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Best Wedding Dessert Tables
Dessert tables have been a popular feature at wedding receptions over the past few years. This trend began with candy tables and has evolved to include a couple’s favourite sweets and desserts, such as doughnuts, cookies, cupcakes and pies. We’ve also done frozen yogurt and ice cream bars, custom chocolate truffle stations and popcorn displays!
Why do we love this trend?
- Sweet tables are a great way to personalize your reception, showcasing your tastes as a couple. Think out-of-the-box to your childhood favourites or desserts from your heritage.
- Use a dessert bar to reflect your reception design, adding an element of décor to the space.
- Rather than giving away individual guest favours, instead invest that budget in a fun dessert table that guests can enjoy all evening.
Here are some of our favourite sweet tables and dessert bars we’ve designed for JBW couples. Warning – do not view on an empty stomach!
White + Pink Sweet Bar: Mariah + Nathan’s Wedding
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Cookie Table: Stephanie + Clark’s Wedding
{C.J. Scott Photography}
Moonshine Doughnut Table: Anita + Ben’s Wedding
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Homemade Pie Table: Alexis + Tom’s Wedding
{Blake Loates Photography}
Cupcake Table: Carly + Taylor’s Wedding
{Julie Williams Photography}
Cupcakes + Candy Table: Jenny + Hon’s Wedding
{Sharon Litchfield}
Cookies & Milk Table: Ashley + Dave’s Wedding
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Dessert Table: Allena + Jamie’s Wedding
{Kelly Redinger}
Pink + Green Candy Table: Krista + Scott’s Wedding
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Pink + Purple Candy Table: Sabrina + Fil’s Wedding
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French Themed Sweet Table: Kristy + Joe’s Wedding
{Kelsy Nielson}
Purple + White Candy Table: Saveena + Rodnie’s Wedding
{Katch Studios}
Rustic Sweet Table: Violeta + Barry’s Wedding
{Kelly Redinger}
Black + White Dessert Table: Melanie + Chris’ Wedding
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Jennifer + Team | Jennifer Bergman Weddings
Edmonton Wedding Planning + Design
Edmonton Wedding Planner: Ashley + Dave
This post is a long time coming. We’re so thrilled to finally share Ashley + Dave’s romantic fall wedding, which is featured in the current issue of Bridal Fantasy Magazine.
Matrix Hotel was the setting for 
both ceremony and reception, fulfilling the couple’s wish to make the day convenient and easy for their guests. After a first look in the backyard gazebo of Ashley’s childhood home, the Wedding Party spent the afternoon taking photos before arriving for a candlelit ceremony with café lights hanging at the altar.
We designed the reception with a rich, warm colour palette reminiscent of the fall season, including shades of raspberry, marsala, plum, navy and gold. A mix of round and long wooden harvest tables were covered with lush florals, fruit and greenery. Gold accents and soft amber uplighting added extra sparkle to the romantic atmosphere.
After a set of exceptionally memorable and hilarious speeches, Ashley + Dave took to the dance floor to kick off the party. Harman B & DJ Kwake manned the DJ booth – a boxwood hedge with custom marquee letters spelling “A&D.”
This highlight video from A Love Story brings back all the memories from this incredible day – enjoy!
Jennifer + Team | Jennifer Bergman Weddings
Edmonton Wedding Planning + Design
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Credits:
- Wedding Planning + Design: Jennifer Bergman Weddings
- Photography: Sharon Litchfield
- Videographer: A Love Story
- Officiant: Tammy Banting
- Ceremony Music: Mathias Silvieria + John Fedor
- Reception Music: Premiere DJs by Urban Metropolis
- Stationery: Pinkpolka Invitations & Stationery
- Florist: faBLOOMosity
- Cookies & Milk Table: Confetti Sweets
- Rentals: Special Event Rentals
- Lighting: Production Lighting
- Transportation: Esquire Limo
- Hair: Bailey Gartner
- Makeup: Eclectica Beauty Studio / The Makeup
- Gown: Novelle Bridal
- Bridesmaids Gowns: J. Crew
- Groom / Groomsmen Attire: Shaw & Co. Tailors
First Look Photos
More and more couples are choosing to break tradition and see each other before they walk down the aisle. Referred to as a “first look,” it is when the to-be-weds see one another in their wedding attire with their photo and video team present to document the moment. Most couples then spend a couple of hours taking photos with their wedding party before heading to the ceremony to say I Do.
While this change of format isn’t for everyone, taking photos before the ceremony is a great idea for a few reasons:
- Feeling fresh. Taking photos right after you get ready means your hair and makeup will be at their best. (This also applies to your flowers!)
- Capture the moment. Your photo and video team will ensure this special moment is captured at all angles, with no risk of Uncle Hank’s iPad obstructing the view.
- Keep calm and marry on. If you’re the anxious type, hanging out and taking photos with the bridal party will help you relax before the ceremony.
- Gone with the gap. Getting photos out of the way before the ceremony saves your guests the painful wait in between events, and allows you to spend more time visiting with them. This is particularly convenient if both ceremony and reception are being held at the same venue.
Here are some amazing photos of JBW couples sharing their first look!
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Jennifer + Team | Jennifer Bergman Weddings
Edmonton Wedding Planning + Design
Destination I Do: Lake Louise
While we’re based in Edmonton, Alberta, we’ve had the pleasure of planning and designing weddings in many beautiful destinations – both in Canada and abroad! This series will showcase some of our favourite locations including information for couples considering a wedding away from home.
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Destination ‘I Do’ Wedding Series: Lake Louise, Alberta
Nestled in the Canadian Rockies and just a short 40 min drive from Banff, Lake Louise is truly a unique mountain escape. The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise (CLL) has a rich history dating back as early as 1911 when the General Manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway constructed a one-story log cabin on the shores of Lake Louise – a glacier fed lake with stunning emerald hues. CLL has hosted many famous guests and Royalty including Marilyn Monroe, Christopher Reeve and Queen Elizabeth II, to name a few.
Chateau Lake Louise offers several different event spaces to host your wedding festivities no matter the size – from an intimate gathering of 20 guests in the Lefroy Room, all the way up to 600 guests in Mount Temple Ballroom. One of the most popular wedding spaces is Victoria Ballroom, which has recently completed renovations in September 2016.
You can see from our weddings below that no matter the season, The Chateau’s views will not disappoint!
Here are a few photos we have compiled of our Lake Louise weddings with this gorgeous gown to show you the
The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise at its finest:
Real Wedding: Jenny + James // Sharon Litchfield
Real Wedding: Jodie + Chris // NewHairLine
Real Wedding: Shelley + Stewart // katebackdrop
Real Wedding: Zahra + Jordan // Kelsy Nielson Photographer
Real Wedding: Tess + James // Kelly Redinger
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Lake Louise Wedding Planning + Design
Rocky Mountain Wedding Planning + Design
Edmonton Wedding Coordinator: Leanna + Mark
This spring we had the honour of providing Wedding Day Management services to Leanna + Mark for their Fairmont Hotel Macdonald wedding.
Leanna was a vision in a classically draped gown topped with an exquisite jeweled bolero by Hayley Paige. After their ‘first look’ photos with Sharon Litchfield, the bridal party made their way to the Empire Terrace for a beautiful outdoor ceremony in front of an intimate group of Leanna + Mark’s family and friends.
The evening was filled with surprise musical performances, including an opera performance by the Master of Ceremonies, and a beautiful violin performance by Mark for his new bride accompanied by his brother on the baby grand piano.
It was a day of pure elegance filled with much love and support for Leanna + Mark! See more of this lovely day in the current issue of Blush Magazine and on Sharon Litchfield’s blog.
Suzanne, Lead Coordinator | Jennifer Bergman Weddings
Edmonton Wedding Day Management
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Credits:
- Wedding Day Management: Jennifer Bergman Weddings (Suzanne)
- Photography: Sharon Litchfield
- Videographer: Hlavka Videography
- Officiant: Tammy Banting
- Invitations/Stationery: Minted.com
- Florist: faBLOOMosity
- Ceremony Music: Keri Zwicker (Harp) + Jeff Faragher (Cello)
- Photo Booth: Vintage Photo Booth
- Décor: Special Event Rentals
- Cake / Dessert Table: Petit Fours Patisserie
- Hair: Dao Haddad
- Makeup: Sen Studios (Anita Gill)
- Gown: Delica Bridal
- Jewelled Bolero: Hayley Paige
- Bridesmaid Dresses: Instyledress from Delica Bridal
Shoespiration: Something Blue
Mint, royal, midnight, navy – take tradition to your toes and make them your ‘something blue’!
Photo Credits (top-bottom, L-R): Blake Loates Photography, Katch Studios (L+R), Shandro Photo, Julie Williams Photography, Jessica Fern Facette, Sharon Litchfield Photography (R), Sharon Litchfield Photography, Sharon Litchfield Photography (L+R).
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Jennifer + Team | Jennifer Bergman Weddings
Edmonton Wedding Planning + Design
Shoespiration: Strappy
Show off those ankles with sexy, strappy wedding shoes! Here are some favourites worn by our stylish brides over the last couple years.
Photo Credits (top-bottom, L-R): Jessie Holland Photography, Sharon Litchfield Photography, Jessica Fern Facette, Shandro Photo, Jessica Balfour, Images by Frost, Sharon Litchfield Photography, Shandro Photo.
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Jennifer + Team | Jennifer Bergman Weddings
Edmonton Wedding Planning + Design
Shoespiration: All That Sparkles
Over the next couple weeks we’ll be sharing some “Shoespiration” from past weddings. First up – who doesn’t love a little sparkle?
Photo Credits (top-bottom, L-R): Diamond Cake Photography, Sharon Litchfield Photography, C.J. Scott Photography, Kelsy Nielson, Brianna Hughes Photography, Diamond Cake Photography, Nicole Ashley Photography.
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Jennifer + Team | Jennifer Bergman Weddings
Edmonton Wedding Planning + Design