Clockwise from top: When a simple thank you is not enough by The Hungry Workshop, Inkwell Boutique, inkwellboutique.ca | Sarah Phelps helps you slather on the honey, sarahphelpscreative.com | Tie it up with ribbon by Papillon Press, Duly Noted Stationery, dulynoted.ca Clockwise from top: Show how much you heart them with a postcard hand drawn […]
Wedding & Reception Planning
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Takes the cake
Misty Katterhagen grew up with a well-stocked kitchen, a local-loving father and a mother whose Christmas dessert trays belonged in a Martha Stewart magazine. With the proper tools and ingredients at her fingertips and culinary know-how in her blood, it’s no wonder she followed her love for experimentation (and desserts) to the Bonnie Gordon College […]
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Desserts: Just desserts
Crystal Ross and Kelly Day have a serious baking obsession. After countless hours in the kitchen making gorgeous cakes and sweets, they decided they needed an outlet for their all-consuming hobby. The friends began blogging under the name Gateaux Rose (gateauxrose.blogspot.com) and started making weekly trips to the Farmers’ Market, where their creations sold like—fittingly […]
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Destination: Cape escape
You might not be able to pick out Middle Head Peninsula on the map, but that’s one of the best things about it. Tucked away in the Cape Breton Highlands, it’s the home of Keltic Lodge Resort & Spa, a scenic getaway a stone’s throw from Ingonish Beach, with a front-row view of Cape Smokey […]
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Just your type
1 Canary yellow adorns Katie Tower’s letterpressed creation 2 & 5 Emily Davidson takes a cue from nature with these handmade invites 3 & 4 Duly Noted draws inspiration from letterpress-style typefaces with these custom invites 6 Don’t forget to say thanks with classy cards or personalized stationery for your wedding party from Inkwell Modern […]
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Lights? Camera. Action!
Many bride and grooms want professional videos capturing every moment at their weddings. The quality of these videos often comes down to lighting. Movie sets have plenty of lights. For excellent video quality, cameras need their sets to be well lit. This cannot always be the case for wedding venues. Brides and grooms may want […]
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Something Old, Something New, and Something “Green”
Greening your wedding does not mean compromising your dream wedding. The inspiration you already have envisioned can be modified to reduce environmental impact without compromising style or elegance. Online resources, including the Green Bride Guide (www.thegreenbrideguide. com) offer glimpses into real weddings, allowing you to see how “green” choices have impacted their celebrations. The Bridal […]
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Friends, Laughter & Wedding Wisdom
This past summer, I enjoyed a fun evening with my three best friends. All of us were each other’s bridesmaids at our weddings. As we consumed lots of scrumptious food and wine, we told many stories and made plenty of jokes, laughing raucously at our wit. Our exuberant talk turned to our past four weddings, […]
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Three Essential Elements for an Amazing Day!
Planning a magical wedding that you and your guests will remember for years to come is a challenge for any bride. With an abundance of information on wedding websites, social media outlets, books and bridal magazines, brides begin to suffer information overload whereby the fun aspect of planning loses its luster. But it shouldn’t! Step […]
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Bubble Over
Make your first toast as a married couple award-worthy, with L’Acadie Vineyards’ sparkling wine. L’Acadie was the first in Nova Scotia— the province’s cooler climate makes it ideal growing grounds—to produce sparkling wine through the traditional method or méthode champenoise: bubbles are created in the bottle rather than injected in afterwards, like carbonated soft drinks. […]
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Choosing your wedding date
Choosing a wedding date can be like putting together a big jigsaw puzzle. There are many details to piece together when narrowing down the best time of year, day of week and time of day to host your wedding. Use the following questions as basic guidelines to help select your ideal wedding day. 1. What […]