Archive for Carrie Ye
I love flowers. This is why it was a bit sad to have to give up the beautiful orchids flown in from Singapore, and the fleshy tulips from Holland, because of course, it wouldn’t be environmentally friendly to have to ship in my flowers across multiple oceans.
So I had to look around for flowers in the famous flower-producing capital of the world: Alberta…in September. Read the rest of this entry »
Actually, this entry is about more than cake…it’s about FOOD!!
Rehearsal Dinner: This is going to be a really special dinner because it’s going to incorporate the foods of our two families. Gergely’s mom is an amazing baker and makes the most delicious Hungarian dessert: beigli. It’s a rolled pastry filled with sesame seeds and jam and according to Ger, his mom is the ONLY person who can make it right. I can’t wait to see all the goodies that she’ll whip up for us!
My mom is, in my opinion, the best cook in the world! She, like me, loves food, and can make just about anything after tasting it just once. For the rehearsal dinner though, she’ll probably stick to the classic Chinese dishes: dumplings, stir-fried vermicelli, spring rolls, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
St. Michaels Anglican Church
Since Ger and I weren’t going to be able to get married in the church that we normally attend in Edmonton, it was important that we find a church and a pastor in Canmore in which, and with whom, we both felt comfortable.
One of the wedding planners gave us a list of about 10 churches in the small town of Canmore, and we drove by or went into almost of all of them. None of them had just what we were looking for…which, I suppose was no more than that special feeling of “Yes, this is where I want to get married.” Read the rest of this entry »
The most fun part of wedding planning has got to be planning the different outfits. Since one of our goals is to consume the minimum amount of new materials in our wedding, this put a twist on the plans. It is this motivation to be eco-friendly that made me want to go with a vintage theme (although, I do love vintage EVERYTHING…it’s the 70-year-old granny in me…)
My Dress: I had a very specific idea of the type of vintage dress that I wanted…lots of lace, old silk, fine details, Victorian-era inspired. I tried all the used/consignment/thrift/antique stores, but couldn’t find anything but five to 10-year-old polyester blend stiff, scratchy and way-too-big wedding gowns. I was starting to get really discouraged, and even looked at brand-new dresses (gasp!), but even with that freedom, I couldn’t find the right dress. Read the rest of this entry »
Thanks for voting us into this round! Ger and I really appreciate your support and are excited to share our wedding plans with you. I haven’t really introduced Gergely (GARE-GAY—it’s Hungarian) yet, so let me tell you a little bit about him, and us, and our lives…and hopes….and dreams…just kidding! We’ll just tell you how we met and got engaged. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m Carrie, an internal medicine resident and Gergely, my fiancé, just finished law school. Our theme is eco-vintage and it will be held in Canmore, Alberta. We want to plan our wedding with a global and environmental consciousness. Eco-friendly weddings don’t have to be granola and vanilla. In fact, it can be just as or more beautiful than a “conventional” wedding. Read the rest of this entry »
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