As many of you know, we have been building out our wedding offerings at the resort. We believe that we have carved out a nice little niche, which seems to resonate with nature loving couples, who want to extend their celebration throughout the weekend with their most cherished people in a relaxed lakeside setting, and where no one has to drive to get back to their accommodations.
The pickup has been great, and as a result we just finished hosting four back-to-back weekend weddings this past September at the resort, each of which was unique, but all were amazingly beautiful affairs filled with much fun & love. A big thank you to each of our Springwood wedding couples for sharing this extra special moment in your life with us.
Here are some of the highlights from this season.
Most Memorable Entrances:
- One of our grooms and his groomsmen canoed to beach ceremony site
- One of our wedding couples picked up some of their guests by golf cart and drove them to the ceremony site
- A flower girl started her aisle journey by sliding down the slide at our play structure and blowing bubbles through a mechanical flower shaped bubble maker
- One of the Ring Bearers also came down the slide with a locked & handcuffed briefcase containing the ring in his possession
Most Unique Party Favour:
- A variety of thrifted mugs were set out for guests to select from (mugs are absolutely a love language)
Most “borrowed” Idea:
- The Drink Canoe which kept reappearing at most of our weddings this year
Most Unique Ceremony Interlude:
- A staged pause waiting for 4:20pm to arrive before continuing vows (IYKYK)
Favourite reoccurring Wedding Guests:
- A pair of Kennebec Lake Ducks that kept a watchful eye on each ceremony
Most Unique (and time consuming) Guest Book:
- A custom designed (and highly personalized) Lego landscape with itemized parts baggies that each guest/couple was to construct and then sign the associated step in the customized Lego Instruction Manual which included excerpts of the couple’s journey together
Most interesting (and on theme) wedding accessory:
- Mini canoe paddle boutonnieres
Furthest Travelled Attendees:
- Guests travelled to Arden from all over the world, including such places as Colombia, Taiwan, the UK, China, California and BC.
Least Travelled Attendees:
- Some residents of Kennebec Lake & Arden (a few could even walk)
Best Attended Optional Activity:
- Over 50 people attended a Sunday morning Tai Chi Class following Saturday nights festivities
Most Active Post Wedding Activity:
- The Groom & some of his mates went rock climbing at Bon Echo the day after the ceremony
Most Unique Reception Entertainment:
- One wedding essentially set up a full concert in our tent after dinner
Most Popular Store Purchases by Wedding Guests:
- Affogatos & Ice Cream
- Tylenol
- Ice
- Springwood Hoodies & T-Shirts
Most Popular (unplanned) Kids Activity:
- Our Fairy Door Scavenger Hunt
Yummiest Reception Snacks:
- Ramen Bar
- Donairs
- Freezies
- Candy Bar
- Roast Beef Sliders
The Food Item that kept giving
- BBQ Chicken from one Friday night kept making the rounds throughout the weekend and beyond
Largest Wedding Group:
- Approx. 110
Smallest Wedding Group
- Between 65 and 70
Cutest Decor Item
A handmade paper mache pinata heads of the bride, groom and their son
Décor Item that Most Transformed the Resort:
- Multi-coloured uplighting on some of our trees combined with professional disco lighting in the tent
The Décor Item that Got Ed into Trouble:
- Paddle Directional Sign placed near Cottage 6…Why? Because for 4 years, I have been holding onto custom, hand painted directional signs for the resort that need to be affixed to a post at that very spot!
Most Unique Table Setting:
- Vintage, bohemian styled table linens with thrifted China of varying patterns
Most Surprizing Activity/Photo Op:
- A Trash the Dress jump into the lake from our docks (expect to see that picture in some of our future marketing for our weddings)
Most Used Outdoor Games:
- Cornhole
- Giant Jenga
- Ladder Golf
- Giant Tumbling Tower (Tetris)
- Giant Pong
- Giant Connect Four
Most Used Springwood Wedding Items (that we picked up this year):
- 4×8’ Birch Bark Rustic Lit Up LOVE Sign overlooking the lake
- Half Barrel Smores Bar
- 40×40’ Wedding Tent with lights & floor for reception
- Wine Barrels for cocktail hour, coffee station & podium
- Rustic Table Décor for the casual group meals on the Leisure Deck
- White Lanterns with Hooks along the aisle
- Wooden Archway for ceremony
- Half Barrel Bar for drinks, desserts & candy bar or late night snacks
- Basket of blankets during campfire
Least Used Springwood Wedding Items (that we picked up this year):
- Clear umbrellas (Thankfully there was no need this year!)