Real Marriage Ceremony No. 3: Siobhan + Chris
Tuesday 24 January 2012
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Today we're sharing the summertime picnic-themed together with ultimate handmade DIY marriage of Vancouver crafter Siobhan Rich of Magpie together with Cake together with her hubby Chris. The mix of cerise together with white checks, wicker picnic baskets together with natural woodland environment makes for adorable together with personal nuptials. Here's Sioban's description of their exceptional twenty-four hr menstruum held this yesteryear July.
Chris together with I were married this summer, inwards July. We alive inwards Vancouver, but chose to larn married at Linden Gardens inwards Kaleden, inwards the Okanagan. The gardens are lovely, together with when Chris suggested nosotros convey our guests sit down on picnic blankets, I was sold.
Our whole marriage was DIY together with handmade alongside love, from the picnic blankets our guests sat on, to the 200 or hence feet of bunting that I sewed. I'm a maker/crafter, hence I was real excited to brand our
marriage await together with experience merely how nosotros imagined. It was a genuinely magical day. We got married inwards the garden, together with afterward the ceremony our guests enjoyed lemonade piece playing a game called cornhole (bad name, nifty game). We together with hence went within for a delicious barbeque dinner, pie, together with dancing.
Besides the picnic blankets together with bunting, merely about of the other DIY elements that I made included the invites, programs, a pick of 1" buttons, a book-safe for our rings which our petty ringbearer could
carry, together with flags for our guests to moving ridge at the ceremony. As I walked downward the aisle, it was an amazing feeling to run across all our friends together with solid unit of measurement sitting on the picnic blankets, smile together with quietly waving
flags. Not to elevate my husband-to-be waiting for me at the cease of the aisle!
I had the aid of talented friends together with family: my dad sawed birch slices for the centerpieces, together with nosotros bought our flowers from a vendor at the local farmers' marketplace which my amazing bridesmaids arranged for the tables together with bouquets. My necklace together with earrings were handcrafted yesteryear talented
Etsy vendors. One of my favorite things that I made was the cake topper (pie topper). My hubby is a climber together with I am a crafter (though nosotros both likewise practise a petty of the other) hence the cake topper is us sharing a climbing rope that's likewise knitting yarn.
Dress: My clothes was real a bridesmaid's clothes inwards ivory. Lela Rose Bridesmaids Style LR149 from Frocks inwards Vancouver
Caterer: Chef Martin Laprise, aka The Chef inwards Stead, from Kelowna, BC. Chef Martin brought his portable BBQ rig to brand slow-cooked pulled pork together with roasted chicken, addition an array of sides together with salads. The pies were from Just Pies inwards Penticton, BC. (No link.)
Etsy Shops: My necklace was from Simon & Ruby inwards Nashville, Tennessee and etsy.com/shop/SimonandRuby
Flowers: We ordered the flowers from Lisa Yang, a bloom vendor at the Penticton Farmers' Market.
Photographer: Bella Johnson Photographer
The band bearer is my nephew, who was two 1/2 at the time. He did such a nifty job. And of course of didactics he is super adorable, together with totally stole the demonstrate -- he fifty-fifty ran over to give me a spontaneous hug merely equally I was putting the band on Chris' finger! It was hilarious together with made the instant fifty-fifty to a greater extent than total of love. :)
Thank you lot Siobhan together with Chris, congratulations!