Woah so busy, so behind in posting the wonderful weddings I have had the opportunity to be involved in!

Jennifer + Vern were married at the beginning of July at the Holy Trinity Church in Sherwood Park.

The reception took place at the Northern Bear golf course just outside of Edmonton. The beautiful flowers + center pieces were done by Coral. The bride had a bouquet of mini calla lilies, and the bridesmaids bouquets of calla lilies.

Ceremony Venue: Holy Trinity
Reception Venue: Northern Bear Golf Course
Coordinator: A Modern Proposal
Flowers: Corals
Photographer: Sam – Iawar (not the photos above, guaranteed his are much better!)

Julianne Cragg | Edmonton Wedding Planner
A Modern Proposal Event Planning
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I wanted to share a tip on selecting your venues and vendors. When selecting items such as your hairdresser, makeup artist, photo locations, and ceremony + reception venue you should try and make them as close together as possible! Having your getting ready location outside of Edmonton, ceremony in Edmonton, and then your reception back outside of Edmonton is not only going to be a big pain in the bum, but it is going to cost you a lot of precious time. It may only take you 15 minutes to get into Edmonton on a regular day, but any given Saturday from June – September is twice as traffic heavy especially downtown during 12-3 p.m. By choosing you reception location further away you’re losing at least 30-60 minutes of photo time, or perhaps it means you have to get ready much sooner – which doesn’t sound bad. But how long have you contracted your photographer to come? 

Also remember you have guests coming from out of town, have you ever been to wedding where there is not hotel close to the reception site is big drive from the ceremony? It’s not much fun getting lost in a strange city – even if you provide maps or have GPS it is still possible to get lost, trust me.

PS. Several new posts + weddings coming soon. I’m sorry I’ve been bad, just really, really, really busy and some fabulous announcements coming as well!

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

ank you to Elizabeth from ENV Photography (new neighbor) for taking such stunning photos. The flowers are from The Wild Orchid - also new neighbors. In fact our whole building is pratically wedding professionals! Look for an open house in October, but for now here are some fabulous photos.

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

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There is no right or wrong answer to how many people one couple should have stand up for them - in fact you don’t need any (just two people to come up during your marriage licence signing to sign). With that being said, there are a few drawbacks to having more than a few members on each side. Once you are over three on each side there are a few things to consider.

1. Conflicting personalities, there will always be bridesmaid that dislike each other but the issues can get more petty and more frequent the larger your bridal party is.

2. Costs, each time you add a bridal party member your costs go up. Whether that be in dresses, shoes, gifts, flowers, dinners, parties – etc. (Each bridesmaid bouquet can cost $90-$125 or more; boutonnieres $15-$25)

3. Time, more time is required for everyone to get ready (everyone will have to get up earlier), walk down the aisle, photos will take a lot longer and will be more difficult as the number increases.

4. Space, consider how much space in your ceremony you have, and the reception too! Sometimes having seven+ attendants on each side is not only costly but not possible with your venue selections.

Finally, remember to choose extremely carefully when selecting attendants – I cannot emphasize this enough, don’t add someone because you need to even out the numbers or feel you will hurt someone if you don’t have them, it never works out well.

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

Last weekend I had the privilege of assisting Isabel and Nick with their wedding day. Below are some of the wedding detail shots that ENV Photography took for me (not the contracted wedding photographer, I gave up on trying to take my own photos). Later I will post some photos from the wedding photographer of the beautiful bride and groom!

Wedding Planner: A Modern Proposal
Ceremony Venue: Mayfield Inn
Reception Venue: Mayfield Inn
Flowers: Flowers by Merle (white arrangements)
Centerpieces: A Modern Proposal
Photographer: Cindy Gannon (not the photos above)
Rentals: Special Event Rentals
Cake: Deliciously Different

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

These photos were taken last month and FEATURED on Wedding Chicks (I’m very proud of this) But I thought it was my turn to feature these phenomenal images. Trust me these are far last tablescapes - in fact be watching for something new coming at the end of this month

Phenomenal Photographer: Andrea Wiseman
Fabulous Florist: Katrina George

Eco Entertaining

So take note of the place mats, they are from recycle cardboard. I used a template (scrapbook paper - from my favorite place Treasured Memories - Where I worked for several years!) and traced it out on to some scrap thick cardboard.

Wood cookies sliced from some trees my dad had to chop down - also very eco friendly

The table number was cut from a tree I found in the local eco waste dump Yup I stole it from the dump. Well worth it don’t you think? I’m also a fabric junkie and buy random fabrics that I think I’m going to make something out of and never do so I use them to inspire my tablescapes!

Vintage Chic

I so love this orchid image. The tea cups are from my Mother In Law, she loves to collect them so I just borrowed a few. The rest of the supplies are mostly from Salvation Army.

With the exception of my favorite find - the silver frog. What silver frog? Well the center piece of flowers is sitting in what is known as a frog. It contains several holes to put flowers in - kind of a cheating way of making arrangements at home. It’s an antique I scored for $20, it’s worth way more than that, say $75+. They are rare and hard to find in such good condition and in real silver. I use to work at an antique store (another one of my interesting and fun jobs) so I know a lot of random information on antiques and love a good find! I also have an exquisite collection of antique compacts (they were just stunning back in the 1920-1940’s) and antique Swarovski jewelery that was made by a Canadian jeweler.

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

Oh I have been a little behind these were done a while ago and completely forgot to post them. I’ll be honest i’m far from photogenic - i’m behind the camera and never in front of it and have a hard time with photos of myself. I like self portraits way better - I have no idea why. But Shaun and Renee were super fun to work with and I adore their style - they are one super cute couple. I hope to work with them on a wedding because I would love to show off some of their work on my walls

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

Well rain wasn’t exactly what we wanted, but the snow that followed the rain in the evening luckily held off until the evening! Christine and Jon are two extremely beautiful people who are very caring and fun - their smiles were contagious!

(Isn’t she absolutely stunning?)

For their guestbook they had a scroll for people to sign - which they were placing in a bottle (message in a bottle) to save for later on in life.

These favours (Photos to come shortly)were super yummy – and the cake stunning. I haven’t seen that level of work on sugar flowers in a very long time. These ladies at Jam on Your Face are certainly going to be successful, as their work speaks volumes for their attention to detail.

Candy bars are certainly hits at every wedding I go to, they never seem to get old. It’s probably because we’re all kids at heart anyways.

Thank you again for allowing me to be part of your very special wedding. I hope you enjoy your month in Hawaii

The Tallented Vendors
Church: McDougall United Church
Reception: Westin Edmonton
Planner: A Modern Proposal
Photographer: Cosmin Danila (most of the photos above- so talented!)
Hair: Celebrity Hair (my new office neighbours!)
Makeup: Carla
Rentals: Special Event Rentals
Cake & Favors: Jam on Your Face
Flowers: Petals for Less (97 Street)

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

Wow. It’s a complete honor to have some of my hard work displayed on such a famous website. But of course that wouldn’t have been possible without the fabulous photos from Andrea Wiseman and the amazing flowers (you have to see this gal in action) from Katrina George!! They are both extremely talented and super sweet!

Check out what Wedding Chicks had to say about us here!

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

Three years ago I was privledge to have married such a wonderful man. Here is one of our favorite photos.

(Photo art by Sonia)

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