Shaping Memories Event Planning

01/02/2024

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18/01/2024

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05/01/2024

❤️❤️❤️ We are so grateful 🥹

25/12/2023

Check out our Christmas decorations this year! Merry Christmas!

20/12/2023

We would love to send all of our Shaping Memories’ Family an abundance of love and joy this holiday season! Thank you to each and every one of you for following us on this journey. Thanks to all of you supporting us, we were able to have our best year to date and we are so very grateful! We truly LOVE what we do and to have such an amazing support team behind us is the best gift we could receive!
Whether your family celebrates Christmas, Hanukkah, another wonderful holiday, or nothing at all, we would like to say thank you and please know that there is love surrounding you this season.
Let’s move forward into 2024 with positivity, inclusiveness, and love.

30/10/2023

😍😍 This was such a fun and beautiful wedding! What a pleasure to work with such talented vendors like Crescendo Floral Studio 🥰

17/10/2023

It was a pleasure working with Crescendo Floral Studio, they did a perfect job creating the couple's vision and making it come to life! They are also so sweet!!

22/07/2023

✨ Attention to detail is our specialty! From the smallest decorative elements to the overall ambiance, we'll ensure that every aspect of your wedding is picture-perfect. Let us take care of the details while you enjoy your magical day.

Photographer: Dani Cyr Photography

03/07/2023

Selecting a wedding dress is more than just a fitting… it’s a process, a memory in the making!

Here are some tips/suggestions from our experience working as wedding dress consultants:
♡ Bring 1-2 of your supportive and fun friend or family group.
♡ Pick a dress/outfit that you feel amazing in as you are!
♡ Stay and only try within your budget. And keep in mind 95% of people need alterations.
♡ This is your day, and you should feel amazing.
♡ Not everyone cries when they find their dress/wedding outfit. You will just know!
♡ Very often, people go back to their first dress/outfit they try on!
♡ Be vocal about which picks are your favourites immediately so your guests know how to properly support you!
♡ Bring your large group back for when your dress/outfit arrives. This is a great moment to include others and showcase the dress/outfit that makes you feel special!
♡ Go with your gut! It’s okay to walk away and come back ❤️

Photography: Janayh Wright Photography

26/06/2023

✨ Stress-free wedding planning is just a call away! Sit back, relax, and let our experienced wedding planners handle all the details. From vendor coordination to timeline management, we'll ensure a seamless and enjoyable planning process.

Photography: Tulle and Tweed Photography

05/06/2023

Everyday is a new adventure because of you.

Photography: Janayh Wright Photography

28/05/2023

All you need is love and cupcakes.

These amazing cheesecake treats were made by one of our couples’ mom! And let us say, they were DELICIOUS! 🤤

Photo: Janayh Wright Photography

25/05/2023

One of the questions we get asked a lot is about Day Of Coordination.
We love to explain to our potential clients that in order to do our best job for your wedding, it requires preparation before the wedding day. If we didn’t add any preparation before the wedding day, we wouldn’t know more than your 2nd cousin is coming across the world.

Our prep work allows us to know your wedding inside and out, to be able to answer all the questions from guests, vendors, family, and more. The work involved includes being in contact with your vendors so we are all on the same page before the wedding to determine we have everything each vendor needs, the contracts are all correct, and they know how to reach/find us on the wedding day.

Story time: We once attended an event without our involvement or any planners assistance. The caterers happened to have the wrong address on their invoice. Luckily, we were there to jump into action and help everyone through this overlooked detail.

Having us at your event and doing preparations prevents mishaps like this from happening. Other prep work entails creating timelines that work for all parties, creating decor and rental lists to assist us know exactly where every item is coming from and where it needs to be placed, and to make sure you aren’t missing any details such as pens for the guestbook.
We could type on and on about the benefits of our preparation work but if you take a peek at all of our reviews (Client Love Folders) from our amazing clients, you can see how our services have helped each couple on their wedding day! 🥰❤️❤️❤️

Photography: Evergrey Photography

26/04/2023

We are so honoured!! It was an amazing year last year and we are so excited to be recognized for all of our hard work, amazing clients, and a great team of vendors!! 🥰❤️ Thank you to Vancouver Island Wedding Industry Association & Awards for putting on this beautiful event! Congratulations on your 10th year!!

2022 FINALIST Best Wedding Planner

16/04/2023

We at Shaping Memories Event Planning are so honoured to be nominated for two sub categories under the service category for the Cowichan Valley Community Votes (Wedding Planners & Event and Party Planning). You have until May 14th to get your votes in! There are so many amazing businesses to vote for! Thank you for all your support!!

Official 2023 Community Voting Awards Platform for Cowichan Valley, BC. Where the community votes for their favourites every year.

02/04/2023

Every once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale!

Photography: Evergrey Photography

14/02/2023

MODEL CALL!!!
LGBTQIA+ Friendly 🏳️‍🌈

We are looking for a loving couple available on April 16th, 2023.
No previous modeling experience required!
You must be willing to travel to Central Vancouver Island.
You will get a free 2 hr session, digital copy, and a fun experience.
Apply with a description of yourselves and a photo to [email protected]

Videography by Paige Cordeiro

06/02/2023

This photo says 1000 words! Look at the love and joy radiating from this stunning bride as she gets ready to marry the love of her life.

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06/02/2023

A beautiful review that we cherish!
“Braeja and Trina truly gave me the gift of a stress-free wedding that exceeded all of my expectations! I loved the wedding planning process but really wanted to make sure that on the big day I got to take a backseat and just enjoy and having these two wonderful ladies on board and working with me for months leading up to the weekend to make sure they really knew and understood our vision and vibe gave me complete confidence in allowing them to complete the final details of set up and run the show communicating with all of our vendors and keeping things moving smoothly all day long. Braeja worked with me to put together a custom package to meet our specific needs and they went above and beyond in all the ways they showed up and worked tirelessly in the background to ensure things went perfectly - (and if they didn't - I never knew about it!!). My husband and our families all agreed that without them we all wouldn't have been able to enjoy the day the way we were able to - I cannot recommend them enough - these ladies were kind, genuine, helpful, and made a pretty "DIY" wedding look and feel like a seamless dream! The best money we could have spent to make our wedding as relaxing and enjoyable as it was for us :) “

Photo: Elaine Photography

29/01/2023

Before and After! 💕
✨ Wedding Edition ✨

A lot of time, people think our career as a wedding planner is cute and fun. Don’t get us wrong, it is. But it is so much more than that! It is a lot of hard work! Mentally and physically on so many levels! Not everyone can do our job, but we LOVE it! 🥰❤️

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15/01/2023

Sometimes we struggle to get a gift for the newly engaged couples - or what we like to say, The Nearlyweds.
We often recommend to family and friends to pitch in on services such as wedding planners, or wedding rentals, or the wedding venue.
Often guests don’t realize how much these things cost, so if you would like to give the gift of our service for someone you love, contact us today and we would love to help you surprise them!

Photographer:

25/12/2022

We would love to send you all warmth and happiness this holiday! Thank you to each of you for following us on this journey. We are very grateful to love what we do and to have such an amazing support team behind us!
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, another wonderful thing, or nothing at all, we would like to say thank you and please know that there is love surrounding you this season.
Let’s move forward into 2023 with positivity and friendship ❤️

A shoutout to the beautiful soul, for taking our photos!!

12/12/2022

Are you planning on asking your love one to marry you?
Let us take away some stress and help you organize this incredibly important moment 💕
We will help you design the perfect moment that both of you will cherish for years and years!

Contact us today to talk about our “Will you help me propose?” Design Package.

Photographer: A Timmins Photography

08/12/2022

Our elves have been hard at work completing the additional room at 🎄❤️
Contact us today to decorate your office space or home before it’s too late!!
We plan Christmas parties too!!

Check out our Instagram reel!!
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24/11/2022

SURPRISE!🎄❤️ Our INCREDIBLE elves have been extra hard at work getting Christmas ready! And we think it looks amazing!! Please come take a walk through their building to see this Winter Wonderland! There may even be a special gift for some lucky kids!






A large shoutout to Kathleen Oliver Stroman for the stunning window masterpiece!

And to for the incredible media and photos of our hard work!

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14/11/2022

We want to hear about your wedding party! Did you have a small or large wedding party? Did you have any Siblings of Honour or Best Mates? Did they make an epic speech or dance their faces off? Tell us more!! ❤️

Photography:

03/11/2022

Hello Beautiful People