Did you know that each zodiac sign is associated with a different flower? Neither did we. Actually, it was one of our brides who mentioned this. She insisted on using carnations in her wedding, "even though a lot of people don't like them," she said (NB: we LOVE carnations and have never understood where they [...]
Author: reinebouyounes
Not that kind of blog
When I first launched this website I wanted to have a special section to provide you all with tips and tricks of the trade-- and I started that way. And yet every time I come here to publish something new, I end up with some completely different strain of writing. I delete it all and [...]
A Lament to the Patriarch
I studied English Literature at the University of Toronto-- I spent four years writing about the sorrows and griefs of long dead white men, and I loved it all. I've always thought, that if money were not in question, if I could do anything, I would write all day, in a house on a lake [...]
Happy Mother’s Day
Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, by American Anna Jarvis, who held a memorial for her mother in West Virginia. It became an official American holiday in 1914. Jarvis spent later years denouncing the commercialization of the holiday and trying to remove it from the calendar. Mother's Day, for us, was first celebrated in [...]
2019 Florals à la Runway
If there were a fashion show where florals were paraded down a runway and we all sat back and stared, oogling at the colours and the styles, it would be a lot easier to narrow down what the upcoming trends were for the wedding season. Wedding season provides a small window to be able to [...]
Types of Wedding Bouquets
When you think of your wedding bouquet, do you know how you want it tied? Do you know if you want cascading or nosegay? Did you even know that the word nosegay existed? Yeah...neither did we. There are so many technical details in this industry that until you are in it, no one would ever [...]
I Don’t Know Who Needs to Hear This But…
There are very few things we love more than a good meme, and right now, there's a hilarious one that we just can't seem to get enough of. We first saw it on twitter, and then we laughed and laughed and cancelled the subscription to a fitness app that had been long overdue. The internet [...]
Tips for Choosing Your Vendors
The internet is a very big place. The internet when you're looking for something specific is even bigger. We understand how difficult it is to narrow down your options when it comes to selecting any type of vendor for your event. We also know how important it is to get all the answers you need [...]
Lilacs & Lace 