Warm Fall Wedding at Hawthorn Estates

I love a good fall wedding. I’m more of a summer girl myself, but there’s something about those warm, rich fall tones and the coziness than feels just right (even if it’s still 30 celcius out!).

So, Kelsie and Nick’s wedding was actually right at the very end of August, but nevertheless we dug right into the warm autumnal tones and added in some rich pink hues that played so nicely off the orange bridesmaid dresses.

Photos: Megan Steen Photography

I’ll admit that I’m not personally a fall person. It used to be my favourite season because it was back to school (and I LOVED school). That, and newly sharpened pencil bouquets, if you catch my drift. But since I started working in weddings, summer has just gone by so quickly so now when autumn its, I get really disappointed and feel like I missed summer.

BUT then Kelsie’s bouquet came along and made me feel like maybe I didn’t have to push fall away. Maybe fall is actually amazing because look at these flowers and colours 😍😍

Kelsie’s bouquet is also the perfect example that just because you’re getting married in fall, doesn’t mean your colour palette has to be Crayola orange/yellow/red. The subleties and nuances in the colour palette here were so rich, so delicious, so warm.

Bridal Bouquet Ingredients: SO MUCH LOCALLY GROWN!! Rudbeckia, lisianthus, asters, zinnia, ninebark, jewel of opar, and amaranthus, complimented with imported combo and barista roses and olive foliage. Finished perfectly with Stella Wolfe velvet ribbon (hubba hubba, gimme all the velvet ribbon for fall weddings).

Peep the flying petals in the centre image above, and if that doesn’t give you an idea of the energy these groomsmen brought to Kelsie and Nick’s wedding day, then I don’t know what will. So good!

Wind, man. Just know that if you’re having an outdoor wedding in Manitoba, wind will be a factor. No matter what. It’s just always around. We did pretty well here, but I had to work pretty hard to get this drape stuck down (I used double-sided u-glu dashes). Also, please note that I don’t actually do draping and I personally think I’m terrible at it, but we made it happen here and it wasn’t horrible.

Kelsie and Nick set up this outdoor lounge area (with Karina Walker’s retired couch rental — isn’t it so gorgeous?) and they did a lot of their portraits and wedding party photos there. The arch was quite nearby to this area, so while I was working on the arch, I could hear Kelsie and her girls just giggling away and having the best time. It was SO nice — the happiest background music I could have asked for.

Then moving inside for the reception, Kelsie really dug into the orange tones, layering a muslin runner with the orange water glasses, and I added the toffee and sienna candles and an orange tinted vase with the florals. Sometimes we like a varied palette, and sometimes we like layering together a more monochromatic look.

You’ve got nothing on a delicious fall celebration! I’ve still got plenty of fall availability for 2024, so if you’re interested in a delicious, warm palette like this one, be sure to shoot me an email because I would LOVE to be part of your wedding.

Megan Steen Photography ~ Hawthorn EstatES ~ Prairie Sky Events ~ RAe + Dot Studio ~ EPH Weddings ~ Martina Liana Bridal ~ Azazie ~ Made Beauty Co ~ Collective Event rentals ~ Let’s Celebrate Rentals ~ Bark Wedding Date

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Minimal Mid-Century Modern Inspired Tent Wedding

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 😂

Brittany Mahood ~ FEast & Festivities ~ Stone House Creative ~ THat First Spark ~ Planned Perfectly ~ C&T Rentals ~ JP Hoe ~ cielo’s Garden ~ JP MEdiaWorks ~ Truvelle ~ ALdo FormalWear ~ Tiopo & Co ~ Fifth ~ Urban Prairie Cuisine ~ Sweet Impressions ~ Oh Doughnuts ~ Marry Me, Hunnie

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A Mediterranean Inspired Love Story: Styled Shoot

I've been taking a bit of a break from styled shoots for the last little while, but when Sheila from Inspired Elegance Events and Casey Nolin Photography reached out with this fun colour palette and giving me total flexibility on the flowers earlier this spring, I could not say no!

I feel like I'm always talking about how much I love colour and this was no exception. Sheila told me that she wanted orange so I chose to expand that into an analogous palette of oranges, corals, and peaches. Fun, right? And it looked great with the slight additions of blue on the table. 

Even better: Our cute couple got engaged a few weeks later!

~ AS FEATURED ON THE PERFECT PALETTE ~

Photos: Casy Nolin Photography ~ Planner: Inspired Elegance Events ~ Florals: Stone House Creative ~ Tabletop Rentals: C&T Rentals ~ Table Runner: Simply Perfect Decor ~ Chair Rentals: Floral Fixx ~ Venue: Trappist Monastery ~ Invitations: Keeks Paper Co ~ Bridal Gown: Chic Nostalgia from Bliss Bridal Boutique ~ Makeup: Made Beauty Company ~ Hair Piece: Luna and Stone ~ Jewellery: Vandenberg's Fine Jewellery

My floral order made everyone else at my wholesaler jealous that week :) I'm jealous just looking back at it!
Bridal bouquet ingredients: garden roses, ranunculus, poppies, godetia and THE MOST incredible tulips!

I wanted to keep the ceremony space simple. The ruins at the Trappist Monastery are really something, and all of those old stone foundations create such an incredible ambiance. My goal here was to bring life back into the space, and what better way to do it than create a vine-like, overgrown-inspired focal piece.

Sheila had a fairly specific vision to create this Mediterranean look. Rustic bread, olives, and olive oil at each place setting make for an inviting tablescape, and the Trappist Monastery ruins were a natural choice for the setting as here in Winnipeg there aren't many spaces with an abandoned villa feel. She pulled it all together from there!

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