Ontario RBG Wedding by Rachelle Rousseau Photography

If you're just joining us now (why, hello there!) then you missed the fabulous engagement session from this morning, featuring this incredibly cute bride and groom. Melissa and Derek were married under a tent at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario (I've been there and it's amazing, for reals) and besides having a super good looking bridal party they had beautiful florals all arranged by the brides mother herself. Melissa is one of the girls that has a contagious smile and an aura about her that makes me wish we could just go for lunch together. Melissa, next time I am back home in Burlington, you me and Pepperwoods, alright? Rachelle can come too. Scroll on sweet friends for more fab photos from Rachelle Rousseau Photography.

Simply. Gorgeous. Some of my fave bridal shots ever.

That smile! What did I tell you? Completely contagious!

Priceless. Rachelle tells me that this was one of the most touching moments of the day when Melissa's Dad saw his daughter as a bride for the first time. The photos above are so sweet and moving. I think every father dreams of the day he gets to walk his daughter down the aisle, no?

Canvas. Please and thank you.

Some rad bridal party shots.

{Advice to future brides} Remember this day is for you and the groom, enjoy every moment of it because it goes by in the blink of an eye! As you are walking down the aisle, take a second to look at all of your guests looking at you (really neat feeling having all these eyes on you at one time holding their cameras) and if something goes wrong, don't stress about it, only you will know as your guests don't know every detail! At dinner, take a moment to sit back and look at all of the guests who have come there for you and your husband; it truly is amazing!

{Biggest Obstacle Planning} For me personally, it was handling the stress three weeks prior to the wedding discovering that we were double booked and our ceremony was in the wrong tent. Things have a funny way of working themselves out. If we didn't discover this by accident, it could have been a lot worse on the actual day, which turned out to be perfect.

{Fun Fact} Our limo forget to pick us up at 1:00 am which is something we laugh at now! Also, our photographer really broke out the adventurous, up for anything kind of mood during both our engagement session (spiders and all) and the wedding so we were up for anything on the honeymoon and we swam with sharks! And I am adding this in here myself, Melissa, but one of the couple's photos was awarded an Accolades of Excellence in the 2010 WPPI Second Half International Photography Competition. Check this out:

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Photography: Rachelle Rousseau Photography / Venue: Royal Botanical Gardens / Hair and Make-Up: Masion Fritz / Brides Dress: Rainbow Bridal / Catering: Pepperwoods / Limo: Mermaid Limos / Cake: Sweet Paradise