I was  just listening to  The Q on CBC with Jian Ghomeshi and he had a guest on his show who speaking about a town in Haiti that won’t be getting any aid since their area was not as badly hit as others. Still, everyone is living out on the streets because many of the buildings were so poorly built, that they are on the verge of collapse and completely unsafe. This prompted me to want to tell you about a charity that we donated to yesterday called Architecture for Humanity. Their focus is to go into communities in need and rebuild buildings using quality materials so the construction will last and be safe in the future. They are truly an upstanding charity worth giving to and they are involved in so many projects that are soooo worth while, even in our local Vancouver.   Thanks, steff

Check out their website to learn more: www.architectureforhumanity.org

To donate go to: Help Haiti: Long-Term Reconstruction

Building a more sustainable future using the power of design.
Through a global network of building professionals, Architecture for Humanity brings design, construction and development services to communities in need.

steff + justin :-)

We met with Travis and Janna over a year ago at their home which was full of large paintings and photographs. We learned that they were both creatives and Travis, being a  graduate from the Western Academy of Photography (one of Canada’s foremost schools of photography), we felt honoured that they chose us as their wedding photographers. We are so pleased to hear that contemporaries in our field truly value our work. For their wedding, it was really important for them to put a mark on their wedding, so they created a consistent brand for their wedding right from the beginning, starting with a wedding logo, amazing printed pieces of artwork and it all even tied in with the decor on the cake.

Janna getting ready at her Aunt’s Victorian home with the help of her Mom and sister.

Janna and her Dad riding together in a vintage car to the church. Janna had decided to get married at the same church her parents had over 3o years ago, so it was a pretty special ride for him to drive the same route now with his daughter.

Travis with his groomsmen and grooms-gal. Travis loves working with paper, so he chose to have paper cranes as their boutonnieres.

While Janna had the vintage 50’s car for her wedding transportation, Travis and Co. had urban-cool wedding transport; the SkyTrain.

3 year old ring bearer eyeing up the aisle before going in. He did a great job!

Janna’s father proudly brought Janna down the aisle.

We love Janna’s laugh! This photo really captures them both so well.

Their wedding coat of arms designed by Travis. It’s a Danish tradition to give a special wedding cake to their guests (that’s what was inside those boxes). How cute are these buttons! We wore ours proudly all day. The ‘peas+ carrots’ button was a hit, but we liked the ‘Scrabble’ button too. And ‘I Heart J+T’!  Super fun!

All the printing for their wedding was done by Hemlock Printers and the buttons by Chris at www.thisisplanB.net

Beautiful and very tasty wedding cake by Cupcakes all done to match the whole branding of the wedding ‘look.’

First dance! This was especially important as Janna had badly broken her leg and torn all her ligaments in her foot in January and was unable to walk for most of the year. She was one very determined women to walk down the aisle this summer, so she worked really hard at rehabilitating her leg and against many odds, she achieved it! This was their first dance together as husband + wife, but also with her now rehabilitated leg. Go girl!!

Guests tearfully watching Travis + Janna’s first dance.

The dance floor was consistently full all night with groovy tunes by their DJ from First Choice Mobile Music.

Here is what Travis + Janna had to say after they saw their photographs:

“Thank you so much for all your hard work. The photos area amazing! The quality is unreal!! You two did such an incredible job of capturing the special moments of our big day. We can’t thank you enough!!”

Thanks guys! :-)   steff + justin