With the encouragement of a pal, Latoya Reeves first launched herself to Mario Grant on a GO Transit bus at Yorkdale Station in Toronto eighteen years in the past. The couple dated for eleven years earlier than Mario proposed!
“Our engagement was an entire shock,” shares Latoya. Latoya was celebrating her birthday, and with restricted choices because of the pandemic, she booked a photograph shoot ending on the coronary heart sculpture in Toronto’s Distillery District. Mario had contacted the photographer to rearrange a shock proposal video shoot beforehand, and on the finish of the photograph shoot, the photographer requested Latoya to show round the place she discovered Mario able to suggest.
Latoya and Mario had been married on August 7, 2022, at THE ARLINGTON ESTATE in Toronto, Canada. Treasa Leigh Brown of LEIGH EVENT GROUP INC. offered occasion planning and design for the whimsical, boho chic-themed wedding ceremony that’s since been dubbed, “The Grants’ Met.”
Befitting the color scheme of the marriage, the invites and day-of stationery by SO PRETTY IN PRINT had been printed in mushy neutrals.
Latoya’s pearl-encrusted tulle bridal gown was customized by Veronica Tabi of VTABI.
The intimate wedding ceremony ceremony was officiated by Latoya’s pastor of a few years, Pastor Winston Hurlock, who christened the couple’s daughter.
The marriage occasion included the couple’s daughter Xari as their flower lady, their dad and mom, Latoya’s cousin because the maid of honour, and a pal as one of the best man.
The cocktail hour and reception came about at THE ARLINGTON ESTATE. Whereas the company loved the prosecco bar and pineapple and peach-infused spritzer customized cocktails, the couple did a photograph session outdoors. “As we entered our cocktail hour, our company greeted us with love, it was stunning to have a couple of moments to work together with our company previous to our room reveal,” remembers Latoya.
LEIGH EVENT GROUP INC. exceeded the couple’s expectations with the design execution of the marriage reception. “The design of our wedding ceremony reception was stylish, and in contrast to something we’ve got seen,” shares Latoya. “After we first noticed the reception area there was an amazing pleasure.”
PRECIOUS FLOWERS offered the soft-neutral floral design for the marriage, with accents of Pampas grass and dried palms.
For the ceremony and first a part of the night reception, Latoya wore a custom-made model of the Gale robe by GALIA LAHAV, with a excessive facet slit and skin-toned paneling on the bodice. The robe was bought from
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. She accessorized with a pair of JIMMY CHOO sandals, Swarovski crystal clip-on earrings, and pearl hairpins to go with her pixie-cut coiffure.
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. The primary included a black and white floral-print smoking jacket with a peaked velvet lapel which was worn for the ceremony to go with the floral gildings on Latoya’s robe. He accessorized with a two- toned ROLEX watch.
Wanting a cake that was easy but stylish, Latoya labored with the couple’s long-time confectionary designer Stefania of SPECTACLE OF SWEETS to design a four-tier vanilla-flavored wedding ceremony cake with textured fondant and buttercream icing. The design included a chic clear cake stand between the third and ultimate layers of the cake.
For her reception costume, Latoya flew to Dallas, Texas, a complete of thrice to go to designer ESÉ AZÉNABOR’s atelier — the ultimate flight being canceled by the airline and rescheduled for the week of the marriage! Finally, she obtained the robe in time to be worn on the massive day. She became the design after the primary dance. The robe featured a corset bodice paying homage to her ceremony robe and complicated beading and lacework.
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— a printed bespoke smoking jacket with satin lapels and an identical bowtie — after the couple’s first dance.
Juno Award-winning musician Carlos Morgan was the soloist for the marriage. Cultural leisure was offered by metal pan-player Ken Lewis on the cocktail hour. Extra leisure included a pianist, saxophonist and vocalist through the ceremony and a dwell band on the reception.
To thank company for attending the marriage, the couple gifted everybody with blond-chocolate “tablets” infused with jasmine flower petals.
