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High Style Shoot 2010 Preview

Rebecca Whitney — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:06:13 +0000

A couple weeks ago I was so honored to be involved in the second annual High Style shoot, which was arranged by the fabulous Events by Emma and featured over 30 of Winnipeg’s amazing vendors. The event was held at the beautiful Fort Garry Hotel, and featured five different themed sets. The other photographers involved, who are all so well-known and amazing, were Curtis Moore, Jeremy Hiebert and Trevor Brucki.

The talents of all the vendors involved was amazing to see. Each set looked so incredible, from flowers to linens to menus to serving wear and so many wonderful little details were included! And all the models looked so wonderful thanks to amazing dresses (and tuxes) provided by local vendors, gorgeous jewelry, and hair, makeup and pedicures. It was such a fun experience and I want to say a special thank you to Emma and Sacha from Events by Emma, who were the organizers of this whole huge and wonderful event!!

My theme was called Garden Romance, and incorporated the colors yellow, green, gray and white. I was so so happy to have my wonderful 2009 bride, Aimee, be my model, she’s so gorgeous and looked amazing!! I also loved having her there for her friendship, she’s such a wonderful person and I completely adore her! I also loved being able to photograph some of the Indian Summer theme!! All of the photographers involved were sharing that theme, and while most of the time I was still photographing for my own theme, at the end I looooved being able to photograph the model with all her gorgeous jewelry, amazing henna, and so colorful outfit!

Mark Hiebert of Epic Videography spent the day getting amazing footage, and he’s put together the following preview video, it’s INCREDIBLE!! I loved seeing what he could do with a 7D (I have one of those, but have never really experimented with video before (and even when I do, I know I won’t be able to capture it as he does)!)! I loved meeting Mark and not only is he amazingly talented, but he’s such a nice guy, so easy to talk to, so friendly, everything. Brides, you should so contact this guy, I so highly recommend him! As much as I love still photographs, I also absolutely love the way well-done videography can add another element to the memories of a day. Here is Mark’s amazing video:

Highstyle 2010 from Mark Hiebert on Vimeo.

And here’s a peek at more of what’s to come in the next couple days, when I’ll post some more photos from both the Garden Romance and Indian Summer theme! ::

The following vendors were directly involved with the Garden Romance theme, and all are so incredible! ::

Planning :: Events by Emma
Dress :: Stella’s Bridal Galleria
Hair :: Vamp Industries
Make-up & Mani/Pedi :: Fingers & Toes Day Spa
Flowers :: Flowers R Us, Inc.
Linens :: Planned Perfectly Linens
Stationary :: Urban Ink
Cake :: Cakes by Shelley
Venue :: Fort Garry Hotel

And here is the full list of all the amazing vendors involved in the day, definitely check all of them out!!!

Events by Emma, Moore Photography, Trevor Brucki Photography, Jeremy Hiebert Photography, Rebecca Whitney Photography, The Fort Garry Hotel, Spa & Conference Centre, Planned-Perfectly Specialty Linens and Drapings, Floral Elements, Flowers R Us Inc., Atelier Couture, Stella’s Bridal Galleria, Bombay Fashion, Aldo Formal Wear, Cakes by Shelley, Chocolate Zen Bakery, Karta House Stationary, Urban Ink, Krystal Dreams, Fingers and Toes Day Spa, Hasina Mehndi & Body Art, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Urban Glow, Vamp Industries, Weddings in Winnipeg, Indo-Canadian Telegram, Hollywood Limousine, Epsilon Creations, Bel-Ayre Rentals and Epic Videography.

Events by Emma :: The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, Spirit of Winnipeg Awards

Rebecca Whitney — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:18:17 +0000

Last month, the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce held its first ever Spirit of Winnipeg Awards, which celebrates and recognizes innovation and entrepreneurship among local organizations and businesses. The event was held at the Fairmont Winnipeg, and was beautifully planned and decorated by Events by Emma, with table linens provided by Planned Perfectly and flowers provided by Floral Elements. I stopped in right before the event began, and I loved how gorgeous the ballroom was, filled with white linens and chair covers, candles everywhere, and beautiful blue light. And I so loved the little details that Emma added everywhere, from the little mini orchids at each place setting, to the candles and orchids appearing throughout the decor. The table numbers cards all had different intersections around Winnipeg written on them, and I loved the bit of bling on both the table number cards and also the event booklets. Events by Emma is one of the premier and fabulous event planners in the city, if you need help planning either an event or wedding, definitely check her out!!

And here are a few photos of the beautiful decor!!

Planned Perfectly Open House :: Winnipeg Wedding Vendors

Rebecca Whitney — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:25:18 +0000

Last week I went to an open house that Planned Perfectly was hosting, and some of Winnipeg’s top wedding vendors were there showing their gorgeous table decor, flower arrangements, and beautiful cakes!! I so love gorgeous details and colors, it was like being a kid in a candy store! I even got to peek in the back of Planned Perfectly’s warehouse and there were SO MANY colors and materials for table decor, I think my eyes were so big looking at them all and it would be such a hard decision to pick just one! But that’s where Kylee of Planned Perfectly, Emma of Events by Emma, and/or Andrea of Soiree Event Planning would be a huge and invaluable help – to narrow down the options and design absolutely perfect decor for your wedding!!! Gloria & Deb from Floral Elements provided the beautiful flower arrangements (that would be another hard choice for me, I love so many flowers!!), and Belinda from High Tea Bakery provided the gorgeous cakes – and there were also tastings provided of many cake flavors, so yummy!! Also, Breezy Bend Country Club provided some equally beautiful and fabulous appetizers for all the brides and grooms to try! It’s so amazing to be surrounded by great people who love their jobs, and those qualities really shine through in all of these wonderful vendors!!

I want to say a special thank you to Emma. I was a little nervous before walking in because I hadn’t met all the vendors before and was scared I would be out of place, etc. – you know that feeling where you’re just nervous when you go somewhere new for the first time by yourself, that was how I felt. But as soon as I walked in the door, Emma greeted me and chatted with me, walked me around to show me the place and decor, and introduced me to all the vendors. It was so amazing and she made me feel so wonderful and included, and it meant so so much to me!!! Thank you, Emma – you didn’t know I was nervous I know, but I want to acknowledge how happy and included you made me feel!

I took lots of photos!!! The tables were so so so beautiful, the linens and glass wear and candles and stationary and floral arrangements were all just wonderful, each table was so pretty and unique!! Here are some of the photos, and brides, definitely check out these vendors, they’re all so wonderful, caring, and so talented!

This first table was designed and decorated by Emma of Events by Emma (I love pink!!)!

This next table was designed and decorated by Andrea and Lindsay of Soiree Event Planning (I always love the gorgeous branch centerpieces!!)!

The rest of the tables were jointly designed by Planned Perfectly, Events by Emma, and Soiree Event Planning, here’s a sampling of the beautiful design and details!

I love the feathers!!!!

Belinda of High Tea Bakery provided such gorgeous cakes!!! The cake in the middle of the photo below is a replica of a cake she made for one of my brides, Aimee – I was in love with the beauty of the cake at Aimee’s wedding and I’m in still in love with it!!

Thank you so much to Kylee and Chris of Planned Perfectly, to Emma, to Andrea & Lindsay, to Belinda (High Tea Bakery), to Gloria and Deb (Floral Elements), and to anyone else who I left out (let me know and I’ll link to you!)! Brides, definitely check out these wonderful vendors for help in making your weddings even more beautiful!!