As a wedding designer not only do I get the honour and pleasure of making clients wedding dreams come true, but I also get to meet some really great people. Ashley, Jeff and the Thorn family are no exeception. Ashley’s mom & dad (Char & Bob Thorn) really made me feel like part of the family and not just like a hired vendor. I guess that happens naturally when you work with a client for many months planning their dream wedding day.
Ashley and Jeff’s wedding was our first wedding design clients (meaning wedding decor, florals, rentals, lighting etc as well as wedding day coordination services). Not only was decor one of Ash’s priorities but it was very important to the family that everything runs seamlessly on the day of and that they are truly able to enjoy themselves. Well I’m confident that they were able to do just that. It was a great weekend up in Alliston and I’m really going to miss the Thorn family and we wish Ashley & Jeff all the best of luck in the world!!!
Now onto the design details:
After the set up, I looked around the room and smiled! It was Ashley’s vision, everything we had talked about in our previous conversations… from the lighting to the colour scheme, the head table, the centrepieces and the touches of crystals everywhere. And all of this accomplished on the budget guidelines dad had given us.
Ashley had a few things she really wanted for her wedding decor: lighting, blue hydrangea bouquets with rhinestone buckles and brown satin/pintuck for table linen
We didn’t want to complete with the beautiful wedding garden at the Nottawasaga Inn, so we did simple ceremony decor which consisted of an aisle runner, rose petals and a crystal chain to tie it off. Ashley had lovely fan programs and customized water containers which were a hit with her guests on a rainy, overcast and muggy day in Alliston. For here head table we used some brown satin draping with crystal accents such as our NEW crystal candleholders, bouquet vases and clear rocks, our white pintuck hanging crystal backdrop with white swags and crystal bands as well as our silver manzanita trees with crystals and blue pendants. The cake that was made by www.cakesbydesign.ca was a lovely four tier cake, with hydrangeas made from icing in the middle and ribbon consisting of teal and brown around the tiers (which complimented her invitations). For the guests tables Ashley wanted submergered orchid centrepieces, and to be budget friendly we went with white dendrobium orchids and a floating candle in a cylinder vase, brown pintuck table linens and lots of candlelight. The atmosphere was set with blue coloured LED lights for an evening of magic and fun! Congrats Jeff & Ash!!! Here are some of the pics taken by my wonderful husband Steve.
Photo Credit: Steve Thompson
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