Wedding Photography Sunshine Coast Bc

British Columbia Wedding by Spread Love Events | Style Me Pretty

Our vision began the day we got engaged.  My family has a rustic summer cabin on an island on the Sunshine Coast of BC and my best childhood memories are of lazy summer days there. It’s a place where time slows and shoes go missing for the summer.  When Jason took me to the island in the dead of winter, cabins all boarded up, to propose, we knew we had to get married nearby. The island has no electricity and is boat access only.  After considering all the logistics of guest transport, the chance of rain, and power needs for a wedding on the island we decided to hold the wedding at the nearby Rockwater Secret Cove Resort.  The resort, a place my grandparents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary years ago, boasts luxury tenthouse suites in character with the rugged westcoast shores and had the perfect perch for our ceremony, which looked out at the island. With an intimate guest list of 70, we wanted our wedding to evoke the feeling of a sunny summer evening on the beach with friends and family.  Inspired by a yellow and white striped beach towel, we began crafting our wedding with personal details.  We choose a yellow, coral, and sand colour scheme to create the feeling of a summer sunset at the bay. Many details of the wedding were handmade with love including the 70 jars of strawberry jam which Jason and I made in my moms kitchen as gifts for each of our guests.  Fresh squeezed lemonade was served to guest’s as they arrived at the ceremony to offer relief from the summer heat and a perfect summer breeze blew the yellow ribbons tide to the back row of the ceremony chairs. Immediately following the ceremony a champagne toast kicked off the cocktail hour fun. Guest’s played bocce ball and had their photo’s taken in our version of smile booth –  for which the backdrop was an arbutus tree adorned with ribbon and fun props. In the background we heard the sweet sound of the waves crashing against the shore and  a local guitarist playing our favorite summer tunes.