Tea Inspired Wedding: 100 Layer Cake Feature

I am just now getting a chance to share the photos of the shoot I styled and did florals for that was featured on 100 Layer Cake recently. I'm a huge tea drinker, and I was inspired to design a shoot revolving around the idea of high tea. 

I chose the china I wanted to use first, and revolved the colors and details around that. With a beautiful floral print, I had Macaroons hand painted with the same floral pattern. I also sent the china pattern to the invitation designer, who was able to pull inspiration for her paintings and table number as well. 

I wanted all of the makings for a unique wedding inspiration that delighted in small vignettes. The tea bar with traditional loose leaf tea selections and a hand painted menu also inspired by the florals of the china, tied in all the elements in a beautiful blend. I wanted soft blush details throughout the florals and linens, and a classic lace adorned dress that kept the theme soft, southern, and sweet. Everything about this shoot feels fresh and ready for spring in an organic, effortless way.

Vendors:

Photos: Sara Weir www.saraweirphoto.com @saramweir

Florals + styling: Brie’s Honeybees & Flowers www.brieshoneybeesandflowers.com @briewalter

Model: Kelsey Paz @piecebypaz www.piecebypaz.com

Hair and Make up: Katharine Sanchez @beautybykat www.beauty-by-kat.com

Calligraphy: @inloftcalligraphy In Loft Calligraphy https://www.etsy.com/shop/inLoftCalligraphy 

Dress: Saint Isabel Bridal @saintisabelbridal www.saintisabelbridal.com 

Linens: La Tavola Linens www.latavolalinen.com @latavolalinen 

Ring: Sofia Kamen @sofiakamen

Macarons: The French Confection Co @thefrenchconfectionco www.thefrenchconfectionco.com 

Blush + Gold Styled Shoot

I’ve been really inspired by the Versailles gardens lately, reminiscing on my trips there, and imagining what types of florals and romantic dinner settings I might want to create in modern day that still capture the essence of a garden style classic look that might correlate to the still life paintings inside the palace. 

I know there is a lot of inspiration out there right now using blush and golds in shoots, but I wanted to do something that switched the order around slightly, playing within the classic color scheme. So, putting a bride in a blush dress, and painting some of the ferns gold in her bouquet were some subtle ways of offering some new inspiration for a look that is so loved. Since I do both fresh and dried flower arrangements for couples, I wanted to use both in a shoot to show how they can intermingle with harmony as we see in the florals on the napkin details. This shoot really is the result of my wild imagination. My husband and I went to visit Versailles for our anniversary 4 years ago, and there was a tiny house on the property (probably originally for the grounds keepers, or maybe as a large shed), we joked and said we’d live there if given the opportunity, and I sort of just imagined what our tiny dinner parties would be like if we ever lived in such a tiny place in the French countryside or on a minuscule corner of the Versailles gardens. And as a result, a bridal shoot was born. 

Vendors include:

Photos: Alissa Noelle Photography

Florals & Styling: Brie's Honeybees & Flowers

Dishes: Dish Wish

Calligraphy: Graceline Arts

Dress: Celia Grace

Hair + Make up: Katharine Sanchez

Model: Bijon Hill