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. 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.
As well as the table settings, one of my goals was to take some flowery pictures that would work as fine art prints, and I’m pretty pleased with how these came out as well. If you’re interested in having some flowery goodness on your walls, you can see a selection of wall art over at mnoo.com. Some of these images also ended up on the pages of the latest issue of You & Your Wedding magazine, so if you want to see more check out the March/April issue, out now!
P.S. I took sooo many pictures that it was quite hard to trim this post down to something sensible, keep on eye on the other girls’ blogs as you’re bound to see more prettiness from this shoot to come.
Oh my sweet JESUS!!!
This is sublime!!! xXx
SO SO SO Stunning, Marianne. The colours suit you so well.
well, this has cheered up my day immensely! gorgeous!
Beautiful – makes me want to plan another wedding :)
I think you guys should do a renewal every year. :D Makes sense when you think about it…
Ahhh this is sooo lovely! I think I will decorate my entire home like this! Beautiful x
PS: this would be perfect for The Pretty Blog!
wow wow wow!!! love love love :-))) xoxo
This is beautiful Marianne! I love your blog! :) xoxo
Stunning pictures. Stunning day. Love you Taylor x
Such a beautiful display. I love it
Divine, My favorite colour combo ever! and Beautiful photos as ever <3
Beautiful pics. These images really lift the spirits. Gorgeous styling, gorgeous things – bravo to all involved. x
Utterly Utterly gorgeous. Love it all. Great work ladies!
So, so gorgeous! Love this colour palette!
I really really adore this! Wanted to pin it to interest, but sadly it doesn’t work here :(
Pin it button works fine for me (both the plugin and the bookmark bar one)… :)
Amazingly beautiful. I fell I love with all of it;) great work everybody!
This is insane prettiness in my absolute favourite colour palette!!! I want to crawl inside your images and just live there forever! Well done ladies! xo
marianne!
i’m so sooo floored by the results– you capture light and colours so beautifully.
i’m so honoured to be a part of this shoot! x
Wow, I just love this shoot, the pink and turquoise just go do well together and the styling is to die for!
so adorable. love the colors. totally gets me into spring mood. ofcourse images are sweetness too :)
What gorgeous work, even the non-edible bits look almost good enough to eat! Beautiful use of light and colour – well done.
Fantastic shots! Loved every one of them!
Wow stunning photos and the pink and turquoise work so beautifully together, makes me want to get married all over again to have this theme!! :-)
Stunning colour scheme and lovely photos… keep it coming.
I have to tell you that I have spend past two hours checking out your blog which I discovered by accident but I am so happy that I did. Your photography is just amazing, I love the compositions, the colours, the details, and everything else.
I was wondering can you tell me what kind of camera are you using and which lens, I’m curious?
Keep up the amazing work.
Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!
This spread is to die for!!
Wow, just look at those colours! Amazing.
Beautiful! Time to go find some nice snacks after looking at those cupcakes.