.

I also have these lights from Koyal that are waterproof. They are tea light size and just twist on & off. Here is a photos of the lights in water beads. They are battery operated and will last your entire event (and longer). I love them so much that I’ll be buying some more to put into my jack-a-lanterns this Halloween.

They throw such pretty light! Adding interesting light is the best & easiest way to dress your wedding reception, without a lot of additional cost. These lights are on the diamond mesh roll which reflects light back into the room.

You won’t have any problems spending the gift certificate! Here are the ridiculously easy steps on how you can enter win $50 from Koyal Wholesale:

1)      Head over to the Koyal Wholesale Facebook page & become a fan.

2)      Come back here and leave a blog comment to let me know you’ve become a fan.

That’s it. You are entered. The winner will randomly be selected at the conclusion of the 10 days of awesome.

But to up the awesome up just a teensy bit more, you can get a double entry!

Follow Koyal Wholesale on Twitter to get fun wedding ideas & you’ll get a second entry. Be sure to let me know by leaving another comment below.

Happy Wednesday!

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Day 4 of Awesome | Wedding Planner Simply Unique Weddings

Most couples I meet are planning a wedding for the first time.  They’ve never had to go through the planning process before and sometimes feel a bit lost or overwhelmed by what they can or should do. Whenever that happens, the first thing I recommend is booking some time with a wedding planner. Most wedding planners offer a wedding consultation service where you meet with them for a few hours and they will help make sure you haven’t missed anything & answer any questions you might have. Even if you want to do all the décor and day-of coordination yourself, a few hours with a wedding planner can help you take the hassle out planning your wedding and make it run smoothly.

Today’s day of awesome is a meeting with certified wedding planner Ashley of Simply Unique Weddings.  You’ll have Ashley’s undivided attention to answers your questions about local vendor recommendations, budget concerns and much more!

How to enter:

1. Head over to the Simply Unique Weddings’ Facebook page and click “like.”

2. Come back over here and leave a comment on this blog post stating how you could use Ashley’s help.

Bonus entry:

Follow Simply Unique Weddings on Twitter & leave a comment below to let me know!

The details:

1. You can win 3 FREE WEDDING CONSULTATION HOURS with Ashley (valued at $250.00).

2. The winner will randomly be selected and will be announced after the 10^th day of awesome (Sept 20^th).

This beautiful room was from Marie & Dan’s Red Tail Landing Wedding which was coordinated by Edmonton Wedding Planner Ashley at Simply Unique Weddings.

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Nicole & Jeff’s Beautiful Farm Wedding

Nicole & Jeff had one of those weddings where at the end of the day you feel like family. They were married in a cute country church in Darling, Alberta and had their photos on Jeff’s family farm. Nicole put so many personal touches on the day – she even “made” her own shoes by covering a pair with blue glitter. I am also pretty sure that Jeff’s brother wins best speech of the summer by toasting Jeff with the largest champagne glass ever.

Here are some of my favorite images from their gorgeous farm wedding:

associate photographer :: Chelsey Rice

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Sneak Peek :: Dan & Marie

I have so many gorgeous weddings to blog but until then here is a sneak peek of Marie & Dan’s vintage glamour wedding at Red Tail Landing Golf Course.

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