“Tis time for Wedding-Talk Wednesday! Today? The flowers!

I didn’t think that picking flowers would be so hard! At first, I really wanted gerbera daisies. Then I wanted peonies. Then I wanted roses. Needless to say, I couldn’t make up my mind. I fell in love with this bouquet:

But, it turns out it would be pretty freaking expensive. (Of course, I always pick the most expensive things. What budget?) I thought about going with all peonies, but it turns out (again) that they’re expensive. *sigh*

The one thing I did know was that I wanted the flowers to be all white, since black, white and a cobalt blue (or “Ford Vista Blue” as Kyle likes to put it, lol) are the colours we’ve chosen. Black flowers don’t really exist and blue flowers are hard to come by until you dye white flowers, and I don’t want the dye ruining my dress!

So last week, I was talking with a co-worker at Job #2 about how I couldn’t make up my mind with flowers, and since Job #2 happens to have a decent selection of flower arrangements, we took a look.

I went back to the gerberas since they’re my favourite flower. Then I looked at the white roses. Then I put the two together and BAM! That was it! So, my flowers will be white gerbera daisies with black centres and white roses. The bridesmaids will have gerbera bouquets and Kyle’s opted not to have a boutonnière. (I believe he’s going with a classy pocket square instead)

I couldn’t find any photos of a white gerbera and rose bouquet, but just picture it as amazing (for my sake!) And of course, now that I have the flowers all chosen, my mom is putting her decorating hat on (She’s an amazing party decorator! She actually was the unofficial chair of decorating for my prom and did an AMAZING job!).

Ahh, it’s all coming together :)

It’s time for Wedding Talk Wednesday!

I’m eventually going to do a 2010 recap post, but I’ve been swamped with Christmas festivities, work and freelancing that I just haven’t had time to go through the year and pick out highlights. Don’t even ask me about posting my New Year’s resolutions. That’s just not happening.

I’ve always loved looking at people’s wedding photos; photos are a way of capturing those truly happy moments during a wedding that you may miss: a friend shedding a happy tear, laughter when the best man accidentally dropped the rings, people having fun … the photos are the one thing that I look forward to having after the wedding done and the party is over.

I started researching photographers at least a year ago, way before Kyle even proposed. (Actually, I started researching a LOT of wedding stuff a looooong time ago!) There are a LOT of photographers in Kamloops; way more than what I had thought, and they’re all pretty amazing. Basically, what it all came down to was skill and of course, cost.

I started trying to find a photographer for our wedding only a few days after Kyle proposed, and holy man, I’m glad I didn’t wait any longer. Apparently photographers get booked up for weddings way in advance, because the first three photographers I had contacted were already booked. Phooey!

Then, I found Jo’s website and adored her style. I wouldn’t say I’m a pro photographer by any means, but her photo editing style was a lot similar to my own, and if I were to take photos of my own wedding, a lot of the shots in her online portfolio were what I’d take as well. Not only was her portfolio impressive, but her prices were within my budget as well. I emailed her right away and she got back to me within a day or so saying that my wedding day was open. Yes!

I met with Jo a week or so after I originally emailed her; she explained that it’s best to meet with the photographer ahead of time to go over what kind of shots you’d like, what your tastes are and most importantly – whether or not your personalities clash! Thankfully they didn’t and we had a great chat.

I’m soooo looking forward to having Jo take my wedding photos. She has such an awesome personality and gets what kind of photos I want.

If you want, you can check out her website here: Jo LeFufy Photography. She also has a blog too! If you’d like to check that out, it’s here.

(And Jo, if you happen to read this, I hope I don’t freak you out, lol! I’m just really stoked!)