Amy & Dan | Wedding

This wedding has taken me a while to blog, mostly because it was such a beautiful, genuine wedding and I wanted readers to feel like they were there (so I apologize for the seriously large amount of photographs haha).  Amy and Dan are two amazing people. Dan is one of the funniest, happiest, and most inspirational guys I know. Amy is one of the sweetest, most optimistic, earth-loving-est (that’s definitely not a word haha) ladies I know. They have so much fun together and are an absolute joy to be around! Their love for each other is so sweet and real.

Amy and Dan’s wedding was set-up a bit differently than most. They had their ceremony at Cedar Park Church and then a lunch reception afterwards. The lunch reception included speeches, cake-cutting, etc. After that we headed out to a local winery in Delta and did some fun portraits with their 16 person wedding party! Then on to the Cammidge House for the second reception, which had a beautifully decorated tent, adorable details, a little photo-booth, and everyone had to wear cute name-tags!

I had lots of fun with Amy and Dan on their magical day! Now you should check it out  🙂

Wedding Details:
Hair and Make-Up: Erin Rogers
Ceremony: Cedar Park Church
Dress: recycled fabrics that Stella Macdonald and Amy made
Shoes: thrift store
Necklace/Earrings: Amy refashioned from a necklace from her grandma and made the earrings from recycled jewellery
Officiant: Megan Hazelton (she introduced Amy and Dan to each other!)
Bouquets: Amy made them with help from Robyn Cadamia and Sarah Hales (her sister)
Wedding Decorator/Stage Manager: Brenda Breuls
Bunting: Sarah Hales, Robyn Cadamia and Amy
Flowers: Megan Hazelton and Amy
Paper flowers, heart garlands, and boutonnieres: Dot Falconberg
Cake: Janet Priebe
Table cloths and napkins: thrift store
Reception: Cammidge House

Everyone who attended the wedding received a sweet little packet of Wildflower Seeds, on the package it says: “In the beginning God gave humanity two simple tasks: care for the Earth and make babies. We’ll get started on the making babies part, while you plant these seeds!” SO funny. 

Paper flower bouquets! love it.

Inside the shell is the gift all bridesmaids received!

HAHA Dan.

A letter to Amy from Dan.

A letter to Dan from Amy plus Dan’s awesome boutonniere!

Love Amy’s expression and the bridesmaids watching in the background.

B-E-A-utiful!

Amy and Dan talking to each other before the ceremony and without seeing each other! haha

Makes my heart melt. I was crying before Amy even got down the aisle! haha

The wedding party was somewhat scattered on the stage – it looked really cool!

I asked Amy and Dan if it would be okay to share their vows on my blog and they agreed, here are Amy’s vows:

Daniel Henry Peters,
I promise to give you at least one hug every time we are together and to always try to sneak my hand into yours.
I promise to laugh at your silly jokes and hide in the closet to scare you when you come home from work.
I promise to never tire of wanting to show you new things and never get bored of staring at your handsome profile as you drive.
I promise to encourage you in your work and in your areas of calling and always give you my honest opinion.
I promise to pray for you and encourage you to grow spritually, mentally and emotionally.
I promise to give you praise for cooking dinner, vacuuming the floor or completing a logic puzzle.
I promise to watch movies and snuggle with you, to travel and adventure with you, to listen to you and play strategy games with you, and to sew on your buttons if you carry the heavy groceries.
I promise to be committed to you and committed to making our marriage healthy, even when it’s difficult.
I promise to love you in your grey hairs and wrinkles
Thank you for marrying me.

Here are Dan’s vows:

Amy Marie Hales,
I promise to love you until we die: with my actions, with my choices, with my words, and with my time.
I promise to continually come up with new and creative ways for us to have fun together.
I promise to stand by your side when thou goest out to battle against thine enemies. Whether it be sickness, spiders, the dishes, or the destruction of our planet, I will fight with you.
I will tell everyone how amazing you are behind your back and I will never leave anyone with a negative feeling about you.
I will always find you attractive, even when you don’t feel like you are.
I will never take you for granted. I will never stop courting you.
I promise to prove my masculinity and use my charm on you alone for the rest of my life.
You bring a joy and vitality to my life that I could never experience with another human being,
Thank you for marrying me.

Oh goodness, I am going to cry again! How sweet is that!?!

A slideshow.

Speeches!

“The face” haha

wedding party!

The guys. Epic.

I just love this so much.

The beautiful ladies.

To the reception!

Every napkin had a name-tag attached to it that you would wear during the evening.

Everyone got a little jar of honey! Like I mentioned in their engagement session seen HERE.

wildflowers.

the guests wrote a name-tag for the glass mason jar they were drinking out of.

bocce ball!

the photo-booth.

we got such gorgeous light that night!

Thank you SO much Danielle Dobson and Kaylin Godin for second-shooting/assisting me!

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