Vote today for your favorite Wedding Industry Expert. Congratulations to the following CBA nominees Trena Laine MakeUp Artist, Pez Productions, Hanafoto, f8 photography, Magical Moments, Urban Vogue Weddings and Events and Plush Invitations. http://www.weddingindustryexperts.com.
The Wedding Industry Experts, 2013 Awards recognize popular wedding professionals at a local, state, national and international level. Congratulations Calgary!!
Have you heard of A Spoonful of Vintage? CBA members Sarah Mayerson Design and Tara Whittaker Photography are part of this innovative Vintage Collective that are hosting Calgary’s first ever Vintage Wedding Showcase, in cooperation with Calgary Bride. The event will feature decor inspired by classic films (The Wizard of Oz & Breakfast at Tiffany’s to name a few), a front row fashion show, a fab photo booth, sweet treats, swing dance demos, amazing giveaways and a gift bag full of treasures for each bride. Vintage fashion and style have become a huge influence in the wedding industry and the popularity of shows like The Great Gatsby and Downton Abbey have inspired brides to add a ‘spoonful of vintage’ to their modern weddings. Be sure to pass this along to your clients. Whether your Brides like a ‘hint of nostalgia’ or a big dose of vintage, there will be something at Vintage Wedding Showcase for everyone.
Sunday April 21st, 2013
Mount Pleasant Community Hall
602 – 22 Avenue NW, Calgary
Noon til 4pm
Tickets available at this link http://thevintageweddingshowcase.eventbrite.ca/#
For more information contact aspoonfulofvintage@gmail.com
587-351-7363 or 403-247-3746
Reception Rebellion – How to Avoid Reception Breakdown
Welcome to our first CBA fun and interactive event held at the SAIT’S new downtown Culinary Campus! This fun event will have you interacting with all industry professionals as you learn how to create a flawless event for the Bride and Groom. We will take you through fun and interactive stations, where you will learn tips from industry experts while enjoying fine food and wine.
WHO: CBA members only
WHEN: April 3, 2013 6-9pm
WHERE: SAIT Culinary Campus 2nd Level Scotia Centre (outside of BAY PARKADE plus 15 level)
AGENDA: 6-7 food presentation | 630-8 station rotation | 8-9 networking
Stations:
1. Communication Station
· All categories learn the importance of communication at an event.
· What are the rules of the kitchen and how to get what you need from the culinary team without overstepping the boundary of the operations?
· What is a BEO?
· How to deal with last minute changes, allergies, deadlines.
· Menu planning and the importance of stationery
2. Creation Stations – Cake 101 and Photography 202
· Have fun creating your own parfait and learn the best way to capture it on film!
· How to get your food images published?
· Getting the best reception images
· Cake Disaster 101
· Flower Power – what we all need to know about edible versus poisonous flora
3. The Sounding Board
· Handling acoustics with small spaces
· Learn about the latest trends in food presentation
· Working alongside a hired planner – what are the boundaries
Please RSVP to Lynn Fletcher Info@lynnfletcherweddings.com by March 27, 2013
The CBA hosted an informative evening for the wedding industry on Monday evening at Special Event Rentals where industry professionals listened to their peers speak on many different topics. The event was called “No Limits; No Rules …..Wedding Industry Leaders Panel Discussion” and was attended by more than 100 enthusiastic professionals.
Thanks to the panel for their participation, Special Event Rentals for hosting the event and to Rafal Andronowski from One-Edition Photography for sharing these images!
Lisa from We Connect Weddings sharing with a new industry member
The panel consisted of Darren from Special Event Rentals, Edward Ross Photography, Brian Brownlee from Hotel Arts, Lynn Fletcher Weddings, Daria Groch-Arnold from Cameo and Cufflinks, Fayyaz Khimani from Pez Productions, Sarah Mayerson Designs, Trish Boyko and Matt Ling from f8 photography.
Sarah Mayerson and Trish Boyko
Fayyaz Khimani from Pez Productions
Lesley Plumley from Magical Moments Event Planning and Alissa from Plush Invitations
Paul McGrath from PMG Image and Bud Moore Photography sharing their insight with Chris from Deveuno Photography.
60′s Special – 60 min for $60!
Offer expires February 24th days end :)
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Paparazzi-Photography/100014303105
Lynn Fletcher
Lynn Fletcher and her team play an active role in the event industry by attending international training conferences and wedding shows worldwide to ensure that they stay on top of the latest trends and best ideas in the industry. Her company, Lynn Fletcher Weddings Inc is a multiple International Award Winning wedding planning & design and firm that produces over 60 high end weddings per year. Many of the LFW weddings have been featured in National and Local magazines and Lynn regularly contributes editorial content for magazines, newspapers, and blogs all around the world. Lynn Fletcher Weddings has memberships with ISES Calgary, the Calgary Bridal Association, and the Association of Bridal Consultants. Lynn takes on a leadership role in her community, focusing on raising the bar for her colleagues and bringing valuable education to Calgary from all over the world. Lynn is the Immediate Past President of the award winning Calgary Chapter of the International Special Events Society (ISES), an ISES Esprit Award judge, a guest speaker at Bow Valley College’s Event Management program, on the Event Management Program curriculum development team at both Mount Royal University and SAIT’s School of Hospitality & Tourism, and is a long time Instructor in MRU’s Event Management Diploma program delivering Event Logistics and The Business of Wedding Planning since 2004.
f8 photography – Trish Boyko and Matt Ling
‘Photography? Point, click? How hard is it?’ Who would have thought that this sentence by matt to trish on the day they met would lead to 14 years as an industry leading husband & wife wedding photography team!
Throughout the years we have attended many seminars, workshops & courses & now teach our own. Known for beautiful & colourful images that capture the fun & connection between couples our photography is ‘fine art for modern love’.
Being a husband & wife team can be challenging & wonderful – sometimes all in the same 10 minute span. We’re open books & love sharing info. and experiences that have led us to where we are today – happy, loving our lives & careers…until Matt forgets to take out the garbage again.
Our intimate, eco-friendly boutique studio is located in Ramsay where we also live with our 2 beautiful daughters.
Edward Ross
Sophisticated Storytelling. Edward Ross has photographed over 1000 weddings in his 20 year career. Based in Calgary – he has traveled to Hong Kong, Hawaii, all over the US and Caribbean shooting weddings and fine art.
In his words:
There is no greater feeling than capturing the love, laughter, tears and embraces of a wedding day. To be able to preserve these moments forever is a labor of love. I take this responsibility very seriously, always embracing the challenges and the opportunities to evolve this art. Unobtrusive, creative, ubiquitous and expressive are what wedding images should be. Created with an inspired vision to capture the emotions of your day.
Calgary Bridal Association Membership Community
“No Limits; No Rules …..Wedding Industry Leaders Panel Discussion: ” How to break your own rules and stay on top!!
We are hosting a Panel of Experts seminar to help you with your business.
What does it take to get to the top and stay there? Have you ever wondered how people become and stay successful? How do you
manage when you are too busy to think about being the best for your business? Tap into the tricks of the trade that our leaders use to
manage clients, staff, workloads, and conflicts. They have all been there. It is an open book that you will want to read!!!
Be there for an indepth discussion and Q&A session on burning topics from some of CBA Leaders on how to get ahead, how to make
your mark in the industry, how to manage success, and how to stay there. They will be there for YOU to answer YOUR questions on
being a forceful partner in the Wedding Industry.
Our Calgary Bridal Association experts include:
Lynn Fletcher from Lynn Fletcher Weddings, Edward Ross from Edward Ross Photography, Matt and Trish from f8 photography. Daria Groch-Arnold from Cameo and Cufflinks, Sarah Mayerson from Sarah Mayerson Designs, Fayyaz Khimana from Pez Productions and Darren Kershaw from Special Event Rentals.
Please contact lisa@calgarybride.ca for more information on this event or for more information on the Calgary Bridal Association.
Deano from Freeze Frame Photo Booth has just joined the Calgary Bridal Association. It’s the fun of a traditional Photo Booth in a new sleek and modern design with both internal and external monitors so that people in line are being entertained while waiting their turn, that’s sure to be a hit with each and every guest!
Capturing Memorable Moments – One Pose At A Time
Please be sure to click through and check out his listing!
Winsport Canada was originally called the Calgary Olympic Development Association (CODA). This organization was founded in 1956 to bid on behalf of Calgary to host an Olympic Winter Games – a bid that became successful in 1981 to host the 1988 Games. The name was changed to WinSport in 2009.
WinSport is a not-for-profit organization that doesn’t rely on government funding for its day-to-day operations. Money spent at our facilities supports Canadian high-performance winter athletes through world-class training venues and helps provide opportunities for Calgarians to become involved in sport, become physically active and remain active for life
Join Great Events for a VIP Bridal Open House on October 18th!
Get advice from wedding experts and see the latest trends in decor, catering, floral design, hair and makeup, photography and stationery.
Enjoy Free Tasting and Cocktails
Date: Thursday, October 18
Time: 430-800 pm
Location: GreatEvents Showroom
7207 Fairmount Drive SE
RSVP: Jessica Broz | jessica.broz@greateventsgroup.com
Lisa Vettese met with Mary Swaffield from Lavish Wedding Design last spring to find out more about planning the ideal Calgary wedding and learned some important facts on decor, planning and trends.
Enjoy the video!
Your Calgary Bridal Association presents a Full Day Seminar Featuring
Alan Berg
Monday, September 24th
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
University of Calgary, Downtown Campus
906 – 8th Avenue South West
With more than 20 years in wedding related sales and marketing, Alan Berg is uniquely qualified to help local wedding businesses achieve their goals. Alan spent 11 years at The Knot, a leading lifestage media company, most of them as Vice President, overseeing the sales, education and training of the local sales team and local wedding pros around the country. He currently serves as a Contributing Education Expert to WeddingWire, the leading wedding technology company.
Alan is the author of the books “If your website was an employee, would you fire it?”, the mini-book “Don’t Paint The House” and the brand new book “Your Attitude for Success”. For more about Alan Click here.
Cost:
CBA Members – 1 complimentary ticket, $35.00 for additional tickets
Non CBA Members – $75.00 per person
For more information contact lisa@calgarybride.ca
WinSport Canada would like you to check out the new facility at the Winsport Canada Open House at Canada Olympic Park! These is over 8000 square feet of new facility space and Canada Olympic Park invites you on October 2, 2012 from 3-5 pm.
WinSport’s, Canada Olympic Park, is home to world-class sport facilities that help athletes from playground to podium, from the first-turns ski area, to the newly built athletic and ice complex. Athletes of all levels, including dozens of Olympians, can be seen using the facilities on any given day.
Canada Olympic Park offers the finest in wedding facilities. Our unique venues include the ATCO Centre at the base of the hill to our newest meeting space in the Athletic and Ice Complex. Our Festival Tent provides an excellent venue for large groups. From the ceremony to dinner, Canada Olympic Park will provide the ultimate in service to ensure your big day is a memorable one.
Did you know that booking your wedding celebration with Canada Olympic Park will provide you with access to discounts with Park partners?
For inquiries on how to book your wedding package at the Park, please contact the Sales team at (403) 247-5607 or by email at salesinfo@winsportcanada.ca
See you at the WinSport Canada Open House on October 2nd!
A couple of months back we featured a fun “Braveheart E-session” by Calgary Wedding Photographer Paparrazi Photography. Now we are pleased to feature Amy and Mike’s wedding that took place on August 25th!
About Paparrazi Photography:
Taking pictures is Karen’s passion and she has been shooting since she received her first camera at 14! Whether it is family portraits, favorite pets, or a bride and groom in happy bliss, she captures the true personalities of her clients and her passion shines through in the unique Photo Art created.
About Amy and Mike:
They met at a couples birthday party where Mike was good friends with the guy (one of his groomsmen) and Amy was close friends with his fiancée Shannon, who ended up being her bridesmaid. The night they met there was a lot of flirting! After a lot of birthday celebrations and later in the evening, the men headed out to play some late night hockey. Once the party started to clear, Amy was getting ready to leave and as she was at the door putting her shoes on and saying good bye to everyone, the door opened up and all of the boys from hockey came back. Amy was so excited that Mike returned, she took off her shoes and stayed and flirted some more! The flirting worked as although Mike didn’t ask for her number right away, Amy received a message on the Monday at work from her girlfriend saying he wanted it! They had an intense week of texting and a week later had their first date. Amy and Mike have been inseparable ever since.
Love this engagement collage by Geoff Wilkings from Geoff Wilkings Photography!
Calgary Wedding Photographer, Karen from Paparazzi Photography, was so excited to share this e-session of her clients, Amy and Mike. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did at Calgary Bride. Have a wonderful weekend!
“After Mike and Amy hired me to shoot their wedding this year.. I was racking my brain trying to think of something unique for their e-session. Amy is Scottish… so I researched on some really cool ideas. Thinking of all the interesting possibilities of what we could do… It hit me like brick wall. Braveheart! of course! William Wallace was Scottish.. But would they be up for my unique over the top session? Yes Yes Yes! I was so ecstatic that they were game.. Sweet! I also found out later that Amy’s Mother loves the movie Braveheart… coincidence? :)
Took a while to get everything together, from having the costumes created to all the little odds and ends and booking the location…. I was calling everyone asking if they had props. Even having a true executioners Claymore Sword was a bonus! I am sure I drove my significant other bizerk with my random obsessive chatting about the upcoming Braveheart shoot. hehehe. I had a super time shooting this theme for an e-session … Both Amy and Mike rocked the shoot like pros making my imagination and creative abilities come true on digital imprints. I hope you all enjoy my photo version of the story as much as the we had fun shooting the session. ”
CBA PRESENTS ALAN BERG ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 24th, 2012:
“With more than 20 years in wedding related sales and marketing, Alan Berg is uniquely qualified to help local wedding businesses achieve their goals. Alan spent 11 years at The Knot, a leading lifestage media company, most of them as Vice President, overseeing the sales, education and training of the local sales team and local wedding pros around the country. He currently serves as a Contributing Education Expert to WeddingWire, the leading wedding technology company.
Alan is the author of the books “If your website was an employee, would you fire it?” , the mini-book “Don’t Paint The House” and the brand new book “Your Attitude for Success”, all available on his website www.AlanBerg.com.
He is a marketing and business consultant with clients ranging from local wedding and event professionals to major corporations. Alan is an in-demand professional speaker, domestically and internationally, and a member of the National Speakers Association, the premiere organization for professional speakers. He speaks to thousands of local business professionals every year through webinars, live presentations and online videos at www.AlanBerg.tv
For information on Alan’s speaking and consulting and to buy his books and DVD’s visit www.AlanBerg.com or contact Alan directly.”
For more information on the seminar, please contact Lisa@calgarybride.ca
June 2012 – Welcome to the following new Calgary Bridal Association Members:
Brian Merry – Brian Merry Photography
Pamela Park-Walker – I Do Weddings Away – Tier One Travel
Mark Calvelo – Molly Maid Calgary
Adriana Garcia & Lorena Hrazdira – Novia Mia Bridal & Evening Wear
Rafal & Meg Andronowska – One Edition-Weddings by Rafal Andronowski
Karen Valckx – Paparazzi Photography
Suzan McEvoy – Photos With Finesse
Amira Harris – Posh Productions Event Planning & Design Inc.
Rork Hilford – Marriage Commissioner
Patty Gibson – Urban Mortgage and Urban Property Real Estate
The CBA is proud to present to our Wedding industry professionals Andy Ebon who will be presenting “Wedding Website Rehab and Social Media Tune Up.”
Please contact lisa@calgarybride.ca for more information.
Tracy Sweet, Harpist is the newest member to the CBA and she would like you to know that she is available to perform this summer. Please check out her website for more information. Welcome Tracy!
Alexandra from Always Alexandra Weddings presents her new logo which is more modern, elegant and has a fresh look. She reports a busy March being involved in Wedding Week at COP and holding seminars for brides to be. Check out her website for more information.
Lynn Fletcher Weddings has been busy! They have moved into a bright and sunny new location with lots of space to grow and Lynn was in the Calgary Herald late January in the business pages due to the move. Hopefully by next week, there will be an award nomination to brag about for the Canadian Special Events and Meetings Expo (CSEME) STAR Awards.
Mary from Lavish Wedding Planning and Design was recently honoured with an invitation to be a featured speaker at the upcoming CSE Expo 2012 Conference, held in Toronto each year. This is the National Conference for event professionals in Canada. Mary will be presenting a session on how to deal with “Bridezilla’s”. Additional speakers include Marcy Blum, David Beahm, and Jane Dayus-Hinch (from Wedding SOS).
About 8 years ago, Jenn was working at a local fitness club in Regina where Ian was a club member. A good friend and co-worker of Jenn’s listened to Jenn talk about Ian for a few weeks before mentioning she was actually a family friend of his. Shortly after, her co-worker had set Ian and Jenn up on a date and last year they tied the knot. It definitely was not as simple courtship as Ian and Jenn spent almost 3 years in a long distance relationship while she was living in Toronto going to school and he was in Calgary beginning his career. With many flights back and forth and months of not seeing one another, they pulled through and in March of 2007 when school was complete Jenn moved to Calgary to be with Ian. She moved right in with Ian and it was “one of the best decisions we ever made as living together has been a ton of fun, exciting and most importantly an easy transition.” They became engaged in February of 2010 when they went to Chicago on their annual Reading Week break from school where he proposed at The Everest restaurant at the top of the Stock Exchange Tower. It was a complete surprise and Jenn says, ” I am sure I screeched louder than ever before as it was by far one of the best surprises!!”
“Planning our wedding was a blast! I got a jump start about a month after we got engaged and with the help of family and friends, the day could not have been any better. We had 75 guests, which was the perfect amount. The family and friends that you truly cherish and couldn’t imagine spending these life moments without. Approximately 50 of the 75 guests stayed at the Kensington Riverside Inn (we took over the whole place and the Inn was shut down for the public use the whole weekend). The service and staff at the Inn was outstanding, the food out of this world and there was never a moment of worry or stress. We both have never felt so loved by all of our family and friends as they joined us from all over Canada for this special day. I wish I could do it all over again, the excitement and overwhelming happiness we shared together that day was truly amazing. I remember walking down the aisle (stairs) at the Inn and the entire room went silent in awe and the next thing I saw was Ian standing at the end of the aisle with tears rolling down his cheek. That moment will stay with me forever.”
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