I’m totally embarrassed at how long it’s taken me to get this wedding on my blog. Literally a year. BUT here we are!

I knew I was in for a treat when Soiree Event Planning sent me the design plan for Jacqueline and Jarett’s wedding: bold, playful, SUPER colourful, and garden-inspired. UMM YES PLEASE.

This wedding had so many of my very favourite elements: a really fun colour palette, a backyard (and very intimate) ceremony, a killer arch, really fun centrepieces along with other floral moments, and a client that completely trusted my ideas. I can’t wait to get into this with you!

Photos by Carm Photo

Oh my GOSH did I love this bridal bouquet! We decided to dig into the pinks, oranges, and a touch of blue for Jacqueline’s bouquet, rather than diving into the full palette. I felt like this allowed the bouquet to stand out more from the rest of the florals (especially the arch during the ceremony), and felt a bit bolder. I knew she wanted to use the blue in her bouquet, and I chose the orange as it’s a complimentary tone. The pink is just easy to round everything out! I finished it all up with marbled, hand-dyed silk ribbon from Stella Wolfe. Those finishing touches can be everything and I love being the one to make that happen!

Bridal bouquet ingredients: gloriosa lily (the star of the freaking show!!), ranunculus, dahlias, spray roses, delphinium, mokara orchids, and anthurium.

Additional note: Cathy Wiebe hand-embroidered Jacqueline’s amazing veil. I love the subtle touches of colour while still feeling super romantic. I told Cathy what flowers I was using in her bouquet, and she incorporated some of those into her beading! Again…those finishing touches that make such a difference.

While they planned to have their entire guest list partying with them all evening, Jacqueline and Jarett chose to have the ceremony on the intimate side. The ceremony took place in her family’s backyard, with about 30 close friends and immediate family members. They celebrated right after with cocktails, before meeting all their guests at St Charles.

Now OBVIOUSLY if you know me at all, you’ll know that this colour-blocked floral arch was one of the highlights of my career. It was lush, deep, vibrant, textural…aka everything that I love.

We traipsed colour-blocked florals down the aisle, leading to the arch. The locally grown dahlias were my favourite elements in the arch, as they bring amazing texture. Selecting the floral ingredients for this wedding was so much fun!

One thing we knew we wanted to do was have some serious colour play throughout the reception design, working with alternating centrepiece styles according to the table shape. We design a colour-blocked runner of modern stem vases and petite floral arrangements in clear ribbed and clean white vessels on the long tables, and a playful combination of it all on the round tables.

Coloured candles played a large role as well, which I really wanted to do to blend the overall palette from floral section to section. Taper candles were mixed in with votives, incorporating some brighter candles along with easier-on-the-eyes pastels.

We tucked in a few black trays and black candle holders for depth.

Talk about one of my favourite repurposes of the year! It was a beast to move this fully-designed arch through the backyard, shift it into the back of the uhaul (it took up almost the entire vehicle!), and then load it into the reception space. To be honest, I have kind of blacked out and don’t remember how we managed to get it up the stairs at St Charles and through the doors 😂 BUT dang, I love how perfectly the couple’s monogrammed sign fit right into it. If you go for something like this at your wedding, just make sure you tell your friends to use it as a photo backdrop!

And how gorgeous are those table numbers? I love the way they pull so many colours in to the design.

Now, I need to take a minute to educate (and brag…semi-humbly, of course). If you’re interested in any kind of bolder colour-blocking or rainbow action for your wedding, there are some things that your floral designer and your planner need to focus on and be really cognizant of when they’re planning. And I have to also say, if you want to dig into the rainbow idea, this is really not something that can be tackled by a rookie designer.

The rainbow and/or colour-blocked palette is exciting, but it’s also hard to get right. It can come off as goofy really easily, you need a lot of variety to pull it all together, and that includes incorporating different shades of each colour. You can’t just do bright and bold…you need some pastels in there, too. Otherwise, it just looks like a box of Crayons in a kindergarten classroom.

And for the floral designers out there, know that you will spend a LOT longer writing your recipes and figuring everything out on the backend. You’ll be spending a lot more time than you would normally, because you’ll be working in that much broader colour palette and needing to select and count up a lot more types and shades of flowers. Make sure you account for that extra time in your math!

Dance party time! This was a fun, almost last-minute addition to the floral order. A disco ball and floral ceiling are not always a budget priority but ALWAYS a welcome addition. Man, I love disco balls.

So Event Light first hung the disco balls, and then we added swooping chains of brightly coloured carnations over the dance floor, along with a few hanging floral “clumps.” There’s got to be a better way of wording that…floral clusters? However we say it, it looked really good. The dance floor was busy all night long.

We had an absolutely STELLAR vendor team on this wedding. When you’re planning a wedding that’s this design-focused, you really need a team of wedding professionals who are going to pull their weight and have the right products or design sense to make it all happen. Check out the pros below for your wedding!

Carm Photo ~ Soiree Event Planning ~ St Charles Country Club ~ Planned Perfectly ~ Collective Event Rentals ~ Event Light ~ Union Table ~ Cathy Wiebe Clothes ~ Beyond the Lounge ~ Petite Paperie ~ Prep Hair ~ Bailey DelBigio ~ Jenna Rae Cakes ~ La Petite Paperie ~ Trend DEcor

LOOKING FOR A WEDDING FLORAL AND EVENT DESIGNER IN WINNIPEG?

Planning a wedding at St Charles Country Club and want to bring some life to the space? I’d love to be your floral designer.

Flowers are the best way to make a statement at your wedding. Whether you already have a specific vision or want me to dream up something custom just for you (like a greenery canopy hung above your dinner tables!), reach out to Stone House Creative for stunning bridal bouquets, truly unique ceremony backdrops, and beautiful floral centrepieces to create the perfect ambiance for your wedding!