For me and my husband - Shaun, Sundays are all about pancakes. It's been that way ever since our wedding back in August 2016, when Shaun vowed - yes, literally vowed - 'to make us pancakes every Sunday'. Up until that point, pancakes were our way of relaxing on Sunday mornings after the bustle of
Being featured in a magazine is such an honour! But this isn't just any feature...This feature credits the planner - Courtney Elizabeth Events - and the hard work of over 20 vendors - as well as the bride and groom themselves!! - in creating this award winning wedding! Jamie and Jon's wedding was the recepient of this year's 'Wedding of the
elcome to the second instalment of 'Wisdom Wednesdays': my time to spread a little knowledge to brides through my own personal experiences as a wedding photographer + bride. If you haven't heard, I'm getting married this August, which means that at this very moment I'm wrapped up in all the excitement, challenges and emotions that come with
I always pictured wedding dress shopping to be like what we see on TV...You know, a friendly consultant who asks about your relationship, an entourage of women with a scoring system to rank your look, and that moment where you pop in a veil and say 'yes to the dress!'. As I soon found out,
oday is your due date and we've been expecting you! For months we've been counting down to the this day with anticipation of your arrival. 9-months to be exact. You surprised us by coming in to the world early on September 19th - your grandparents' wedding anniversary, you clever boy - and I loved you from
he past 48 hours have been a whirlwind experience that I now describe as a blur. When I woke up this morning, I had to check myself to see if it was real and to my relief, the evidence of the previous day's event was still firmly where I left it. If I don't write it all down
his weekend was the annual 'Tim Horton's Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival' at Mooney's Bay. If you live in Ottawa, you've likely been to this event, known someone who has participated in this tournament, or at the very least you've heard of it's grandeur. Celebrated as the largest dragon boat festival in North America, this tournament attracts over 75,000
t's forecast to be windchill of -34°C tonight in the Ottawa area, with those temperatures likely sticking around for most of the weekend. If you're planning on curling up under a cozy blanket and staying indoors like I am, check out this gem of a YouTube video...There are few things in life that make me happier than delivering wedding
like to arrive early at my client meetings. It’s important for me to find a space where we can talk freely and not have to yell over other patrons in the room. A few weeks ago, I had arranged to meet with some prospective clients at a local coffee shop and I arrived early to find
didn’t go in search for ‘The Happiness Project’ and it certainly doesn't fall into a genre that would typically grace my bookshelf. Even so, one day, after scouring the dusty racks at a church bazar, this self-improvement book managed to find its way into my shopping bag. Let me just add here, that shopping for secondhand