Had a great time yesterday at the Wedding Soiree! It was actually at the same hotel I went to for my New Year’s Eve celebration – at the Marriott Pinnacle on West Hastings. One of my ex Posh co-workers invited me and a couple of her friends were volunteering. Basically, it was an event where we could wander from the various vendors who set up booths to promote their wedding services and we were served a 3-course dinner, watched a bridal fashion show, participated in some games, and tried to win door prizes. Every guest was given a goodie bag full of bridal magazines, candy, and discounts to a ton of salons and retail boutiques in Vancouver.
One of the vendors was Lavish Design Group who designs events and specializes in luxury chair covers & decor rentals. In the main hall, there were around 30 tables and each table was designed with a different theme. My table, I thought, was very pretty. The theme was Cherry Blossoms and the centrepiece was fairly tall and substantial with cherry blossoms and fresh Phalenopsises somewhat draping over a glass bubbled vase. We all got cute, little Cherry Blossom candle favours to take home, too.
The menu – everything was good! The salad, as you can see in the picture of the table layout above, was presented like a cloth napkin in a napkin holder – the cucumber wrapped around wild greens and was drizzled with the Balsamic Vinaigrette. Very filling.
Other booths included a travel one for honeymoon destinations, makeup and eyelash application from Wink Beauty Lounge (they’re located in Gastown now), this “kitty card” which claims to be my ticket to exclusive discounts & VIP treatment at Vancouver’s most indulgent salons, spas, boutiques, & bistros (just think of it as your new sugar daddy, it says), cold laser microdermabrasion, and oh a MAGICIAN was there! Magic is even more amaazing and unbelievable when you’re up close and participating O_O. I would have never thought of having a magician at my wedding, but he was so funny and entertaining and drew in quite a crowd. At one point, he asked me to pick a colour, I said “pink”, and other ppl said “yellow”, “green”, and “blue”.. so in a “normal” deck, the backs of the cards eventually all turned all into our chosen colours and ended up being all Ace of Spades on the other side! And there was another one where he had these sponge bunnies and got members of the audience to squeeze two adult bunnies in their hand.. and when they opened them, a ton of baby bunnies came out ’cause bunnies are good at multiplying fast! lol
Anyway, there were also cookie favour vendors and cakes:
Our favourite was hands down the photobooth vendor. There were 2, actually, in competition with each other.
Butter Media printed one picture (4 mini pics in 1) for each guest who was in the picture but they only had solid backgrounds and PhotoboothVancouver only gave one per group, but had a more unique damask background. We enjoyed Butter Media’s more because they accommodated our wants and needs by letting us take as many as we wanted and still printed out one of each of us! Truth be told, they aren’t that flattering as you can see (for me), but they’re a ball to have at your wedding. They’re $300/hour, which starts when the event starts, and your guests are able to take an unlimited amount of photos and are allowed to take one home each as their wedding favour. Plus, the bride and groom gets a DVD with all the photos taken in that booth at the end of the night (hehe good for blackmail lol)
The fashion show was fun – they showcased a handful of bridal gowns which were pretty – the models were gorgeous. They had some bridesmaid dresses that are versatile enough to be worn as a party dress or as a guest to another wedding. One of the vendors was SVS Choreography group that designs the dance the bridal party performs to “rock your reception”! haha it was great, actually!
Just a couple pics from the fashion show that turned out a bit.. I thought the 2nd picture's dress was a cute summer dress.
Cupcakes make me happy and these were really yaaammy…
My dress. Bought it over 1.5 years ago at Forever 21 and just cut the tags off today. My hair is covering it, but the “track” detail around the neck continues as actual straps to halfway down my back – my favourite detail about the dress.
I dropped my camera after taking this picture and now it’s broken (in an un-fixable way). Time for a new one!
wow those cupcakes.....mmmm
ReplyDeletethat photobooth thing is a neat idea. something to entertain the guests! but the buttermedia lighting isn't very nice at all...looks like a flash went off, looks like you guys were (poorly) photographed at a club :(
haha yea actually the lighting is a tinch better for butter media but it's just that we couldn't use the curtain 'cause there were too many of us!
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