JUST MARRIED: Kelsey & Jerrit - Dallas Kolotylo Photography

Is it just us, or is this wedding just stunning!? Dallas and Sabrina of Dallas Kolotylo captured the stunning wedding of Kelsey & Jerrit beautifully, and it doesn't help that the happy couple, their party, guests, venue and everything about it is so stylish and so visibly filled with happiness. It is, quintessentially, a true "vancouver" wedding. And for those brides that fall in love with this venue, The Diamond - the rumours are true: it is amazingly cool and the drinks are out of this world!
Take a peek through this gorgeous wedding, and at the end, be sure to read about all the special moments Kelsey & Jerrit shared together, and with their closest loved ones. We love it, and so will you!

Enjoy!
 - xo A & M.

From the Bride:

Our wedding was an amazing day. Jerrit and I can honestly say that we wouldn’t change anything about it.  From having a close family friend give our wedding talk, to our non-traditional wedding cake consisting of different wheels of cheese stacked on top of each other to resemble a cake, to opting for a prop-filled photo-booth as entertainment instead of dancing. Everything came together to create a day Jerrit and I think back on as quite perfect. 

When it came time to plan our wedding, we thought there would be a million little details to work out.  However, in choosing The Diamond in Gastown as our venue for both the ceremony and the reception, and Dallas and Sabrina Kolotylo as photographers - we soon realized there wasn’t a lot left to stress out over.

The staff at The Diamond really went above and beyond our expectations, from setting up for us, to creating an amazing menu to suit each of the many allergies and dietary issues of our guests, to even taking care of the playlist for the entire evening!

We knew we wanted to have Dallas and Sabrina document our wedding long before we even met with them, and long before we got engaged actually. They are this amazingly talented couple that have the ability to get you so excited and yet feel so relaxed about your big day.  They are as professional as they are a pleasure to be around, and their passion for what they do really shows in their work. What really impressed us was how they were there first thing in the morning when we were getting ready, and didn’t leave until after Jerrit and I had left for the night. They captured everything.   We couldn’t be happier with how our photos turned out, and how accurately they portray the events and emotions of our day.

When you marry your best friend, you want that day to reflect who you are as a couple.  We had just that, and we owe it to our family, our friends, and the professionals we had the pleasure of working with.

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The Creatives:

Photography: Dallas Kolotylo Photography

Venue/Food/Drinks: The Diamond

Bridal Party's Hair: Sahara Sperchneider - Brides Friend

Historically Modern - Fashion in the Streets - Editorial from The Refinery Magazine

We're not going to lie, we loved this shoot! Thanks to The Apartment Photography, Ellebay Bridal, Celsia Florist, Flower Factory, Brick & Mortar Living, Mid Century Modern and a hard working team of hair and makeup artists, it came together. 

If you haven't seen the editorial in the magazine, it's definitely a must see - beautiful dresses in a beautiful city (and beautiful models too) - what's not to love? Head over there - therefinerymag.com 

Suzanne + Shane - Real Wedding by Bake Photography

We have a serious love for Gastown. Anyone who has read our first issue and noticed our "Historically Modern" spread will understand why. So it was our absolute pleasure to look through some lovely photos from Bake Photography from a recent winter wedding in Gastown! This couple nailed it when it comes to pairing elegance with hard concrete surroundings, and stole the show with their ingenious photo session at the barber shop!

We hope you enjoy our very first real wedding on our blog!

- Ainsley & Madison
The Refinery Girls

From The Couple:
We met in an acting class, and I was the teacher. We were Facebook friends, and kept in touch after the class was over by writing seriously long messages to each other, every day. It became obvious that maybe we should start having conversations in person, so we started dating.

We got engaged after a dinner out to celebrate our anniversary. We had just moved into our new condo, life was sort of hectic, so we went for a lovely dinner, but said we wouldn't buy any presents. When we got home, I was lying on our bed, chatting away, Shane was sort of half listening, pacing around, still wearing his coat. He came to the side of the bed, knelt down and said, "I got you a present", and pulled out a little box from his pocket. I froze, he told me to open it, I did and then gasped, looking at him, waiting for him to say something...but he didn't! He just knelt there, unable to speak, staring at me. I said, "is this...?", he said, "yeah...you wanna?" At which point I started laughing and said yes.

We had 70 guests. Our wedding song was Ingrid Michaelson singing Elvis Presley's "I Cant Help Falling In Love with You". The song made us both cry when we heard it, it's achingly beautiful, Shane sort of looks Ike Elvis, and it seemed appropriate, because it was so true for us.

Favourite moment: so many! For me, one moment was when I started to come down the stairs and I saw Shane waiting for me, it became real and lovely. To see him standing there, to see all our friends and family in this beautiful place, ready to witness our marriage, it was more powerful than I expected. My nerves left me, as I relaxed and started to enjoy the moment.
Also, sitting down to dinner, at one point I looked around and saw all these people I love, enjoying themselves, eating this delicious food, laughing, talking' enjoying themselves...it was magical. Midnight was pretty amazing as well! We handed out all sorts of noisemakers, so everyone joined in the countdown and then made crazy noise! Everyone was kissing everyone else for a Happy New Year! It was wonderful.

The bridemaid's lanterns were pretty special to me. I got some jars, filled them with mini Christmas balls and mini led lights and used them instead of bouquets. The ceremony was at night, so it was lovely to have glowing lanterns. I also loved the favours - I spray-painted little wooden hearts and stars gold, silver, and copper, and then glued them to mini-clothespins, added magnets, and clipped escort cards to them. Guests started clipping them to their ties, and dresses, almost like pretty little name cards! It made me laugh. I don't know if people kept them but we have a few on our fridge for holding cards and notes.
I also loved the bridesmaid dresses. All the girls looked so lovely and sophisticated. It took me a long time to decide on black; I wanted pale pink or soft gold as those were the colours I was going for, but all the pink/gold dresses just didn't look great. When we found these dresses at a BCBG factory outlet, I balked because they were black. After sleeping on it, I went back (well, more specifically, Bethan, one of my bridesmaids went back) and bought them. I'm so glad I did!

We went on a mini-moon to Leavenworth, WA. It's this little Bavarian-style town, covered in snow and Christmas lights. So magical! We stayed at the Solstice Spa, had massages, steams, hot tub soaks, a fireplace in our room. It was incredible. Relaxing, beautiful, just what we needed. Now we have some time to save up for and plan a real honeymoon!
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Vendor List:

Venue: Cork & Fin
Dress: Sposa Wedding World
Tux:  Moores
Flowers: Amy at Garden Party Flowers
Hair: Barb Whiteman for Colourbox
Invitations: DIY
Wedding Favours: DIY
Music for ceremony/reception: iPod - we used the app "Wedding DJ"
Catering: Provided by Cork & Fin
Photographer: Bake Photography