Here’s a little sneak peak of their wedding day…

{ ceremony : Fairmont Hotel MacDonald : Wedgewood Room }

{ reception : Royal Mayfair Golf Club }

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I can’t wait to share more with you of this wonderful couple and their distinct wedding day!

Jolyn | Lifestyle Wedding Planner & Designer
Nuance Occasions
780.628.6457

“Jolyn was the best wedding planner ever. We work in the oilfield and were not able to plan our own wedding. Jolyn took care of everything and made our wedding a wedding to be proud of. It was more than we imagined. She has all details taken care of. In fact my bridesmaid even said every time she went to do something Jolyn was always one step ahead of her. We could never of put together a wedding like we had on our own. I strongly recommend using Nuance to plan the wedding of your dreams, well worth it. Trust me if you want a stress free wedding these are the people to use.” – Hazel & Barry

Hazel & Barry exchanged their vows in one of the smaller conference rooms. The decor was kept simple & yet welcoming. Marriage commissioner Marcia Loder conducted a beautiful wedding ceremony.

As guests entered the reception, they were greeted with the monogram door decals designed by Pink Polka Design.

{ door decals by Pink Polka Design | photo : Picture That Photography }

To accompany their Parisian Garden decor scheme, Hazel & Barry selected their favorite french wine and used the bottles as a guest book. Guests each signed a bottle, and the bottles will then be opened on their first anniversary. A wonderfully fun keepsake for the couple of their France inspired wedding.

{ wine bottle guest book | photo : Picture That Photography }

{ guests sign wine bottle guest book | photo : Picture That Photography }

Guests found their names on the custom ribbon placecard board that I had created which beautifully showcased the placecards. Placecards designed by Pink Polka Design were color coded to the match the entree choice each guest had selected.

{ escort card frame | photo : Picture That Photography }

{ card box | photo : Picture That Photography }

Hazel & Barry knew early on that they didn’t want to receive gifts, but would rather collect donations to both the Canadian Cancer Society & Kidney Foundation of Canada in memory of 8 special family members and friends who had been affected by those illnesses…including their dog Harvey…

{ memorial photo tree | photo : Picture That Photography }

Inside the ballroom, we had all four walls draped with a combination of white sheer & silver satin fabrics by our draping company QSD events. A custom french blue table linen had been brought in by Elegant Touches specifically for this wedding.

The fabric draped walls softened the look of the room and kept everything within the color scheme of the decor. The addition of ambient lighting throughout the room enhanced the feeling of romance!

{ room view | photo: Picture That Photography }

{ room view | photo : Picture That Photography }

Assorted crystal wine glasses reclaimed from thrift stores were placed along the edge of the head table and filled within single roses.

{ roses in vintage crystal wine glasses | photo : Picture That Photography }

Reclaimed frames were all painted silver and embellished with crystal arrangements. The frames were hung throughout the room on the fabric walls as inspired by the decadent french museums and their fabulous artwork.

{ gallery of crystal frames | photo : Picture That Photography }

When Hazel & Barry were discussing the perfect wedding cake to display, we knew we wanted something that would ‘pop’ against the white fabric walls. I worked closely with Deb of Deliciously Different Cakes to design a parisian cake that would boost various shades of french blue and antique inspired scrollwork moulds.

{ cake floating on bed of orchids | photo : Picture That Photography }

My favorite feature is that we designed the cake to ‘float’ on a bed of white orchids and dusty miller filler…dramatically changing the look of the traditional cake table!

The room was full of lushious rose blooms from La Piazza Dasee and the brides bouquet was an absolutely stunning mix of roses, orchids, calla lilies and delphiniums.

{ rose candelabras | photo : Picture That Photography }

The newlyweds and their guests partied hard into the night thanks to the tunes of DJ Rob at Nuance Sound.

Hazel & Barry – your wedding was gorgeous and you partied like Rockstars!! It was fun to be a part of it all, and see it come together! You both have hearts of gold, and I wish you both a lifetime of happiness!

Jolyn | Lifestyle Wedding Planner & Designer
Nuance Occasions
780.628.6457

Hazel & Barry – have an incredible time in Belize! It was such an honor to work with you both in developing your dream wedding day!

Jolyn | Lifestyle Wedding Planner & Designer
Nuance Occasions
780.628.6457

The couple started their day with a late afternoon ceremony at the UofA Convocation Hall – with pointsettias across the stage front, a deep burgundy aisle runner and candles flickering along the stage edge – as the lights dimmed, it was such a romantic and warm space for a wedding ceremony. Accompanied by the Amati Trio, and officiated by marriage commissioner Marcia Loder – this fun couple sealed their love for one another.

As the couple enjoyed indoor photos at the Arts Building with photographer Kim Carmichael of Urban Concept Photo, plans were underway to complete the transformation of their elegant winter wonderland wedding reception at the Trans Alta Art Barns.

Guests were greated by a cocktail reception in the foyer, featuring sliders and veal and shrimp from Century Grill catering team.

Guests selected their escort card from the round feature table and awaited their opportunity to enter the reception room, with no idea what was awaiting them.

The couple envisioned a romantic atmosphere complete with dim lighting, romantic down lighting and the sparkle of crystals. Using the theatre blacks of the venue as a base for the design, we used a simple black table linen with a sparkling silver table runners from Elegant Touches. With a couple modifications, the crystal trees came to life with the addition of crystals, feathers and orchid strings thanks to the endless work of the team of Laurel & James at La Piazza Dasee.

   

Rhinestone buckles added some glitter to the black napkins and charger plates, while the serene winter tree scape adorned the reception stationery designed by Pink Polka Design.

And for added glitz and sparkle – three specially designed silver chandeliers were suspended from the ceiling – giving the reception a true hollywood wedding feel. Guests were in awe at how the room came together.

True to Lauren & Rey’s fun personalities, in order to get the couples to kiss, danceoffs ensued based on music selections of the DJs at Revolution DJ Entertainment. It was fun seeing all the family and friends of the couple take these dance offs so seriously LOL.

The speeches were endearing – there was so much love between these two families…even between brothers and sisters…it was a true celebration of a great couple, supported by great families.

As the new year rang close, the noisemakers, hats and tiaras broke out and streamers flew as the new year arrived. Although it may have been so very cold outside, you couldn’t help but feel embraced by the warmth of love in the room at that moment.

And when you’ve been dancing up a storm all night, pizza makes the perfect late night snack…as evidenced by how quickly our 24 delivered pizzas were devoured!

Lauren & Rey – you both take great joy in both the big and small things in life and I hope you experience many more goofy pictures, have many more dance offs, and continue to play practical jokes through your years ahead! I’m sure your humor will help you overcome any hurdles you encounter. Our team wishes you all the very best!

Jolyn | Luxury Wedding Planner
Nuance Occasions
780.628.6457

PS. Special Thanks to Susan of Picture That Photography who captured many of the decor photos shown here!

Their Sunday wedding day started with an afternoon photo session, after a ‘getting to see each other for the first time’ moment at the Union Bank Inn. Their photographer Kelsy Nielson whisked them through fields and urban Edmonton amongst the falling snowflakes.

The ceremony at the Union Bank Inn was set a glow by candles floating in tall vases of white orchid strands. The mantel of the fireplace was full of hydrangea florals and pillar candles.

This candlelight wedding ceremony was officiated by marriage commissioner Marcia Loder. As the ceremony concluded, guests proceeded to the Devonshire Room for a brief cocktail reception as the main reception room was converted.

The room became alive with deep chocolate brown linens, a shimmering ivory striped overlay provided by Elegant Touches and orchid lampshades created by Nuance Occasions and Flowers In The Park, that gave a feeling of comfort to this formal setting. The cake by Simply Elegant featured a chocolate face plate with the couples’ monogram.

Guests received a favor of herbal tea in the brides’ favorite selections with a tea strainer. Pink Polka Design created custom favor stickers for wrapping around the tea jars, as well as the rest of the stationery (seating chart, table numbers, menu cards).

The guests enjoyed the lounge jazz sounds of the Circle Quartet that turned dance band apres dinner. Our jazz singer was able to move throughout the room and get guests involved as back up singers for her too! It was such a fun end to a beautiful day!

Angela & Michael - I know you weren’t counting on the snow, but your pro photos are gorgeous! Your intimate ceremony allowed you to be surrounded by those who meant the most to you. It was a privilege to be a part of it all.

You can find more photos of their day at their Kelsy’s website :
Angela & Michael on Kelsy’s blog

Jolyn | Luxury Wedding Planner
Nuance Occasions
780.486.5310 ext.1

“Emilie, thank you so much for making our wedding day amazing! I’m sure there were hiccups but I never heard about them, which makes me happy! I couldn’t have imagined my day without you Emilie! I am very thankful for all your help and you worked as though it was your very own wedding. Thank you for caring!”- Marlene & Chris

A wedding ceremony beginning in the beautiful Devonian Botanical Gardens at the Wedding Lawn. Their wedding ceremony was officiated by marriage commissioner Rose Rosenburger.

Marlene & Chris then had a fun afternoon doing photos with their photographers Adam and Radelle of Eternal Reflections Photography.

Guests were then welcomed at the Fairmont Hotel MacDonald into the Empire Ballroom. Orchids, florals and ribbons embellished the chandeliers in the room.

The floral centerpieces and hanging chandelier florals were created by Graham & Lane with table linens provided by Elegant Touches.

With a martini ice luge station and dancing throughout the evening, Marlene & Chris enjoyed a fabulous autumn reception.

You can find more of their pro photos on the Eternal Reflections blog.

Marlene & Chris – we know your wedding day wasn’t without it’s challenges, but hope you’ve been able to surround yourself with the wonderful memories of the day.

Jolyn | Luxury Wedding Planner
   Emilie | Associate Wedding Coordinator
Nuance Occasions
780.486.5310 ext.1

“Thank you so so much for making our day so much more wonderful! It was a great day and we couldn’t have done it without your expertise, patience and smile! If only every day was that much fun!” – Vanessa & David

Vanessa & David’s wedding day reception started with a celebration of their commitment observed by their colorful wedding party, family & friends who couldn’t participate in their wedding ceremony the day previous.

Their evening cocktail-style reception was hosted at Enterprise Square in downtown Edmonton and started with live cello music as guests arrived.

Photos were taken before the reception with their photographer Michael from Jet Black Photography.

For this cocktail reception, unique floral holders were created for the reception program by La Piazza Dasee floral team. While each of the bridesmaids carried bouquets of gerbera daisies with pins & butterflies coordinated to their wedding dress color.

The unique space of Enterprise Square created a relaxed atmosphere for this cocktail reception which featured an array of food options for guests to snack upon including a gelato bar finale all created by Fantasia Caffe (on site at Enterprise Square).

Their simple white 3 tiered wedding cake created by Simply Elegant was adorned with a colorful arrangement of butterflies ascending the tiers.

The evening concluded with a bouquet toss from the second floor over the reception space, and a dance to finish off the evening.

Vanessa & David, your love for one another radiated throughout the room that evening. I’m so honored to be small part of your weekend to help seal your marriage commitment.

Jolyn | Luxury Wedding Planner
Nuance Occasions
780.486.5310 ext. 1

“Nuance Occasions is amazing! Jolyn helped us tremendously through our whole planning process and we were more than happy with all of her help and ideas. She went above and beyond any expectations that we had and truly created the wedding of our dreams! She is an angel sent down from the wedding gods who saved us from all of the wedding planning stress! A year ago, just thinking about planning our wedding from California, when it was going to take place in Edmonton, was a nightmare!! Thanks to Jolyn and the online wedding workroom, our planning process was alot of fun and stress free, like it should be! Thank you so much for absolutely everything!!!” – Mackenzie & Joshua

It was fitting that the California couple brought their weather with them – so on Mackenzie & Joshua’s wedding day, the temperatures reached +35degrees!

Nearly all the planning happened with Mackenzie & Joshua back home in California, however, Mackenzie’s mother was instrumental in helping finalize details and we made sure Mackenzie was had her input thanks to the Nuance Occasions online workroom.

The afternoon ceremony was at the Fairmont Hotel MacDonald in the Drawing Room. The room was transformed with fabric and the use of ambient lights. Calla lilies artfully placed in cylinder vases by La Piazza Dasee graced the edges of the custom printed aisle runner. The ferns and greenery accents lovingly reminded the couple of the lush greenery back home – bringing a little California to Edmonton thanks to the ceremony designs of Exquisite Creations.

This fun loving group took full advantage of the hot sun and steamy Hotel MacDonald venue as they began their photographs around the property. Then, with the guidance of Sam of Sam Ng Photography – ventured into some back alleys and interesting spots in downtown Edmonton.

Guests were treated to an a hip and trendy reception when they arrived at the Union Bank Inn (one of my top 3 favorite venues in Edmonton!) The deep moss green linens were invigorated by the gold satin chair covers, with pops of purple and orange throughout the room. It was so enjoyable planning the decor with a couple willing to make some bold color statements – and it paid off – it really is my most favorite room that we’ve done so far at the Union Bank Inn…it was stunning…and the guests thought so too!

The florals were a definite centerpiece to the wedding reception room – lush green on the iron pillars, and a creative tropical design became the focal point on the mantal. Jeanine at La Piazza Dasee most definitely understood Mackenzie’s vision for California chic! Add the hip stationery of Pink Polka Design – which worked so perfectly with the unique color scheme and sophistication Mackenzie & Joshua wanted.

Mackenzie and Joshua knew they wanted a simple cake, but wanted a unique design to it. Tamara at Simply Elegant was up to task in creating a tiered cake with different height tiers – it was a truly ‘simply elegant’ creation. As a tribute to the region where Joshua was from, a decadent avocado and tomatoe salad was specially created by the culinary team at the Union Bank Inn – all our california guests & avocado ranchers were asking for the recipe it was so delectable!!! And what dinner would be complete without some California wines!

Mackenzie & Joshua – it was so much fun bringing your vision to life! I hope you truly enjoyed your second reception in California and look forward to getting to see you both again at another one of our Nuance Occasions’ weddings next year (hint hint Mallory)!

Jolyn | Luxury Wedding Planner
Jacquelyn | Associate Coordinator
Nuance Occasions
780.628.6457

Something you need to know about Courtenay before I share the pictures – is that she has a love of all things polka dot! I often try to prevent couples from choosing trendy elements that they fall in love with in magazines, but because the polka dots really did encompass all parts of their home (quite literally!) – it was a perfect component to incorporate into their vintage chic wedding!

The day starting with a morning wedding ceremony on the 3rd floor lobby of the Winspear Theatre – accented with a plush aisle runner, rose balls and tissue pomanders suspended in mid air they had a truly intimate ceremony performed by their church ministers.

Guests then moved into the Founders Room of the Winspear Theatre for a light luncheon reception. The room was full of assorted hors d’oeuvres and a specialty chop box station. Absolutely Edibles worked with us to offer guests a Chop Box Food station where guests could assemble their own stirfry and toppings into a take out box. Guests had an amazing selection of 5 sauces, and over 12 different toppings!

The yellow wedding cake designed by Simply Elegant became a feature of the room – and the small cake beside it – well, that was a surprise for our groom. Back at the time of the cake testing, Trevor wanted a mint chocolate cake as part of their tiers. Courtenay said that no one else would eat it LOL. Little later into the planning, plans were made to surprise Trevor with his very own mint chocolate cake…but even he shared on his wedding day!

Courtenay & Trevor are quite the chefs – loving to spend their spare time cooking. When invitations were sent out, they asked guests to reply with their favorite family recipe, which was then assembled into a recipe book with their engagement photos – ready for guests to autograph their recipe.

The exquisite florals were created by Chantal of La Piazza Dasee – the full bouquets, cute boutonierres and clustered floral arrangements in vintage mercury glass vases were a great accent to the crisp white linens and silver chivari chairs.

As their favor to guests, they created mini recipe books of their own favorite recipes – including Trevor’s specialty homemade sponge toffee which was part of their candy buffet. Courtenay lovingly created decorative paper cones for guests to place their candy choices in. Their wedding invitations, candy buffet signs and reception signs were created by Jenelle of Pink Polka Design.

Following the afternoon reception, the couple and wedding party began their fun photo session with Kelsy Neilson Photographer throughout downtown Edmonton. Check out Kelsy’s blog for great photos of the day!  Kelsy was such a trooper that day, as she had been badly stung by a wasp on her eye the night before.  Thanks Kelsy for working through the pain!!

Courtenay & Trevor – you have a deep connection and love – and I look forward to seeing your love grow stronger through the coming years!! It was such a pleasure to help you create such an intimate & personal wedding day for you both!

Jolyn | Luxury Wedding Planner
  Andree-Anne | Wedding Assistant
Nuance Occasions
780.628.6457

“Jolyn was amazing, I couldn’t have done it without her, she truly made our day everything (and more) then we could have wishes for. Every single detail was perfect, and Jolyn kept everything on time. I would highly recommend Jolyn and Nuance Occasions to anyone planning an event, they went over and above anything I had expected, and made the day stress free.” – Emilie & Jamie

When struggling to design her decor, Emilie approached Nuance Occasions to help her put the final finesse on her magical wedding day! She wanted it to be elegant, sophisticated and a day that guests would talk about. Jolyn worked closely with Emilie to find the perfect decor accents that would give the ‘ummph’ she was looking for in her day.

The ceremony was set with the stunning white satin chair wraps & fabric draped chuppah canopy by Elegant Touches. Working with her florist, Graham & Lane, the exquisite manzanita branch arrangements with rose pomanders became the focal point at the start of the of the aisle.

Florals were placed along the aisle, and the custom aisle runner with their names & wedding date became a focal point of their processional. Marriage commissioner Marcia Loder provided a very personal ceremony for our couple!

As guests departed the room, Nuance Occasions along with the Fairmont Hotel MacDonald staff began the transformation into the evening reception. Tables were dressed, florals added and favors placed. Stationery was designed by Jenelle of Pink Polka Design. Favors were personalized shot glasses filled with jelly beans.

The topsy turvy cake by Simply Elegant was quite the showpiece, accented with the crystal monogram cake toppers.

As the festivities began, guests were greeted with martini luge and full martini bar. Thanks to an entertaining MC, the couple and guests had many laughs throughout the evening, including the presentation of their ‘gnome’ awards!
As the dance began with music from Revolution DJ service, the night time party began!

Their photographer – Carey Nash Photography – captured stunning images of their day! Be sure to check out the image highlights he captured that day on his blog!

Emilie & Jamie – your day was full of laughter and love! Thank you for allowing our team to be a part of your special day!

Jolyn | Luxury Wedding Planner
  Ashley | Associate Coordinator
Nuance Occasions
780.486.5310 ext.1