Butterfly & Peacock Themed Barn Wedding: Kalli & Brandon

Jess Shields Photography

May 12, 2014

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Kalli and Brandon were married Knollwood Golf Club Old Barn in Ontario, Canada. Theydidn’t set out to have a themed wedding, but there were a definite butterfly, peacock and nature motifs throughout the day.

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“We struggled with deciding on a theme for quite a while”, Kallie began. ” We had so many ideas and things we liked we couldn’t settle on just one so in the end we kind of went with an ‘anti theme’ in a way. We just went with everything we liked. I tried to incorporate as many personal touches as possible instead of focusing on a particular theme.”

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“One of my favourite personal things was the patch I had sewn into my dress which was a piece of my mom’s wedding dress and my dad’s jeans. I also had a note sewn onto the back of Brandon’s tie. The backdrop and arch in the ceremony were made for the wedding. We also added a monarch butterfly release after the ceremony. I love butterflies as I used to raise them as a child and Brandon and I collect caterpillars each summer for his mother who is a teacher to raise in her classroom.”

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Kallie’s dress was from David’s Bridal but she customised it a lot with the green underskirt and blue and green beads. Her shoes were Nina, but again, she made them her own by adding peacock feathers.

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“I loved everything about our wedding”, she concluded. “I thought I would be stressed the whole day but I was so carefree. The day was beautiful as well – it was a rainy day but by the time of the ceremony it was misty which was romantic and made our photos look great. I also collected some rain from the day to keep in my memory box.”

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