Viva la wedding: CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations Veronique Biron & Andrew Mouland - 1st place winners!

Veronique and Andrew are the 1st place winners of Viva la wedding's Inspiration Board Contest! Their winter wedding will take place at the Crowne Plaza on January 30, 2010. For those of you not familiar, the view from the Penthouse level is spectacular! Viva la wedding is excited to be a part of Veronique and Andrew's big day and looking forward to working with them to ensure their wedding is all they imagined and more. Here's the inspiration board Veronique entered to win.

Congratulations Pamela Peacock and Serge Biron - 2nd place winners!

Pamela and Serge are the 2nd place winners of Viva la wedding's Inspiration Board Contest! Their fall wedding will take place at the Bean Town Ranch on September 19, 2009. Bean Town is a beautiful venue nestled in the countryside East of Ottawa.

Congratulations Stacey Cole and Steve Smith - 3rd place winners!

Stacey and Steve are the 3rd place winners of Viva la wedding's Inspiration Board Contest! Their summer wedding will take place on August 22, 2009. The ceremony will be in the breathtaking gardens of a private residence with a tented reception to follow.

About Viva la wedding

Sought after professional wedding planner Joan-Anne Cantley is the brains behind Viva la wedding - the first wedding coordination service of its kind in the Ottawa area to specialize exclusively in Wedding Day Management. Catering to the bride and groom who are passionate about the planning process and excited to experience it together, Viva la wedding steps in when the fun of developing your theme is over and a professional is needed to make sure all your hard work pays off and your vision is flawlessly executed on your big day.

Joan-Anne initially meets with each couple soon after they set their date to discuss the basics and then again at the two month mark to talk details. From this point on Joan-Anne becomes your right hand (wo)man. Working closely with each couple and their vendors, her goal is to ensure you have a stress free day and enjoy being the guests of honour at the wedding of your dreams.

Viva la wedding’s strong reputation grew through Joan-Anne’s desire to listen, understand and respect her clients’ wants and needs; her ability to create the perfect fusion of function and style; and her insistence on collaborating with only the best vendors the Ottawa area has to offer. Her clients immediately recognize her enthusiasm and commitment to their wedding. She knows the planning process down to every last detail and is the adhesive that bonds all the elements of your wedding together. She works hard, laughs often and genuinely loves what she does.

Wedding Day Management

Don't let the name fool you, Wedding Day Management covers more than just the 'day of'. Services begin from time of booking.

(Services are not limited to those listed and will be discussed, along with pricing, during the initial consultation)

Initial consultation:

• Informal discussion (via phone, email, or in person) of ceremony location, reception venue, theme/style of wedding, rough timeline, services and expectations, pricing, etc

Throughout the planning process:

• Vendor referrals
• Advice and guidance

Six to eight weeks prior to wedding day:

• In depth planning meeting to review progress since initial consultation and discuss wedding day in detail*
• Create checklist of outstanding tasks
• Review vendor contracts
• Create wedding day timeline
• Ongoing consultation via phone and email throughout the six to eight weeks

Week prior to wedding day:

• Meeting to finalize wedding day details*
• Distribute timeline to vendors and confirm contract details
• Supervise rehearsal and lead if no on-site church coordinator present

*One of these should be an on-site venue meeting

Wedding day:

• Manage wedding day timeline
• Coordinate vendor arrival and set-up at ceremony and reception venue
• Assist with basic décor
• Distribute remaining vendor payments and gratuities
• Crisis management and use of wedding day emergency kit
• Organize gift collection
• Assistant included (if required)
• Supervision of vendor tear-down (if requested, additional charge)

Post wedding:

• Follow up with bride & groom

13 comments:

Stacey ColeJuly 02, 2009
YEA BABY! I know it's just a book, but I'm still excited to win! Thank you Joan-Anne for holding a great contest and congratulations Veronique and Pamela. Lucky girls! I'm sure your weddings are going to rock!
Sheryl ConradJuly 02, 2009
Congratulations everyone!
Abbie HuntJuly 02, 2009
Congratulations! We're still hiring Joan-Anne anyway but thought we'd try our luck in the contest just incase. Veronique, if the wedding dress in your inspiration board is "the" dress I LOVE it!! Happy weddings everyone!
Kelly JacksonJuly 02, 2009
Great inspiration board! Congrats!

Kelly
Melissa PetersJuly 02, 2009
Congratulations Veronique, Pamela and Stacey!
Jenn RodneyJuly 02, 2009
Pamela - we're venue twins! We're getting married at Bean Town in 2010! Congrats on winning!

Jenn
Celine LemayJuly 02, 2009
My sister got married at Bean Town. Warm and rustic, it was amazing! Veronique, I too love your dress! Great inspiration board! Congrats!
Joanne GrahamJuly 02, 2009
Stacey that's a great book to win! I bought it because I heart Colin Cowie and all his ideas. Lots of great inspiration! Congratulations to everyone that won!
Ariana CalderJuly 02, 2009
I agree, the view from the Penthouse level of the Crowne Plaza IS spectacular. Congratulations Veronique for being the 1st place winner. Now how about another contest ;)
Nathalie GendronJuly 02, 2009
LOL, yes how about another contest. Are we greedy or what? Great inspiration board Veronique! Looks like you are going to have a beautiful wedding.
Veronique BironJuly 02, 2009
I'm so excited! Thank you everybody :o) Congrats Pamela and Stacey!!!
Pamela PeacockJuly 03, 2009
Congrats to Veronique and Stacey!!! Both Biron weddings... :)
Veronique BironJuly 03, 2009
I know it's so funny! Joan-Anne was like, are you guys related? No just a really big coincidence!

CONGRATULATIONS!

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