Marie Antoinette Wedding & Hen Party Inspiration Shoot

This glamorous Marie Antoinette style wedding inspiration shoot is right up my street! Organised by the lovely Gemma Longworth of Buttons & Roses Events & The Button Boutique to promote their event styling business, it makes me want to host an up-market hen party for all my girlfriends. Combining pink champagne, cupcakes and a fascinator craft workshop, it's the perfect bonding opportunity. I adore the vintage china by Victoria Rose Vintage Crockery Hire, and the glamorous pearl strewn flower arrangements would work perfectly at a wedding. If you're a real fan of DIY, you could even theme your wedding around crafting. Take a look the jars filled with cotton reels - they'd look fabulous as table displays at your wedding reception. If you'd like a similar look for your wedding day or hen party, do take a look at the Buttons & Roses Events website. Gorgeous pictures by Lucy Greenhill Photography.

Credits
Organised & Styled by Gemma Longworth: Buttons & Roses Events & The Button Boutique
Photography: Lucy Greenhill Photography
Location: Liverpool Town Hall
Fascinator Craft Workshop by The Button Boutique
Hair & Make Up: So Coco Rouge
Clothing: Raiders Vintage and The Button Boutique
Hair Accessories: The Button Boutique
Vintage Crockery, Props & Cakes: Victoria Rose Vintage Crockery Hire
Labels and Stationery: Button & Roses
Flowers: Blue Orchid
Nails: Glitz and Glam
Jewellery: Olivia Divine Jewellery
Models: Rebecca Langtree, Kit Williams, Bethany Cammack, Esther Fox, Nikki Rose

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Blush Blossom Wedding Inspiration & A Claire Pettibone Gown

Dreamy blush dresses, vintage less, and delicate cherry blossom. It doesn't get better than Claire Pettibone wedding dresses, and divine pictures by This Modern Romance. I love the decadent mood, the dramatic veils worn high over the forehead, and the heavy peony hair accessories by Erica Elizabeth Designs. The pink parasol is a work of art, buy one from Bella Umbrella in the US, or Brollies Galore here in the UK. It seems next wedding season is all about a narrow silhouette - stunning!

{Wedding Credits}
Wedding Dresses & Bolero: Claire Pettibone
Wedding Umbrella: Bella Umbrella
Hair & Make-up: KC Witcamp
Hair Pieces: Erica Elizabeth Designs
Produced By: Be Inspired PR
Cake: Cupcakes Couture
Flowers: Dolce Designs Studio
Shoes & Jewellery: Ruche Bridal
Rentals: Found Vintage Rentals

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Real Vintage Rustic Yurt Wedding Shoot - Part 2

Would you consider a yurt wedding? With marquees fast becoming the reception venue of choice for budget-conscious brides, and back-garden weddings popular with DIY-minded couples, wedding vendors are getting in on the act with a fantastic range of unusual tents. Medieval-style, striped pavilion tents and giant top hat tents are some of my favourites, along with cosy yurts like the one by Yurt Viva featured in this wedding shoot. Isn't it lovely? Add in vintage crockery and accessories by The Vintage Hire, rustic woven tools, a delicious Sweetie Favour Buffet by The Gloucestershire Wedding Company and a beautiful wedding cake and cupcakes by The Chocolate Strawberry, and it all starts to look rather perfect. I'm loving the mismatched wild flowers, the succulent planters and the seed wedding favours. Other pretty wedding-details-to-steal include the vintage music bunting {so easy to DIY}, the medieval-style chandeliers, and retro-striped sweetie bags {buy yours here}. Huge thanks to Christy Blanch Photography for these lovely pictures!

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Real Vintage Rustic Yurt Wedding Shoot

It's time for a wedding treat! Feast your eyes on the pretty wedding details in this gorgeous shoot by Christy Blanch Photography, showcasing talented wedding suppliers in Gloucestershire. The vintage theme fits in perfectly with all the rustic garden details, including the eccentric grandfather clock and cute powder-blue potting shed. With pretty mismatched vintage crockery and accessories by The Vintage Hire, and stunning wild-flower bouquets, it's a DIY bride's dream wedding. If you're planning your own backgarden wedding, gather your wedding flowers from the countryside on the morning of your big day, and collect old watering cans and bottles for rustic vessels. Add rosemary for a sweet scent, and serve Pimm's, cucumber sandwiches and cupcakes for a quintessential English wedding. More fabulous pictures from this wedding shoot coming in Part 2, including a yurt marquee - oh yes! Huge thanks once again to Christy Blanch Photography for these lovely pictures!

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Exotic Morocco-Themed Wedding Inspiration Shoot

This incredible wedding shoot has got me wishing we'd planned our wedding in Morocco. With tonnes of gorgeous exotic details, you'd think this was a wedding planned in the desert, but in fact, the team of wedding vendors are based right here in the UK. It just goes to show you can create any wedding theme you like, all you need is a blank canvas, and tonnes of imagination. I'm loving all the bright wedding details from this shoot, including the pretty paper lanterns from Papaver Designs, the bright Moroccan-style cushions, the delicate lanterns and incredible gold wedding cake. There's tonnes of wedding ideas for every type of wedding, I can imagine the lace bunting and table stationery at a pretty farmhouse wedding as well. Huge thanks to Xtraordinary Photography for their gorgeous pictures, and to Poppy Lee from Papaver Designs for telling me all about the shoot. For details of all the vendors, do check out the list below the pictures!

{Vendors}
Wedding stationery & lanterns: Papaver Designs {Poppy made all the paper lanterns, tissue paper pom-poms, gift tags, paper flower ball (pomander) & wedding menus for the shoot.}

Wedding Planner & Fairy Godmother: Daisy Chain Events

Wedding Photographer: Xtraordinary Photography

Wedding Cake: Little Town Bakery

Wedding Dresses: Miasposa 

Flowers: Flower Fever
Bridal Headpieces - What Katy did Next

Cushions & Textiles: Lauren Crawford Textiles 

Bunting: Little Bundles Bunting  

Wedding Details: Event Diva {Mairi provided bird cages, Moroccan lanterns & wooden hearts.}

Make-up: Beautiful Bridal Makeovers 

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