Created Lovely Events – Okanagan Wedding Planner

specializing in

luxury vineyard, orchard,
and private estate weddings
IN THE OKANAGAN VALLEY

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... in case you missed it today on my stories! it

... in case you missed it today on my stories!

it’s actually really hard for me to look at my feed and make this announcement. Weddings bring me so much joy and have truly changed my life. I saw my biggest dreams and toughest moments through these seasons. I did 18 weddings the year I was pregnant with Nixon, puking in bathrooms then running to the ceremony. My son learned how to crawl at a vineyard during a wedding setup. We lost a baby at nearly 16 weeks two days before a wedding and hugging the bride and her parents is forever engrained in my memory in such a loving way. We had weddings that took us on helicopters and to cabins on the lake and to the mountains. Our weddings paid for our first home. And our second. Weddings have allowed me the creative outlet, connection, magic, and purpose that I feel deeply rooted to. So why the change?

Well it’s not really change so much as it’s growth. I feel ready to be challenged in another facet. I feel ready to help people feel at home in their space. At a time where being home, shifting priorities, and creating a place that feels truly like your own has never been more important- I feel that so much of what I know and love carries through to this direction. If anything, I’d love to help a client on their wedding day and also extend that bond I’ve made with them and understanding of their life and style straight into their home. At this point all I know for certain is that I have a super full 2021 of incredible clients, an interior design certificate program I’m in that I’m really enjoying, I’ll be reducing the number of 2022 bookings but still taking them, and an opportunity to collaborate my work into a collective that flows with my passion and life priorities in order to serve you in a way that I know is heart focused and genuine.

We’ll see where this crazy, scary, exciting path takes me! 💕

In 7 years married and 10 years together with @roy

In 7 years married and 10 years together with @roycesihlisphoto there are several things I know to be true:
- he’s the most loving dad on the planet. There’s nothing he won’t do for the kids.
- he never passes up an occasion to celebrate, no matter how big or small. Thursday’s have been date day in our house for 7 years now and no matter what we get a coffee or have a drink that night together solely because it’s Thursday.
- we’ll forever be pulling over to watch a heli take off or land if he sees one nearby
- he’ll support every dream and project of mine no matter how big, small, or crazy
- being together means that Christmas is a season not a holiday and we’ll forever be arguing about the tree coming down before his birthday... on January 28
- at some point in our future we’ll own a sprinter van with or without my consent
- he’ll always be finding ways to put adventure and the mountains in our lives, even if I’m terrified of heights or if he’ll fall off a cliff at a shoot
Royce is the kindest, most generous, most genuinely loving person I’ve ever met. He wakes up every morning and makes me a latte and asks what I need that day- I don’t know how I got so lucky but I’m so grateful for him and all that he is. 💕

Defining your style. When you started planning you

Defining your style. When you started planning your wedding did you head straight to Pinterest or get sent a bunch of ideas from friends/family and just ran with it? Pump the brakes. The trick to your design isn’t Pinterest, it’s finding the commonalities in the things you’re pinning and Then drawing inspiration.

1) Consider your venue. If you already know you have a tent, try to eliminate any images that don’t work with your venue. Or if you have trees, maybe some different string light options should be in that board!
2) Consider colors you gravitate towards. Walk around your house, go look in your closet. What do you wear most of? That can often give you a sense of if you’re more fun and patterned or classic and romantic by nature.
3) Write down 3 words for your ideal wedding with your fiancé (don’t show each other at first!) and then share. Stick to those words. Everything else around you can change, but stick to the core of what those words mean to you.
4) Cut anything that doesn’t make sense for you. Not everyone wants/needs a guest book. Not every mom wants a corsage. Stick to the things you value and put your money there. Knick knacks add up and can end up in the garbage! We don’t need waste, we need purpose. Design intentionally.

💕

The season of engagement photos. My Dropbox is fil

The season of engagement photos. My Dropbox is filled with pretty from all of @roycesihlisweddings recent shoots.

Did you know that @jennymckinneymua pampers almost every bride of his before a shoot? The best way to start a session.

Guess who’s photos are finished?! @madisonnaito

Guess who’s photos are finished?! @madisonnaito @navsandhu14

Obsessed with all the details from this vibrant 12 person private property wedding this season.

Down to the fringe napkin, tassel wrap for the place cards, custom coasters, this day was small and meaningful in every way.

@roycesihlisweddings @anewleaffloraldesign @paperocelot @waterfrontwines @perspectiveeventdesign @fairelafetelinen @limelightstudios.ca @jennymckinneymua

When life gives you lemons, make limoncello 🍋.

When life gives you lemons, make limoncello 🍋. Or hire @borntoshake to make it for you.

A favorite custom project Royce and I designed, he built, @paperocelot styled with sign and bottle tags, and @borntoshake filled.

@roycesihlisweddings @anewleaffloraldesign

All this smoke reminds of me this wedding at @pain

All this smoke reminds of me this wedding at @paintedrockwine.

The garland draped chairs and large scale arch were two of my favorite elements from this wedding with @anewleaffloraldesign.

In case you missed it, @paintedrockwine isn’t taking weddings after their 2021 season wraps up. I’ll eventually do a recap post on all the weddings I’ve done there (there’s at least 20!). I’ve spent so much time there that even my son Nixon learned how to crawl under a tent there during one of my morning setups. To say I’ll miss working here is massive understatement. Luckily I still have 3 left next season! 💕

Raise your hand if you love a place with character

Raise your hand if you love a place with character? 🖐🏼 I’ve loved rustic wood beams, white brick, refurbished old doors, for as long as I can remember. In fact, I worked at Calories in Saskatoon (this old building on Broadway with floors that creaked and window bench seats) for a couple years after high school as an expediter essentially styling the desserts and making coffee. It was that restaurant that was my first taste of high end catered events at private properties. I loved it.

It was during those years between high school and university that I filled out an application for interior design school, decided not to send it. And applied for Event Management chasing a wild dream of wedding planning at a university in Kamloops instead. That was nearly 11 years ago.

Nothing and everything has changed since then. My love for both inviting, timeless and rustic interior design and weddings still exist to this day.