As September approaches the predictable aesthetic trap of late-fall and early-winter weddings seem to fall around us. We’ve all walked into a reception in late...

Let’s be completely honest about the traditional wedding reception first course. We’ve all been there: you find your seat at a gorgeous table, butter your...

The Honeymoon Edit By Margot Hale The honeymoon question used to have one obvious answer: the two of you, somewhere far away, alone. It’s not that simple...

Wedding Psychology By Margot Hale   A few nights after the invitation list incident, my husband and I sat down and made a rule: Tuesday nights, no wedding...

Wedding Psychology By Margot Hale   I cried over the invite list. Not because anything was wrong with it — because I’d been staring at 75 names for...

The Olive Oil Masterclass Welcome back to our olive oil masterclass series. In our previous installment, we broke down the structural chemistry of pure extra...

Welcome back to our special two-part segmented hair series. Last week, we explored the five key trends setting the mood boards on fire for fall 2026 and...

As the crisp autumn breeze sweeps across Eastern Ontario and the foliage shifts into deep ambers, burgundies, and muted golds, the bridal-style landscape is...

On the Blog This Week: The Olive Oil Masterclass When it comes to elevating a meal from simple sustenance to a true sensory experience, few ingredients possess...

Planning an outdoor wedding—whether it’s a private estate in Manotick, a rustic farm in Almonte, or a scenic venue overlooking the Gatineau Hills—is incredibly...

There is an undeniable magic to an outdoor, tented wedding. Picture a historic estate in Manotick or Rockliffe, a rustic family farm in Almonte, a 10 acre...

The Venue Edit — Issue 01 By Margot Hale Last Spring, I stood in an empty room one evening, coat still on, trying to picture five hundred details that...

For a brief, fleeting moment over the last few years, the wedding industry seemed poised to fully surrender to the digital age of communication. Pushed by the...

Welcome back, lovers and planners, to The Ottawa Wedding Edit. If there is one thing we know for certain about modern weddings, it is that the culinary...

Let’s be entirely honest for a moment: we have all been to *that* wedding. You know the one. You arrive in your finest, slightly restrictive formal wear, sit...

Let’s address the elephant in the dining room: mention “soup” to a couple planning a mid-July wedding or a high-end summer gala, and you will...

There is an unspoken, universal truth in wedding and event design: almost every client who walks through the door has an eternal, unwavering love for peonies...

During a recent trip to Seattle, my girlfriend and I stumbled upon a patio in front of what looked like a make shift ‘resto-shack’ with a line snaking down the...

Why 2026 Brides are Falling for the Modern Renaissance Look Saying a gentle goodbye to the “less is more” era. For quite some time, the bridal...

First off, let’s establish that I am an absolute coffee lover; hot, cold, flavoured or not, I simply love coffee and will have one in my hand at all...

Reimagining Pantone’s ‘Cloud Dancer’ for Spring 2026 When Pantone announced Cloud Dancer—a whisper-soft, luminous white—as a defining tone for...

Treating Your Menu as Modern Art This week, we are stepping away from the traditional, expected norms of wedding catering and moving toward an approach that...

When it comes to the complex and beautiful world of wedding fashion, the spotlight understandably shines the brightest on the couple. However, the mother of...

Elevating the Vegan Wedding Menu from Afterthought to Culinary Adventure For decades, the appearance of the dreaded “V” on a wedding RSVP card...

Let’s be radically honest about the standard wedding timeline: it is an exhausting, high-speed blur. You spend fourteen months planning an event, agonizing...

The traditional wedding cocktail hour is currently suffering from a severe identity crisis. For the last decade, it has been a predictable, chaotic scramble...

For decades, the standard wedding reception followed a predictable, binary script: “Chicken or Beef?” It was a safe, conservative approach designed...

Why Modern Couples are Trading Toasters for Taste The traditional wedding registry was born out of necessity. In the mid-20th century, a registry was a tool...

Let’s have a real talk, just between us. You are currently sitting on a mountain of fabric swatches, three different shades of “champagne”...

If you’ve spent any time scrolling through wedding Pinterest boards lately, you’ve seen the word “Seasonal” thrown around more than a bouquet at a...