Earlier today, we featured a gorgeous wedding in British Columbia. Not only was the landscape absolutely striking, but bride and groom Kim and Travis struck us too. Their day was intimate and the details throughout the wedding were focused on their relationship. The couple created much of the decor for their reception together, and Nordica Photography brilliantly captured the bond Kim and Travis share. Because we just couldn’t get enough of the couple, we asked to hear about their love story. Spoiler alert: there’s a Christmas proposal! Here’s how Kim tells it.
How They Met:
Kim: Love at first sight at the only dance club in town. (Shotgun Willy’s, Cranbrook BC)
The Moment They Knew:
Kim: For me it was love at first sight. When I saw Travis at the bar, I turned to my friend and said ‘that’s exactly the kind of man I want to marry.’ For Travis, it took a whole week – he took his time. We were inseparable from the first night we met.
The Proposal:
Kim: We had our own mini Christmas, just the two of us, before we left to spend Christmas with my family. Travis had wrapped the ring and hid it in the very bottom of my stocking. As I unwrapped it, he went down on one knee and proposed. Woohoo!
I Always Think of My Partner When:
Kim: Honestly, he’s always on my mind. Couldn’t think of a better person to think about or spend the day with.
That look they are sharing has got us melting faster than a s’more over a campfire. When it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be. In case you missed it, here is Kim and Travis’ quirky British Columbia mountain wedding.
Carondelet House provided the perfect setting for Alannah and Evan’s romantic Los Angeles wedding, which balanced an airy elegance with distressed textures and vintage-inspired decor. An indoor venue can appear dark, but Carondelet is full of natural light, and Orange Blossom Special Events did a beautiful job of curating delicate, creamy-colored elements to contrast with the brick and wood interior. Marianne Wilson captured the mood of the day in every image, picking up on the smallest details that made Alannah and Evan’s wedding so captivating.
The Moments: “I don’t think either of us expected the ceremony to be so fun, emotional, and meaningful. We laughed and cried throughout. A family friend married us, and we borrowed the ceremony outline from an incredible wedding we’d attended a couple years back. It was effortless, but such a magical homey moment. I think I beamed forever on the high from our ceremony!”
The Inspiration: “Carondelet House was nothing like the garden wedding we’d wanted, but when we saw it, we couldn’t say no. It felt like a dream home to us, or the perfect neighborhood bar, and we knew our wedding would feel like an intimate dinner party there. That sense of hospitality, to say thanks to family and friends, was our highest priority.
From there, it was just a matter of keeping the decor cohesive and adding texture. We created handmade elements like our ceremony backdrop, which is hundreds and hundreds of tissue paper cones my mother sewed onto crochet yarn. I tea-stained yards and yards of cheesecloth I sourced online to make rustic runners to add texture to the farmhouse tables. Our florist did a beautiful job layering in votives and metallics to keep the rustic elements modern.
We were also very focused on the food we’d serve, and Lara at Tres LA was an amazing collaborator. I was determined to serve a family-style dinner, and they delivered with a gorgeous summer menu, including a grilled flank steak with blistered tomatoes, feta, and grilled onions that our guests still rave about.”
The Couple Recommends: “We might as well have been wedding guests for the amount of fun we had shooting with them. Lara from Tres LA was consistently on the same wavelength as me in menu-planning, and I can’t thank her enough for her patience and ingenuity in minor tweaks that made all the difference. Christy Heng of Orange Blossom Special Events is exactly the professional, smiling presence you want for your wedding day. I’d rather not imagine the disasters that could have occurred without her. Alex at Carondelet House is an absolute team player, and I don’t know how he accomplishes everything he does in a day looking that calm. These people are FUN, and they kept the mood of our day consistently great, even when we were away from our guests.”
Homemade elements, a beautiful venue, and a great team of wedding professionals made Alannah and Evan’s day picture perfect. For more romantic Los Angeles wedding inspiration, we love Sonia and Vince’s vibrant urban Los Angeles wedding.
Kim and Travis landed on the perfect balance between quirky and classic for their British Columbia mountain wedding. The pair shared an intimate ceremony, surrounded by their closest loved ones and the towering trees of Hillside Chalets. The motif of nature and trees continued inside for the reception, as the couple created beautiful hanging décor using branches and Mason jars. Cole of Nordica Photography truly went above and beyond capturing the couple in the rich wilderness. The landscape is simply breathtaking.
The Inspiration: “We spent a LOT of time looking at wedding blogs online and were inspired by those with a rustic, eclectic, but still classic, feel. I love colour so lots of colours, including teal, blue and orange were incorporated. We wanted the entire wedding weekend to be very friend and family oriented – intimate and very personalized. We invited 35 people (plus the kids) and we wanted everyone to feel special and appreciated. Through organizing a wedding, we’ve realized how darn lucky we are to have awesome people in our lives.
We ended up choosing Hillside Chalets in Golden, BC because it had a grounds for the ceremony and a beautiful barn for the reception, along with accommodations for most of our guests. Also, the venue allowed us to decorate to our hearts content. It was a bare space, so we were able to build all of the tables, lights, and other decorations ourselves.”
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