Cornelia J Events (2024)

05/01/2024

And just like that, it’s a New Year!

So much to reflect on and look forward too—new opportunities, growth, connection and a lot of pretty tablescapes!

Planning and design
Photography
Florals
Decor
Venue Keppel Croft Gardens

13/09/2023

One of the many reasons I love fall weddings is because of their richer tones and so many textural floral elements. I mean, just look at Holly’s bouquet.

Planning and design
Photography
Florals

12/09/2023

Sneaks of Ben’s surprise party!

Planning
Photography
Florals
Decor
Tent
Hair and makeup

13/07/2023

Maddie in her royal bride era.

Planning and design
Photography
Florals
Makeup
Hair .o.u.s.e

05/07/2023

This is how excited I am for my wedding season to officially start on Saturday!

Photography
Florals
Decor
Outfit
Venue

21/03/2023

Spring is here, lovebirds! As flowers bloom and the weather warms up, my inbox is filling up and my calendar is getting busier. It can only mean one thing—wedding season 2023 is just around the corner!

Planning and design
Photography
Florals
Decor
Tent

16/03/2023

A moment for Catherine and Jack’s golden hour portraits.

Planning
Photography
Hair & Makeup

13/03/2023

Feeling overwhelmed with the vendor inquiry process? With some preparation and strategy, you can make the process more efficient. Here are four tips to help you get started:

1. Research
Review the vendor's website and social media to understand their style and offerings. This will help ensure their services align with your vision and budget. Doing this beforehand will save you time in the long run.

2. Method of Inquiry
Use the vendor's preferred method of inquiry to ensure a prompt response. For example, if they request that you DM them, send a message. If they have an inquiry form on their website, use it!

3. Be Specific
Provide details such as your wedding date, location, guest count, and other important information. This will help them understand your needs and provide you with an accurate quote. If you have a specific vision, share it! The more information you provide, the better the vendor can assist you.

4. Say Hi
Don’t underestimate the power of a simple “hello” to start your inquiry. This simple gesture goes a long way in showing that you are interested in working with them and value their time. When I receive inquiries that literally say “pricing please,” I already know that is not the client for me. Add in some extra wording, such as "I love the work you've shared on Instagram, and I can't wait to hear from you.”

BONUS. Don't Ghost
Don’t leave us hanging. Let the vendor know if you're no longer interested.

Planning and design
Photography
Florals
Venue

10/03/2023

Today, we celebrate women's social, economic, cultural and political achievements worldwide! We honour women's incredible contributions to society and recognize the ongoing work to achieve gender equality. Let's continue to empower women and girls everywhere and work towards a more inclusive and equal world.

Happy International Women’s Day! 💜

Photography
Venue

22/02/2023

I have a few remaining dates for 2023 and would love to fill my calendar this year! I currently have all weekends in May, November, and June 3 available.

I'm your girl if you want an aesthetically pleasing and stress-free wedding! Please visit my website and submit a contact form to inquire.

Can't wait to hear from you, babes!

Photography
Florals
Decor
Outfit
Venue

14/02/2023

Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you're able to take some time to celebrate all things love and enjoy the happiness of this special day.

I love you all and appreciate your continued support. 🤍

Photographer, Concept Creator, Writer and Creative Director
Associate Photographer
Wedding Planner and Designer
Venue Morland Place
HMUA
Bridal Adornments and Stylist
Gown
Bridal Salon
Men’s Attire

03/01/2023

Happy New Year! These past few weeks of the holiday season have been super fun and fulfilling, with lots of time spent with family and friends. I’ve taken a solid two (maybe three) weeks away from emails, which was a wonderful gift. I’ll be taking the next day or two to catch up.

I love a new year as it’s refreshing to have a fresh start. On January’s to-do list is updating the many templates and documents I use (28 templates and 15 documents, to be exact!) and diving into behind-the-scenes brainstorming/planning for the year ahead.

Planning
Photography

25/12/2022

May your days be merry and bright ✨ love the Johnsons

Photography

23/12/2022

Cornelia J Events is celebrating three years! Three years of seamless, detailed and love-filled celebrations.

We’re another year older and another year wiser. After each season, I like to reflect and think about the one thing that I’ll take with me into the future.

Here are my first three lessons, in honest and raw form:

Year 1 - Be firm, but flexible. I thought being the easy-going wedding planner was going to be great, but honestly, it didn’t serve me well. It lead to missed deadlines and responsibilities way past my scope of work. I learned that I need to set clear expectations and the art of choosing battles wisely.

Year 2 - Know your value. I saw the great service I provide to be literally left with what felt like pennies. I invested so much into my business to create an exceptional client experience from beginning to end, my pricing needed to reflect this.

Year 3 - Time is precious. The year I had a baby. I thought to myself—if I’m going to miss time away, it needs to be worth it. Niche down and focus on ideal clients. Find a better work-life balance (staying up to 1 am is not sustainable). Take time away, so the passion doesn’t burn out.

Thank you for being a part of my journey and your continuing support. It means more than you’ll ever know!

Much love, Corn 🤍

Photography
Outfit
Venue

12/12/2022

A moment for these stunning fall bouquets.

Planning and design
Photography
Florals

28/11/2022

Fern & Robbie: a portrait series

Planning and design
Photography
Florals
Hair .nv
Venue Keppel Croft Gardens

20/10/2022

Hey friends, it’s me! It feels so good to be back. I took a break from the Instagram life to focus on executing my weddings and being mom!

Now that I’ve had some downtime, I’m feeling recharged and ready show you what I’ve been up to.

08/07/2022

This week’s accomplishments - I can definitely tell it’s the middle of wedding season!

I started off the week with a final site visit to Keppel Croft Gardens, visited the lovely .and.ren to design a lounge area, had a client phone call to discuss invitations, printed, cut and assembled stationery and finalized the timeline for this weekend’s wedding plus many emails and vendor phone calls mixed in amongst that all.

There’s so much goodness happening every week! It makes me so happy to see everything coming together after many months and in come cases, years planning.

Photographer
Host/Stylist
Florals
Decor
Makeup
Model
Planner

09/06/2022

What a fabulous start to wedding season! I had two back-to-back wedding weekends celebrating the marriages of Sarah & Bryan and Lindsay & Patrick.

Also in the last two weeks, the podcast episode from was launched! I was invited to come in and talk all about being a wedding planner in Grey Bruce. It was my first time being interviewed for a podcast and truth-be-told, I was so nervous! However, the episode turned out great and I’m very thankful for the experience.

Planning and design
Florals
Decor
Tent

02/06/2022

We took a brief hiatus, but we're back with our all-new episode today where we talked to local wedding planner Cornelia Johnson! 💖📝 If you love events, big or small, and making dreams come to life, you have to listen this amazing episode! 🎧 Find out all the fun and challenges Cornelia's experienced during her time running Cornelia J Events! 😁

Tune in now: https://open.spotify.com/show/4jLkOKJjdbk1fiboxLB5cu

26/05/2022

First wedding of the season energy! This weekend Sarah and Bryan are getting married after two years of planning and replanning. My bag is packed and clipboard is prepped!

Here we go!

Planning and design
Photography
Florals
Decor
Stationery .ca
Venue

13/05/2022

If anyone is thinking about a retro/vintage-inspired elopement, call me.

Photographer
Host/Stylist
Models
Planner

10/05/2022

The vibiest picture on my Instagram.

This past weekend I helped my industry bestie with her Content Day and it was an unreal experience! Photographers from all over Ontario came to learn from Emily and shoot seven different scenes. I created two stationery suites, set up a dreamy tablescape and took lots of behind-the-scenes footage of the photographers in action.

I can’t wait to share more from this awesome day!

Photographer
Host/Stylist
Florals
Makeup
Model
Planner

28/04/2022

My jaw literally dropped when I seen this photo. I feel there is a royal bride vibe happening here… a long train down church steps.

Planning and design
Photography .ann.photo
Makeup .co
Hair
Venue Knox Presbyterian Church

25/04/2022

It’s been a busy past few days! In the past week, I’ve launched my brand refresh and new website, sent a business update email and shared my Rental Collection Catalogue with my clients, opened up for 2023 bookings and completed two site visits for summer weddings.

While it was a great feeling to get these big to-do list items done, there’s still so much to do… and wedding season is just around the corner!

Planning, design and stationery
Photography
Florals
Decor
Venue

21/04/2022

I’m so excited to share my new branding with you! I felt it was time to update my branding to better represent the wedding planner I have become and want to become.

I’ve been embracing a modern aesthetic as of late and aspire to convey romance, freshness, and femininity in my work. As I head into wedding season, I’m feeling excited and proud of all that is ahead.

I couldn’t have done this without Xhen from ! She is the one who brought my rebrand dreams to life. Xhen is a web and graphic design angel who understood exactly what I wanted to convey even when I didn’t have the words to describe it. It was an absolute pleasure working with her and am grateful for everything she has done.

Photographer
Wedding Planner and Designer
HMUA
Florist

01/04/2022

Starting April off by sharing this unreal wedding reception!

Bride Emily and I put our whole hearts into this celestial inspired design. We had twinkle lights, a moon backdrop with a neon sign, macarons with hand-painted constellations, galaxy donuts with gold flakes, agate place cards and a dramatic hanging installation over the dance floor.

Planning and design
Photography
Videography
Florals
Decor
DJ
Macarons .caked
Donuts

21/03/2022

Finally getting around to sharing some of my favourite moments from this incredible wedding last November at The Art Gallery of Hamilton. I was so honoured to be a part of this celebration for Thomas & DG.

I was also very proud of the design I put together for this wedding. The grooms wanted something that was minimal, garden-like with a touch of art-deco. I also created all the day-of stationery. I’ll share a second post in the coming weeks of the meaningful day-of details.

Planning & design
Photography
Venue
Florals
Decor

11/03/2022

I know that some of you have been waiting a while for the opening of my 2023 dates and I promise it’ll be soon, and worth the wait! My plan is launch my rebrand at the same time as opening up for 2023 dates. I want it to be perfect for you.

There has been so much going on behind the scenes at Cornelia J Events, it’s admittedly taking me a bit longer to check each item of the to-do list (and it may also have something to do with a little wedding assistant babe…). I hope that by the end of the month, I’ll be able to share the details of what I’ve been working on.

Photography
Florals

08/03/2022

Happy International Women’s Day!

Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality.

Planning, design and stationery
Photography
Florals
Decor

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