WLA Events

05/21/2025

✨NOT MY WEDDING OR CLIENT✨

BUT - I had the pleasure of assisting my industry friends at .weddings and .floralstudio with setting up the beautiful centerpieces for this wedding, and I truly enjoyed working with the .team!

Having spent over ten years as a venue manager, I’ve had the opportunity to work alongside various vendors and planners, admiring their unique planning styles and aesthetics. Now that I’m leading my own company, I can draw on that experience to shape how I want to operate my business.

The most valuable piece of advice I can share is the importance of collaboration and learning from each other, rather than viewing one another as competitors. I have great respect for those who have been in the industry longer than I have, and I genuinely enjoy witnessing them in their element! It’s inspiring to see how others approach their work!

Kim and her team are an incredible group, and I am grateful they welcomed me into their circle without concern of competition. We can all support one another when needed.

Let’s work together to change the perception that our industry is cut-throat.

A special shoutout to .floralstudio for crafting the stunning, whimsical florals and candles that truly brought to life!! 🙌

04/22/2025

Happy Earth Day 2025! 🌎

There are so many things our industry can do to limit the enormous amount of waste events produce, but the one item I tell all my clients to do is to make sure they are not using floral foam in their floral designs. 🌷This is such an easy ask, and many florists are now recognizing the harm floral foam does to the environment. It also pushes their creativity to think of alternatives and out-of-the-box ideas.

If there is one thing I ask you to do, be it a vendor, a planner, a client - please make it a priority to not use floral foam for the rest of the year! 🙏

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04/21/2025

Happy first anniversary to the sweetest couple ever! How has it been a year already? I’m still drooling over those delicious chocolate favours! Here’s to many, many more years of happiness, love and laughter! 🥂

Photos and video by the amazing duo:

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Florals
Makeup
Officiant

04/02/2025

Calling all vendors - market season is upon us!

Together with , we are organizing our first market of the year on June 4th and 5th at two prominent downtown locations: Southcore Financial Centre (across from Union Station and Scotia Arena), and .court Courtyard at 199 Bay Street.

This market requires NO VENDOR FEE! Our purpose is to bring talented local businesses to the heart of the financial district so tenants have a way to learn about your company and to shop directly from you.

If you are interested in being a vendor at this market, email us at [email protected] to get the Vendor Package with more information. We are only accepting 8 vendors! No DMs please!

Can’t wait to put on another amazing market for the tenants of QuadReal Property Group!

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03/20/2025

It took me a moment before sharing this message. I wanted to avoid coming off as an opportunist amid the devastating wildfires that swept through California earlier this year. Yet, this message holds profound significance for both myself and my company—our ongoing commitment to healing the Earth.

With that in mind, this had to be my first post of the year. So, here we are on the first day of Spring, excited to share the number of trees we planted last year thanks to all the wonderful people and events we participated in!

Here’s a quick recap:

🌳2021: One year post-launch, we planted 75 trees.
🌳2022: 40 trees were nurtured into existence.
🌳2023: 100 trees took root.
🌳2024: A staggering 1,070 trees blossomed!

1,070 TREES PLANTED!!! What an amazing year it was!

As forests are being depleted globally due to climate change and global warming, I feel incredibly grateful for what my small company has accomplished - planting over 1,285 trees in the past four years. While it may not be enough to reverse the damage we’ve caused, every tree matters. Every tree makes a difference. 💚

A heartfelt thank you to everyone I collaborated with in 2024; your support and partnership made this milestone possible. WLA Events may be a small team, but we are filled with mighty aspirations, eager for the adventures that await us in 2025 as we continue to grow our ever-expanding forest!

If I could ask one thing of you today, it would be to take a pledge and identify one change you can embrace to help cultivate a brighter planet for the generations yet to come. 🙏

Thanks for joining me on this journey!

05/03/2022

Yesterday I attended my second in-person industry event hosted by since the pandemic and it felt so good to be with people who share the same passion as me. It reminded me of why I do what I do; People are meant to connect over good food and drinks, to bond through laughter, and to share experiences through stories. This is why I love being in events and hospitality.

I had an opportunity to get a poem written on the spot by the amazing Cathy Thorne of ! I rambled on about my thoughts at the time: my kids, their future, why I do what I do, and she wrote this incredible poem that further cemented my purpose in life and why sustainability is important to me. Thank you, Cathy, for capturing my thoughts on paper in such a simple yet eloquent way.

Thanks for the invitation, Mia and her team at for hosting, for the delicious eats, and .

02/05/2022

02/04/2022

A few days ago I mentioned that Today’s Bride shared our styled shoot - well, this is the money shot!

I knew I wanted to get a photo of the girls in a field lying down, top down shot, but Olive Studio just nailed it with her artistic grace. I couldn’t have envisioned it any more beautiful than how she captured it. 👏 April!

Click below to see the whole shoot!

https://todaysbride.ca/articles/sisterly-love-a-bride-and-her-maid-of-honour/

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As Ontario settles in for another snow day, we are really, REALLY wanting spring to hurry up and get here. And when we think of spring, we think of lilacs. 💜

This lilac-filled shoot is all about the bride and her maid of honour. It's super soft and sweet, and you can almost smell the flowers.

Almost.

Photographer: Olive Studio
Co-Producer, Co-Stylist, Florist:
Co-Producer, Co-Stylist, Planner: WLA Events
Venue: Farmhill Weddings and Events - PTBO
Bride’s Dress:
Maid of Honour Dress Rental: The Fitzroy
Furniture Rentals, Accent Pieces, Decor:
Tableware: Table Tales
Hair Stylist:
Makeup Artist: .abeautybar
Hair and Jewellery Accessories:
Ring: Fair Trade Jewellery Co.
Stationery & Calligraphy Artist:
Cake:

10/29/2021

Have you guys seen this dark and moody styled shoot on The Wedding Co. blog today?? We had so much fun pairing dark colours with soft lilacs and the outcome was stunning!

Click the below link to see the full post and photos, and read about how we kept this as sustainable as possible.

https://www.theweddingco.com/blog/2021/10/27/feminine-gothic

Here is the amazing team who helped make this happen, and special mention to Susan from for coming up with the concept, and April of Olive Studio for capturing the gorgeous photos!

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Planner and Co-Stylist:
Concept, Florist and Co-Stylist:
Venue:
Furniture Rentals, Accent Pieces:
Tableware:
Hair Stylist:
Dress Rentals:
Makeup Artist: .abeautybar
Hair and Jewelry Accessories:
Ring:
Calligraphy Artist:
Cake:

10/24/2021

We lucked out with the weather yesterday for a special “sprinkles and confetti” first birthday party! This was so much fun to plan and design with the proud parents!

Happy first birthday, princess H!

07/25/2021

Despite having to move our “One In A Melon” themed party inside due to the heavy rain yesterday, we were still able to create a fun and memorable first birthday for little Lady.

Instead of ballon arches, which are not friendly to the environment and wildlife regardless of whether they are biodegradable or not, we used paper pom poms, honeycomb balls and fans to create a beautiful backdrop for the watermelon stand. The paper decor will be reused for another birthday.

The cute watermelon picnic basket was from Nayos. We also ordered pink plaid pillows but didn’t get to use them for our picnic. 🙁

Our client made her own watermelon cake! Doesn’t it look amazing?? Little Lady loved picking the berries off the cake. Yum! 🍉

Thanks for allowing me to design an environmentally-friendly birthday for your little one, Diana Virk!