Victorian Elegance with a Touch of Nerd
Lisa and Edwin wanted a Victorian inspired wedding but still wanted the wedding to reflect their interests, so they incorporated some fun, geek details. Captured by Sandy Tam Photography , the wedding started off with a traditional Chinese tea ceremony, followed by a red and antique gold reception at the Chateau le Jardin in Woodbridge, Ontario.
When my husband, Edwin and I first got engaged, I immediately went into full planning mode (mainly because I got sick that same week and had more free time while I recuperated). Like all planning processes, adaptability is always important. We had always envisioned a themed wedding; whereas I had envisioned a Victorian themed wedding with dark reds and antique golds, Edwin had envisioned a Star Wars or some video game inspired wedding. Instead of bickering over which idea was better, we decided to incorporate both ideas somehow. Eventually we arrived on a mutual idea and we aptly named our wedding ‘Victorian elegance with a touch of nerd’.
When we found Chateau Le Jardin, with its high ceilings, beautiful chandeliers and detailed crown mouldings, I knew this was the place we had to have our reception. It was the perfect setting for my Victorian themed wedding! The ‘nerd’ aspect came through our processional song, the Mario Kart Love Song (originally by Sam Hart), which I had secretly requested for them to play. Edwin wore pig cufflinks inspired by Lisa Simpson’s wedding. The Best man had MegaMan cufflinks and a special “Hand of the King” brooch from Game of Thrones. Finally, the groomsmen wore camera and burger cufflinks, each representing their favourite things in life.
I really wanted to add as many personal touches as possible, so, many of the small details I had done myself (and with the help of our wonderful friends and family), including the invitations, menu cards, app card and seating chart. I love lace and I love the colour red, so I incorporated the red lace throughout all the details; from our invitations to the chair covers. I also gathered brooches I’ve been collecting since high school, along with ones gifted to me by my mother, mother-in-law, maid-of-honour and bridesmaids, to make a brooch bouquet. My bouquet became something very meaningful to me on the day of the wedding.
On our very first date, Edwin brought me to an ice cream parlour for ice cream. Since then, we’ve had ice cream as our favoured dessert after meals. We decided to hire an ice cream truck for our wedding and handed out ice cream tickets as our wedding favours. Each ice cream ticket was placed into a sundae glass, and decorated with a tag with our engagement photos imprinted. Leveraging off of this idea, our photographer Sandy Tam, decided to do an ice cream inspired photo shoot on our wedding day. We had colourful fake ice cream as props, and red and white banners symbolizing an ice cream parlour.
For our first dance as husband and wife, Edwin and I danced to “A Thousand Years PART 2” by Christina Perri. We had our first dance secretly choreographed and had been practicing for one month prior to the wedding. Everyone thought we were just going to do a typical ‘high-school’ dance. We sure surprised them!
Over 12 months of planning, everything went off successfully without any hiccups. We were lucky that we got all the major items out of the way early in the planning process and had time and patience to calmly approach the many little things that led up to the actual day. Now with all this time on our hands, we are able to breathe and look back on everything and smile…
Photographer: Sandy Tam Photography
Makeup & Hair: Peggy Lee
Venue: Chateau Le Jardin http://www.lejardin.com
Floral design: Weddingbuds
Decor rentals and linens: Wedding Wows
Cake and cupcakes: Kuppycakes
Wedding Dress: Sophia Tolli, from Superior Bridal
Bride’s Jewelry: Originals Toronto
Groom’s Tux: Tiger of Sweden, from Got Style the Menswear Store Toronto
Ice Cream truck: Olympic Softee
Wedding planners: Two Hearts Wedding Services
DJ: Dee Dee Jay
Officiant: Enduring Promises
Instrumental Entertainment: Alicia and Trent Trio
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