• Lifestyle Weddings | Planned & Designed

    Are you passionate about designing a wedding day that reflects your lifestyle? Then imagine your Edmonton wedding day filled with wonderful moments, details that share the story of your love & fun elements that treat your guests to an experience of all 5 senses!

    As you surf my website, I hope you are inspired through my blog, get connected through my resources, and share with me your wedding vision & ideas.  

    •  Jolyn | joe - lynn | Lifestyle Wedding Planner & Designer

Favor Style :: Marshmellow Favors

These fun favors and candies can be found at the Crown & Crumpet in San Francisco. I just love the vibrant colors!

Colorful, sweet and delicate – these marshmellow treats make a great favor, a great candy buffet addition or a fabulous enhancement to serve with after dinner tea.

Jolyn | Lifestyle Wedding Planner & Designer
Nuance Occasions
780.628.6457

Signature Style :: Elderflower Smash

At my wedding conference here in San Francisco – I had the pleasure of watching mixologists Helen M Claydon & Charlotte Voisey mix delicious cocktails and show us some really creative alternatives for signature drinks.

This one was my favorite signature cocktail from Monday evening – the Elderflower Smash (ps. love the use of edible flowers in the drinks)

Signature Drink : Elderflower Smash

Elderflower Smash
* St. Germain
* fresh lemon
* fresh mint
* Angostra bitters

Press the mint and lemon into a mixing glass, add the bitters, St. Germain and top with ice. Stir and serve on the rocks with an edible flower to match the wedding colors! Doesn’t it look wonderful?

PS. you can substitute the St. Germain for 360 vodka if you’d like an alternative drink.

Jolyn | Luxury Wedding Planner
Nuance Occasions
780.628.6457

Inspiration Style :: Weddings by Tara Guerard


In San Francisco on Monday, I had the pleasure of meeting Tara Guerard, author of Weddings.

Tara (Ter-ra and don’t you dare mispronounce it LOL) is a lifestyle wedding designer based in Charleston, South Carolina & New York.  I related so well to her quick wit and no-non-sense approach to wedding planning & design.

This southern inspired collections of weddings is an absolutely stunning book. Full of eye candy, romance and southern charm.

it was such a pleasure to listen to Tara speak about spatial planning when designing a wedding venue or wedding tent. I loved hearing about how she creates esthetic design blended with functionality to enhance the use of a space.

Tara Guerard - Soiree

Wedding Designer Tara Guerard (Soiree) with Jolyn of Nuance Occasions

Come and visit my signed copy at my office, or get your own copy through our affiliate Amazon.ca.

Jolyn | Luxury Wedding Planner
Nuance Occasions
780.628.6457

Handmade Style :: Fascinators

Fascinators are a wonderful way to add some drama to your wedding day hair-do, especially if a traditional veil isn’t in your plans.

You can choose to have a feather fascinator such as the ones designed by Brenda’s Bridal Veils

Etsy Designer brendasbridalveils

You can choose to have a dramatic silk floral design such as Etsy Designer Irina Boutique

Etsy Designer Irina Boutique

You can add just a small birdcage veil such as this one from Etsy Designer FlortiniDesigns

Etsy Designer Flortini Designs

Or even like a mini hat such as the one by Etsy Designer GlampireDesign

Etsy Designer Glampire Design

Whether your style is vintage glam, rocker chic or new york cosmopolitan – a fascinator can be a great hair accessory when you decide you don’t want a traditional veil. Be sure to check out more sellers on Etsy.com for fabulous other handmade finds.

Jolyn | Luxury Wedding Planner
Nuance Occasions
780.628.6457

Reception Style :: Chair Covers

I’m currently is gorgeous San Francisco attending a wedding design academy and meeting with a number of exquisite linen suppliers here – sourcing great chair covers and linens for our couples’ wedding decor.

When it comes to chair covers, you aren’t limited solely to the basic cotton or satin wrap chair cover – your chair cover can be an extension of your overall design scheme.

Check out this video from Get Married TV and see what I mean…

I look forward to sharing some pictures of the showroom tours of some of these great suppliers when I get back in town.

We love helping our couples access these incredibly unique chair covers, chair caps and table linens!

Share with me how you plan to dress up your wedding reception chairs in the comments below.

Jolyn | Luxury Wedding Planner
Nuance Occasions
780.628.6457

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