FunnyFace PhotoBooths- The Canterbury Place's Preferred Vendor!

The Canterbury Place is very proud and excited to announce that FunnyFace PhotoBooths is our newest preferred vendor!

FunnyFace PhotoBooths are great because:

• They are an interactive experience for your guests. Believe me, people love photo booths and will be talking all night about how much fun they are having. A photo booth is something that will set your event apart!
• They replace your guest book and favor. Guests take a picture, two copies print out, they keep one and the second one goes in your guest book- super easy
• They are customizable. From the curtain to the guest book to the photo strips, everything is customized to match your wedding and your personality
• The booth is beautiful! It enhances the venue and is large enough to fit lots of guests at once. There is an LCD screen on the outside of the booth so guests who aren't inside the booth can see the action!
• That night you get to bring home your guest book. Your photos will be put online under a password protected site. You will get a CD of high resolution images.
• Tell them that you are having your event at The Canterbury Place and you will receive $50.00 off your rental!

And the best news of all? FunnyFace PhotoBooth is currently giving a FREE Photo Booth away to a lucky bride and groom! We would love for one of our couples to win, and entering is easy. To find out more info and to enter go to their website here.

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Polka Dots and Daisies- New Invitations with The Canterbury Place

As part of The Canterbury Place's Reception Packages, we include invitations (which is so nice for our brides, you just come to The Canterbury Place to design your dream invite and then we we will email you a proof).

One of our preferred vendors, Polka Dots and Daisies, premiered some new invitations at our bridal show this year. We love Polka Dots and Daisies because of their fresh look and the fact that they are so customizable! You can change the color, the font, and even the motif! Every invitation is unique and Mollie (the owner of Polka Dots and Daisies) has designed them so beautifully.

Here is a sneak peek at her new invites for 2010:

If you want more info on Polka Dots and Daisies designs, click here or ask The Canterbury Place for details.

Thank you Lindsay Jane Photography for the beautiful pictures!

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Becky and Jeff, Wedding at The Canterbury Place

For all of our spring brides, I wanted to post these gorgeous photos from Becky and Jeff's wedding that was held last May at The Canterbury Place. Becky's colors were pink, green, ivory and black. Her bouquet had a beautiful mixture of pink roses and peonies- perfect for the spring. Stacie (the florist at The Canterbury Place) incorporated cherry blossoms into her large ceremony arrangements that beautifully captured the season and the wedding colors.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the event. For more pictures, make sure to check our website under the Featured Brides section.

Becky and Jeff had a served dinner for 100 guests. The best thing about served dinners? The beautifully set tables before hand.

They had a beautiful indoor ceremony
Pictures in the gardens after

You can see the blooming wisteria on the gazebo- so pretty! It is a light purple and only blooms once a year.

The gorgeous wedding cake by Ambrosia Exquisite Wedding Cakes (one of our preferred vendors) was inspired by this Martha Stewart cake.

Look at how beautiful the cherry blossoms were as they were leaving!

Thank you to Xpose Photography for the photos

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Lindsay and George

I am so excited to be sharing the lovely pictures from this wedding today! We actually showed the wedding video by Nathan Pickett Films here and now we are so excited to have the pictures of this great event at The Canterbury Place!

Lindsay and George had their ceremony and reception here in early November 2009. We worked on planning this event for a year and I loved every minute I spent with Lindsay, George and her mom Jean. They cared about making every detail perfect and it showed- the wedding and reception were amazing.

We actually received a surprise snow storm that day, but it just made the outside pictures that much prettier! Lindsay's colors were plum, rust, and mustard- deep fall tones. The flowers were gorgeous. They were made by The Canterbury Place's florist Stacie. Every arrangement had amazing textures and colors- they were truly breathtaking! For dinner there was a amazing dinner buffet for the many guests. The best part of the evening was the dancing, it was a huge party and everyone had a blast!

I am only posting a few of the pictures on the blog, but check out the rest are on our website under the featured brides section. You will love the pictures, I promise!

Vendors:
Cake: Ambrosia Exquisite Wedding Cakes
DJ: Laughing Gravy
Flowers: The Canterbury Place Florals
Catering: The Canterbury Place Catering
Limo: Celebrity Limo
Videographer: Nathan Pickett Films
Photographer: Don Polo

All pictures in this post are from Don Polo photography by Adlifa

The pictures are so lovely, thank you Adlifa for sending us the disk!

Thank you Lindsay and George for letting us show off your wedding and reception. You were both wonderful to work with and a beautiful bride and groom.

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New Preferred Vendor: Aesthetic Artistry

Last Thursday we had the privilege of having Terri Anne and Jennae from Aesthetic Artistry come and do a hair and make up demonstration on Elysha (our beautiful model/ wedding planner). Aesthetic Artistry is The Canterbury Place's new preferred vendor for hair and make up.

We were blown away with the amazing job these ladies did! Terri Anne is amazing at the air brush make up and Jennae did a great up-do on Elysha.

Elysha looked amazing! Her cheek bones were defined and her eyes were gorgeous.

They did the demonstration in our Bride's Room. It worked perfectly, especially since they will do on location hair and make-up at The Canterbury Place!

They specialize in total make-overs for brides. From hair-extensions to Terri Anne's own skin care line these ladies will work with you to get your skin, hair, and body perfect for your big day! They work with brides 3-4 months before the wedding, and the results are beautiful!

So if you are looking for someone who will help you look and feel beautiful for your wedding day (or any day, really) please call 801.721.6381 or check out Aesthetic Artistry's website here. They are conveniently located at the Bella Vida Clubhouse 602 S. Edgewood Drive
North Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Bridal Show Rundown: A Beautifully Set Table

For today's post I will be showing off one of my favorite parts of The Canterbury Place's Wedding Show- the set table! We did a mock set-up that featured everything from place cards, menus, to favors. Here are the details:

For the place cards we purchased cards from the local craft store and added some fun elements of pink labels and a mini pink flowers. We hand wrote the name of each of our "guests" with their table number written on the inside. Because place cards can't be made until a few weeks before the wedding (when all of the RSVP's are collected), a lot of brides leave this to the last minute. But you can easily purchase and embellish the cards and then write the names on them later

Photo by Vanderbeek Images

For the favor board, we covered a bulletin board with a coordinating striped fabric (for a great visual effect). We collected candy in pink tones and then placed them in mini cellophane bags. For the finishing touch, we purchased some darling labels and added on a monogram- TCP for The Canterbury Place. When the bags were finished, we pinned them onto the board so that guests could take a favor when they found their place card.
The set table was divine! We used a buffet table for the set table- this is a great way to do a served meal of a budget. Why? Because 8-10 people sit at one table so your linens and flowers go farther than on a round table (which usually seats 6-7 guests). We did something a little different and placed the cake in the middle as a centerpiece. The flowers were minimal- but simple and sweet. For the place setting we used The Canterbury Place dishes and stemware- so if you are having a served dinner here, you can see how beautiful our place settings are!
Photo by Vanderbeek Images

One of the fun things we did at this show was incorporate a lot of pattern! The table linen we selected was an ivory stripe. On top of it we added 3 hand crafted table runners for that bold punch of pattern.

Photo by Vanderbeek Images
For each place setting we had a dinner menu that was designed for the show. This is a great idea that any bride can incorporate! It's a great way to both "brand" your wedding and let your guests know what their next course will be. The menu was tucked inside of an ivory napkin with a band of ribbon and a paper flower used as trim.

Photo by Vanderbeek Images

On the corner of the windows we added these paper lanterns (more pattern!)

and mini poms.

For the centerpiece we used a cake that was created by one of our preferred cake artists Julie Hill from Layers Cake. I was inspired by this cake. So I sent her a picture, I told her my general vision, and I let her run with it. I was so happy with they way the cake turned out! The icing work on the second layer is amazing and the broach on the top tier is made from sugar. If you are looking for a cake artist who is amazing at details and makes a super delicious cake- please contact Julie!

If you have any questions on anything from this post, please call us at 801.292.5053. Remember, every element you see from our Show, can be incorporated in to your wedding!

Once again, thank you Lindsay Jane Photography for the images!

Bridal Show Rundown: Candy Bar

The Candy Bar at our Bridal Show was amazing! The Canterbury Place's Catering team did a great job of combining many "favorite" candies in our bridal show colors to create that kid in a candy shop feeling. And it sure was a crowd pleaser! Our guests loved helping themselves to their favorite candy to either eat right away or to take home and enjoy.
At The Canterbury Place we offer our candy bars at $200 per 100 guests. This is definitely the best favor choice out there! It is easy to incorporate your colors and guests always love to have an interactive part of the reception (believe me, it is something that they will remember).

The setup we featured at the show can also be used at your wedding (or you can come up with your own idea)- we used our apothecary jars decorated with ribbon in the bridal show colors. We added labels that looked like medallions by handcrafting pinwheels and adding on a printed circle label (which you can purchase from craft stores).

Photo via Vanderbeek Images
The end result was so cute and we couldn't be happier!

Here is an close-up of the medallion label. For a how-to on making pin wheels, click here.

Thank you to everyone for your great response of the Bridal Show! Whether you were able to come to show, or you have been enjoying the features online, we hope that you have been inspired! Tomorrow the feature will be on our set table.

Thanks to Lindsay Jane Photography for the beautiful photographs!

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