When the design brief calls for Old Hollywood supper club vibes, I’m in.

Long dinner tables, a rich jewel tone palette, draping to create intimacy, vintage brass vessels, mixed metal accents, and a disco ball dance floor installation were all important ingredients in Lauren and Jeremie’s wedding design at the Manitoba Club.

Let’s dig in to the details!

Photos by Florence Photography

Planning and Design by Soiree Event Planning

Mollie and Ben’s classic garden tent wedding took place about one year ago, towards the end of September.

Set at the most dreamy family property just outside of Winnipeg that backs onto the Red River, their wedding day started out filled with rain but turned around just in time for an outdoor ceremony.

Late summer weddings are some of my very favourites — the colour movement, the locally grown flower availability, the green of the grass and foliages, the slightly earlier sunsets…it all comes together in such a beautiful way.

Christine and Herbert’s late August wedding fell right in with all of the wonderful things above. The general concept was “summer’s bounty,” featuring a warm summer-meets-fall palette of salmons, corals, sages, golden mustard, creams, and soft greens.

Was I intending to take a holiday on the weekend of Leilah and Keven’s wedidng? Yes. Did I then see the design plan from Soiree Event Planning and then text my husband to ask if he’d be okay with me taking one less week of holiday? Yes. And he said yes, too :)

I was so happy to be brought on board. First, Leilah was an absolute gem to work with. She is kind, creative, and happy to lean on her creative professionals to explore ideas and trusted us to design something beautiful for them.

And design something beautiful is just what we did! The plan that Soiree envisioned was full of unique, personal, and interesting details. When it came to the florals, we wanted to move towards modern shaping and bloom selections, designing with an overall classic aesthetic that fits the venue.

Elegant, classic, with unique touches and twists. Andie and Charles (okay, Andie) had a traditional vision for their wedding and I was so thrilled to make it happen.

I love finding those tweaks that take something traditional and elevate it into something personal, something unique, something fresh — without straying off-course. The Manitoba Club was of course the very perfect location, with its heritage interior and warm finishings.

Andie brought me on board pretty early in her planning process, so much of the design was really guided by the florals. Within her idea of a classic white and cream palette and traditional overall style, she was really open to letting me lead the design and here’s what we came up with!

There are some weddings that come together beautifully after much back and forth, brainstorming, and ideas…and there are some that seem to come together so effortlessly! This textural summer wedding reception at the Winnipeg Art Gallery for G+D was the latter — at least on my end!

Eventzy brought me in to design all the personal and reception florals, and they had already conceptualized such a great design plan. Textured rattan elements, touches of floral pattern, a calming twist on the classic white/green/blue palette, and a few modern elements brought it all together.