Warm Fall Wedding at Hawthorn Estates
Historically, I don’t have the easiest time transitioning to fall. In my school years, I loved it — finally getting to see my friends again, and bouquets of freshly sharpened pencils are good things. But when I started working in weddings, I realized how quickly my summers were disappearing and so fall was a beacon of sadness for me.
ENTER KELSIE AND NICK’S WEDDING. Their late summer/early fall colour palette really spoke to my colour loving heart and felt so warm and juicy at the same time.
Photos by Megan Steen Photography
Soooo many of these flowers were locally grown. Late August is an awesome time in the Manitoba flower fields — there’s still a lot blooming, and we’re starting to see some of those autumnal colours that were just perfect for Kelsie’s style.
Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: Locally grown lisianthus, zinnias, amaranthus, rudbeckia, ninebark, jewel of opar with imported barista and combo roses, and olive foliage. I finished it with this stunning rust coloured silk velvet ribbon from Stella Wolfe.
The ceremony spot at Breezy is quite lovely, beautifully framed in with trees. We kept the florals simple with 2 oversized, overgrown urns featuring the last of the locally grown crabapple branches of the season. Ah, they were gorgeous to include.
This reception just came together so beautifully. It was actually planned to be in a tent on Breezy’s property until just a couple of weeks before the wedding, and with some changes to the table shapes and last minute details pulled together by Jen from Breezy, it all looked amazing! The ballroom at Breezy is such a neutral space, and is pretty easily adaptable to different styles and palettes.
The warm taupe linens and crossback chairs from Planned Perfectly are the perfect neutral base, aren’t they? A few gold accents and amber glassware, olive green napkins, and mixed orange, taupe, and white taper candles are such dreamy accents. We did two styles of table centrepieces: one, a low, full floral arrangement with some of the most gorgeous locally grown dahlias (the last of the year before the farm pulled up their garden!), and two, a clustering of 7 pottery stem vases with mixd petite arrangements that coordinated with everything else.
I also added a lush, low arrangement to the centre of the head table to help draw the eye in to the newlyweds and camouflage the joint of two tables, as well as some super cute florals onto the cake!
A few things were repurposed throughout the day to get the most action out of the florals. The low floral centrepieces were tucked along the aisle chairs to give a little extra colour and freshness out at the ceremony, and once the ceremony was complete, the large urn arrangements were brought in to flank their “Better Together” neon sign to create a photo backdrop.
You want to know something else amazing? This was originally supposed to be a summer wedding at the beach, but we all know how the last year has gone for weddings. I truly couldn’t imagine this wedding being more beautiful or more joyful — so suck it, beach weddings. You’ve got nothing on a delicious fall celebration!
And before wrapping up, I need to comment on this wedding party’s fashion. The suits! The bridesmaid dresses! The colour tones here are just flawless. It’s all so good.
Megan Steen Photography ~ Hawthorn Estates ~ Prairie Sky Events ~ Collective Event Rentals ~ Let’s Celebrate Rentals ~ Rae & Dot STudio ~ Martina Liana Bridal ~ EPH Apparel ~ Made Beauty Co
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