CSI Wedding Feature

CSI's Lauren Lee Smith's wedding in print now! Thank you to Angela Hubbard for your stunning portrayal of their beautiful Woodland Escape Wedding!

Check out the story here...

Friday's Fabulous Find: Vancouver's Best Cover Band!

New on the Scene... SideOne

DreamGroup had the pleasure of witnessing SideOne's debut performance at Sarah and Tom's Treetop Wedding this past Saturday. We knew they would be good because the musicians making up this band's ensemble cast have been playing for several years now on the scene in some of Vancouver's hottest bands... We just had no idea HOW GOOD they would be as a group. Well, the guests danced the night away, the clients raved on and on, and the wedding planner was overjoyed! :) What a fantastic group dynamic they have! We wish SideOne the best of luck in their take-over of the Vancouver entertainment circuit.

www.sideone.ca

"Having a live band is a must if you want your party to be a party, but it needs to be the right live band. We won't rail at you for several paragraphs with the same words everyone uses like dynamic, energetic, engaging, polished and infectious - though all would apply. The point is simply that this band is made up of extremely talented and experienced musicians, and the sets were crafted for the sole purpose of packing a dance floor, while avoiding entirely the typical cover band cheese. With a repertoire covering ground from Aretha to Lady Gaga, Kings of Leon to Queen and literally everything in between, SideOne will customize the set to appeal to your guests and at no point will there be any YMCA-ing, promise. SideOne is about the music, and the audience, and will rock your event for a price that won't make you gag."

Check out http://www.sideone.ca/ and experience something fun, new and fresh in Vancouver Entertainment.

DreamGroup's Wedding Wednesday: Tip of the Week

Wedding Websites

For many of you this is the beginning of your Wedding Planning Journey… join us each week as we share our best Wedding Tips with you to help you plan YOUR perfect wedding.

Wedding Websites~ a fun and easy way to share stories, important wedding related information, and pictures with family and friends.

Your website can include things like directions, hotel accommodations, an online guest book and/or RSVP page, your registry information, childhood photos, and even stories about how you and your fiancé met. A wedding website is especially helpful if you have lots of out-of-town guests.

DreamGroup’s Top Picks for Wedding Websites:

o eWedding
o The Knot
o mywedding.com
o Wed Quarters
o Momentville
o wedsite.com

Fabulous New Online Community...Xoopla!

Recently DreamGroup was introduced to the fabulous new online community hitting the Vancouver scene... Xoopla! Check out the interview with Geneve McNally, Principal Planner with DreamGroup Productions and also some of the other fabulous vendors on this most creative and helpful new "tool" geared at Vancouver consumers looking to get "the real story" on local businesses, vendors, and services.

Interview with a Geneve McNally Dream Group Wedding Planner Vancouver BC from williexoopla on Vimeo.

About Xoopla...

Xoopla makes finding local information less time consuming. Brides can go to many sites looking for information, but they will only find ads which no one really trusts anymore. They are still looking for the information to plan their wedding. That is why we interview and publish businesses and other experts. This is our attempt to put this relevant information in one spot for brides to be can find what they are looking for. (We will be opening this up to everyone- Like Wikipedia- so people can share information, review , recommend etc)

Xoopla is a social media and search site, where people and businesses share their expertise. This is how businesses get a reputation. The beauty of social media is that they can refer to their friends, recommend, review, and even look for a wedding planner, and filter the results through their friends recommendations. Users can connect to businesses, communities, to each other and share information. Business owners share information (as an expert), and update customers and potential customers that are connected to you when you update your site.

It is different than conventional advertising because it's not about self promotion, but about sharing experiences with the community.

Friday's Fabulous Find: Family Tree Guestbook!

Recently, Associate Planner, Corinne Colledge had some very creative clients! Not only was their family tree guest book a fun twist on the traditional guest book, but it also provided their guests with a fun activity during the cocktail hour. An added bonus is that their tree now serves as a lasting keepsake for them as well!

Want to make your own Family Tree Guest Book? Start with an over sized print of your tree without guest names on it. Setup a few different stamp-pads. You can either do a range of colors that matches your wedding color or shades of green, mimicing natural leaves. Also set out a grouping of matching pens.

Leave a small sign asking guests to imprint their thumb onto a branch and use the pens to add their name to identify their thumbprint. Be sure to encourage randomness to make the final design organic and fun!

To keep the project tidy, provide a few "Magic Erasers" or a basket of small moist toilettes in easy to use individual packets.

If you're not the DIY type, check out The Etsy Shop by Lovliday - she offers signs and blank trees at a really great price! Enjoy!

DG's Annual Photo Shoot!

Last month the DG girls headed out to Iona Beach for our annual staff photo shoot. Before we left, we were each pampered by the lovely Hayley Miller so needless to say we looked FABULOUS! Thanks to the wonderful creativity and energy of Camille and Chadwick of Jonetsu Photography the photos turned out amazingly...check out a few of our MANY favourites below:

Sarah Shore, Principal Planner

Geneve McNally, Principal Planner

Alicia Keats, Associate Planner

Samantha Nutley, Associate Planner

Corinne Colledge, Associate Planner

Kiren Atkar, Wedding Coordinator

Special thanks again to Hayley Miller and Jonetsu Photograpy for the wonderful magic you created! We can't wait to work with each of you again!

Miran & Corey - 05.08.10

Erik of Love Story Media shot an amazing video of Miran & Corey's wedding that took place at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel. Along with Principal Planner, Sarah Shore, Jeanie Ow was also there to ensure that this wonderful couple had the perfect day they deserved...

Check out the video here. You can truly feel the love that Miran and Corey have for each other!

Congratulations again Mrian & Corey, we wish you many many years of happiness!