Retro literature themed wedding shoot

A few weeks back "The Gore girls" (my sister and I) got together for a meshing of our creative talents on a wedding photo shoot.  We decided to feature a 1970's retro literature theme complete with flowers and fashion photography.   

 My sister has this fantastic ability to capture emotion and depth in photographs (perfect for weddings).  I can't tell you how excited I am that she has found a place in the wedding industry, it means that we may be able to work together more often in the future!  You can see samples of her weddings here: http://www.kingsqueens.ca/

What is a wedding without cake?  The Happy Baker provided all of the cake and cupcakes for the shoot.  She is amazing to work with and so talented!  Have a look at her work on her facebook page under The Happy Baker: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=36219571775

The bridal bouquet was created with poppies (a good reason to schedule a March wedding in my books), red kangaroo paw, yellow craspedia, yellow ranuncululs, purple hellebores and podophyllum foliage.
A huge thanks to our model Jess, she is alot of fun to work with.

Blue Skies, Bouquets and Boutonniers

Bridal bouquet of hydrangea, calla lilies, delphinium and seeded eucalyptus

Last Friday I had the joy of creating beautiful blue and white bouquets, for a lovely wedding party of sisters.  There are only a few options as far as blue flowers go (and we are not talking dyed here), and delphinium and hydrangea are 2 of my favorite. 

Bridesmaids bouquet of roses, hydrangea and seeded eucalyptus

Delphinium boutonnieres

Congrats Karlie and Christian!  Thanks for letting us be a part of your day.

Monsoon weddings

A little rain on your wedding day is good luck right?  Well these couples should go buy a few lottery tickets.  I have never delivered flowers in such heavy rain.....and wind!


My first couple came all the way from Australia for their nuptials at the Doubletree in Niagara Falls.  I absolutley loved the planning process with this family.  Emily (originally from Welland) had adopted the Australia accent and her English mother completed the lovely sound to the conversation. (I am a sucker for accents). 





The new Mr. and Mrs. Hall.  Emily's bouquet consisted of Picasso Calla lilies, purple and 'Black beauty' dendrobium orchids, white tulips and white hydrangea
 

Emily loved the look of "purple" (again more of a pink) dendrobium orchids.  So we submerged them for her centerpieces, massed them for her cake topper and allowed them to be the accent in her bouquets.  The black and white with silver accents of her reception played the perfect backdrop to the "purple" orchids.

Ceremony Decor of dendrobium orchids and submerged rose petals



Submerged orchid centerpieces

Jen and Dan were my second couple of the day.  Jen decided to have her bouquet walked up the aisle stem by stem by her neices and nephews.  Her and Dan's mother assembled the bouquet which was later handed to the bride.  I had never heard of this but thought it was a very cute idea.  I suggested using hydrangea as it provides the perfect framework to hold other flowers.  Jen chose purple tulips and green hypericum berries to finish the bouquet off. 

Ceremony Arrangements



Centerpiece of tuliups (with bulbs) and curly willow



Congrats Jen and Dan!