Sisterly love!

In the third week of September, I got a phone call from my sister who said she was getting married in our hometown of Terrace. I said, "That's great!" She said she was getting married at Thanksgiving! I said, "You liar!" She wasn't lying!

So, I had three weeks to come up with decor and flower ideas. Megan let me know that all she wanted was the colour turquoise. She has seen my work and worked with me before so she trusted me to do whatever I wanted! Ha! So fun! Right away, I thought of a wedding I did in May of 2008, that incorporated turquoise and peacock feathers, which I absolutely loved. So we settled on turquoise, purple, jade and chocolate brown. And it was emotionally beautiful! After the groom missed his flight due to Air Canada's Jazz's entire computer system going down, they were able to get him a flight to Smithers, where he was able to drive into Terrace. So, we started 2 and half hours late! But he got to Terrace and it all made for great stories!

Megan and Dallas, it really was an honor to be able to work with you on your wedding. We laughed, we cried, we almost lost it (almost!) but it turned out great and I wouldn't change a thing! Congratulations to my sister and new brother in law!

Anthony + Julie

So, another September 5th wedding! This one was special because the bride connected with me on Facebook of all places. I went to school and graduated with Julie in little old Terrace BC. When she asked if Halfyard Designs could do her Shaughnessy Golf Club wedding, I could not say no. She was a fellow Terracite after all!

Julie and Anthony live in San Jose, so we did a lot of our 'meetings' through the wonderful internet! She chose some beautiful colours and made great choices in flowers! And her attention to detail was shown throughout the venue. They had a wine theme going on, so their place cards for each guest stood on an individual cork. And each table was named after a varietal of grape! Very creative! But my favourite, which had nothing to do with wine, was the candy table! It was sweetly amazing!

The day of the wedding was even more special, as I was able to reconnect (albeit very quickly, as we did have 2 other weddings to set up) with a few more old high school classmates.

Congratulations Julie and Anthony! Thank you so much for asking me to be a part of your so important day!

* I'm not going to post all the photos, since I'm going to use Julie's wedding as a feature on my website. Stay tuned!

  

Some catching up...

So, now we've had some time to relax, do a bit of traveling and just unwind from an extremely busy and successful 2009 season! Now to catch up!

Last December, I went home to Terrace for Christmas. It was wonderful! It was snowing, cold and I was surrounded by family and friends! One of those friends had gotten engaged a few months prior and I was finally able to visit with her and see the beautiful engagement ring! On this trip, I brought with me a copy of AisleWalk, the magazine in which Halfyard Designs advertises in. I figured it would help her, since she lives in New York and was planning a Vancouver wedding.

A few months later I get a call from Danielle and she asks if I could meet her and Rick at the airport. They were just leaving back to New York, but wanted to meet with me to see if I was available to pull off their vision! Of course, I said yes!

Fast forward to their September 5th Brock House wedding! We had 2 other weddings that day. Luckily for me, the timing was perfect, and I had an amazing team working with me and we pulled them off! Rick and Danielle chose some amazing vendors that I love to work with. Of course, Brock House. They also used Sweet Thea Cakes, who replicated Danielle's dress for the cake design, and everyone had loads of fun in the photobooth courtesy of Photobooth Vancouver!

Thank you so much Rick and Danielle for allowing us to be a part of your day! We had a great time putting together your dream wedding! And we had an even better time attending the wedding!