Ruffled is one of my favorite of the favorites wedding blogs and so we are so excited that we were featured twice this week on this blog with 2 of our favorite shoots!!! The first was our Bohemian Botanical styled shoot with Izzy Hudgins at Coastal Botanical Bamboo Gardens. For this shoot we randomly one day decided Botany + Tree huggers. And then we went from there incorporating hundreds of vintage antique botany illustrations with a science hipster theme. We DIYed a living Palette wall for a tutorial featured here. For the centerpiece we wanted to do something hanging and so we had Grace Graffiti make us a custom test tube chandelier. Colonial House of Flowers went above and beyond on styling the florals for this shoot. When we saw the final outcome we were blown away literally with the massive size of the chandelier with the hanging moss and greenery. It was just wow. Leslie Miller of Leslie Miller Design was our bride model who also is an amazing bead artist who provided the groom's bow tie, bridal sash and necklace. For the shoot she rocked 2 looks: the first an Alvina Valenta gown and the second a Rebecca Schoneveld blue top with a high-low Love Found True skirt. Last but not least we madeover our Ikea table into a chalkboard and also made a ceremony backdrop as a chalkboard. This was a fun shoot. So so fun. Thank you for the feature Ashley!!!!!
The second shoot featured was our Oddities + Skulls styled shoot with Rach Lea at the Old Dairy Farm, which is the perfect shoot to celebrate the Halloween holiday. We started with my best friend, Rachel, who wanted to model for us. We were inspired by her tattoos to do something weird, funky and animal related. We incorporated taxidermy props from Graveface Records & Curiosities and funky mugs, flatware and other table props from The Paris Market for a darker look. For the flowers we used Savannah moss and dark weird floral elements. Rachel was given a faux hawk by Milan Day Spa and dark makeup by Lindsey Wirht and wore an asymmetrical dress from our designer, Faith Thornburg. The stationary and fox masks were by Shelby Bittinger. The best part about this shoot other than the boa constrictor and the pitbull, which were our guy model's pets is most definitely the spooky video by videographer CINEMoBIUS... head on over to Ruffled to check out the entire feature plus the spooky video... you may be frightened, consider this your warning.
Anyway, hope you all have a fabulous Halloween!!!! I myself am dressing up as a gold dinosaur of course and Adrienna will be a cat dressed up as a unicorn.
{Vendor Credits} [Botanical Bohemian] Photography: Izzy Hudgins // Venue: Coastal Botanical Bamboo Gardens // Stylist, Stationary + Dresses: Ivory + Beau // Wedding Dress: Alvina Valenta // Bridal Top: Rebecca Schoneveld // High-low Skirt: Love Found True // Flowers: Colonial House of Flowers // Groom's Bow Tie, Bridal Sash and Necklace: Leslie Miller Design // Test Tube Chandelier: Grace Graffiti // Tableware and Cake Stands: World Market // Hair + Makeup: Marie Bramlett of Wicked Lulu [Oddities + Skulls] Photography: Rach Lea // Venue: Old Dairy Farm // Stylist + Dresses: Ivory + Beau // Wedding Dress: Faith Thornburg // Veil: Twigs & Honey // Hair: Milan Day Spa // Makeup: Lindsey Wirht // Mugs, Flatware and Other Table Props: The Paris Market // Taxidermy Props: Graveface Records & Curiosities // Videographer: CINEMoBIUS // Invitations + Fox Masks: Shelby Bittinger // Boa Constrictor & Pitbull: Guy Model's Pets