Feminine Late Spring Wedding at the Winnipeg Art Gallery
While setting up this late spring wedding at the Winnipeg Art Gallery last year, I knew it was going to be a favourite of the season. It was so sad that one of my favourites was already over, so early in the year! But here we are, finally sharing the details with you.
I love weddings at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. It’s a very versatile space, but can fall flat very quickly. The combination of a subtle palette with feminine florals went a long way — let’s get into it!
Photos by Brittany Mahood
“Lauren and her team at Stone House Creative were a dream to work with for floral design at our wedding. Not only is she exceptionally professional and kind, but her knowledge, expertise, and creativity was apparent from the very first meeting we had with her. She made every decision SO easy throughout the entire planning process, providing her thoughtful recommendations on how to best incorporate florals into our overall wedding design as a key focal point.
From our wedding party florals, to the table designs, statement arrangements at the ceremony, welcome sign and bar, and our floral cake meadow - Lauren created the most stunning florals for us, we were absolutely in awe of what she designed!! She took our vision and made it more beautiful than we could’ve ever imagined, carefully designing each piece to be unique and suit our elevated garden party design.
I can’t thank you enough Lauren - you are truly the best of the best and I’m so happy that we were able to work with you - couldn’t have imaged our day with anyone else!!” — Alannah
Soiree Event Planning did a beautiful job on the overall design for Alannah and Bryce’s wedding. Alannah had a distinct vision but had an internal dilemma: she wanted to leave it all up to the pros because she knew that would create the best end result, BUT she also wanted to make every decision herself. ha! I had a lot of fun with her. One of the things she wasn’t sure about was using tulips…but when I showed her these locally grown specialty tulips, she LOVED them. Case in point, friends!
One of my favourite aspects to this wedding was the bridesmaids’ dresses. The varied blue shades were just PERFECT, and I always love seeing a bit of pattern layered in. I designed really petite bouquets for them, which felt more elevated than large bouquets.
Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: sweet pea, specialty tulips, cafe latte roses, butterfly ranunculus, and phalaenopsis orchids.
The traditional ceremony was held at Bryce’s family church, and aren’t these photos so beautiful? There’s something about a grand swooping aisle dip in a classic church that gets me every time.
We kept the floral at the ceremony pretty classic, with 2 large urns at the front of the church and flanked the end of the aisle with 2 ground-based floral pieces.
The locally grown white lilac was just PERFECT in here, and Alannah really fell for the trailing movement of the phalaenopsis orchids so I made sure we included those as well.
I almost never see your reactions to your wedding all set up, so when your photographer is able to capture it, I get so excited. And clearly, Alannah was incredibly excited ❤️ Truly, helping you feel this way on your wedding day is such a joyful honour!
DO WE LOVE THIS CAKE MEADOW? Yes, YES WE DO.
Making the cake a spotlight was a major design focus for Alannah. I can’t remember all the story behind the cake — but there’s something about Bryce’s family having a history of stealing wedding cakes. Alannah was like “oh heck no, no one is stealing my wedding cake.” So we put flowers all the way in front of it like a little guard, ha!
Kayla from Sugar & Salt created the cake, and I cannot tell you how perfectly she matched the sugar flowers to the real — and that’s without having seen them in real life. It was divine!
This room was so beautiful! I always love working at the WAG (I think I have like 7 weddings there this year alone!) and a couple of the things I love about it are the warm neutral tones of the stone, as well as the way it can be laid out so differently when you have someone like Soiree Event Planning leading the planning.
They chose to centre the head table in the middle of the room (a bit more than the head table — they had their wedding party and all their partners at a big king’s table), with a mix of round and rectangular tables around. Toffee linens and cane back chairs elevated the warmth of the space, with champagne flatware and these fluted soft soft pink glassware finishing the place settings. A delicate touch of blue in the personalized place cards kept the overall design from leaning too feminine.
We went with a few different styles of centrepieces that fit with each of the table shapes. The round tables featured a round compote vase with a fuller floral arrangement, the long tables were accentuated with petite ikebana inspired florals in mauve, lavender, and white, and the head table had larger, fuller rectangular shaped vases with lush runner-inspired arrangements.
Planning a wedding at The Winnipeg Art Gallery and want to elevate 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!
