I don’t normally do this, but these were not normal circumstances. At Tanya + Ken’s wedding, the limo originally hired by the couple did not show up (yes, it happens, which is why you need a wedding planner). I phoned several companies and Rick from Eternity Limousines stepped up on his day off to give the couple the royal treatment on their special day. So for that I highly recommend him. Not only was he professional, his company is well run and has several different limo options. If you are still looking for transportation on your special day, give Rick a call!

Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
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They are inevitable, and everyone needs to do them. There is a right and a wrong way to do them; a quick and easy way, and a long, tedious and painful way.

Don’t do pictures in front of all your guests. Why? Because they cause them to take much longer, because “aunt Judy didn’t get the shot” . They also have flashes, which then in return can mess up the professional photographer. They are also extremely distracting. “Aunt Judy” will also try and reposition you to her liking or “I just need to steal them for one minute”. That one minute adds up quickly when you have 200 guests. (to avoid this, go into a separate room while the guests leave, that way they don’t try and find you, because they will)

Do your photos at the ceremony location, or around that location. This will ensure you don’t spend time on travel and this way people do not get lost in transit – which causes more delays and happens more than you think.

Don’t do these photos in a busy part of the city. Again it will cause delays, issues with parking, and lost participants.

Do give your photographer a list of names of “important” people so they know who to call out. If there are must have combinations, give that to the photographer in advance so they can plan accordingly.

Do ensure that everyone you want in pictures knows, prior to the wedding when and where they have to be there so they are not mingling – which delays photos even more.

Do have someone designate to “shoo off” guests, and wrangle the bridal party and parents. If you or the photographer do it, it, again, will take much longer.

Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
A Modern Proposal Event Planning
o: 780.760.1466 | c: 780.901.5630

Rachel + Chris were married at the lovely Winspear Centre in downtown Edmonton. She wore gorgeous Pronovias gown, that suited her just perfectly!

They incorporated, from her culture, the cord and veil ceremony which was very beautiful and symbolic.

The theme of the wedding was a ‘travel’ theme, they had sent out invites that resembled boarding passes, and had “Passports” as wedding programs (no picture sorry!), the wedding favors were luggage tags, tables named after places they had traveled, and these postcards were put on the tables so that guests could send them a message.

 This beautiful, seven layer, and tasty cake was created by Cakes by Trina.

This was the first time I have had the honour of working with Just Married Photography and it was a blast. Elaine + Kenneth definitely know what they are doing, here are two photos from the wedding from them – more to come for sure!

This one made my heart drop, but then again, I love vintage cars.

Myself, Kenneth + Elaine- they’re crazy (awesome)I told you!

Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
A Modern Proposal Event Planning
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Ken + Tanya’s wedding was full of excitement, from a dove release to perogies!

The best part of the whole day for me was talking to the pigeons, I LOVE birds, they fascinate me. So when I heard that Ken + Tanya were doing a dove (pigeon) release I was extremely excited!

As the bride was Ukrainian there was a Korovai, a Ukrainian tradition, present. Look how beautiful it is! The bread is a symbolism of abundance and generosity, and the birds represent the couple and all their family and friends.

Ceremony: Trinity Anglican Church
Reception: St. Basil’s
Planner: A Modern Proposal
Photographer: Mode LaVan
Limousine: Eternity Limousines
Cake: Cakes by Janna
DJ: Echo Sound

Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
A Modern Proposal Event Planning
o: 780.760.1466 | c: 780.901.5630

Oh how I loved these flowers – but yellow is definitely my favourite color. See I can do photos, as long as they are outside in the sun

I love the combination of mums, orchids, freesia, billy bobs, hydrangeas, and callas.

To embrace Huan’s culture, we had a Vietnamese tea ceremony – which I have no pictures of because I completely forgot my camera! As soon as Jaleen posts some I will post her pictures. It was very neat to see.

As a favour / centerpiece to bring luck to the guests, each guest was given a lottery ticket. It made for a very unique and cute centerpiece.

I loved the escort cards on the frame (from Ikea) that had ribbon strung across to hold the cards. Simple and very effective!

And of course the cake, very pretty with hand made flowers.

Ceremony: Petroleum Club
Reception: Petroleum Club
Tea Ceremony: Parent’s Home
Planner: A Modern Proposal
Photographer: Sweet Life Photography
Cake: Cakes by Janna
Flowers: La Piazza Dasee

Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
A Modern Proposal Event Planning
o: 780.760.1466 | c: 780.901.5630

Join us at the Love Story Wedding Expo on September 26 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Transalta Tri –Leisure Centre in Spruce Grove.  There will be many professional vendors at the expo giving you tips and ideas on how to plan your dream wedding.

We have one set of tickets to give away plus three buy one get one free coupons to win! All you have to do is leave a comment (include your email address so we can contact you if you are a winner, I don’t send out spam and won’t keep you email address , so you don’t  need to worry about that). We will Draw a winner on August 30th.

This post is a start to several new ones that have been scheduled, it sure has been crazy!

The wedding started out at the U of A Convocation Hall, with a backdrop provided by A Chair to Remember and extraordinary ceremony pieces by Wild Orchid.

Their theme was “Lucky in Love”, as Cory proposed to Lindsay when they were in Las Vegas, very fitting! Take a look at these extraordinary center pieces, with playing cards as table numbers.

Ceremony: U of A Convocation Hall
Reception: Sutton Place
Planner/Setup: A Modern Proposal
Photographer: ENV Photography
Cake: The Art of Cake
Linens + Backdrop: A Chair to Remember
Flowers: Wild Orchid
DJ: Revolution DJ
Hair + Makeup: In Motion

Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
A Modern Proposal Event Planning
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I am very excited for Huan + Rachelle’s wedding this coming weekend. Here are a few of their spectacular engagement photos done by Jaleen from Sweet Life Photography. It is going to be neat to work on the other side of the camera with Jaleen this weekend,  she was one of the photographers for our wedding almost 3.5 years ago!

You’ll want to refer to an earlier post about how important Engagement Sessions are!

This one is my favorite, they are so beautiful!

Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
A Modern Proposal Event Planning
o: 780.760.1466 | c: 780.901.5630

Katherine + Chad wanted something beautiful yet simple that incorporated the two of them. They are two of the most beautiful people I have had the opportunity to work with. Katherine knits, you’ll notice her totally awesome tattoo in one of the photos below from the extremely talented Rob + Lauren. I seriously have never loved a tattoo so much, it’s unique and beautiful.

They did first look photos, instead of photos after the ceremony. See that beautiful blue shall she is carrying? She knitted it – and it has hundreds of little clear beads woven in for a sparkle factor - not she needed it the way she looked in that dress she did all the sparkling! 

Katherine + Chad were married on the third floor of the Winspear, with their closest family and friends.

Chad + Katherine are AMAZING ballroom dancers. They totally blew my socks off. Their first dance was just out of this world, They floated across the floor. The first photo is from them practicing in the Winspear.

So back to the knitting, she needed to indicate to the servers who had what meal, and what better way to do that than use some of her knitting material (yarn?) and tie the appropriate color to each name tag. Uber cute, unique, and functional!

And of course since all of that wasn’t awesome enough, the center pieces were inspired by their favorite restaurant ( Culina ) and I believe that Chad purposed to Katherine at the same restaurant.

I can’t say no to cupcakes (Whimsical), so yummy and very pretty!

 
See, what did I say? A totally beautiful and amazing couple! And finally, the bouquet carried a picture of her father, and the rings ( I so love this!) they had made off of Etsy, her ring has Chad’s finger print, and his has hers.

 
Ceremony Venue: Winspear
Reception Venue: Sutton Place
Coordinator: A Modern Proposal
Flowers: Corals
Photographer: Rob + Lauren (except the ones that don’t look professional, those are mine)
Officiant: Rose Rosenburger

Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
A Modern Proposal Event Planning
o: 780.760.1466 | c: 780.901.5630

Kat + Thomas were married and had their reception at the Union Bank Inn. It is a small but very beautiful venue. They had a casino/Las Vegas theme, with purple and teal being their theme colors (which look spectacular together!)

The bride had made the trees for wishing trees but they were also used at the front of the room beside the fireplace mantel. They had a beautiful custom unity candle and a memory floating candle on each side of the ceremony.

For the reception, they did not want a dance. They wanted a fun money casino that was also a mystery that needed to be solved by the guests. It was extremely neat and the guests definitely enjoyed the change in entertainment. I have more décor photos coming up – you’ll have to see the beautiful centerpieces, but those are being processed by a professional so now these will have to do!
Ceremony Venue: Union Bank Inn
Reception Venue: Union Bank Inn
Coordinator: A Modern Proposal
Flowers: Laurel’s
Photographer: Trisha Victoria

Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
A Modern Proposal Event Planning
o: 780.760.1466 | c: 780.901.5630