In a few days I will be married for two months! Can you believe it?

A lot of work went into our wedding when it came to the small things. We wanted the event to be spectacular in the grand scheme of things, but also down to the little details. It’s strange to plan something for so long, yet you have no idea of what it will all look like until the big day. By that time, you’ll be so busy you can hardly take it all in. I really did try, to enjoy every single moment, but thank goodness for photos!

Photography: Tara McMullen Photography

Venue: The Westin Prince in Toronto

Stationery: Papertalk Press

Fresh flowers: Kay & Young

Floral arrangement & centerpieces: bride’s mother

Décor: Special Event Draping

Music: True Jazz & DJ Triple J

Wedding cake: Kuppycakes

Bride’s dress / birdcage veil: bride’s mother

Tuxedos: Tuxedo Royale

Hair & make-up: Esthetically Yours

Co-ordinator: Jason Chow

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I’ve spent the entire holiday sick as a dog, and being at home and with my mum has encouraged some serious wedding prep work. One of the things we started working on are the floral details.

My mother was a florist once upon a time, and I remember being about 10 or 11 years old and accompanying her to 6 a.m. flower auctions and visits to the wholesalers out in Mississauga. She’s long since abandoned that line of work, but has become our family’s go-to wedding florist. Even though it’s not exactly her choice role.

In 2008, she did the flowers for my brother’s wedding (see my SIL’s bouquet below), and a few years before that she arranged the flowers for my cousin’s wedding.

I was torn at first – because who actually makes their mother arrange flowers the night before their kid walks down the aisle (besides my brother)? It took a bit of guilt-fighting, but after my mum “convinced” me by helping us save money, we’ve gave her the fun job of official florist. Ahem, in addition to couturier and mother of the bride.

Anyway, J recently got me the current issue of Wedluxe, and I finally found a bouquet that was fit for me.

I don’t like to give away too many details of the wedding before people have seen it, but this bouquet is too gorgeous to ignore. Seriously, it’s to die for and it has my name written all over it. No joke – my mum and I are gonna pluck branches off my neighbor’s insanely huge and usually annoying tree for it! I knew that tree was there for a reason.

Yesterday we stopped by the awesome Kay & Young’s on Avenue Road, and I think I’m well on my way to getting all the flowers of my wedding dreams. Thanks mum!!

At last! A post about the actual wedding event. When I first thought about the wedding, the ceremony and reception, I immediately had an idea of what I wanted – chic, New York glamour. The colour that came to mind immediately was black. I spent the first few weeks convincing J about a black colour scheme, and showed him some really nice pictures of weddings that had black decor, and I sold him on it.

Black is tough, because a lot of people freak when they hear black for a wedding theme (since, apparently, black is only allowed for funerals and all other life events besides weddings).

One of the main reasons I liked black was because I loved the idea of the  bridal party wearing black. It’s sexy and elegant, a bit different from your typical bridesmaid dresses, and they could wear the dresses many times over after the big day. And imagine stepping into this:

photos belong to jessicaclaire.net

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I had mentioned to my mom that I wanted to do blacks/whites, and she gave me the typical “BLACK?? Are you kidding me?” response, but left it at that. The FMIL, however, was  a different story. Last night we got to talking about the wedding, and when black came up – she did NOT like the idea. Even mixed in with greys, whites and yellow – she wasn’t having it. So this morning, I mentioned black to my mom again, and she hated it too. Sigh. I have the entire Chinoise community against me on this one. To make a long story short, black is kaboshed.

So my brain had to scramble for another colour scheme. And I came up with a variation of the black by keeping the greys,whites and yellows – and out came this very gorgeous, refreshing palette:

Greys, whites + yellow.

This palette is now much softer, which creates a totally different feeling from the original chic. It’s now fresh, contemporary, yet charming. The important thing for us is to keep the look gender neutral (sorry pinks), and have it wedding-appropriate without it looking like a typical wedding.

Keep in mind the colours and look will be affected by the venue – and we are visiting a handfull starting this weekend! I’ll update on the colours again when I have a better idea of the space.