Wedding professionals at Grouse Mountain Networking Event hosted by AWW

Networking With a View at Grouse Mountain

Last month, A Wish to Wed Society partnered up with Grouse Mountain to host a networking event for wedding professionals in the Lower Mainland. Grouse Mountain is one of the top tourist destinations and a landmark in Vancouver. With only a half hour drive from the city centre, Vancourites and guests get a taste of nature, mountains and trees that define

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Ciuffa Photography, Marriage License, Signing

Marriage License Checklist

Photo credit: Ciuffa photography When you and your partner decide to have a wedding, it requires some legalities as both of you will be registered as “married” in the Canadian Vital Statistics records. You have decided on the date that works best for you, your friends and family. Now what? It’s time to get your marriage license. What is a marriage license?

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Self care blog: woman holding cherry blossom

Self Care Tips for Wedding Planning

Your wedding is one of the biggest events you will ever plan – and event planning isn’t easy! Even a fully trained event manager knows just how stressful event planning can be. However, no matter how big the event, your health always comes first. Prioritizing your health over your wedding is essential – and it is extra important when someone

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Linda and Dave and friends at their Spring wedding in Vancouver

A Spring Wedding: Linda and Dave

The month of March marks the beginning of Spring. And if you are from Vancouver, B.C. you know that the seasons here can be unpredictable. Luckily for Linda and Dave, the weather decided to bless them, and it turned out to be their most beautiful day ever. Even though not all the cherry blossoms had sprung, you knew Spring had

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Get hands on DIY inspiration with The DIY Wedding Show

On February 24th, 2018 at 100 Braid Street Studios in New Westminster, the first ever DIY Wedding Show in the Lower Mainland will be happening and A Wish To Wed society will be receiving a portion of the proceeds and will be collecting donations. Couples who are seeking an awesome DIY wedding will have the opportunity to gather some phenomenal

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Mark and Anita Wedding Forest Embrace

Strength, Support, and Wedding Planning: Anita and Mark

The thing about weddings is there’s no right or wrong way to do them, the only thing you need to worry about getting right is loving your spouse. When your love is strong enough, you can face anything together: even wedding planning. And if there is anyone who can prove this sentiment, it’s Anita and Mark. Their Story Anita and

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Bites, Bubbles and Brides

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] We are beyond grateful to be the non-profit of choice for the Bites, Bubbles and Brides event from the fabulous John M.S. Lecky UBC Boathouse! Check out what the event is all about: The John M.S. Lecky UBC Boathouse is honored to host the first annual Bites, Bubbles, and Brides Gala on March 11, 2016 to support A Wish to Wed Society. All

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Linda and Dave

Linda met Dave on a dog walk 13 years ago in a Vancouver park. Some time after the couple would be confronted with one of life’s biggest challenges: Linda was diagnosed with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), a deteriorating illness. But their love conquered all hardships. The couple learned to enjoy every day to the fullest and have become active

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Kim and Andrew’s wedding

Our first A Wish To Wed’s wedding is a fact. It was a day of happiness and celebration of love. Kim and Andrew’s wedding at the Creekside Community Centre was everything we hoped for and more. It’ll forever have a special place in our hearts. The wedding was emotional, with some tears (especially during the speeches), but most of all

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Take it back to the fab 50’s!

On June 12th, the A Wish To Wed team hosted a great 50’s style dance party in Vancouver’s Heritage Hall to raise funds for an upcoming Wedding Wish! We’re excited to tell you the fundraiser was an absolute success and thanks to you we’ll be able to fullfill Kim and Andrew’s wedding wish! Enjoy these amazing photographs by Leblanc Studio and find more

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