Nataly + Greg | Toronto Wedding Professionals Giveaway Palooza

^^^ Family and Friends of Nataly + Greg , 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.

At the beginning of 2008, Nataly moved to Sydney, Australia for a year on a working holiday visa. She was on a soul searching mission to discover her purpose. Prior to her being here I, Greg, had been on a 3 year journey looking for the woman who I wanted to fulfill me and who I could potentially spend the rest of my life with.

Interestingly enough we were both invited to a mutual friends’ birthday party on the 21st of  June 2008 at the Paddington Inn in Sydney. I had been ill for a week before and wasn’t actually going to go but decided to bite the bullet.

I arrived at this somewhat classy bar ready to have a good time and after about 10 minutes of being there, saying hello to people and greeting the birthday girl, I was introduced to Nataly. I was transfixed. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. The birthday girl then informed me that she lived in Canada but was in Australia for a year and I should do my best to keep her in the country. Almost instantly, my interest faded due to the fact that we lived in different countries and I decided not to pursue her further.

We both went our separate ways and socialized with various other people but I couldn’t get her off my mind. Every time I looked around to see where she was, she happened to be standing a few feet away from me. I considered that maybe it was a sign so I decided to put my concerns aside and explore deeper.

After a few failed attempts, I managed to get her attention and we landed up talking the whole night. We spoke about life, Canada, Australia, olives, wine and all sorts of other weird and interesting topics. I was mesmerized. We both were. We both felt an immediate connection with each other. It was as if we’d known each other all our lives but that was the first moment we were able to speak to each other. We stayed close together the whole night and I offered to drop her home. Our night was sealed with a kiss and we both struggled to go our separate ways.

In one night we had developed the most amazing connection and it was the most euphoric feeling we had ever experienced.
3 weeks into our relationship we knew that we were in love. We both never felt that way about any of our previous partners and we just knew that we were going to spend the rest of our lives together.

Tell us how you got engaged?

Nat had moved back to Toronto in February 2009 due to visa issues. Throughout the time she was away, I knew I wanted to marry her. I had planned to go to Canada for a visit later that year and propose to her.

I arrived in Toronto on April 26th 2009. Our meeting at the airport felt exactly the same as it did the first night we met. We were both nervous and excited all at the same time. It was such an amazing moment that I don’t think we’ll ever forget.

We planned 3 nights away in Montreal mid way through my trip. I knew that Montreal was the place where the next stage of our lives would begin. What I didn’t take into account was my lack of knowledge of Montreal.

Our night began at a wonderful restaurant in Old Montreal with its cobble stone streets and beautiful charm. So far so good. My plan was to go for dinner, then walk down to the waters edge and propose in this incredible city – a moment we’d always remember.
Once dinner finished, we walked towards what I thought was the waters edge only to discover a railway line. The night started to take a turn for the worst. From that point onward, panic set in and I had to try and recover from this disaster. Much to my dismay, my recovery was marred by a comedy of errors. We eventually landed up back at our hotel and while Nat was busy getting ready for bed, I waited patiently for her with the ring box open.
She eventually opened the door to the bathroom and found me waiting there. I then proceeded to ask her if she would marry me, make me the luckiest man and spend the rest of her life with me. She said yes and the rest, as they say, is history.

As a result of this devastating failure, I decided to propose to her again in the city where we first met. It was simple, romantic and US.

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

Nataly and I envision having an Orthodox Jewish wedding that encompasses everything that we love about Judaism. We’ve been studying and deepening our knowledge about Judaism and are very much connected to its spiritual side and would love for that to be reflected on our wedding day.

We want a different kind of wedding that shows who we are as a couple. The venue we’ve chosen is different and in many ways displays our passion for the arts. An old theatre that has been refurbished in this way has a beauty and expression that is difficult to miss. As we have joined our lives from two separate backgrounds and cultures, it is so important to include that within the dancing, the energy and the feel of our special day. The merging of the two very unique and distinctive aspects of who we are, mixed in with the old and new of this venue is something we really want to allow every guest to experience.

Part of our vision includes numerous candles, vibrant colours with an element of distinction, lots of dancing, great food and most importantly 150 of our closest family and friends from all over the world.

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