On the morning of May 7, Gin Lee awoke early like most brides do on their wedding day. Except Gin wasn’t sipping coffee or chatting on the phone with her BFF but rather making her bouquet as well as a boutonnière for her fiancé, Allan Gurney.
It isn’t often that a bride makes her own bouquet. But for Gin and Allan, it was very important for them to stay on budget — and not have any friends or family do any of the planning — and so they took a real DIY approach to their big day.
The couple planned to spend most of their money on two things: a lunch, held at the Rosewater restaurant following their civil ceremony at Toronto City Hall, and professional photographer James Paul Correia.
Gin and Allan made the centrepieces for the tables, created the sweet table, designed their own guest book. They purchased their attire off the rack from stores on Queen West. And Gin had a friend do her makeup.
As you can see, it was a picture-perfect day. One of the highlights for the couple was walking down the street and having strangers applaud and wish them well. “We felt they were genuinely happy for us, it was a fantastic day!”
