Sophisticated Vineyard-Inspired Tent Wedding

Diane and Bryce reached out to me just 3.5 months before their wedding. Normally I would have my calendar confirmed well in advance of that, but I had just had another wedding for that weekend cancel so I was pretty thrilled to hear from them.

They live in BC but are both originally from the Winnipeg area, and hoped to have an intimate wedding with just 30 ish of their most loved people (and simultaneously avoid having to have the huge wedding that didn’t feel like them at all!).

So though 3.5 months is a short timeline to plan an entire wedding, I rolled up my sleeves and dug in to their full event design!

How to Hold Your Bridal Bouquet and Some Behind the Scenes Wedding Prep at My Studio!

You might assume that holding a bridal bouquet correctly is easy — and it is! But in my years working in weddings, I’ve learned that you really just can’t assume anything 😂 Including something as simple as how to hold a bridal bouquet. Here are my 3 easy steps to help you correctly hold your bridal bouquet to show it off the best!

Summer on the Prairies Styled Wedding Shoot

I loved working on this summer on the prairies styled shoot with Soiree Event Planning back in late June! The perfect prairie location, an elevated and fuss-free aesthetic, and a cheerful colour palette — you know there’s nothing else that I could want!

Birds Hill Park Wedding Anniversary Photos

If you recognize these cuties, it’s because they were married last summer and I shared their gorgeous intimate wedding photos! This summer they were hoping to have their larger reception, but with Covid and the restrictions the way they were, Amanda and Ryan decided to put the larger reception on hold and celebrate their first anniversary in style with a sweet photo shoot just for the two of them. It was not how they pictured celebrating, but I loved that they went for it and still wanted to make this a special day for the two of them.

For their anniversary, their amazing photographer Brittany Mahood found this gorgeous location in Birds Hill Park with just the perfect tree to set up under. I had approached it from a different parking lot than they did, and I remember thinking, “I wonder if that’s the spot. that tree looks pretty perfect.” Lo and behold, that was the spot!

My Top 5 Tips for Planning Your Winnipeg Wedding from Out of Town

I’ve worked with a lot of couples who don’t live in Winnipeg, to plan and design the flowers and full event design for their Winnipeg wedding. Most of them were originally from Winnipeg, and now live in other parts of Canada, the US, even all the way to New Zealand! And truth be told, those are always some of my favourite weddings to work on — the couples are more trusting, and tend to let me do my thing and the creative result of that working partnership is always the best!

Over my years of working with out of town couples, here are my top 5 tips that I’ve learned that will help you best plan your Winnipeg wedding from outside of Winnipeg!