Good cause...

So, this is not business related, but it is a great cause. My friends and teammates, the Westside Red Devils are participating in the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundations Run for the Cure in Vancouver. Breast cancer continues to affect the lives of many Canadians. With your generous donation, you can help find a cure! Click here for more details and to donate!

The Devils for Kelli

Brock House Wedding Show!!!

It's that time of year again! Time to start planning for next years weddings! What better place to start your plans than at the Brock House Wedding Show. Showcased in this show are the best of the best, the creme de la creme! It's, as they say unlike any other! Come for a wonderful afternoon of appetizers, great wine, and drop by the Halfyard Designs booth to see what we can do for you!

Lanterns, lanterns, everywhere!

So, way back on a cold winter night of 2008, I received e-mail after e-mail from Samantha Berry of Dreamgroup Productions to book a bunch of consultations. She had not worked with Halfyard Designs yet, so it was such an honor and testament of her belief in my work when she also booked a consultation for her own wedding for September 09'! 

So, when we started working on her vision for her Kirkland House wedding, she, of course, knew what she wanted. Being a wedding planner, you come across A LOT of ideas and it is so hard to say no to the ideas you really, really love! So, one day I get an e-mail from Sam with the words "Crazy?" in the subject line. I knew it had nothing with mental stability! It was a photo of a tent filled with about 50 paper lanterns! So, like a good decorator, I said "No, you're not crazy. I can do that! No problem!" Then I worry about it later! 

The outcome, was by far, one of the coolest, most beautiful things I have ever done! Thanks Sam, for pushing me that much further as a decorator! I wish you and Sean all the happiness in the world!

A yacht!!!

Every once in a while, Halfyard Designs gets asked to do something different. So, when I was approached to decorate a simple yacht with paper lanterns, I jumped at the chance. Being down on the water reminded me of where I come from, small town Terrace, where my dad is a commercial fisherman. Being brought up on the water every summer (but not a yacht!), at the time, was not pleasant because I was missing out on all the summer fun my friends were having. But now I have an appreciation for the water and those who navigate it! So, in a way, I was doing this for my dad! Call it an homage, if you will.