Ethereal Beach Wedding in Gimli
Some clients come to me with very clear ideas of what they want their wedding to look like. Some weddings evolve stylistically over time. Kristene and Travis’ ethereal beach wedding in Gimli was actually a combination of both!
Kristene did have a pretty clear picture of what she liked: the colour palette of blush and light blue with lots of white was planned and set.
Some clients come to me with very clear ideas of what they want their wedding to look like. Some weddings evolve stylistically over time. Kristene and Travis’ ethereal beach wedding in Gimli was actually a combination of both!
Kristene did have a pretty clear picture of what she liked: the colour palette of blush and light blue with lots of white was planned and set. The Gimli venue was booked and dreamed about. But Kristene was looking for a month-of wedding coordinator, as the wedding was somewhat of a destination wedding, and I happily recommended Emily from Feast & Festivities. She took care of the wedding coordination, and Kristene also hired her for event design, and that’s when the visual side of this wedding really started to come together. Emily took Kristene’s ideas, my plans for the florals, and made some serious magic happen.
Pretty in pink - and a bit of pale blue, as well. You know when you hear the phrase “cotton candy skies” and you can picture exactly what that sunset looks like? That’s what we were going for here.
Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: garden roses, ranunculus, locally grown lisianthus, delphinium, rice flower, and Queen Anne’s Lace with varied foliages.
When you’re getting married at the beach, the plan is, of course, to get married at the BEACH. But sadly, this day was not the best in the weather department. The skies were stormy most of the day, so the majority of the festivities were moved indoors. I’m so glad they managed to take some portraits outside though - wouldn’t you agree that the stormy blue gray skies are just the perfect compliment to this colour palette?
And as far as I’m concerned, the fireplace at Johnson Hall at the Gimli Waterfront Centre is quite a good backup for a ceremony space. The original design plan had the fireplace as the backdrop for the couple’s head table, so we had already planned for a thin eucalyptus garland along with the candles on the mantle. Simply moving in the floral arrangements that were designed for the ceremony in front of the fireplace was the only change that needed to happen! Kristene really liked the idea of the arrangements looking like they were growing out of the my wood stands (by the way, you can see much of my rental inventory here!), so I opted to use a very low design tray instead of a larger vase or urn.
The flowers in these arrangements were ALL locally grown here in Manitoba, complimented by imported foliage.
I really love the way that Feast & Festivities designed this room!
Emily does a beautiful job of conceptualizing floor plans and creating interest and movement throughout a room. It’s always a personal favourite of mine when we get to work with multiple table shapes and centrepiece styles.
We decided to design a fuller compote style arrangement for the long guest tables, complimented by simple candle clusters on the round tables. Kristene really loved a lot of crisp white, and the way Emily designed the entire room around that was quite breathtaking - and especially because the room itself is so nice! I think she layered something like 3 or 4 different white linens on each of the guest tables so that there would be a lot of visual texture. The round tables had a bit of a shimmer lace visible underneath, while the long tables were lined with a gauzy runner - the difference made simply by paying attention to the linens is huge!
I also love that the place settings pull in other elements from the wedding design - the smoke gray charger plate, the blue cut glass water goblets, and the sweet little vials of sand for each guest!
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Austin and Mike's Romantic Ballroom Wedding
I consider it one of the most incredible honours whenever a fellow wedding vendor reaches out to ask me to be a part of their wedding. I’ve had the distinct pleasure of being a part of several this year (this one was a major highlight!) and have a few more next year, as well. Today’s bride, Austin (the lady behind the camera at Austin Kylie Photography), is a little more special than other wedding vendors because I’ve also known her for most of her life! Her sister and my sister are best friends (you can see her gorgeous winter wedding here!) and it’s been really cool to watch her develop this talent with photography and have the chance to work with her on several weddings.
Anyways, Austin’s wedding was such a delight to be a part of! She has a fairly romantic, feminine style and right away she selected blush and gold tones. I suggested that we add in some berry tones to add depth, and it all came together really beautifully.
Brittany Mahood Photography ~ Canadian Museum for Human Rights ~ Planned Perfectly ~ Jessica Kmiec Artistry (another wedding vendor whose wedding I’ll be doing next year!) ~ Bliss Bridal Boutique
Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: Peonies (the MOST gorgeous peonies of the year!!), quicksand and amnesia roses, white bleeding heart (from my garden and the perfect little touch!), tulips, scabiosa, fragrant sweet pea, with ninebark and eucalyptus foliages. We finished the stems with trailing Stella Wolfe hand-died silk ribbon.
The bridesmaids carried petite versions of Austin’s bouquet with a simpler shape, which complimented their range of dresses really nicely. Sometimes when you’ve got a mix of different styles, textures, and fabrics like these bridesmaids did, it’s better to go a little simpler on the other elements!
Austin had her two Oma’s acting as flower girl, which is probably THE sweetest thing I’ve seen. Just look at these ladies! How adorable!
For decor at the church, we started with an arch with a floral garland hung asymmetrically across it, and added on two large altar arrangements on thin gold stands. It created a lovely focal point in an otherwise fairly plain church, and were all pieces that could be re-used at the reception as well.
The Human Rights Museum is pretty dark, which can make taking photos challenging but it also creates a fun ambiance. Austin selected to upgrade to gold chivari chairs and champagne toned linens, with a few sequinned gold linens for the family and bridal party tables. We chose three different centrepiece styles - a trio of stem vases with petite arrangements, the second a collection of candles with a rose petal base, and finally, a fuller floral arrangement with gorgeous berry pink peonies in a low gold vase (obviously these were my faves!).
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Krystin and Randy's Romantic Ashgrove Acres Wedding
Krystin and Randy's romantic wedding at Ashgrove Acres had so much beauty woven throughout the day, and the photos below just feel so refreshing. Everything about it is just so pretty! So I'll let the images speak for themselves.
David Bryan Photography ~ Ashgrove Acres ~ Alexandra Lillian Weddings
“Lauren -
Thank you so much for all the beautiful flowers. You outdid yourself. We have been given so many compliments on how gorgeous everything was and elegant and that was exactly what I wanted! Wishing you an even more successful 2018!! “ - Love, the Mutchmoors
Krystin's bouquet is probably my most favourite blush and white bridal bouquet I've ever made. The flowers were perfect and the textures were just dream combinations, but my favourite part? That accent of caramel foliage. It just set the whole thing off while also making it stand out from all the other blush bouquets out there. So here's a tip for you, brides: if your style fits in with some of the more popular trends but you want aspects of your wedding to stand out from literally everything else on Pinterest, then ask your floral designer to just have a little fun with it. Good things happen :)
Bridal bouquet ingredients: Quicksand roses, white garden roses, white lisianthus, white scabiosa, blushing bride protea, and rice flower with eucalyptus foliage, smokebush foliage, and foraged fall foliages.
I love the colour palette Krystin chose! The guys' burgundy/brown ish suits are just top notch. And the soft blush tones and white of the bridesmaids feel very romantic and pull it all together. The palette also just happens to work gorgeously with the brick and stone facades of the Exchange District!
Not every wedding can have perfect weather. It was raining on and off for the entire day for Krys and Randy, and I just really love that they went for the outdoor ceremony anyways. You can see in the pictures that it was very lightly showering throughout the ceremony (a lot of guests had umbrellas up). It's a really good reminder of what's actually important: a little rain can't beat the immense excitement of becoming married.
We kept things simple and pretty at the reception, with mixed styles of stem vases on the tables. Some of these had just a single bloom, some had mini arrangements, all within the soft palette. They were really the definitely of pretty! We added in some gold-rimmed candle holders to each table, and more stem vases around the cake tables and guest book table to finish it off. The large floral piece from the ceremony arch was re-purposed onto the head table as well!
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Getting married in Manitoba? I might be biased, but flowers are the best way to make a statement at your wedding. Whether you already have a specific vision or want me to dream up something custom just for you, reach out to Stone House Creative for stunning bridal bouquets, truly unique ceremony backdrops, and beautiful floral centrepieces to create the perfect ambiance for your wedding!
Stephanie and Jay's Gorgeous Flower-Filled Wedding
Sometimes, as a floral designer, the flowers come together as though they were meant to be together. It's like they just find their place together. Making Stephanie's bridal bouquet was one of those times. Let me show you a little more.
Photos: Brittany Mahood | Ceremony Venue: Manitoba Club | Reception Venue: Fort Garry Hotel | Bakery: Jenna Rae Cakes | Calligraphy: Jennifer Bianca Calligraphy | Groom's Suit: Eph Apparel
Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: peonies, quicksand roses, earl grey roses, lisianthus, astrantia, riceflower, olive, white popular, and huechera foliage with an accent of stephanotis vine.
I loved adding this simple, minimal hair comb for Stephanie! Placed slightly off centred, it was so pretty with her low updo.
Stephanie asked for two of these big beauties for her ceremony. We placed two tall wood stands on either side of the couple, each with a large gold urn and full floral arrangement, to create an altar of sorts for them.
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Nadia and Tom's Dreamy Wedding at Cielo's Garden
Nadia and Tom's wedding at Cielo's Garden took place in June of this year, and it was an absolute dream. A gorgeous couple, their wonderful friends, and a fairytale-like forest setting? Incredible!
Rachwal Photography ~ Amanda Douglas Events ~ C&T Rentals ~ Cielo's Garden
I LOVED Nadia's bouquet. I included some locally grown white peonies - 1 stem had 3 blooms on it!! It was amazing. Ingredients: peonies, quicksand roses, campanula, bleeding heart (from my garden), and several varieties of eucalyptus.
I had to share this sweet moment - the little flower girl helping photographer Izabela to lay out the boutonnieres and corsages in a way she thought was beautiful. So adorable!
Ahhhh I love this! Katie and Dan (pictured above) were one of my 2016 couples (see their incredible vineyard-inspired wedding here), and they welcomed their first daughter just a couple of weeks before Nadia and Tom's wedding. Katie is Tom's sister, so she referred them to me. It was a dream to work with this family twice!
In the chapel, Nadia wanted me to create something whimsical to compliment the fairytale-like forest setting of Cielo's Garden. I designed this piece on site, working with about 5 different types of greenery to create this piece.
We wanted to continue the whimsical feeling with the reception decor, so I designed an eclectic mix of small arrangements, large arrangements, stem vase and geometric containers. We used some of my vases, and some rented from C&T Rentals. Nadia loves the airy look of baby's breath, so I used a lot of it and added in roses, larkspur, spray roses and eucalyptus. It looked awesome! Oh yeah, and Nadia did all of the beautiful calligraphy and handwritten details herself!
By the way, I'm now booking for 2018 weddings! I love working with creative couples who want their wedding to look and feel different from what their friends have had. Whether it's an outdoor wedding or a classic ballroom setting, I love to bring garden-inspired designs everywhere I go! Want to connect? Click the button below and fill out my contact form so I can learn more about your wedding!