Rachel, Author at Rachel A. Clingen Wedding & Event Design

Rachel A. Clingen and Eventure Design Grand Opening

July 27, 2022July 22, 2022 by Rachel

After 30 years in the Toronto wedding industry, and with the addition of our boutique blooms delivery service, it was finally time to move and amalgamate our Caledon flower studio, Eventure Design, and our warehouse facilities to a larger and more suitable location in Bolton. I’m not going to lie, I did shed a tear or two the day no one showed up at our home based location. Lots of memories there as David and I along with our team grew our design business right next door to our house. But besides that, having a home base made mothering three boys and balancing a business a little easier, which I will be forever grateful for. It made being involved in school activities, and other cliche’ parental duties, like volunteering to be the ‘milk lady’ a possibility! I admit though, that even the close proximity of our home to the kids school was not enough to win me parent of the year. On occasion, if I was focused in the flower shop, or on the phone to a client, and much to my childrens’ embarrassment, I would get a call, asking if I was coming to organize and deliver the milk. This made for lots of quick exits and mad dashes, in less then ideal apparel, to Palgrave School to redeem myself. And so the memories are many. The constant buzz of activity, has come to an end around our home, but as we settle into our company in our new Bolton location, David and I are enjoying coming home to a place of quiet and calm. With the excitement of the new location we knew we had to throw a party with some of our industry freinds to celebrate this next step in our business life… and so we did. There were a few shining stars who helped us pull it together!

A special thank you to our friend and Event Planner Michelle from Sincerely Yours Events for executing a beautifully planned event. Michelle’s other company Fancy Puffs has a business home here, so stop in some time for a treat! , Much love to Mango Studios who sponsored the photography with the most amazing captures. Special thanks also to our friends at Food Dudes who sponsored with the most fabulous food stations and to our event Mixologist – Mixology Matt who provided the perfect cocktails. Thank you to Cody Cuisia for welcoming our guests with his talented acoustic vibes. Thank you to So Pretty in Print for all the beautiful stationary and Event Graffiti who sponsored the custom vinyl graphics. Our guests enjoyed the most incredibly cake and sweet table by Fruitilicious and custom coffee drinks to compliment by Latte Booth. BBBlanc provided sound and music for the evening. Michelle and Rachel enjoyed getting prettied up by the team at Shannon Petrolito. Beautiful cinematography by Corinne MacDonald Films.

Stephanie And Rushi’s Stunning Fusion Wedding At Four Seasons Toronto

June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 by Rachel

Stephanie and Rushi’s stunning fusion wedding at Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto embraced the beauty of two cultures coming together to celebrate love. The beautiful couple met at a health-tech conference at Harvard university and the rest is history. Stephanie explains how the pandemic inspired the colour palette.

“The wedding theme was a modern colorful regency feeling. We wanted to combine the feeling of a traditional British dinner party full of antiques with lots of fun colors, while also including elements of Rushi’s Indian background. Prior to the pandemic we had actually pictured a much more minimalist (white) wedding, but after a year in isolation we wanted lots of color…every shade of pink, lots of texture, and lots of candles without feeling heavy, so Ashley and Rachel incorporated so much beautiful glasswear to keep it feeling light, but used the most amazing velvet table cloths and china to bring in that regal feeling”.

Stephanie and Rushi, exchanged vows under a floral masterpiece for both a hindu and christian ceremony. The modern mandap was designed with trailing florals in the signature colour palette of mauves and dusty pinks. Doubling as a canopy for the christian ceremony, this floral feature created a stunning focal point. Stephanie’s fabulous lehenga literally took my breath away! The colour, the detail, and the texture, but Stephanie also wore a tradition white gown that was equally as dreamy. While guests enjoyed cocktail hour, our team transformed the ceremony space in the Aria room, to the most elegant reception. We brought the out doors inside for the couple, creating an indoor garden party for their reception. Guests dined at gallery and round tables underneath floral and foliage trees. Working closely wedding planner Ashley Pigott, no detail was overlooked for this beautiful day. Congratulations Stephanie and Rushi!

When discussing her favourite moments, Stephanie recalls, “All I have to say is that Rachel Clingen is a creative genius. Having decided early on in the planning process to have both a Christian and Hindu ceremony, back to back in the same room, we needed something that could be used for both ceremonies, which are quite different in terms of format and color. The beautiful design of the flowers (which continued down the aisle and throughout the whole space and the bouquets) seemed soft and delicate during the Christian ceremony, but was bright and colorful to feel entirely different once Rushi and I changed into our brighter pink clothing for the Hindu ceremony. The whole room felt completely transformed by her work, which was especially important because we ended up only having half the guests we anticipated due to COVID capacity restrictions.

We worked with Rachel because the way she designs with flowers and decor feels both organic and magical and so romantic. She incorporates so many textures, flowers, and colors in a way that feels like they were always meant to be together but also seems completely new. In fact, when we went through our Pinterest board with our wedding planner (Ashley) about half of our altar inspo pics were Rachel’s work, and so when the time came, we couldn’t imagine working with anyone else!

Thanks again for making our wedding the most beautiful sparkling romantic colourful evening of our dreams.”

Thank you so much Stephanie and Rushi for allowing us to play a part in your special day!

planning – Ashley Pigott Events, floral and decor – Rachel A. Clingen Wedding & Event Design, venue – Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, photography – Will Reid Photography, stationery – Gus & Ruby Letterpress, brides lehenga – videography – Corinne MacDonald, mehendi – Sanaa Mehendi, hair and make -up – Dawna Boot Make-up, brides lehenga – Lotus Bloom Official, grooms sherwani – Manyavar

Brittany & Ethans Beautiful Backyard Tent Wedding

June 29, 2022June 23, 2022 by Rachel

Planning a wedding around pandemic restrictions meant that Ethan and Brittany had to make some shift in plans. But that didn’t stop these love birds from finding a way to host the most magical and dreamy wedding. Their once larger scale venue planned wedding, would instead end up being the most intimate and beautiful event hosted in the brides parents backyard. Working closely with Toronto wedding planner Michelle from Fab Fete, our team transformed a clear top tent into a dreamy garden for both the ceremony and reception. The sweet couple who grew up just five minutes apart said their I do’s under a gorgeous floating floral chuppah for their jewish ceremony. During the cocktail hour around the pool, we transformed the tent once again to the most stunning reception space and created modern garden vibes. Accented with table top floral bridges and the most beautiful collection of crystal and candles the guest tables brought sophistication and elegance to this backyard affair. We asked Brittany why they chose us to create the magic for their special day. “We chose Rachel A. Clingen, because we felt that no one can do what their team can.” Brittany added.. “I also liked that every event they create is unique and never a copy!” Thankyou Brittany! Mazel Tov to our beautiful couple!