WedLuxe Magazine Winter/Spring 2014 Vancouver & Western Canada | Page 50

One long and dramatic dining table was
designed by Evan Orion of FLOWERZ
with low bouquets of white peonies and
hydrangeas along with Mercury glass candles
spanning the length of the table. Hanging
chandeliers were decorated with hydrangeas.
The guests dressed in white (which included
the female guests, plus the couple’s fathers’)
sat along one side of the table while all the
guests in black (the male guests, the couple’s
mothers’ and Laurie) sat on the other side of
the table.
Each guest’s place setting (or one per
couple) included a white frame containing
a corresponding version of their individual
wall design, along with their photo that was
taken earlier in the day. The custom art pieces
were finished during the cocktail hour by
KIMPRINTS and were put in white boxes for
guests to take home at the end of the night.
The favors were sealed with a sticker featuring
the couple’s monogram and lion emblem with
‘a great day for the pride’ printed below.
Another graphic showstopper was the
collection of Louis Ghost chairs that featured
the lion emblem applied to the back of
each chair. (The designs were printed on
removable vinyl so they could be easily
applied and removed). Evan Orion also
created custom antique mirror top tables.
Event planner Erin Bishop also took art that
the couple owned and hung the pieces at
one end of the room, so the space felt like an
extension of their home. There were vignettes
with small lamps and family photos in black
and white frames which added to a “living
room feel,” says Christene. “We also asked all
of our nieces and Philip’s daughters to do an
art piece that we placed on the walls during
the wedding.”
cakes

“FOR A CROWD IS NOT
COMPANY; and faces are but a gallery of pictures;
and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.” - FRANCIS BACON

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Winter and Spring 2014

WESTERN CANADA EDITION

For dessert, guests were served a selection
of custom cakes by Saskia Nollen and Heather
White of ORIGINAL CUPCAKES BY HEATHER
AND LORI. (Heather also happens to be
the wife of the groom’s best man, Trevor!)
“Serving the cakes was a highlight of the
evening,” recalls Christene. “The women
were all served a random assortment of cakes,
a cake server and an extra plate. When we cut
our cake, we had the women cut themselves
off a piece and share the rest with the guest
sitting across from them. This was quite the
moment as many people ended up sharing
with everyone around them to sample
them all.”
Christene and Philip enjoyed a small
chocolate cake (a nod to Philip—the Belgian!)
topped with a smaller coconut cake (for
Christene).