we opened the doors, her wedding dress hanging on the armour of the most princess themed hotel room i have ever seen, everything spotless. her pink glitter shoes sitting on the ledge and i immediately had one of those moments where i realized how blessed i am to be documenting fairytales as my career, it honestly took my breath away. the bridesmaids were in and out of the room as we were shooting the details shots, getting into their dresses and helping eachother each do a different “wrap” style so not one girl was the same even though all the dresses were identical. i couldn’t help but be reminded of that scene in cinderella where they are trimming and making the dress as they were taking turns standing on the table so their dresses could be cut off at the right length depending on which wrap style they had. when it was time for cecily to put on her wedding gown, she stood infront of the full length mirror with her mother and the whole room went quiet. everyone was in awe of how absolutely stunning she looked standing in that grand setting. a real life princess if i have ever seen one. and of course the quiet was followed by a thousand {loud} exclamations of how perfect she was. 😉 surrounded by her best friends, pure joy filled every space and i was so thankful to get to be the one who was capturing it. {hotel: Retro Suites, Chatham Ontario}

the whole day was filled with details that made my heart flutter. the giant tree they were wed under with the lanterns and chandelier hanging above them. the laughter and love from the hundreds of people who surrounded them. their sweet, sweet families are both so welcoming and kind. their reception decor filled with candle light, tulle, and the romantic love seat where ryan and cecily shared their first meal as a married couple together. the toasts and the friendship. ryan and cec are surrounded by SO many people who love them more than anyone would be able to describe, and their love for eachother is inspiring. they laugh. loudly. a lot. it is the basis of everything they do and it is contagious to everyone around them. they laugh with each other and they laugh with those around them constantly. and what an amazing life they will lead doing just that. 🙂

congratulations again cec & ry. seriously. what an amazing day. i still cant get over how perfect every single little thing was, and i mean it when i say that this would TOTALLY be my dream wedding if i had known what i was doing 3 years ago when planning ours, haha!! i have had SO much fun hanging with the two of you and your amazing family and friends over the last few days, and i hope you all enjoy this preview!  YAY TO BEING MARRIED!!!! love you both!! xo ~ meg.

 you are stunning cecily! <3believe it or not, that storm never hit us!! it was perfect weather all day long!

how beautiful are those dresses right?!? the girls got them off of etsy! amazing!

so glad we made this quick roadside stop on the way to the reception!

yay for getting an amazing sunset!! so thankful for couples like cec and ry who let me sneak them out of the reception for a 5 minute sunset shoot! so worth it!

…the most AMAZING reception venue and my dream-wedding decor! so soft and romantic! {the Armouries in Chatham, Ontario}they played the game where the guests had to demonstrate the kiss, and then ry and cec would have to copy … i think this is one of the best ones i have seen yet!! they nailed it!!

a huge shout out to my good friend and second shooter, tamara lockwood, for taking the train from toronto all the way to chatham ontario to help me out with this wedding! scott had to stay home because he had school on friday and monday, so i was crazy thankful that tamara was able to come out and second shoot and she was such a HUGE help throughout the whole day!! grateful for the showit community who brought us together ~ she is amazing and you all can find more of her work on her facebook page here!!

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