Magical Summer Wedding In Toronto ~ Featuring I Do! Wedding Cakes
Today we’re featuring Clementine & Jonathan’s beautiful Toronto wedding from this past July!
all photographs courtesy of Boyfriend/Girlfriend Photography
We’ll let Clementine tell their story …
We were married on July 26th 2009, in the heart of Toronto. Although we had really turbulent weather the whole day, our day was still PERFECT! The sun came out every time I would have to step outside, it was truly magical!
My husband and I are from different cultures and so we decided that the wedding should incorporate and blend the eastern and western traditions. We are both modern and traditional at the same time. So we had our ceremony at a gorgeous church housed with an ever impressive pipe organ. I wore a Jim Hjelm ivory silk satin trumpet gown with alencon lace detail. For the reception, we opted for a hipper downtown hotel reception where we had our Chinese tea ceremony, followed by a western cocktail, a Chinese dinner banquet and a dessert buffet to die for. In the evening, I changed into a gorgeous lace Chinese wedding cheongsam and Jon changed up his white orchid boutonniere to a red rose to match me!
I’m all about simple elegance so I chose ivory and silver as the base colour but injected bright fuchsia and green colors as accents, since it’s a summer wedding after all! I chose to use hydrangeas and orchids as my main flowers.
I’m an architect, so naturally I LOVE DIY projects. I made pretty much all my wedding stationary. Ceremony programs, menus, table numbers, escort cards, the escort card board, and even wish cards to go with the photo guest book. The polaroids for the photo guest book was especially successful!
Our congratulations to Clementine and Jonathon!
Our thanks to Jess and Vanessa at Boyfriend/Girlfriend photography for these stunning photos.
And ~ a special thumbs up to Little Black Book member ~ I Do! Wedding Cakes …
Very beautiful. Love the delicateness with the pop of strong color.
[...] ceases to amaze me when I look at churches. There are some really beautiful ones out there. Like this one. What a perfect place to get married. It’s light colors are [...]
Beautiful bride, beautiful dresses, beautiful church, beautiful flowers - it's all gorgeous but I nearly fell off my chair (which would be embarrassing at work) when I saw the stationery!
Would love to know more about how you made it, Clementine!
I love this wedding! Where did the silver chair rhinestone piece come from?
Thanks everyone...!
Jx: For the stationary, I just went out and bought a big pack of blank card stock at Staples for $8 and designed away! I used photoshop and illustrator to do the rest. :) It was very budget friendly.
Megan: I rented the rhinestone buckle at my linen vendor. They really added to the over decor, i highly recommend it! ;)
Where can I find those shoes?! They are super cute and what I'm looking for. I think it says Guess on them, but I can't find them anywhere.
Clementine - who did you use for your linens? I'm from Toronto and get married next Spring and LOOOOOVE the buckle!
Fantatic pictures! Toronto really is a beautiful city to get married in!
where are the candles by the cakes from? are the silver and sparkly?
The candles are indeed silver and sparkly! I got them from the dollar store....hehe... 2 for $1!!
This wedding is gorgeous. Where are those fantastic earrings from?? I am also looking for some pearl beauties similar to them.
Clementine, gorgeous wedding! Where did you get your bridesmaids' dresses? They're beautiful!
Amanda...unfortunately i don't know where the earrings are from....my sister gave them to me as a gift!
Angela: We bought the bridesmaid dresses off the rack at Want Boutique in Toronto. They don't really specialize in bridesmaid dresses, these were just party dresses! :)
All in one. you have done an excellent job by adding all these things in one page. These are very different and seems very natural.
Beautiful wedding and Jess and Vanessa's photography showcases everything so perfectly! Well done!
More pictures at http://www.boyfriendgirlfriendpictures.com/blog
I love your dress. What Jim Hjelm dress is it? I been searching for a dress like yours.
I would really appreciate it. :)
Love the wedding!
Hi Jackie, Thanks!
The dress is JH8862. http://www.jlmcouture.com/Jim-Hjelm/Bridal/Additional/Style-8862
If i can say so myself...it is indeed a gorgeous dress. The pictures don't even do it justice!
Good luck with your dress hunt! ;)