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the Dream Team Photographer John Bello Photography bohnjello.com Videographer Love Story Media lovestorymedia.com Venue — Ceremony Canadian Memorial United Church canadianmemorial.org Venue — Reception The Metro Hall themetrohall.com Wedding Planner (day-o f) Alicia Keats Weddings & Eve nts aliciakeats.com Bride's Dress Kathryn Bass Bridal (custom design by bride) kathrynbass.ca Bridesmaid Dresses Bedo Clothing bedo.ca Hair & Makeup Jayna Marie Makeup & Hai r jaynamarie.com Groom's & Groomsmen Outfits Debonair Formal Wear debonairformalwear.com Bride's Shoes Ivanka Trump, from The Bay Groom's Shoes Nike Air Jordans Flower Girl Outfits Designed by the bride Décor & Flowers Flowerz flower-z.com Bridesmaid bouquets, bou tonnières & centrepieces designed by bride Stationery Designed by the bride Catering Sugar Mountain Catering sugarmountaincatering.com Cake Anna Elizabeth Cakes annaelizabethcakes.com Entertainment Fresh Groove Productions (hip -hop dancers) freshgroove.biz Jewellery Elsa Corsi elsacorsi.com Wedding Rings Hard as Diamond realweddings.ca .ca .ca 465 hardasdiamond.com The couple's Vegas theme extended to the cake designed by Anna Elizabeth Cakes. explains. "It really was overwhelming to see how many people helped out and went far above and beyond their call of duty." Among those helpers were local wedding planner Alicia Keats who supplied much-needed day-of coordination, the accordion player gifted by wedding planners DreamGroup Productions, the videography gifted by Love Story Media, and the décor created by Vancouver's Flowerz that perfectly brought her vision of "Las Vegas on Valentine's Day" to life. "Evan is a dear friend of ours and as soon as he knew we wanted a Vegas-style wedding, there was no stopping him," says Jayna, of Flowerz owner Evan Orion. The bride designed her own red-carpet-inspired two-piece wedding gown (made by Vancouver designer Kathryn Bass), providing a fresh canvas for her sparkling gold accessories created by friend and local jewellery designer Elsa Corsi. Jayna later swapped out the bottom of her sleek and versatile gown for gold lamé pants in time for the couple's lively salsa/hip-hop first dance ("I wanted to be able to shake my booty without fear of tripping"), followed by a complete change into a festive BCBG party dress for the remainder of the evening. Every moment of their entire fun-filled day, including a stop for wedding-party photos at Vancouver Urban Winery, was captured by Vancouver photographer John Bello. "I love his passion for what he does and that he had lots of experience shooting in nightclubs," says Jayna. "Our reception was going to be quite darkly lit, which is a little different from Touches of gold added most, so it was a perfect combination. He really captured instant glamour to how much fun we all had that night." rw Jayna's exotic bridal bouquet. 46 real weddings fall/winter 2013 p42-47_Jayna & Rey.indd 46 13-09-23 12:20 PM