It was important for us to embrace and
showcase the simplicity of an outdoor wedding.
To John and I the hay bales in the field and
Georgian Bay in the background was so beautiful.
For our decor we tried to keep it simple and clean
looking. No bright colour just white and green.
At the star of our planning, our main goal was
just to book the main vendors: caterer, flowers,
photographer, DJ etc. Once that was booked we
started making lists of everything we needed to
do, that list kept getting added to too as it got
closer to the day. We looked at it and decided
what each of us was comfortable doing. If we
both weren’t comfortable or weren’t sure than
we put it on a separate list and those were the
things we would do together. I oversaw finding
and buying/renting the decor that we wanted
i.e candles, guest book, table numbers etc also
meeting with the florist to go over flowers. John
was responsible for making signage, ordering the
generator and getting liability insurance. Our
list together was ordering alcohol, picking songs,
table seating chart, getting our marriage licence,
and deciding on food.
The day before the wedding I was excited but
also a little stressed because it was raining a lot!
The day of the wedding I was feeling so excited,
happy and had this surreal feeling like “oh my
goodness this actually my wedding day”. It was
just the best day. The day after the wedding I felt
relieved that our wedding day went smoothly but
also a little sad that it was all over!
My biggest stress was that it was raining. I
was so sad that all the work that I had put into the
day for this beautiful outdoor wedding and it was
raining. That stress went away, as soon as my dad
said we are waiting until this rain passes before
you walk out there (which was only 20min).
It’s hard to pick one favourite part of the day.
My top three are: walking down the aisle with
my dad and seeing John waiting for me; taking
pictures with John and being able to embrace it
all just the two of us; and at one point at dinner
I looked around the tent at everyone who was
there and just felt so happy and loved that our
closest family and friends were all there to share a
really intimate and special day with us. •