Technically I was supposed to take this weekend off…but when I got the email from Emily of Feast & Festivities asking if I’d be available, and I caught a glimpse of the fun design board, a thrill sparked my fingertips into typing that yes, I was available!

Jess and Donny’s wedding was one of my 2019 highlights. Creative uses of colour, cheerful design elements, and that chic mid-century modern inspiration brought this clear-top tent wedding to life!

One of the first things that I was told was the overall design was to have a mid-century modern influence, and I immediately thought that an arm bouquet would be a perfect way to do that. Jess was down for something unique and interesting, so I got to work on selecting some juicy blooms to play off the cheerful colour palette.

Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: locally grown ranunculus, delphinium, and snapdragons, with campanella garden roses, billy balls, and oncidium orchids.

This is easily one of my favourite ceremony designs I’ve worked on. It’s pretty simple, but when Emily came up with the idea for me to design flowers both on top of the clear pedestals and inside them, I was pumped.

Jess and Donny got engaged in Hawaii, so they wanted to incorporate a touch of tropical flair. We used some sago palm in the large arrangements, and made Jess a white dendrobium orchid lei and Donny got a traditional Hawaiian ti leaf lei. The leaves were supposed to be more green, but the darker tone looked awesome with his suit so it was a happy mistake!

My favourite thing is that they wanted the flowers to really do the talking, so they actually stood behind the arrangements!

When working with a tighter budget, it’s a great idea to go simple overall while introducing a few major statement pieces. For Jess and Donny, that was the ceremony florals, which were repurposed to the seating display outside the entrance to the tent, along with a garland swagged along the top of the tent entrance.

How amazing does this set up look? I love the neon orange acrylic, and Jess actually designed the decals herself and applied them to the acrylic sheets. She repeated this method with the table numbers and bar signage.

Another favourite design element was the neon orange carnation installation suspended above the head table. The goal was to bring a punch of that unexpected bright orange, and the mechanics of this piece were actually quite easy but it was really time-consuming to create. I’d do it again in a heart beat, though, because it turned out so cool!

I also put together a feathery and lightweight plumosa garland for the photo booth aka Donny’s VW Westfalia that he’d been restoring.

Office fan, anyone? I love how they incorporated a few little touches from their favourite show throughout the day — from the Pam & Jim snapshots, to the place setting above, reserved for “Assistant to the Regional Manager.”

So all in all, I’m pretty glad I decided to work this weekend instead of taking it off 😂

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