| As I celebrate 5 years of being married I look back at | | | | 1) I've Become a Fan of Flowers- I went the cheap |
| my own wedding planning and 5 years later I can tell | | | | route and didn't do my due diligence when it came to |
| you from my point of view as a bride what I'm glad I | | | | choosing my florist. Oh the wonderful florists I know |
| did and what I wish I had done. | | | | now that I wish could have design my wedding |
| My own wedding was my inspiration to begin my | | | | flowers! My wedding flowers died during the pictures |
| wedding planning business which has grown | | | | and when my bridesmaids asked if they could throw |
| significantly over the years and helped many couples | | | | away their bouquets I said, "sure but take them down |
| have their dream day. What I learned from my own | | | | to the river and take the photographer with you." And |
| wedding I have passed on to the couples who's | | | | that's where we got the most amazing picture... |
| weddings I help plan and now I want to pass on this | | | | lemonade out of lemons! |
| wedding wisdom to you. | | | | 2) A Pro Videographer- I have to say I love my |
| What I Would Do Again... | | | | wedding video but my husband laughs and says it was |
| 1) Marry Simon- I have to be a little bit cheesy in this | | | | the IKEA of wedding videos... we had to put it together |
| article because after all it's my 5 year wedding | | | | ourselves. Our friends videotaped the day but I ended |
| anniversary as I write this. But I wouldn't change the | | | | up doing the video editing myself. I love watching it on |
| man if I had to do it all over again. | | | | our anniversary or if I'm super mad at Simon (hey- it |
| 2) Write Our Own Vows- Simon and I spent quite a bit | | | | makes you remember why you love him!) and if I had |
| of time writing our own vows for our wedding. It was | | | | to do it over again I would put some of the budget |
| so worth it. It's the part of our wedding that I cherish | | | | towards a pro videographer. |
| the most. We actually spent a lot of time designing our | | | | 3) I Would Eat- One of the biggest pieces of advice I |
| entire ceremony with our priest. Cool thing, that same | | | | give to my brides is you have to eat during the day. I |
| priest is going to baptize our new son Declan in a | | | | look back at my photos and I remember being |
| couple of weeks. | | | | starving! I wish I'd eaten something as you can really |
| 3) Plan It Together- We planned our wedding together. | | | | see how exhausted I am in my wedding photos which |
| It wasn't me locked up in a room planning by myself. | | | | makes me really upset. I perk up again in the photos at |
| Simon was very involved and therefore our wedding | | | | the reception but by then it was too late. |
| was a reflection of both of our personalities and that | | | | Bridal Advice |
| made it a lot of fun. | | | | The biggest thing I would do again is have my team |
| 4) Prolong the Party- We planned a wedding | | | | help with the day. Although we were in the very early |
| weekend in Banff and all our friends and family made | | | | stages, Firefly was there as the wedding coordinator |
| it a vacation. We went rafting, sightseeing, and | | | | making sure that everything I had planned came to life. |
| generally partied all over Banff. It was an absolute | | | | I didn't have to set up, tear down or deal with the nitty |
| blast. | | | | gritty on my wedding day and I will forever be thankful |
| What I Would Change... | | | | for that. |