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Kelowna Wedding Photographers | Porsche + Matt | Lakeside Rooftop Hotel Eldorado Wedding
Porsche + Matt had a gorgeous Kelowna Lakeside Rooftop Wedding at Kelowna’s iconic Hotel Eldorado. Who doesn’t love the bright, modern-vintage space that Hotel Eldorado has created? We can’t get enough of how exceptional this venue is for weddings, from the lovely space for ceremonies and receptions, to the extraordinary staff that ensures each step of the wedding day goes smoothly.
Porsche + Matt’s ceremony was on the rooftop, filled with a teary first look between Porsche and her dad, and so much laughter and happiness during the ceremony itself. These two couldn’t help but make us all smile with their genuine love for one another.
Our style of creating romantic and organic feeling photos with dreamy backlit, and natural lighting was a perfect fit for Porsche + Matt’s romantic themed wedding. We LOVE telling stories like this.
The Hotel Eldorado reception was filled with lovely sunlight flooding into the room through dinner and speeches, and every moment was beautiful from the teary speeches to the cake cutting to Porsche’s quiet and sweet way she threw her bouquet to her rambunctious ladies.
Congratulations you two! May your lives be filled with a lifetime of happiness and blessings.
Penticton Wedding Photographer | Dez + Jay | La Punta Norte Wedding
Dez + Jay had an Okanagan Destination wedding in Summerland (near Penticton) at La Punta Norte, right on Okanagan Lake. These two met on a houseboat in Kelowna, and decided what better way to celebrate their marriage, than to get married where they met!
Dezeray is from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Jay is originally from Newfoundland. These two love to be silly and laugh and are so much fun together. Their wedding day was FILLED to the brim with laughter and fun, along with happy tears and joy. This was such a wonderful day to be a part of!
Congratulations guys!!
Contributing Vendors:
Venue: La Punta Norte
Decor: DIY
Catering: Joy Road Catering
Cake: Kaleena Cakes
Floral Design: DIY
DJ: Airwaves
Makeup: Amy Gervaise
Hair: Lindsay Sabean
KELOWNA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER // Erin + Jerry // SUMMERHILL PYRAMID WINERY + HOTEL ELDORADO
From Langley, BC Erin + Jerry came to Kelowna to be married in the Summer sun of the Okanagan. Summerhill Pyramid Winery was the perfect outdoor venue to capture the beauty of BC’s wine country. Erin + Jerry are avid ball players, so portraits in a softball diamond with their entire wedding party were a must! After a couple grand slams, we made our way to Hotel Eldorado where a beautiful and bright reception was held in the historic hotel’s Great Room. Erin + Jerry’s day was warm, relaxed, and filled with laughs!
Please enjoy this preview of their day.
Vendors.
Ceremony: Summerhill Pyramid Winery
Reception: Hotel Eldorado
Wedding Planning: Cstar Events
Officiant: Pastor Wayne Laurie
Floral Design: Classic Creations
Cake Design: Sugar Sweet Cake Company
DJ: Superdave
KELOWNA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER // Hayley + Greg // HOTEL ELDORADO
Hayley + Greg came from Calgary, AB for their dreamy Kelowna destination rooftop wedding at the Hotel El Dorado on the beautiful Okanagan Lake.
This vintage with a modern twist wedding day was out of a designer and DIY dream, further proving that DIY weddings can be just as elegant and fabulous. Hayley had a very specific dream for this DIY wedding, incorporating elegant vintage rentals from the best in town (Vintage Origami). Even the pretty cupcakes were DIY, made by her mother the day before the wedding.
From the lanterns, to the florals, to the family owned vintage Morrocan Wedding blanket that they stood on during their vows and later served as backdrop to their delicious dessert table, it was gorgeous.
Please enjoy this glimpse into their day…
Venue: Hotel El Dorado
Decor: Vintage Origami + Bride
Cake: Mother of Bride
Floral Design: Bride’s family
Make up Artist: Jenny McKinney
Officiant: Pastor Wayne Laurie
DJ: Okanagan Dance Party
To see Hayley + Greg’s Engagement session at Sumerhill Pyramid Winery click HERE.
VINTAGE ORIGAMI WEDDING DECOR RENTALS // Preferred Vendors // KELOWNA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER
Yuriko Larson says there is a story behind everything. What first drew her to a love of all things vintage was this greater concept of objects holding a history, a special story, that continues over years and years and spaces and places.
The year was 2010. Yuriko found a Vintage Tandem ‘Schwinn’ bicycle on Craigslist, and convinced her husband that they should make this unique purchase and in doing so buy a larger vehicle so they could haul it back to Canada. When she went to pick up the tandem bicycle, she found out this great item’s story. The original owner was an old farmer in Texas, who had bought the bicycle in the 1970’s in hopes of teaching his wife how to ride a bike. He kept this tandem gem in pristine condition.
Yuriko loved the romance and the fabulous adventures that her and her husband could experience with the ‘bicycle for two’. She loved packing up the bike basket for picnics down by the lake and being able to converse in her husband’s ear while they navigated the streets of Kelowna and the docks along the lake. She especially loved the fact that she could go along for the ride and let her husband do all the peddling whenever she wanted-the perks of a tandem. It always gave her joy to see a sparkle or smirked smile by others as they nostalgically gave a nod of approval to them as they wheeled by. Yuriko thought it disappointing that this beautiful bike was being unused and sitting lonely in her garage. Because she wanted other couples to experience the tandem, she came up with the concept to rent it out for weddings and photo shoots. That’s how it all began…..
Vintage Origami-Vintage Wedding Rentals & Decorating, is a wedding decor rental business located in Kelowna, British Columbia, in the beautiful Okanagan Valley. Filled with some of the worlds most renown Vineyards and Wineries, the Okanagan has been called Canada’s Wedding Capital. Because of this, Kelowna has some of the finest Wedding Vendors in Canada. Vintage Origami is no exception.
Yuriko tailors her Wedding Decor to each bride. She offers one of the most unique services because she loves the story behind everything, and because of this, she is able to pull from each couple’s history, encouraging them to find special family heirlooms belonging to the bride or groom. With Vintage Origami, there is no cookie cutter design in Wedding Decor. Each wedding is exclusively designed to express and celebrate the individual couple and their special day. Yuriko works one on one with each bride, creating memories from their heritage that will continue on into their new life together.
Another great aspect of Vintage Origami, is that Yuriko will accommodate and work within a bride’s particular wedding budget. She encourages brides to incorporate their own collective items and gives them ideas on how to create DIY crafts to help make the decor not only personalized but cost efficient.
Upcycling comes naturally to Yuriko, and is extremely important to her. She loves the idea that you can Reuse, Reinvent, Recycle in all aspects of life. She considers Vintage Origami to be an ecological way to provide decor.
Yuriko finds her decor in all kinds of places, from her roots in Texas, as well as local. She loves building relationships with people she purchases from, and it’s important to her that she follows up with them showing them photos of how she repurposes the vintage item. She loves that she can show them that the life of the item continues as it is an active part of someone’s wedding day where a bride & grooms life starts together.
This year, Yuriko and Erik were blessed with the opportunity to spend some time in Italy. Yuriko was inspired and awe struck by the way the locals nurtured and embraced the natural aging of things around them whether it was architecture or the fine china used in the little side street cafe. Rather than painting over things to make them look new, “they embrace the patina of a worn brick wall”. She admired their desire for preservation, and that they didn’t follow trends, but had a respect for age.
Another thing that inspired Yuriko about Italy was the value of longevity of meal time and having courses. This made her think about “The Wedding Day” and about how important it is to not push for a big program, and not to rush through it, but to sit and enjoy that quality time with your friends and your family and be able to see the perfection in the imperfect. “Embrace the moment.”
Contact Yuriko at Vintage Origami-vintage wedding rentals & decorating for your wedding decor. You won’t be disappointed.
Desert Island:
If Yuriko could only have one song with her on a Desert Island, it would be Jesse Cook’s, Tuesday’s Child.
Photographs of Decor provided by Yuriko Larson.
Floral arrangements by Classic Creations
KELOWNA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER // Jenn + Chris // KELOWNA BEACH WEDDING
There’s a line in one of my (Josh) favorite movies, This is Spinal Tap. The keyboard player is asked about his life philosophy and he answers, “Have a good time, all the time.” That is this couple. Coming from Calgary, AB, they were married at Chris’s family’s Kelowna beach house. And, boy oh boy, these guys are super fun! From the first look, to the toasts, the laughs kept coming. The weather was hot, the sun was bright, and everything in this wedding was perfectly suited to Chris and Jenn’s relaxed attitudes.
These people make us love our job.
“Don’t want nothin’, but a good time.” – Brett Michaels (Poison) circa 1988
It couldn’t have been a more beautiful day. We’re so thankful to do what we do for wonderful people like these.
Location: The Ashley’s Beach House
Hair: Eveline Charles
Rental: Avalon Event Rentals Inc.