Thanks For Having Me!
December 6th, 2007 @ 5:50 pm by Mrs. Milkshake
Hi! I’m the new Miss Milkshake! I’m a sucker for homemade strawberry smoothies (which I incorrectly call milkshakes) and coconut bubble tea, and Share Bear was my favorite Care Bear growing up!
I also like the ring to the name - it’s got some kickin’ alliteration, and since I’m about 5’2, it could almost be “Little Miss Milkshake” and pay homage to that Mr. Men series of childhood books (I’m sure we have a lot of children from the 80’s here!).
I’m about 8 months away from my wedding but all I have so far is my fantastic videographers, still-motion, that you’ll remember from a few posts about the infamous “Amy and Alex wedding”:
And my venue with its totally gorgeous little rooms. I’ve done a tonne of research into everything else. I’m going to probably start with a series of posts of my favorite wedding venues in the Great Vancouver Area, because at first - it seemed like the only two options were a hotel or a golf course, the first of which I had my high school graduation at, the second of which we had my dad’s 40th birthday at. There is a lot more out there, but they’re so hard to find! My venue wasn’t listed anywhere I looked for ideas, and I just happened to stumble upon it from a local photographer’s website.
I’m a photographer as a hobby, so my wedding photography is obviously very important to me (also a lot of favorites to share), and my posts will always be full of images for eye candy.
My life revolves around diy - I make handbags and jewelry, so I’m hoping to put my skills to the test for my wedding by way of invites, gifts, centerpieces etc etc, share the process with you (again, hooray for pictures!), and point out my favorite “indie crafty businesses” if you appreciate diy but won’t necessarily jump in and tackle it.
So for right now I’ve got:
video guys, check!
a venue, check!
a ring, check! (which isn’t 2 carats or however huge this one is!)
Cheers!
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37 Responses to “Thanks For Having Me!”
share bear was my favorite too! i had one that i carried around with all the time. and i’m sooooo glad you used the original tummy art. i hate the new one with the lollipops.
Oh we were so close to hiring Still Motion… but it just couldn’t happen with our budget. You’re very lucky!!!
I love your venue pictures… so original! I regret not going to Vancouver when I lived in WA. 
Another excuse to visit!
ohhh welcome milkshake!! Love your venue and your videographer! Did you find Still Motion through my previous WB posts on Amy!?
Ahh! You’re so lucky to have Still Motion as your videographer! I love their work. Welcome!
Welcome Miss Milkshake!
Welcome Miss Milkshake and fellow Canadian! I love your name! I too loved the carebears…. Cant wait to read more about your planning! 
Welcome!! Any chance you’ve looked in to Seattle venues before you did your Vancouver research?
Yeah!!! Another fellow BC bride! I can’t wait to read about your wedding.
Double yeah!!! I’m a Vancouver bride so I can’t wait to hear of any resources you’ve found! I know what you mean about venues, we didn’t want to go the golf course/hotel route (our bar bill would be through the roof there!) and we had a hard time finding a place.
Can I ask how many guests your venue holds? It looks gorgeous!
Woohoo! I’m so excited that we have another Vancouver bride on here
Hooray fo young brides! Always happy to see more hadling it well, doing great, and staying together for years - maybe people will stop making the “too young” comments that can be borderline rude. Not any of YOU guys, more like people IRL.
Welcome Lil’ Miss Milkshake! It’s so awesome to have a Vancouver Bee! Are you getting married at (insert name of that Women’s faculty/charity/something association house)? If so, you are very lucky, it’s gorgeous!
welcome to the bee! your venue is STUNNING — seriously beautiful. you’re going to have some killer photos.
Hi Miss Milkshake! Welcome! So nice to have someone blog about Vancouver, BC! The mansion is beautiful. do you have any more information about it that you can share?
Hi Miss Milkshake! My girlfriend had her wedding there last summer. It was truly the most stunning and elegant wedding I had been to in Vancouver. You’re right, there are great venues in the city, and most are hidden gems. As a wedding planner here, clients are always surprised with some of the venues that we come up with. Good luck with your planning!
oh, the endless pictures you will have at your venue!! the rooms are all so cute and pretty! love them!
YAY! A Vancouver Bride on Wedding Bee. Vancouver wedding resources are so few and far between, and absolutely impossible to find. Venues seem to be either community rec centers with fakie wood panelling or places that charge 20 grand plus food plus booze plus service plus 15% ’service’ fee plus taxes… gives me hives just thinking about it! WELCOME
Hi Miss Milkshake, welcome from another Vancouver bride!
Where is your venue? I can’t quite recognize it, but it’s gorgeous!
The mansion is the Hoycroft also known as the University Women’s Club of Vancouver.
Check out their website:
The place you chose looks great from the inside out! ahah, good luck planning!
Welcome! yea for August 08 brides 
I’m a lurker but sooo happy to see you up and rearing to go!
Congrats!
i’m still awaiting the ring…..any day now……
I’m late to this.. but welcome Miss Milkshake. Your icon is so adorable and I can’t wait to read all about you and your wedding.
yay another vancouver bride! i love hycoft too, it’s so beautiful (we ended up going with cecil green.) i’m looking forward to your posts!
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stillmotion is awesome…i loved that they used feist as the background music.
Your venue looks great! I’m in the Seattle area, so it’s great to see a northwesterner…well you’re farther northwest…anyway, I love Vancouver BC. Fun to see a local…more local than most the others…bee.
Oh yeah, obviously I have a care bear thing going on, too.
lots of vancouver brides here including myself! We were thinking of the brockhouse for our wedding but then decided with Cecil Green House at UBC. Brockhouse is awesome though, right next to the beach. Welcome Miss Milkshake!
Mrs. Milkshake, Seattle/Vancouver, BC
Age and Occupation: 23, Pharmacist
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Pharmacist
Engagement Date: May 2007
Wedding Date: August 2008
Blogging Since: December 6, 2007
Venue: Victorian Mansion
About Me: Despite the fact that I’ve invested many long years of my life studying the sciences in college, I’m glad to be out of there and I would never do it again! I’m super artsy at heart - I run an indie craft site, I grew up shooting and developing my own film, doing jazz and ballet, and the whole gamut of art classes. I’ve been called a Jane of all Trades… but I was also told many years ago not to make my passion my career because it’d suck the fun out of it. Hence my choice of day job. We live in Seattle but are having our wedding in Canada to be fair to all our family and friends.
“my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard…”
welcome miss milkshake!
p.s. we have the same ring