Best wishes from Blynda DaCosta Photography for a safe, happy and fun holiday season! See you all in 2012!
It seems like just yesterday that Kristy came to me and told me that she and Brian were going to be married! See, they had been together for quite some time and had been living together raising Kristy’s two adorable sons. She was over the moon excited and very eager to start planning their day! When they asked me to photograph their wedding, I was truly honoured and flattered that they had chosen me to spend this very important day with their family and friends. To me, every wedding is very sacred and one of the most meaningful events in a couples life together and I believe in treating the day and all people involved with the highest level of respect and honour.
Kristy is a very sweet and kind person. She is always the first to volunteer to help out at work or with her friends and always the first person to offer a compliment or try and look at the bright side of a situation. She would do anything to make sure a friend in need was well taken care of. Brian and Kristy are also social butterflies! They love to hold theme parties at their home as an excuse to get all of their friends together for the day or evening. I learned something the day of the wedding about Brian’s sentimental side. Keep reading below to see what I mean. They chose to be married in London, Ontario, which for me was a bit of a homecoming (as I lived in London for 4 years of my life while I attended University there). Kristy chose to get prepared for her day at the Delta London Armouries which is a gorgeous hotel with so much history and character. After their ceremony at the beautiful Colbourne Street United Church we headed out to the Fanshawe Pioneer Village to do the formal photos. Let me tell you, that place was so much fun to shoot in! Kristy’s day was a very hot hot one and the pioneer village was loaded with trees and quaint buildings, perfect for shooting on a hot day!
Kristy and Brian, I wish you both many years of utter joy and happiness together. May your newly formed family always be as close and united as it was the day of your wedding.
How much do you looooove Kristy’s shoes?!
During the ceremony, Brian took a pause to offer a gift to Kristy’s sons as a symbol of his everlasting and continued commitment to them as a mentor, father-figure and friend. It was a very emotional and sentimental time for them and there was not a dry eye in the house, including mine.
Look at these amazingly beautiful woman! Each and every one of you looked absolutely gorgeous!
I don’t need to tell you that Kristy’s eyes are just stunning and absolutely brilliant, do I? Gorgeous!
VENDORS
HOTEL – London Delta Armouries
CHURCH – Colbourne Street United Church
PHOTO LOCATION – Fanshawe Pioneer Village
FLORIST – Forest of Flowers
MUSICIANS at ceremony – Julie Anne Baskette & Luba Adamson
MUSICIANS at reception – Dixie 5 – special thanks to John Lloyd the father of the bride who was the amazing Trumpet player!!
CAKE MAKER – Razzle Dazzle Cupcakes
DRESSES– New Bridal
HAIR & MAKE-UP – Scizzorhands
DECORATOR – Jackie Phillips from To Suit Your Fancy
GRAPHICS – Kristy is a graphic designer and created her own invitations, table numbers, menus, seating chart etc.
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That is very well done. Kristy and Brian must be very pleased with this. Thanks for sharing.
Kristy’s Dad and Wicked Step Mother (Just Kidding)December 23, 2011 – 4:18 pm
I love wrapping gifts! It truly is one of the most exciting parts of the holidays for me. Before I met my husband and consequently my sister in law (Nyla Free), I thought I knew how to wrap a gift, but no….Nyla Free (a very talented interior designer in Calgary…you can find her HERE) knows how to make a gift look too beautiful to open, and from seeing her magic, I have picked up a thing or two over the years! Normally I just go to my favorite packaging place and see what they have….something always jumps out at me and gives me an idea. I wanted to use Kraft paper this year, and when I saw the pine tree motif and goldy colour on the paper below, I knew it would work really well. Kraft paper by the way is a great way to get more bang for your buck when wrap your holiday gifts. It is super inexpensive at $4/roll (wraps upwards of 20 gifts). You can use it as your base and then just wrap a band of the pretty (more expensive) paper around it to dress it up! OR think out of the box and use old fabric or material from a completed project or even left over scrapbooking paper as your accent pattern.
I have some background in graphic design, so I like to make personal name tags for all of my gifts, and you can too using almost any word processing or imaging program. However, hand written tags on bits of coloured cardstock are also just as nice.
The ribbon and little accessories are what really make the gifts look unique. All through the year whenever you see sparkly stuff on sale at your local craft store, pick it up and save it for the holidays! Large floral items can be divided into pieces for smaller gifts.
Happy wrapping and Happy Holidays!
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John and Marisa make me laugh! For reasons explained below, they showed up at our session with a trunk full of amazing props to use in their photos. How much fun was that for me?! I totally love when a couple participates so fully in their session and gets excited about the possibilities! J+M have a very creative and romantic engagement story, so in planning for their engagement session, they picked some fabulous spots that really reflected their personalities and their life together. This is by far the most meaningful way to plan your engagement and even wedding photos. They will always look back on this session and the photos from it as an illustration of their lives at the time of their engagement. I am so looking forward to their amazing wedding next year and I am thrilled to have a part in it. Congratulations John + Marisa!
Marisa, your eyes are so pretty and endearing! You look absolutely stunning!
I just love the light in these next few…so pretty and warm.
How cute are they?! They laugh like that together all the time…adorable!
So here is the story…I hope I get it right!: John and Marisa go on a wine tasting tour to San Francisco’s Napa Valley Region this past summer. As they are a wine loving duo, this was the perfect place to pop the question. John plans a private wine tasting tour and brings along a bottle for them to taste out in the vineyard together. What Marisa didn’t know was that John had previously had the bottle label printed with the big question on it ” Will you marry me?”. As he handed Marisa the bottle to open, she thought it was curious that they were tasting a wine not of the vineyard that they were at and then realized what was printed on the label…..as you can imagine the answer was a resounding YES! San Francisco and vineyards in general will always hold a special place in the hearts of J+M….and thus a vineyard in Ontario’s Niagara Region (30 bench to be exact) was the location for the next set of photos.
They also brought along some balls, gloves and bats, so they played some baseball together at the vineyard and we took some shots!
….and last, but not least, J+M needed a photo for their holiday card, so they put on their ugliest Holiday sweaters, added some glasses, brought a blackboard and chalk and voila! Festive Greetings everyone from John + Marisa!
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Miguel and Heather first met at work and soon discovered they had many common interests and a deep affection for one another. She adored his South African accent and he adored her beautiful hazel-green eyes! When Miguel, Heather and I first met, they came to me already knowing that they wanted to do a ‘first look’. They were having their ceremony and reception at the same amazing venue, Toronto’s Estates of Sunnybrook, and they knew that if they waited until after the ceremony to take all of their photos, that they would have to miss their cocktail reception. It made no sense to them to miss the part of the day where they would be able to see and speak with their guests the most. Before their guests arrived Miguel and Heather had more than an hour to themselves around the estate. When they first saw each other, they both wore huge grins from ear to ear and they snuggled and told each other how beautiful they looked. Not too far off, my second photographer (the lovely Tia Mazhar from England) and I were quietly capturing their first encounter of the day. It was so sweet and hugely romantic and I felt honoured to have shared a part in that. Congratulations Heather and Miguel.
Miguel – very excited, waiting to see Heather for the first time.
They snuggle and giggle together so perfectly.
The ceremony was set below a canopy of huge trees on the Estates of Sunnybrook property. It was beautiful.
After family photos, the light was absolutely perfect for a few more shots of the newly married couple.
This has to be one of the most fun first dances I have seen. These two really know how to have a good time together. They swung around the dance floor like nobody’s business!
VENDORS:
Venue: Estates of Sunnybrook
Florist – N-Dezine
Invitations – Stephita Inc.
Heather’s dress – Belo Fashions Boutique
Heather’s shoes – Sparko Bridal Boutique
Heather’s hair stylist – Curly Hair Institute
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