YEP! IT'S A TOILET PAPER DRESS!

You did not actually believe we were going to give out pictures of Nathalie in her wedding dress already in the middle of November? C'mon. You're going to have to come out on July 24th to see what the real thing is going to look like :)


Special thanks to the ladies of Laurence Hall in New College last year who put together this beautiful toilet paper creation in honour of Nathalie and I getting engaged!

So after a lot of contemplation, Nathalie and I have decided that we want to share a picture of Nathalie in her wedding dress with all of you. A sneak peak if you will.

To build it up properly we plan on posting a picture up here next Friday. Mark it in your calendar. Friday, November 20th. Here. Book it.

Next Friday. November 20th. A limited sneak preview of Nathalie's in her wedding dress.

See you then!!

Hello Friends!

A mere 264 days before the big day and Nathalie and I are super excited after a week that has gone a long way to completing a framework for what our wedding is going to look like next July.

Nathalie has been settled on her wedding party for months... yeah, true story. Months. She knew immediately. On the other hand, I was slow in coming to a final decision on the gentlemen that will stand beside me, and only because I have so many fantastic friends that could be excellent in a groomsman role.

On Monday I took out the four men that will serve as my groomsmen for the wedding. Nathalie and I will unveil our wedding party over the coming weeks on the blog to give them their due as to what they mean to us and our relationship... some great stories, I promise.

Fast forward to Thursday, Nathalie and I were joined by her parents and we put a down payment on a reception venue. The venue is fantastic, Nathalie and I have both been there before and have a great deal of fantastic memories from the venue. Future blog entry on the venue to come.

Finally today, Nathalie went to visit the great people over at Becker's Bridal & Formal. You can check out Becker's at their website. Nathalie made the decision on the dress she will wear on the wedding day, sorry no preview pictures (I haven't seen the dress either). Mackenzie over at Becker's Bridal did a great job helping Nathalie and we serious recommend her to any of our friends and family who have wedding or formal needs in the future.

Traffic on this site is blowing up, we promise much more content to come!

I wanted to post this beautiful cake that my grandmother made for my parents' wedding. There are some beautiful flowers on top!

I found this picture on the internet and thought it was a great idea!!! Just kidding. I don't really understand the appeal of cutting up your own dress or eating a life size cake of yourself but I guess to each his/her own! I am curious though how many guests there were, that is a lot of cake!!! Nonetheless, it is pretty funny.

While I don't want to divulge all the secrets about the wedding, Dave and I recently decided upon a color scheme which would be used for the bridesmaid dresses, flowers and centerpieces. It will be a plum or dark purple color accented with silver and maybe some touches of lighter purple. This deep purple is so elegant and classic, I love it!

Here is a flower which helped inspire me. It is called a Cymbidium Leodogran orchid. It looks a little more pink here than I am looking for, but at least you get the idea.


While I am not set on the style of the dress, this is color.

Yes. Nathalie is still very tall.

Yes. Nathalie's bride's maids are still very tall.

Yes. My hair is still really blonde.

No... I'm not sure if that's supposed to be my brother beside me.

... and YES, those two little girls and the one little boy are evidently now in my wedding party so Nathalie can up the cuteness of the wedding pictures...

Look at how tall she is? Look at how small my wedding party is? Something tells me we have some details to fill in...

Neither of these were bought but it's amazing to see how amazing Nathalie looks in these dresses in her first wedding dress shopping venture from a few weeks ago.

Hopefuly there will be more wedding dress pictures in the coming weeks and months but there will be no premature pictures of the dress she ultimately chooses... sorry :)

For those of you who are not yet following up on Twitter... @july24th2010, you may not yet know that we have also added a Flickr account for this evening.

Follow this wedding in picture format at http://www.flickr.com/photos/july24th2010

As we ramp up to the wedding date we are going to open up this account for our guests to share pictures from the wedding so Nathalie and I can share all the photos and the event will be completely shared!

More on this to come, there is only one token photo up on the Flickr at this moment but stay tuned as I'm sure there will be many more to come!

From the rooftop of Richmond & Spadina.