Artful Summer Wedding Flowers in Clear Lake
I love when I get the chance to head up to Clear Lake for a wedding! It happens once every couple of years and each that I’ve done has been so different from the last.
Jamie and Garth were after a joyful, colourful, artful summer wedding. A little whimsical, a little surprising, chic and stylish…all the good words.
Jamie is a creative herself, and had a beautiful vision — it just came down to making it happen. And since they live in BC, it was kind of like they were planning a destination wedding within a destination wedding!
I love when I get the chance to head up to Clear Lake for a wedding! It happens once every couple of years and each that I’ve done has been so different from the last.
Jamie and Garth were after a joyful, colourful, artful summer wedding. A little whimsical, a little surprising, chic and stylish…all the good words.
Jamie is a creative herself, and had a beautiful vision — it just came down to making it happen. And since they live in BC, it was kind of like they were planning a destination wedding within a destination wedding!
This delicious colour palette was so so good. Poppy pastels, juicy touches of berry tones…mmm. Jamie had a long list of flowers that she loved, and most of them were growing locally (though I did have to change a few plans at the last minute because the spring flooding set our local growers back so much!).
Bridal bouquet ingredients: dahlias, cosmos, icelandic poppies, zinnias, feverfew, sweet pea, and snapdragons.
We designed a deconstructed arch composed with branching elements to keep the ceremony feeling really natural. White sunflowers reflected her Ukrainian heritage, while gladiolas were a nod to her grandfather who grew them. I also “grew” a few pieces down the aisle, creating that whimsical feel.
I had never actually seen a Jumping the Broom ceremony before, so I was thrilled to be able to see it incorporated into their service. If you don’t know the history of the tradition, look it up — it’s beautiful.
Jamie is not afraid of colour. After a few iterations of her palette, she had nailed down a gorgeous combination of lighter pinks, peach, lavender, a warm beige, celery green, and a pop of berry pink.
The reception was set in a small, clear top tent with the guests at round tables and the couple’s family at a double-sided family table in the centre. It felt really fresh with crisp white linens, juicy florals, and coloured glassware.
The ceremony florals were repurposed to the tent entrance, and the aisle florals to the base of the seating signage.
You know I love a good hanging piece! It doesn’t need to be huge to make a big impact, especially when it features great colours. We really didn’t know how we were going to be able to do this piece, because we had no idea what the interior roof of the tent was going to be like. But, I often feel like that “on the fly” work often ends up best!
I loved that Jamie chose brighter coloured candles for the head table, and we paired them with petite arrangements scattered with fuller pieces for a lot of movement and undulation down the table.
Photos: Brittany Mahood ~ Venue: Elkhorn Manor ~ Coordination: Tricia Bachewich Events ~ Tent and Rentals: Special Event Rentals Regina ~ Cake and Desserts: Flour and Flower ~ Stationery: Division 17 and Leech Letter Co ~ Makeup: Jelo Alindayu Artistry
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Wistful Romantic Wedding Photo Shoot
Now that I’m finally back to blogging on a regular basis and sharing some of the gorgeous weddings and events I’ve been part of over the last year, I knew I needed to share these images from Florence Photography from our Portfolio Builder last spring.
These images are romantic, and wistful, and have a bit of old-world charm to them, with a really sleek editorial vibe that I’ve come to know as Florence Photography’s signature style. I love the moody flirtation she captured!
Now that I’m finally back to blogging on a regular basis and sharing some of the gorgeous weddings and events I’ve been part of over the last year, I knew I needed to share these images from Florence Photography from our Portfolio Builder last spring.
These images are romantic, and wistful, and have a bit of old-world charm to them, with a really sleek editorial vibe that I’ve come to know as Florence Photography’s signature style. I love the moody flirtation she captured!
Portfolio Builder designed in collaboration with the one and only Emily from Feast & Festivities.
A dreamy outdoor location in a leafy grove, a delicate butterfly theme, a whimsical floral garden…I loved designing this photo spot with the intention of creating a naturally growing garden. We wanted to add the ladder and I had the perfect old ladder in my yard…except I didn’t realize quite how rickety it was 😂 It’s not surprising that she didn’t climb the ladder lol!
This location — it was such a dream! Emily found this circular grove of trees in Churchill Drive Park and always thought it would make an amazing wedding spot. She was right. With champagne draping and wicker pendant lights suspended from the trees, it’s the perfect little spot for an intimate dinner.
If you’re spending money on a wedding cake — PLEASE make it a focal point at your reception. Give it its own table, throw a specialty linen on it, add some flowers around it (you know I love doing that!), add a specialty bottle of champagne for the two of you to toast with…just give it its own moment.
There are so many pretty textures and elements tucked into this overall design that make it what it is. — repeated butterfly details (the sweetest sugar butterflies on the cake, gold butterflies on the escort cards, 3D butterflies on the bride’s gloves) is one of my favourite pieces. Add to that the layered table linens with dual runners lining the length of the table on either side, the rattan baskets, and the ribbed beeswax candles…it all adds up to an overall lovely design!
I chose to do one long, lush floral arrangement down the centre of the table here, tucking in the earliest locally grown flowers of the summer (ranunculus, delphinium, and pansies) in a juicy palette.
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Modern Retro Inspired Wedding at Starlit Point
Ah, Karina and Matt’s wedding. The absolute perfect fall wedding — gorgeous scenery that dreamily coordinated with her colour palette, the greatest vibes, and amazing weather (and the last of the locally grown flowers for the year!). I’ve been waiting to share this modern retro inspired wedding at Starlit Point for the perfect time of the year, and right around their first anniversary seems perfect.
Ah, Karina and Matt’s wedding. The absolute perfect fall wedding — gorgeous scenery that dreamily coordinated with her colour palette, the greatest vibes, and amazing weather (and the last of the locally grown flowers for the year!). I’ve been waiting to share this modern retro inspired wedding at Starlit Point for the perfect time of the year, and right around their first anniversary seems perfect.
Karina is a talented videographer, with a really well-defined personal style. It was a delight to be part of making her vision come to life last October.
Karina’s bridal style and bridesmaids’ style was off the charts. Her gown was custom made by Cathy Wiebe, and dang was it ever incredible. All the saucy, all the sweet, all the vintage vibes were hit perfectly. And the palette of those bridesmaid dresses, combining velvet, chiffon and satin? Hot dang. See what I mean, Karina knows her own style really well?
IS SHE NOT SO GLAMOROUS?
Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: toffee and cappuccino roses, marigold, leucadendron, smokebush, spray roses, bunny tails, amaranthus, phragmites, and nandina foliage.
I love seeing how your entire wedding day turns out. It makes me so happy to see my couples surrounded by people who obviously love and support them so much ❤️
When it comes to styling a ceremony site, Karina’s wedding was a dream. Why? Because she brought us PROPS. We had multiple baskets and large jars and bottles to tuck florals and dried foliages in to, and the rug at their altar grounded the space. It wasn’t just an arch — it was an entire SPACE.
We were originally going to use Starlit’s usual house-shaped arch, and a few weeks before the wedding, Karina asked if we could pivot and use my gold 2 piece deconstructed arch instead. I love the more earthy vibe this gives, and that it doesn’t compete with that killer view.
FYI to all of you looking for unique rental pieces for your wedding — Karina actually rents this lounge set up, along with the orange love seat pictured at their head table below! Check out all her pieces here!
Karina planned everything out to such beautiful detail that I knew I shouldn’t have been worried…but I was still worried that the arch pieces were going to look bad with the curved name sign behind their head table. I was happy to be very wrong on that :)
She also sourced all of these orange table runners and mixed glass and amber bottles, so we had mixed arrangements running down all the tables. It honestly couldn’t have looked more beautiful out at Starlit Point — with the leaves having perfectly turned colour, everything just coordinated so beautifully and just looked and felt like KARINA.
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White Rose Garden Inspired Wedding at St Charles Country Club
You know I don’t do a lot of all-white weddings, because I’m such a colour lover. But there’s something (or rather, lots of somethings) about Marisa and Rob’s white rose garden-inspired wedding at St Charles Country Club that had me singing a different tune.
When Marisa first emailed me, she was inquiring about event design as well as floral design. With the all-white palette, I honestly wasn’t confident that I could pull off the complete event design, so I suggested she connect with Emily at Feast & Festivities. And as you can see, that was a good direction to point her in because this wedding was STUNNING.
You know I don’t do a lot of all-white weddings, because I’m such a colour lover. But there’s something (or rather, lots of somethings) about Marisa and Rob’s white rose garden-inspired wedding at St Charles Country Club that had me singing a different tune.
When Marisa first emailed me, she was inquiring about event design as well as floral design. With the all-white palette, I honestly wasn’t confident that I could pull off the complete event design, so I suggested she connect with Emily at Feast & Festivities. And as you can see, that was a good direction to point her in because this wedding was STUNNING.
Marisa’s uniquely shaped bouquet was a modern take on a classic white rose bouquet. We kept the bridesmaids’ bouquets even simpler, but not a boring rose dome.
Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: white playa blanca roses and Jeanine spray garden roses.
Marisa wanted roses, roses, and lots of roses. She also loves hydrangea, and we wanted to include some feminine texture throughout. At the church, we kept the aisle simple with baby’s breath bouquets and a pair of white pedestals at the front of the church with overgrown, rose-filled arrangements sitting on top.
Aren’t they so cute?
I LOVE seeing the moment when the couple sees their wedding reception for the first time! You spend a lot of time and energy (and money) creating a space with just the right ambiance for you and your guests to celebrate your marriage. It’s something that’s worth celebrating! The look on Marisa’s face shows how excited she was to see her classic rose garden-inspired wedding come to life.
And now on to the reception, where I was fully and completely obsessed with the design. Layer upon layer of white goodness and hot dang, it was breathtaking.
The floor plan combined round tables with a tall white floral centrepiece, and elongated banquet tables with repeated clusters of black taper candles with low white floral arrangements. These all-white florals felt really fresh and chic, and I realized the reason why is because we didn’t use any foliage. It elevated the design from a basic white-and-green to something more chic.
Alright, let’s talk about this cake table!! Marisa wanted it to feel like a rose bush was growing around her cake, which was delicately designed with sugar hydrangea petals. I would really love to do this again so HELLO PLEASE CALL ME if you want a little something something like this.
I LOVED THIS FIREPLACE MANTLE. We really kept the rose bush vibes going here, and just wanted it to feel natural, slightly overgrown, and organic.
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A Chic Spring Wedding at the Assiniboine Park Pavilion
I wasn’t planning on working on Mother’s Day weekend. I had my baby about 5 months earlier and was looking forward to a relaxing Mother’s Day with my boys. Then Andrea from Soiree texted me, asking if I knew of any floral designers who were still available for that weekend. I felt myself starting to cave a little…so I asked about the style and vision for the wedding…and then I saw the design board…and heard that it was at the Pavilion…and before I knew it, I said “You twisted my arm, count me in!” and there it was.
Julia and Rob’s chic spring wedding at the Assiniboine Park Pavilion was officially on my calendar!
I wasn’t planning on working on Mother’s Day weekend. I had my baby about 5 months earlier and was looking forward to a relaxing Mother’s Day with my boys. Then Andrea from Soiree texted me, asking if I knew of any floral designers who were still available for that weekend. I felt myself starting to cave a little…so I asked about the style and vision for the wedding…and then I saw the design board…and heard that it was at the Pavilion…and before I knew it, I said “You twisted my arm, count me in!” and there it was.
Julia and Rob’s chic spring wedding at the Assiniboine Park Pavilion was officially on my calendar!
Photos: Brittany Mahood
I love this romantic colour palette — soft pink, moody mauves, crisp black — and it worked beautifully to create the modern, romantic vibes. And can we take a moment to take in her dress and headband combination? Dang.
Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: wabara garden rose, anemone, butterfly ranunculus, faith rose, sweet pea, and pieris.
I haven’t worked at the Pavilion in a few years so I was super excited to be here again! It was closed for a few years, then underwent a huge remodel, and then Covid happened so everything that was scheduled was cancelled or moved. The remodel that was done there is really beautiful — it’s always been one of my favourite spaces in the city with the amount of windows and natural light. In the summer, the terrace is stunning for ceremonies or cocktail hours, and it’s obviously in the park so there are plenty of perfect photo locations within walking distance.
I love this floor plan! The mix of round and banquet tables, the “head table nook” utilizing 3 round tables for the VIPs in the alcove, it all worked to create great movement throughout the room.
The focal point of the design was obviously the hanging florals above the head table! The colour palette, the shape, the inclusion of pussy willow branches…it was all just do great. I’d do it again any day 🥰
We also kept the centrepiece on this “head table” simpler, just focusing on black candles so the floating florals above could sing.
The floor plan situated round guest tables around the outsides of the room, which we styled with a lush floral arrangement with a duo of black taper candles. It felt both full and minimalist in a good way. Across the dance floor was a pair of long banquet table, which had cards placed on them advising guests that the tables would be removed for dancing — so smart! — and because the tables were being removed, we went simpler on the centrepieces here, using black taper and votive candles, and petite bud vases for just a bit of colour.
“I just want to let you know that you are KILLIN’ it in the floral game. And more importantly, you are a lovely human and just a joy to work with and be around. I am so honoured you agreed to be part of my special day. The flowers were the talk of the day and still are. I can’t tell you how many guests asked WHO did the flowers. So from a “consumer” point of view - you are pure magic! Correction* in all ways you are pure magic ❤️ ” - Julia
So now you can see why I left mat leave early! This was the perfect wedding to start my season off with and I’d just love to do it over and over and over again.
