Jackie and Nate's Rustic Fort Gibraltar Wedding

Jackie and Nate's wedding was rustic, but in the right way. As in, the not ripped-straight-from-Pinterest way. I loved designing their flowers, as you can probably tell from my last blog post. Hailey Funk Photography did an amazing job of capturing these photos at Fort Gibraltar, and I wanted to share a little more from it!

White and Green Wedding Bouquet Recipe

Jackie and Nate were married the last weekend of May, and I absolutely loved making her bouquet. It was all white and green, with a botanical, natural-inspired shape. We used large headed white roses, ranunculus, sweet pea, and silver brunia and I also included bleeding heart and lily of the valley from my garden. I can't tell you how much I loved including flowers I grew myself! These photos are from the wonderful Hailey Funk Photography.

Jackie was also the SWEETEST bride. She was totally open to me doing my thing, and on the day of the wedding, she was just the happiest bride I've seen. She was just laid-back and walking on air. It was such a wonderful wedding to be a part of!

More from Jackie and Nate's wedding is coming up on the blog next week!

Lisa and Andrew's Winter Wedding at Bridges

Early in January, Lisa and Andrew got married in a rustic winter-themed wedding. I've actually known Andrew for probably 15 years, through mutual friends and he's always kept me laughing. I met Lisa at a wedding - the two on them happened to be sitting in front of me! I had a great time working with her on the plans for the wedding flowers. She wanted an all-white, textured bouquet with hits of silver and let me take it from there! Her bouquet was composed of hydrangea, stock, spray roses, ranunculus, wax flower, silver seeded eucalyptus, and dusty miller.

Thank you to Izabela, at Rachwal Photography for the lovely photos! She always takes such beautiful photos of flowers. 

Katie and Jack's Intimate Restaurant Wedding

Katie was SUCH a delight to work with on her wedding flowers. She and Jack haven't been together for terribly long, but both knew that there was no point in putting off their marriage - together, they were better than they were ever separate. Every time she told me something about her planning, her style, or her man, I just got excited. They had a short engagement, and planned an intimate wedding at Resto Gare in St. Boniface (SUCH a great space!) in the middle of February. Katie absolutely needed to have peonies, and I was happy to oblige :) We added in other touches of blush as her dress had a champagne tinge to it, and the finishing touches were real fox fur. Yep, that's true. Someone in Katie's family is a furrier, and she wanted to incorporate white fox fur, which I wrapped around the handle so she had a soft place to put her hands. I will say, it was a bit weird to get a bag of fox fur delivered to my home... 

Thank you SO much to Coralee and Bec, the awesome ladies over at Red Photo Co, for sharing these images with us. They got some amazing pics of the couple outside in the cold air, and if you want to see more, you should check out their blog here. 

Stephanie and JJ's Romantic Winter Wedding at the Fort Garry Hotel

This was a special wedding for me. Stephanie is my younger sister's childhood best friend (and she was one of the beautiful bridesmaids, too!). Steph and JJ were actually married last spring in the US, so Steph could get her green card. The reception in Winnipeg was a big celebration with all of their friends and family, including a lot of guests that came from the Southern US. The wedding was on the first weekend of January and it was COLD. I have to say that it gave me a lot of pleasure that these southerners were experiencing real cold :) 

I started helping Stephanie with the plans before Stone House Creative was even in existence! It was great to be hands-on with her. I helped with vendor referrals, event design, day-of coordination, and floral design for the personal flowers and head table. The night came together beautifully, and was truly one of the best receptions I've ever been to. The evening was touching, funny, and so warm. And isn't Steph gorgeous? (with the BEST hair piece ever!)

Vendors Involved: 
Kat Willson Photography ~ The Fort Garry Hotel ~ Planned Perfectly
Stone House Creative ~ Academy Florist (Centrepieces)