With all the interest in our noew Editor’s Diary, we have decided to house our information within the aislewalk site itself. This will allow us to include more great product photos and keep you up to date on the happenings in the wonderful world of weddings. Our new diary location can be found by clicking HERE make sure to bookmark the new location.
aislewalk makes it’s Holt Renfrew Debut
You saw right. We are thrilled to announce that aislewalk can now be found at Holt Renfrew. The gals at Bobbi Brown invited me down to take part in their annual Bridal Event and of course I accepted. After meeting many of the decision makers at Holt Renfrew and showing off our little publication, a great idea emerged…. aislewalk shouldn’t just be available at the event, it should be available everyday! aislewalk will now be available at the Bobbi Brown counter at Holt so any brides wanting to pick up their free copy, should head on down and while you’re at it, try some of the fantastic makeup found at Bobbi Brown.
It was an amazing event with a lot of great people on hand to cater to a bride’s every whim. From the fantastic gals of Bobbi Brown who might just be the most amazingly talented makeup artists I have ever seen to Kevin from Avantgarde Hair Studio who even worked his magic on my hair, the talent was out in full force.
The highlight of the event for me was getting to hang out with the amazing staff who head up Tiffanys at Holt. They shared some of the amazing pieces with me and I got a peek at the new lines. This stuff is to die for! When asked if I wanted to try on the $22,000 necklace…I had to say no…I might never have taken it off!
Yes it was long days and tons of work but well worth it and we even had some time to have fun
Wedding Fair
So after a few weeks of recovery, I thought I would update everyone on our Wedding Fair experience.
It was incredible, exhusating, and a whole lot of fun! Meeting so many brides who LOVED our little magazine was incredible. (We heard so many times from brides that last year’s issue had become their “bible” we almost started to keep count!) Standing on a hard wood floor for two days, and going out dancing the Saterday night was exhausting…. and chatting with vendors, looking at all the great booth displays, and feeling all the love in the air was so fun!
We are also very proud to announce that two of our aisle walk vendors one best booth awards! Sweet Beginnings won for best single booth, and Delovely Creative won for 1st runner up Single booth (basically second place behind Sweet Beginnings)
One common theme throughout a number of booths was the sparkle and glimmer of crystals and the drama of trees. The aisle walk booth was part of the trend with crystals adorning our gold tree highlighted by four simple chandliers. Our booth looked so good we got confused for a decor company… thanks to Jeanette from Delovely Creative for helping us! 
Wedding fair is by far the busiest wedding show. We actually gave out about 4000 magazines! But it also attracts many of the best vendors in the city, and can give brides a ton of ideas for thier wedding. I think it was a great success this year; I can’t wait to give out more magazines at Bridal Trends in Februry!
Tammy
designer
aislewalk goes wedding fair
With Christmas just a few days away, most people are thinking of presents and eggnog. Sharing a few days with family and friends and a couple of much needed days of work. Well, for us at aislewalk, we’re wrapping up a few presents of our own…. We are getting ready to give away thousands of FREE copies of aislewalk 2007 at the annual Wedding Fair at the Westin Bayshore being held January 6&7. It is always an exciting time of year for us as this is when we actually get to get into the trenches and spread the word about our little publication. We hope to see everyone there!
Happy holidays to all
the annual soiree
I was hoping to wait until the pro pictures arrived so that I could put them up for everyone to see but I just had to post about the party and the 2007 issue which is finally out! The event was held at the Met which I have to say was the most amazing venue. James Sweeney was such a pleasure to work with and went so far above the call of duty it’s ridiculous!!!! In fact, the entire staff blew me away. We went with a 1940’s Hollywood theme complete with Hollywood martinis, jazz band, crystals galore…..oh yah and then there was the amazing photo booth that everyone had a kick out of.
With over 150 industry pros there, it was a little overwhelming for me but so great to see everyone out in support of our little publication. The Nelson Boshmann trio started off the night with a big band bang and I have to mention the stunning cake by Kerridan Cakes and the wow factor cupcakes by Cakewalk. Girls….you rock! Then there was Jeannette from Delovely Creative, who despite being extremely jetlagged after a long flight from China, managed to produce out of this world decor to set the tone. Can’t thank you enough for everything! Special thanks too, to Flower Factory for perfect centerpeices….I did just as you asked and took them home…my officer never looked so good! We even handed out our little awards to some of the vendors for their spectacular contributions to aislewalk and tantalizing treats from Barefoot Venus as a special thanks to all those who helped to make the event a success. I think we’ll have to make that part an annual event in itself.
It was so amazing to see familiar faces and meet so many new ones. I hope we see more of each other throughout wedding season. Now comes the fun part of getting the publication out there for the brides which wil happen over the next few weeks and we’ll be there with bells on at Wedding Fair to spread the aislewalk word.
Thanks to everyone for your kind emails and messages following the party and make sure to send over your photo strips! Would love to put them up for everyone…of course only the ones that you didn’t have to close the curtain for!
I promise to update the blog with the pro pics soon. Special thanks to Anita & Gina Photography for coming down to capture the event. Can’t wait to see all the great shots.
For anyone who hasn’t seen it yet… here is the 2007 cover…keep an eye out…
press time
We take our job seriously but let’s be real. 12 hours at the printers would drive anyone crazy! Rather than sit around we decided to have a little fun and pass the time between checks. Tim Hortons donuts in hand (to bribe the pressman to let us run around like kids in a candy store) we headed in to where it all happens and our 8 month project turns into the print version of aislewalk. I have to mention that WE LOVE OUR PRINTERS! They treated aislewalk like gold and I can’t say enough great stuff about them. A few more weeks and aislewalk 2007 will be out for all to see and thankfully Tammy and I will get a much needed break!
Our little work in progress!
Tammy being the serious designer
Erin pretending she knows what she’s looking at
Tell me you wouldn’t have done it if you could?
aislewalk wins gold
We are simply giddy with excitement that the Vancouver Edition of aislewalk has won Gold at the International Gallery of Superb Printing in New York. We always knew we had something special with our little publication but to be recognized on an International stage is so cool! Considering that the aislewalk team is over the moon about the design and theme of the 2007 issue, we can’t wait to see what we win next.
Thanks to everyone for including us in their must have collection during their wedding planning. Without you, we wouldn’t have this awesome product to share.
City Exposure
Take a look for the current issue of Vancouver View Magazine. Cover and Kits feature images are the work of aislewalk photographer Erin Gilmore. The cover and Kits feature are about none other than aislewalk florist Thomas Hobbs whos amazing floral designs provided the inspiration for the images.
Join the Walk
aislewalk is Vancouver/Whistler’s exclusive guide to stylized weddings. This conveniently sized publication is a visual presentation of Vancouver/Whistler wedding stories, innovative ideas, and also encompasses a collection of industry leaders & premiere venues, to provide Vancouver couples with the perfect match for their unique event.
We look forward to using this blog as a way of keeping couples and industry alike up to date on all the happenings within the Vancouver Wedding Industry. We will introduce you to our vendors, great finds, as well as give you the inside scoop on upcoming magazine events.
