The first wedding of 2011! I was so excited for this wedding for so many reasons – the 1st of the year, the snow, the location, the gorgeous couple…I think you get the idea 
The wedding was in Fort Langley at the Community Hall – I love this hall!
Derek & Sherisse had the day perfectly planned. Sherisse was so organized, you’d think she was a wedding planner.
They went with a very dramatic scheme but threw in a cute & cuddle factor too. They did everything in red and black and added cat (yes, as in meow meow) accents where they could. They pulled off 2 additional plans that were, in my opinion, completely awesome – personalized table names & wine labels with a throwback to their childhood’s. The table names were genius & hilarious with well thought out jokes & nicknames with their family & friends. The wine labels…oh the wine labels…so hilarious with different photographs of them as kids in the 80′s – mushroom cuts & spandex included!
The ladies got ready with the team from Wedded Bliss while I zoomed around the house capturing the details involved. Wedded Bliss is a vendor I’ve had the pleasure of working with a few times and the results are ALWAYS amazing – I can’t recommend them enough!
The gentlemen arrived at the house before the ceremony for Derek & Sherisse’s first look. The first thing I noticed on the guys – monogrammed ties! I asked Derek where he got them, his response was “Google ‘ties that don’t suck’ you’ll find them” LOL! Try it – do it now…see, he was right! Ha! Anyways, the ties were done by Cyberoptix TieLab.
By the time we let Derek & Sherisse spend some quality quiet time together for the First Look, the snow had started! Armed with big coats & umbrellas, we went next door to the most breath taking driveway ever and had some fun. This driveway was ridiculously long & perfectly lined with trees – loved it.
We also ventured to a few spots in Fort Langley before deciding it was far too cold to be out any longer! With our fingers frozen and our noses red, we made our way back to the Fort Langley Hall for the Ceremony.
The ceremony & reception were both beautiful with so many highlights! The MC, Aaron, was a natural and had the whole room laughing. The song list for the evening was well thought out & original – no “I Got A Feeling” at this wedding. The couple were so relaxed and were really enjoying the evening with all their guests. I could keep going forever, the day was that amazing!
The day was absolutely incredible. We had perfect weather (even though it was a tad chilly, the snow more than made up for it), an amazing crew of vendors involved and the family, friends and guests of Derek and Sherisse were fabulous!
Derek & Sherisse; I hope you had an absolutely perfect day and thoroughly enjoyed your honeymoon in Jamaica. You (and your Bridal Party) were are true pleasure to photograph. We are very honored to have shared this special day with you!
Now it’s time for the goods – photograph galore Enjoy!!
A special thanks goes out to my always reliable & trusty associate photographer, Darko Sikman. You did a great job – as usual!
Location: Fort Langley Hall
Hair & Makeup: Wedded Bliss (www.weddedbliss.biz)
Flowers: The Flower Ladies
Catering: Country Catering (www.countrycatering.ca)
Ties: Cyberoptix (www.cyberoptix.com)
