Last night was a first for me. I was invited to attend the wedding of a couple I’d never met before. Julie and I were invited to be official bloggers and tweeters at the Project Priceless wedding. You may or may not have heard about this endeavour but there’s been quite a lot of buzz about it in the blogosphere this past while. One gal (Jordan) and one guy (Brian) decide to harness the energy of their friends and family – and the power of social media – to help plan their wedding.
It was a major social experiment (and you know how much I like social experiments, right?), one that hung upon one big question: Can a community come together and create a priceless wedding? It’s pretty bold, isn’t it? But think I can safely say yes, yes it can.
It took months of planning, some degree of worry, and the wrangling of many little details. I read the blog and followed their adventure on Twitter (@prjectpriceless) but to witness the culmination of their hopes, dreams, and hard work in person, well, it was pretty awesome.
It was an honour to be invited, truly. I can’t even remember when I last attended a wedding, but it was probably ten years ago. It was a delight to see how the, ahem, young folks get hitched nowadays … although I realize that this wedding was as non-traditional as it gets.
I have a few standout things I wanted to mention here.
- The setting: the wedding was held at Stanley’s Olde Maple Farm. Why haven’t I been here before?? It’s a great venue.
- The wedding dress: I have no words to describe how pretty it was. Each flower on the skirt had buttons for the centre, hand sewn on there by Jordan and donated by many. She wore it with cowboy boots and it all looked amazing.
- The bridesmaids dresses. Were incredibly pretty, and here’s a shocker, they are actually dresses they could wear again. They are made by a company called So Fine; reversible tube dress AND skirt all in one. I COVET THE SCUBE. (Shown here in teal and black.)
- Bouquets were from the Flower Factory. They were beyond perfect.
- The food was pot-luck, and it worked! I thought this was a great idea.
- The cake. It was edible art made by Isabelle Crowe. See photo below.
- And speaking of treats, there were macarons by Geek Sweets and cupcakes by Little Cakes. Both were amazing.
- As if that wasn’t enough, there was a Candy bar (a.k.a. Candy buffet) donated by Fishbowl patron The Candy Store. I thought I’d died and gone to heaven.
Here are a few little snaps I took with my iPhone.
Jordan and her dad, walking up the aisle. Not shown, her peacock-feather fascinator (!), also of note, her totally gorgeous necklace from textile artist Morganna the White.
Cue the sunshine:
My partner in crime, uber-tweeter Julie Harrison:
Before I knew it, it was time for the first dance. I only teared up twice. This was the second time. It’s not a great snap, but you get the picture.
I wondered aloud if we could find a way to harness this moment, because it could have powered a city.
Ah love.
I would like thank Jordan and Brian for letting me share this wonderful day with them. It was truly priceless.
