Emma + Robert | Toronto Wedding Professionals Givaway Palooza

^^^ Family and Friends of Emma + Robert , please click the “LIKE” button above to the left to submit a “vote” for this couple. The couple at the end of the contest with the most votes will win. Click Here To View The Contest Details + Summary.

Editor’s Notes: Toronto Wedding Professionals along with some great Toronto Wedding Vendors are getting together to offer a cool contest to couples across Southern Ontario where they have a chance to win some awesome prizes.

It started with a trip to the CNE.  It was August 25, 2007, and we lived in the same neighbourhood and decided after chatting over MSN to meet up for a day at the Ex.  We were both new to our area and hadn’t really met friends in our area, so I went into this hoping to gain a new friend at the very least.  We spent the day at the park, followed by dinner at my apartment.  Unfortunately, my oven chose the perfect time to break down (and I had to interrupt my landlord’s party to try and get a working oven for my roasted potatoes and chicken).  Let’s just say the potatoes were delicious, though the chicken was a terrible blackened mess (and yet he stuck around)!   We quickly moved from friends into a relationship, and for our 5^th anniversary we will be married and heading out on our honeymoon!

Tell us how you got engaged?

The time leading up to the proposal is a funny story, in hind sight (certainly not during though)!  It was meant to happen while we were away on vacation during the last week of August in 2010.  Robert carefully hid the ring in his (checked!) luggage, locking everything up, hiding it in amongst our donation items, and proudly proclaimed he was ready to go!

The plan had been to go on a sunset cruise in Cuba, and at the right moment, he was going to whip out the ring for a heartfelt proposal (though he claims that a “no” would have resulted in a push into the ocean).

Unfortunately, life has a way of changing plans unexpectedly!  When we arrived at the Camaguey airport, my bright pink luggage was seen pretty quickly, making its way around the carousel.  Rob’s should have been pretty close, but never made its entrance…

Cue the panic.

I wasn’t exactly the most supportive girlfriend, as I reminded Rob that it wasn’t that big of a deal, since it was just clothes and donations.

Note to self: Don’t repeat this daily as luggage continues to be missing, especially when an engagement ring is locked up.

The good news is that the luggage *was* found, on September 12, and we were able to get it delivered before I left for work on September 13.  That night, Rob came into the kitchen while I was standing at the sink, and proposed then.  By this point, he just wanted to get it over with!

For those of you wondering why he didn’t pack it in his carry-on, Rob was concerned that:
a) he would be stopped at the airport and his luggage would be opened
b) I would start putting things away and discover the ring when we arrived.

Lesson to be learned: don’t pack valuables in checked luggage!

Tell us a little on how you would like to have your wedding and your vision of it?

Emma’s vision for the wedding is something fun, bright and colourful.  However, Rob’s vision is much more toned down, so we are trying to figure out how to best showcase both our personalities in a fun way.  We are aiming for around 80 to 90 guests, and want elements that are unique, which is in part why we decided on a beautiful historic building over a banquet hall.  We are hoping that the weather allows us to have our ceremony and photos outside, while the reception will be held in the ballroom inside.

Regards,

Sarah Wright

Online Editor | Toronto Wedding Professionals

www.torontoweddingprofessionals.com

Below is all the prizes that will be awarded to the couple who has the most “LIKES” on their individual blog post like this couple. To view all the couples, please visit the main blog post with the contest details.

• Blue Six Creative – Wedding Photography Package consisting of the following: Up to 12 Hour Wedding Coverage by Blue Six Creative Photographer Brett. Also, Doug will also be offering his services to provide 12 Hours of Coverage.
• Having Brett + Doug work as a team to capture your wedding from two angles and provide the full coverage to document your day. After, you will be presented with images from both photographers presented together on a DVD giving you full rights, high-resolution images that you share and use for yourself.
• It also includes an engagement session in Downtown Toronto where you can explore different backdrops. After you will get all the edited images for you to share and use in your wedding planning ($5,500 Value)

• Vivian’s Decor + Designs – is providing a Simple & Sweet head table for up to 12 people, a cake table and complimentary money box. (Value $500)
• Vivian would also love to work with you by offering ideas and advice in planning the decor for your event.

• Paper Bliss – is providing the Stationery for the couple “at cost”, this will cover all the materials for all the Announcement + Day of Stationery that will be designed and hand-crafted by Laurie from Paper Bliss. Paper Bliss is also offering the couple to choose from their selection of Favors and they will also provide these to the couple “at cost” that will offer the couple those savings as well.

• StylEyes – will provide the winner (bride only) of the contest full-face airbrush makeup applications for engagement photos, bridal makeup trial, wedding day makeup and a touch-up and removal kit. (Value $285)

• Brides Etc. – will provide the Bride with a Free Hair Trial as well as Free Bridal hairstyling on your wedding day. Tania Dee has 20 plus years experience in the beauty industry. ($300 Value)

• Scotia Entertainment – will provide professional DJ Services for your Reception. They will provide up to 8 Hours of service by providing the winner with a professional DJ that will provide a Sound System and full music library. It will also include 2 Semi-Intelligent Lights & a wireless Microphone to make your reception memorable. ($950 Value)

• Enduring Promises Wedding Officiants – will provide the services of one of their Officiants to work with you in the planning process and help the couple create a personal and memorable wedding ceremony.
• They will be walking them through every step and element of the wedding ceremony to ensure it reflects who they are. ($300 Value)

• WeDDings Jubilee Planning Services – is excited to present to the winner of this contest a fabulous planning prize. The winner of this contest will receive 3 hours of Wedding Planning consultation as well as a gift certificate of $250 to be used against any of our planning packages. In addition, we would also like to offer the winner a 3 hour Planning and Consulting prize from our sister company Travels Jubilee for any travel or guest service arrangements the winner may need for their wedding or wedding related festivities, guest arrangements, room blocks, car services etc. (Total value: $750)

• Petals, Stems & Leaves – would love to support the winning couple by providing them with all of their floral needs for their wedding “at cost”. Owner and Head Designer Nicole North will donate her time to work one on one with the winning couple to design and plan the flowers for their wedding. She and her staff will also donate their time to create all of the arrangements. With these savings the couple could enhance their wedding with more flowers or use those savings towards the cost of the wedding itself.

• Buds and Blooms: Corrine who owns and designs for Buds & Blooms is offering the winner a $75 gift certificate to be used at Buds & Blooms Online Storefront. Buds and Blooms is an independent Canadian design label specializing in delivering high-quality, hand-made, reasonably priced, gorgeous adornments to fit any lifestyle.

Night Day Productions -is excited to offer a “Prequel” Featurette Video ($700 value) that includes the following to the winner of the contest:

• Up to 2 continuous hours of 1-camera video coverage of your engagement shoot with Blue Six Creative in downtown Toronto

• Immediately followed by up to 1 hour of interviews session (same location, 1 camera)

• Video footage from this shoot will be edited into a 3-5 minute featurette: candid moments from your engagement shoot spliced with interview segments, highlighting how you and your fiancé met and why you can’t wait to spend the rest of your lives together
• Complete edit with tasteful transitions, non-copyrighted music and titling included.
• It also includes one web-sized video file that could be used to upload to your Facebook profile to share or “save the date” with them.
• This tribute to your relationship will be submitted on one Standard Definition playable DVD, ideal for showing off at your wedding reception.

Sweet Something Designs – would like to award the winner of the contest with a sweet $250 gift certificate that can be used towards a Sweet Table Candy Buffet for 75 or more wedding guests at your reception. It would include set-up and tear down at the end of the evening. It would make a perfect take away for guests and some will simply enjoy sampling before they head back to their table.

Wedding Bliss | For New Beginnings – would like to award the winning couple with a free Wedding Dress at their upcoming fundraiser. They are holding a charity Bridal Dress Sale & Bridal Show where dresses valued between $800 to $4000 will be sold for $99 to $350. As well as all the couples entering in the contest will get two complementary tickets for the event on March 6th, 2011.

Samuel Kleinberg Jewellers – is awarding the winning couple with a $250 gift certificate that they can use towards the purchase of their wedding bands. Samuel Kleinberg has been celebrating events like this with their clients for over 42 years and jumped at the chance to participate in this contest.

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Good Luck! Also, please take the time to check out what each wedding professional offers by clicking on the pictures above.

We will also be giving away prizes from more Toronto Wedding Vendors for 2nd place, so please check out the main Blog Post with all the contest details and what those vendors will be offering.

Regards,

Sarah Wright, Online Editor | Toronto Wedding Professionals