Good morning all ;) How does this absolutely beautiful Monday morning find you? Aren't we in for a treat with the weather this week? Did you have time to catch up with my weekend post, linking to discounts with the wonderful Coastal Retreats and Country Retreats who are offering my readers up to 10% off their bookings? Go go if not! Don't want you to miss out. Just a reminder too that this competition to win a wedding dress ends at midnight tomorrow.
Now usually, I'd like to start off the week with a real wedding, but I have something too pretty to wait today. When top UK Photographer Marianne Taylor {who I'm an absolutely huge fan of by the way} asked me if I'd like to feature this shoot on Love My Dress, I must admit {as Marianne will testify}, my heart skipped a few beats. This is the content of wedding bloggers dreams; creative, inspirational ideas that are so pretty and elegant and completely achievable.
This shoot was created purely to inspire you by Marianne, who hooked up with Florist Steph Turpin of the brilliantly named Fairynuff Flowers, cake maker extraordinaire Charlotte of Restoration Cake and stationery designers Rose and Ruby Paper Co and Berinmade
When creative forces like this join together, you know you're in for something really rather special…
"Me and the lovely Steph, of Fairy Nuff Flowers fame, met while working on Katie & John’s beautiful Northbrook Park wedding a while back, and instantly hit it off. We have a very similar sense of style and share a love for all things pretty, whimsical and rustic…"
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"While we’re lucky to get to work together on the same weddings from time to time, at some point we got the idea for a day of creating something purely for the love of it and on our own terms, mostly in order to keep our creative juices flowing. The shoot was something nice to plan and look forward to in the dark winter months…."
"I’ve been obsessed with a pink & turquoise colour scheme for a while, so that was our starting point. Our plans evolved slowly from there, following trips to antique markets and local thrift stores.
We ended up with two different set-ups; a quirky tea party with a twist, incorporating surprising elements such as deer antler, and a rustic picnic type set-up, for which we wanted a cute Victoria sponge cake, decorated with flowers, as a focal point…"
"This is where Charlotte from Restoration Cake came in and made the most adorable cake, plus some decadent cupcakes for the tea party setting. To complete the picture, two start up stationery design companies, Rose and Ruby Paper Co. & Berinmade, created the prettiest paper goods that fitted the briefs perfectly…"
"All in all the day was just bliss. After a long time of planning, and collecting items for the shoot, we were surrounded by so much beauty that represented exactly the kind of things we would love to see at real weddings. And it goes without saying that Steph’s flowers were the perfect stars of the show…"
I couldn't agree more!
Huge thanks to the full creative team for allowing me to share these images with you all. Beautiful, beautiful stuff guys, just adoring your work!
Who else is loving this colour scheme? Infact, what colour schemes are you working with for your wedding day? Let's get some colour talk going – and who knows, if there is enough interest, I might be able to arrange for some different style colour shoots to appear just for you on Love My Dress 🙂
Much love all,
Annabel
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Credits
Photography – Marianne Taylor
Flowers – Fairynuff Flowers
Cake – Restoration Cake
Stationery – Rose and Ruby Paper Co + Berinmade