Lake of the Woods Wedding at the Kenora Yacht Club

Sam and Jordan's wedding was my first ever working at the Yacht Club in Kenora, and I loved it! The July sun was out, the skies were clear, and Samantha is a really fun person so I knew it was going to be a great wedding. 

Working at the Yacht Club has a unique set of challenges, the biggest of which is that it's on an island! We had to drive out to Kenora with everything packed carefully into the back of my van, meet up with the wedding coordinator, and then load everything into the Club's pontoon boat. We then putted across the lake for about 20 minutes, at which point the pontoon boat ran out of gas about 500 metres from the dock...So after a staff member hopped onto a jet ski and got us some gas, we eventually made out way over to the island and got started. 

Photos: luckygirl photography | Videography: Prairie Film Co | Wedding Coordinator: Styled Wedding & Event Planning | Dress: Bliss Bridal Boutique

We wanted the keep the palette pretty simple: whites, greens, and watery blues to reflect the incredible view. The Lake of the Woods area is just gorgeous. I also tucked in a few burgundy touches from my garden to add a little depth. 

Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: roses, lisianthus, anemones, dendropbium orchids, veronica, stock, ferns, eucalyptus, and pittosporum with burgundy heuchera foliage and tiny touches of light blue tweedia.

This was definitely one of my favourite ceremony spaces to design of the entire summer! Being on that dock, in the warm sun, was just wonderful (and I got a wicked sunburn that kicked off my summer tan, so bonus! Until I snipped off the tip of my finger when I was almost finished the arbor...just a little slice, it was such a huge deal ha!). 

I started with the arch. The couple had purchased this plain white arch, and the plan was for me to dress it up. Given the natural surroundings, I didn't want to do anything too perfect or tidy, and I wanted to keep the palette pretty soft. I started with a lot of soft green foliage (mostly foraged silver willow foliage, olive, and several varieties of eucalyptus). I popped in a few white mums as focal flowers, and then worked in dark blue, light blue, and white delphinium throughout. I love how the long delphinium stems point in all directions; they really add dimension and shape.

There wasn't much in the way of an aisle, because the dock area is pretty short and there was only space for a handful of chairs before the steps started. Sam wanted something to mark an aisle though, so I created a few of these natural, free-form pieces at the base of a couple of chairs. They felt like they were growing up out of the dock, which I love.

I absolutely LOVE the colours and styles of these bridesmaid dresses. This coral colour is UNREAL, and paired with that floaty soft blue dress? Amazing. This is mistmatched bridesmaids done right.