We absolutely love it here, and wanted to share a few photos with you that we’ve taken on our days out and about in our new home. We’ve included pics that we’ve taken here on the North Shore, in downtown Vancouver, and surrounding areas.

We hope you enjoy these pics, and a small glimpse into the land we now call home!

Don’t like the light outside? Use your sunglasses, and fix it!

Artists:
Mandy Hauer of Mandy Vs. Canvas (http://www.wix.com/mandyvscanvas/MandyVsCanvas)
Stacey Keeler of Little Big Bug Studio (http://www.littlebigbug.com/)

Take a look at a few pics of the ladies in action…and remember BUY THEIR ART! haha. You won’t regret it! I have some of Mandy’s art hanging on my walls already, and I’m in the process of securing some from Stacey!!

Did I mention Mandy is pregnant? Check out this adorable tummy!!

Mandy’s hubby Joel showed up to help support his wife – and to be the one to lug the whole setup back to the car!

I tried to get this guy to buy something…he wasn’t into it. haha.

And, now, Stacey’s exhibit!!

I’m pretty sure the first moment I free up some money, I’m going to beg to buy this one:

Since we were at a brand new hotel (Pinnacle at the Pier) in Vancouver, B.C.,  for a boudoir marathon and Trash the Dress session (pics to come soon!), and I had already hired the services of amazing makeup artist Shaylah Ash, we decided to go all out and do not ONE session, but TWO.

Wonder Woman was first, and walking around and posing with my eyes closed was hilarious – and so freaking hard – even though I was being led around by my awesome cousin Rheanne. She helped set me up for the shoots, and Dan did all the photography. After Wonder Woman, we quickly changed costumes, redid the makeup, and then shot a Beauty & the Beast-inspired Belle shoot.

Take a look at the fun we had, and let me know what you think! They are a little creepy at first, but then they just get so fun!! First up…Wonder Woman!!

Some behind-the-scenes pics:

My hair does some funky wispy things in the humid B.C. air. haha!

Posing with the best ever girls for this shoot! Thanks Rhe & Shaylah!!

And now….BELLE!

I had to open my eyes, check out how creepy it turned out! haha.

My awesome photography crew: Shaylah Ash (Makeup), Rheanne Paul (Assistant), and Dan (Husband & photographer extraordinaire)

And, here are two more I played around with in Photoshop to make them look more cartoony…do you like these more or less?

What do you think? Creepy? Fun? Both?

Back to the reason for this post…we first met in September 2005 at a bar. Yes, we know it’s prosaic – but it was odd for us since at that time we rarely went to clubs or pubs. This time it was a “study” meet for my Journalism class, and Dan was invited to come by my classmate Jared (later a groomsman at our wedding) as Dan was friends with a few of my fellow J-schoolers. Dan and I laughed, made inside jokes, but nothing came of it. Fast forward 6 months later, and we were reintroduced by my friend and classmate Janelle (later a bridesmaid at our wedding) at my birthday party  – again, held at a club by my j-school friends.  From then on, we were inseparable.

We met (again). Fell in love. Got engaged at 6 months. Got married at 6 more. Working hard to live happily ever after.

This takes us to today’s post. The place where we were first introduced by friends was torn down to create new, and probably hideous, condos downtown. I don’t have a picture of what The Globe used to look like, but I did save a brick from the demolition to solidify this moment in time for us. I don’t know what the future holds for the two of us, but I’ve never been more excited to share my life with anyone else, and can’t wait to see where Dan and I will end up.

Enough mushy stuff, here are some pics!

Who knew a ring would come out of that “chance” meeting?

We hit up the Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, CN Railway Station for its timeless stage, and we think it worked out perfectly! We introduced the girls and their characters in the post Getting Inspired by a Decade – The 1940s, so, if you missed out on that post, go check it out now!

Again, please leave comments – since this is a creative project, we’d LOVE to HEAR from YOU!!

So that no fights break out about whose pics are shown first, I did it alphabetically.  First off, here is Amanda:

Andi:

Ashley:

Christan:

Isabela & Pichu:

Janelle & Lucy:

Special thanks go to our assistant Aadil for helping wrangle dogs, flowers, batteries and more! Here he is at work:

And finally, Rachel. This shoot was inspired by my grandmother’s hats which she wore in the 40s and 50s. One of them is seen below on top of Rachel’s head! (Shot taken by Aadil)

Thanks again to Aadil, Amanda, Andi, Ashley, Christan, Isabela, Janelle, Lucy and Pichu.

We appreciate you coming out to support us in growing as individuals and as a company. xoxo