Real Marriage Ceremony No. Ane - Sarah + Raheel

Today I'm thrilled to boot off our Real Weddings serial for our calendar month of Valentines together with Weddings hither on amongst the Pemberton, B.C. marriage ceremony of Sarah Close (of Vancouver's One of a Kind Show together with IDSwest) together with her hubby Raheel.  The marriage ceremony took identify this past times summertime at North Arm Farm inwards Pemberton, B.C.  And how amazing was it?  Here's Sarah's commentary on how it all took place!  Thank you lot hence much Sarah together with Raheel for sharing your beautiful day!

The Location
Raheel together with I met almost iii years to the 24-hour interval of our August 6, 2011 marriage ceremony at the Pemberton Music Festival hence it was a no brainer for us to desire to endure married at the scene of the crime. Once nosotros settled on the location, the lovely North Arm Farm inwards Pemberton, the residuum of the planning came naturally. The most of import things to us were food, music together with merriment. We weren't to focused on tradition or lengthy speeches only beingness exterior together with beingness together. It was a expert matter the atmospheric condition cooperated!

The Proposal
On a lovely warm eventide inwards May of 2010 Raheel got downwardly on 1 human knee together with proposed amongst my Grandmothers 5 rock emerald engagement outcry upwards on Pont Neuf inwards Paris. What to a greater extent than could a daughter enquire for?

 

The Dress
It took me a acre to settle on a marriage ceremony dress. In the goal nosotros had something made at Manuel Mandoza every bit I couldn't quite commit to anything inwards the stores. I was looking for something a piffling dissimilar together with a to a greater extent than personal. We went amongst a sweetheart neck, an A-line skirt together with tiered layer on the skirt that allowed for some extra lace. We used lace from my Grandmothers marriage ceremony wearing clothing from the 40's. The goal final result was perfect.

The Invites
When it came to invites I had a clear consider of what I wanted but no consider how to execute them. I had a the pleasance of working amongst my longtime friend Robyn Haddow to blueprint the tangible pieces from firstly to goal together with it was 1 of my favourite parts of the whole planning. For Save the Dates nosotros decided on postcards amongst photobooth shots of us on the front. The invites were complicated together with required much assembly on our goal but they turned out perfect! We started past times creating a logo for the marriage ceremony amongst our initials together with engagement which nosotros together with then used on everything. For the invite together with map Robyn created had an amazing graphic chemical constituent every bit good every bit used dissimilar sized fonts to comprise both the creative together with the outdoor feeling of the wedding. Once nosotros sorted out the blueprint nosotros had printed onto handkerchiefs from Spoonflower.com. From at that spot nosotros created an RSVP card, together with invite for our Mendhi (a Pakistani tradition similar to a bridal shower) together with a belly band to necktie it all together! Finally nosotros topped it off amongst a transparent envelope hence that when it arrived inwards ship service boxes people would larn a sneak summit of what was to come! Robyn worked tirelessly to demeanor these elements nosotros created throughout all the printed slice onsite from the Menu's to the favour tags together with more!

 

 

The Day
For the ceremony I was concerned that the bridal political party together with my Auntie Leslie (who preformed the ceremony) would larn lost inwards such a huge scenic explosion. I wanted to practise something for us to stand upwards inwards forepart of to necktie us to the infinite together with when I saw something similar to this dorsum drib I knew it was perfect. My father-in-law graciously agreed to build the dorsum drib for us together with nosotros spent the yr collecting wood. That sounds similar a lot of run but truly in 1 lawsuit people heard nosotros were looking for quondam busted upwards forest nosotros had to a greater extent than than enough!

 

The bridal political party together with I walked downwardly the aisle to City together with Colour's "The Girl" on the violin. After the lovely ceremony nosotros signed all the pertinent documents to my brother-in-law playing "Costa Rica" past times Vince Vacarro together with and then the married distich took off inwards my grandmothers 67 Milky Way 500.

One of a our major issues was layout (or floorplan every bit I kept referring to it). With hence much infinite together with the entire marriage ceremony from start to complete happening inwards 1 location it was difficult for us (my mom, sisters together with I) to visualize what was going to come about where. We started past times deciding that people should convey to walk the furthest firstly together with every bit the black progressed motility closer together with closer to the barn where the trip the low-cal fantastic flooring together with band was. Jessica from Trove provided the slice of furniture pieces together with the lovely ladies from Love of Fair railroad train piffling vignettes (Photobooth, cocktails, cigar lounge, tables) hence that people moved through the areas seamlessly.

 

 

 

Also I was firmly against the consider of a caput tabular array every bit I didn't similar the consider of everyone watching us eat. My woman raise together with I came to a compromise amongst a H tabular array formation. And every bit speeches carried on hence did the nutrient from Western Promises catering, cous cous together with what may endure the most delicious salmon I convey always had.

After laughter together with tears during dinner nosotros moved to the barn to cutting a rug! Our firstly trip the low-cal fantastic was to Tom Petty's "Yer So Bad" together with afterwards that the band, The Hairfarmers, took it away!

The Honeymoon
First matter sun forenoon Raheel together with I took off to Paris for a calendar week together with left the household unit of measurement amongst the build clean up!
 

Photographer : Pure Light Studio
Flowers : Rembrandt Floral, Whistler BC
Brides Dress : Manuel Mandoza, Vancouver BC
Bridesmaids Dresses : JCrew
Suits: Groom : Paul Smith, Holt Renfrew
Groomsmen :  JCrew
Location : North Arm Farm, Pemberton BC
Caterer : Western Promises, Pemberton BC
DJ/Band : Hairfarmers, Whistler BC
Coordinator : Love of Fair Events
Decor : Trove Vintage Rentals

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