End of a season...

So, we've had an adventurous year, taking us to many new venues once again. We ended the season with Nita Lake Lodge in Whistler, our first Whistler wedding (not to mention, in my 9 1/2 years of living in the lower mainland, I had never been!) So that was wonderful! Made me so proud to call BC my home. It is certainly a world class destination! And what a drive... Beautiful British Columbia indeed!

Our last week of events took place at the absolutely stunning Vancouver Convention Center for the wedding of Nancy and Tony, followed by a day at Brock House for the 21st Annual Wedding Show, put on by the lovely ladies at DreamGroup Productions!

I have to give props to my assistant Patricia for being so amazing! She was so attentive to our prospective clients, even picking out the Spanish bride and sparking up a conversation (in Spanish!), impressing fellow industry associates neighboring our booth! Patricia, you rock! I think you are now a permanent fixture of the Brock House Wedding Show.

Jackie and Russell Tie the Knot!

Last week Halfyard Designs had the pleasure of working with a very sweet English couple. Jackie came to me last season when working on a wedding set up at Brock House. We immediately clicked. This was followed by a consultation in which we came up with the perfect vision for her wedding and her mainly European guests. The count I heard in the end was 50 to 40 Canadians! Impressive!

Initially, I met with Jackie and her Mum. We decided on a natural West Coast theme, to show her many out of town guests the real beauty of BC. The natural setting of the Brock House grounds were complimented by ferns, willow and touches of white flowers.

Jackie and Russell, I had a fantastic time working with your vision. Best of luck to both of you!

Brock House Wedding Show!!!

In October, Halfyard Designs had the opportunity to be a part of the Brock House Wedding Show! As always, it was amazing! Such a unique bunch of vendors that I am ecstatic to be a part of!

Some of my favourite vendors included 'I Do' Wedding Photography (my dear friend Barbara Casey), Sweet Thea cakes, and of course Gail and Kim of the Brock House Restaurant! The event was very successful thanks to the hard work of all the ladies at Dreamgroup Productions!

Here's to another successful year, in 2010!

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!

Sacha + Martin

Sacha and Martin came to Halfyard Designs a few months ago with no colour scheme. They wanted whimsical, fun, different and colourful. When they came to my office, we played around with different overlays, sashes, vases, colours! It was so much fun and we came up with the perfect colour palette for what they were looking for. Overlays of green with hot pink runners, hot pink and red rose petal aisle and the tower vases of phaleonopsis orchids were simple but very effective. Once again, the Brock House Restaurant made for a beautiful setting. No pics of the bridal bouquet, but my favourite photographer, Barbara Casey of I Do Wedding Photography, was there for the day, so once we'll post those once we get them!

Salomeh + Jacob

Salomeh and Jacob decided on black, white and yellow for their theme. Halfyard Designs had so much fun working with these colours as they are not colours you would normally see put together! This is just a small taste of what Sally and Jacob had on their day at the Brock House Restaurant.

Jen + Andrew

Waaay back in June, Halfyard Designs did the flowers and decor for a beautiful couple! They were so much fun and really had great taste! Jen and Andrew chose shades of dark pink, some soft pink and white to go with their Carribean Blue bridesmaid dresses! How fun! The ceremony took place at the always fabulous Brock House Restaurant and the reception at the new Kirin Restaurant at the Starlight Casino in New West, where we brought in artificial, but realistic looking cherry blossom trees, all lit with hot pink up lighting. These are the photos of the flowers and decor captured so beautifully by Jenn Best Photography. Thank you Jen and Andrew for choosing me to be a part of your day!

Sarah + Sim

Every year you go through different popular colour schemes. Last year Halfyard Designs worked on so many white and green weddings that we forgot there were other colours on the colour wheel! But it made for an interesting challenge to make each wedding unique and special to each client.

This year, however, people have been choosing 

more colour. So, when Sarah came to us with her white, green and chocolate brown colour palette for her Brock House Restaurant wedding, we thought, no sweat! We had plenty of practice last year. But, last year was all about clean lines, classic, simple, etc, etc... Sarah was looking for a "West Coast" feel, with ferns, lots of greenery and gras

ses. So this is the result of what we came up with. It is one of my personal favorites of the year! Thank you Sarah and Sim for choosing Halfyard Designs to create this Whimsical Woodland!

A simple chuppah

So this is what Halfyard Designs did for Lyndsay at the ever popular and beautiful venue, Brock House Restaurant. We love working with the Brock House.

This was such a beautiful piece that I had to share it with you all!