Erica Irwin Weddings & Events

Name: Erica Irwin Weddings & Events
Address: 1741 Dunkirk Crescent, Ottawa, ON, K1H5T3, CA
Telephone: +16132523982
Price range: $$$
Rating: 5

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Erica Irwin Weddings & Events

Helping busy professionals plan an exceptional wedding with impeccable attention to detail
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*Full Planning*
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At Erica Irwin Weddings, we understand that your love story deserves nothing less than a breathtaking, one-of-a-kind and incredibly FUN celebration. Led by Ottawa’s very own “Wedding Planning Fairy Godmother,” Erica Irwin and her caring team, are the preferred and trusted Planners at all of Ottawa’s top tier venues. Our commitment to creating beautiful, unforgettable and meticulously planned weddi

ngs sets us apart in Ottawa’s wedding planning scene. Your wedding is the biggest, baddest party you will ever throw so you want your guests to remember your day and we also want you two to enjoy every second! We’ve got you. Our Full Planning service is for busy couples who don’t WANT to spend 400+ stress-filled hours of their precious free time planning their wedding. Instead, you get to enjoy all the fun parts and leave the nitty gritty to us! We have the knowledge and experience to save you endless research hours by sharing our expertise and a curated list of Ottawa’s best vendors that Erica has built relationships with over the last 15 years. With us overseeing every detail, you, your family, and your guests can rest assured, knowing that your exquisitely styled wedding is in expert hands.

*Partial Planning*
You’ve got this, we’ll guide you there! Our Partial Planning services are for those who feel they have the time and motivation to plan their own wedding but would like some direction, recommendations, and on-site wedding day help. Take away the stress of doing this alone, knowing that with our guidance, you are on the right path forward! We don’t believe in only offering “day of” wedding coordination services since 95% of the planning is done ahead of time. Let us guide you to creating a successful plan, and on your wedding day, you can trust that we will flawlessly execute that well-thought-out plan! Ready to have the weight of wedding planning lifted off your shoulders? Let’s talk. We can schedule a complimentary consultation to see how I can make your perfect wedding day come to life! Can’t wait to hear from you.

06/07/2026

Two years of planning comes together in a best day ever for these two 💕
Carefully choosing a vendor team they trust and love.
Surrounded by their favourite people in the world.
As the bride said the day after "Omg it was glorious! Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts ❤️ we having been getting messages from people telling us how much fun they had and we are reliving all the memories already!"

Our hearts are so full, this is exactly why we do what we do.

🤍Wishing them a beautiful married life 🤍

Planner
Venue
Photo
Florals and rentals
Dance floor
Officiant
DJ
Hair

05/11/2026

Have you considered doing your first dance right after your grand entrance (when you come in the room)? Let me give you a couple reasons to consider and see what you think

1) All eyes are already on you two already
2) You are both nice and fresh, hair and makeup is at its best it's going to be all night now
3) You can relax during dinner instead of feeling nervous
4) Your photographer doesn't have to necessarily stay late to capture it
5) It's a nice way to kick off the evening part of your wedding day!
So what do you think will you consider it? Or do you prefer your first dance after dinner to kick off the dance floor? Go ahead and comment below or ask me any questions you know me I'm always willing to help!

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Planner
Decor, florals and stationery
Photo team
Venue
Hair
Makeup
Music

05/04/2026

Most guests don’t hate wedding speeches… they hate bad ones. 😅

After planning 200+ weddings, here’s the sweet spot:
✨ Keep speeches to ~3 minutes (5 max)
✨ Cap it at 5 speeches max total (less is ok too!)
✨ Space them out, best IMO is while guests are eating a course so it flows and doesn't hold up food service
(and not during clearing of plates!! 🙏)

The longest speech I’ve ever seen? 47 minutes.
Yes… really. And no, your guests won’t forgive you.

The goal isn’t more time. It’s a better speech.
Heartfelt, a little funny, and leaving the couple feeling deeply loved, that’s it.

Save this for your wedding planning notes and send it to anyone giving a speech… they’ll thank you later.

Tell me in the comments your wedding speech nightmares. Or ask questions and I'll do my best to answer!

04/28/2026

As a Wedding Planner I'm always so tempted to just post the pretty but that part is so small in what I can offer (though it's the finish line - the wedding day!!)
The planning is 365 days or even for lots of our weddings it's over 700 days of planning with our couples!
And lots of tasks, fires we put out, emotions, stress, confirming on top of reconfirming, worrying we do, is not even seen by anyone. It's definitely not something I could list in a contract as a deliverable 😅

So just know that when you say YES to me and my team, we got you! We want you to have the BEST DAY EVER with your people.
And we work freaking hard to make your dreams a reality!
I'm leaning on daily on the 18+ years of "things gone wrong" to make sure I'm always planning for those strange unexpected wedding day issues I've seen over the years.

Comment below if you've worked with me and my team or just any encouragement for couples considering us!

You know one of my love languages is "words of encouragement" 😘

04/24/2026

Being named Ottawa Wedding Planner of the Year again is something I don’t take lightly. To be recognized by my peers, the people who are in it with me every weekend, who understand what this work really looks like behind the scenes, means more than I can properly put into words.

Because this isn’t a popularity contest. It’s not about who can rally votes.

It’s being recognized by the vendors who see it all, the timelines, the pressure, the last minute pivots, the 36°C heat, the problem solving behind the scenes, and trusting that I’ll show up and handle it every single time.

That kind of respect means everything.

💕To the vendors who voted, thank you. Truly. I don’t take that lightly. I’m so proud to be part of a community that pushes each other, supports each other, and constantly raises the standard of what weddings can be.

🤍To our couples, this only exists because of you. Thank you for trusting me with such an important chapter of your lives and letting me step into it with you.

💕And to my team, Farhan, Cara, Gracie, Shekinah, Claire, you already know. You’re the calm in the chaos, the extra set of eyes, the reason everything comes together the way it does. This is just as much yours as it is mine.

Congrats to all of this year’s winners. Being surrounded by this level of talent is what makes this industry so strong.

Here’s to another season of creating, problem solving, celebrating, and making it all feel effortless ✨

Thank you to for bringing this community together year after year.

04/21/2026

Let me tell you about planning this tent wedding with this family that stole my heart

This impossible dream of a wedding for 150 people in the woods, by the lake at their beloved family cottage took 15 months of planning so many tiny, meaningful details.

No guest will remember how they felt being a part of this day and our couple and their family still say all the time “take us back!”

The number of emails, texts, DMs with all of our ideas buzzing between us resulted in a magical day that took an enormous amount of effort and heart to pull together.

A huge and wonderful vendor team and over a week of on site set up and take down to build the most beautiful “venue” at this family’s dream location, their cottage.

The behind the scene work from the vendor team but also the family was truly an undertaking but the result was perfection.

Tell me below what your dream location would be?

A-team of the best:
Planner:
Photo: .ca

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Decor Florals stationery:
Catering:
DJ: .beat.events
Live Music:
Hair:
Make-up:
Bride Dress:
Groom Suit:
Rings:
Tent Rental:

04/20/2026

Your weddings shouldn’t feel like a copy-paste of someone else’s day.
Even at the same venue.
Even with the same vendors.

Because every couple we plan with brings something different.
Different priorities.
Different energy.
Different ways of celebrating.

I want you to have your best day ever with the people you love most in the world…
and that should never look the same twice.

Tell me below which wedding is speaking to you the most! Or are you a mix of two?

Only some vendors are tagged in each slide since I was limited to 20!

Tap through to see the incredible teams behind every day. More tags in the pinned comment!

Save this for inspo or send it to someone you’re planning with 🤍

Planning

04/15/2026

Pricing transparency coming in HOT 🔥

Last year I shared the average spend across our weddings… and you guys gave me some math feedback. So this year, some categories are averages, and some are ranges.

You already know I’m not gatekeeping over here.

And the truth is understanding your budget doesn’t have to feel scary. It can actually be one of the most freeing parts of planning.

Yes, money can feel like a taboo topic. But as a planner it’s a conversation I’m having every single day with my couples, their families, and their vendors.

Because here’s the reality: this is likely the only wedding you’ve ever planned… so why would you know what things cost?

Couples go into planning with expectations based on what they’ve seen online and then feel completely blindsided when real quotes start coming in.

It’s like building a house.
You wouldn’t just know what a foundation costs… or framing… or that dream kitchen you’ve been saving on Pinterest.

And yet with weddings, you’re expected to just… figure it out.

You’ll see “average wedding costs” thrown around with zero context.
You’re constantly shown multi-day wedding weekends and over-the-top installations so much that it starts to feel like the norm.
And then the same blogs and magazines showcasing million-dollar weddings will turn around and tell you the average wedding is $40K.

It’s confusing. And honestly? Misleading.

BUT once you understand what things actually cost, everything shifts.

You make better decisions.
You plan more intentionally.
And you feel in control of the process instead of overwhelmed by it.

So let me show you what the weddings you see on my Instagram really cost based on real client choices and real local vendor pricing.
Because we need more open, honest conversations about this.
Budget doesn’t have to be a bad word 🤍
Save this for when you start planning, send it to someone who needs it, and drop your questions below I’m happy to answer them.

Photographers are tagged on each photo

04/14/2026

Brides: this is exactly when to bustle your dress (and why it matters) ❣️
• Keep your train down for your ceremony + photos
• Bustle before cocktail hour (if you’re mingling)
• Be bustled before your grand entrance
• Be bustle before your first dance
Because in reality? Guests step on it, you’re kicking fabric around, and it stops feeling magical fast. It also honestly gets extremely dirty!!
The key: plan a moment to bustle before your reception really begins. Put it in your timeline if you don't have a Planner who's going to remember.

Bonus tip: those tiny loops + hooks/buttons break all the time so ask your seamstress for something more secure. Ribbons under your dress ( French bustle) are THE BEST!!! So easy and secure and colour coded is even better.

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Address

1741 Dunkirk Crescent
Ottawa, ON
K1H5T3

Telephone

+16132523982

Website

https://ericairwin.com/

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