Modern Rainbow Wedding at Whitetail Meadow
When Paige and Mark first reached out to me from Toronto, I was unsure that I could handle the scope of their wedding. I was going on mat leave a few weeks later and would be unavailable for much of their planning time…but sometimes, a wedding is just TOO GOOD to say no to. Case in point, this modern rainbow wedding at Whitetail Meadow!
Then I talked with my girl Deanna from Deer Dutch Creative, and we came up with a new arrangement: we would work collaboratively between our two companies, tag-teaming the floral design and assembling the most amazing team to bring this day to life.
The first thing you’ll probably notice is that this wedding had SUCH AN AMAZING COLOUR PALETTE. As in, we basically got to design with every amazing colour under the sun. Paige wanted a bold red bouquet, and then we started working more colour in throughout the rest of the designs.
The original plan for the ceremony was to use a low hanging branch as a sort of natural arch, but we decided that wasn’t quite reliable enough. We pivoted directions and had this 2 piece gold arch custom-made, and I envisioned floral pieces “growing” naturally down the length of the aisle. We decided to colour block these pieces as well, while keeping the arch itself in the reds to coordinate with Paige’s bridal bouquet.
One thing we knew we wanted to do was have some serious colour play throughout the reception tent, graduating from one shade to the next as we moved down the tables. We started one end with yellows and ending with blues on the other end. Deanna designed some gorgeous red pieces just for the bridal party tables, in the centre of the tent, and we got to use these INCREDIBLE locally grown peonies that were the perfect finishing touch. Coloured candles played a large role as well, which I really wanted to do to blend the overall palette from floral section to section. Tall pillar candles were mixed in with vibrantly coloured votives, as well and it was a lot of fun to design the table plan.
Another element you’ll be sure to notice is the greenery on the ceiling! The couple asked for some kind of greenery statement and we played around with a few different ideas but weren’t sure what the right one would be, mostly because we didn’t have a solid understanding of how we could actually install it - the tent that the ceremony was in wouldn’t actually be set up until about a month before the wedding! We ended up working with the lighting company to have them install cable the day before the wedding, so that on the wedding day we could simply attach the garlands to the cable. It worked out great...although it wasn’t me who was up on a 20 foot ladder, lol!
Florals Planned and Designed in Collaboration with Deer Dutch Creative
Special thanks to our amazing team of freelancers who helped make this floral magic come together! Kelly and Steph from Lilystone Gardens, Kyla Ferguson and Danielle Jamieson. Each of them played such an important role, from Kyla’s skilled handiwork on the bridesmaids’ pieces to Danielle hand-making every one of those ceiling garlands, to Kelly and Steph actually hanging those garlands and all of them making the ceremony design come to life...team work really does make the dream work!
