For our wedding we hired Sylvain Pitre from W.E.D.S (Weddings & Events Designed by Sylvain) to do the design. The general theme is 'enchanted forest', which we're achieving by loading the place up with candles and... surprises? We're not letting the secrets out entirely!
A few cool points that I'd like to point out:
1) Place settings: I don't want to ruin the surprise here, because we both think these are super cool, but the place settings are a really cool by-product of a local process. You'll have to see them, but when Sylvain pulled them out and asked, "what do you think about these?" our jaws hit the floor.
2) Centrepieces: The centrepieces will be made up of glass cylinders with floating or tall candles in them. We've scoured the beach at Grand Lake and rounded up loads of beach glass that will be spread across the candles along with some locally collected beach stones. The design looks quite nice.
3) Tables: We've opted against the traditional round tables set up and are going with long tables. Think Harry Potter (clearly, we'll be sitting at Gryfindor and Slytherin isn't invited). In order to get everyone to their proper seats, we will have a seating chart set up in the reception, on which you can find your name and section where you're sitting. We'll arrange seating, but it's not steadfast: if you want to sit next to someone, you can juggle around. Just make sure that you keep your place marker - that's what will tell the servers your food order!
4) Flowers: For flowers we were caught in a dilemma: there's no option around here for local and organic plants. On the one hand, local flowers are non-invasive and potted plants may be planted after the ceremony without risk of spreading and causing issues. On the other hand, non-organic plants would mean fertilizer run off, which has been linked to algae blooms and other water concerns. As well, pesticides have led to health concerns in people, and run off is harmful to wetlands and other ecosystems. In the end we opted for the local option, figuring that the benefits of the organic flowers were more than offset by the flight up from South America that would be required.
1) Place settings: I don't want to ruin the surprise here, because we both think these are super cool, but the place settings are a really cool by-product of a local process. You'll have to see them, but when Sylvain pulled them out and asked, "what do you think about these?" our jaws hit the floor.
2) Centrepieces: The centrepieces will be made up of glass cylinders with floating or tall candles in them. We've scoured the beach at Grand Lake and rounded up loads of beach glass that will be spread across the candles along with some locally collected beach stones. The design looks quite nice.
3) Tables: We've opted against the traditional round tables set up and are going with long tables. Think Harry Potter (clearly, we'll be sitting at Gryfindor and Slytherin isn't invited). In order to get everyone to their proper seats, we will have a seating chart set up in the reception, on which you can find your name and section where you're sitting. We'll arrange seating, but it's not steadfast: if you want to sit next to someone, you can juggle around. Just make sure that you keep your place marker - that's what will tell the servers your food order!
4) Flowers: For flowers we were caught in a dilemma: there's no option around here for local and organic plants. On the one hand, local flowers are non-invasive and potted plants may be planted after the ceremony without risk of spreading and causing issues. On the other hand, non-organic plants would mean fertilizer run off, which has been linked to algae blooms and other water concerns. As well, pesticides have led to health concerns in people, and run off is harmful to wetlands and other ecosystems. In the end we opted for the local option, figuring that the benefits of the organic flowers were more than offset by the flight up from South America that would be required.
5) So much more! Just wait and see!
Sylvain has been an awesome help, and his design is going to look wonderful. He's been so successful with his start-up business that already he's found a need to work on it full time. Congratulations, Sylvain!
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