2012

Did you see yesterday’s wintry Cornish reindeer photoshoot?  If not you must go take a look – it’s stunning!  Today I’ve got part 2 of the photoshoot that was dreamt up by wedding photographer Sarah Falugo (who also runs Green Photographic) and took place at Cornish wedding venue Gwel an Mor.

Yesterday the setting was a wild and windswept landscape, today a sheltered woodland featuring lush floral arrangements full of ferns and blackberries.  For a photoshoot done on a budget, it is overflowing with lovely inspiration and ideas that can easily be recreated for your own wedding.

Despite it’s wintery themes, the shoot took place in August (can you believe it!) which explains the soft blush dahlias you can spot in the floral arrangements – no doubt from The Blue Carrot’s cutting garden.

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2012

Today is the last Friday in November, so before I dive into finding you some seriously lovely winter wedding cakes, I thought I’d do a last hoo-ra to autumn!  And what could be more appropriate than this beautiful homemade layer cake, filled with cream and jam, and topped with a pile of gleaming blackberries and a wreath of rosemary.

No, this might not technically be a wedding cake, it is from one of my favourite blogs that I check once a week for a good dose of photos of utterly lovely living.  I think that sometimes nothing could be nicer than a simple homemade cake, made from quality ingredients, filled with sumptuous flavours, and topped off with a seasonal flourish.

I couldn’t imagine a nicer cake to cut into at an autumn wedding than this one.

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2012

This bouquet is just so beautiful – and really quite unusual and a bit different to all the other autumn wedding ideas I’ve got to share, because it’s not in shades of red, orange, yellow or brown.  Who would have imagined that blush pink garden roses and sprays of unripe blackberries could look so stunning?  It’s so romantic!

I’m not sure what else to stay – I just love it.  And paired with that beautiful rich blue bridesmaid dress…oh I must stop waffling.  If you love this combination like I do, please share your love below and make me feel less silly babbling away about it!

All this week I’m celebrating autumn weddings with lots of ideas and inspiration – so check out all the ideas in my natural autumn wedding special.

Image: Silva Stills and Cinema via Lemon and Lavender

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2012

There has been a lot of interest this year in flower crowns, worn by the bride, the bridesmaids, the flowergirls, or all three.  Usually they feature flowers, whether big and blousy or small and delicate, but how about using sprays of blackberries to create a version of the much-loved flower crown?

I’m not sure about the risks of thorns and overripe berries, but I guess there are ways around these issues – carefully remove the thorns first and make sure you choose sprays that only have unripe green and red berries.  I think it looks really pretty and so appropriate for an autumn wedding, I’m sharing it because I’d like to think it’s possible.

All this week I’m celebrating autumn weddings with lots of ideas and inspiration – so check out all the ideas in my natural autumn wedding special.

Image: Corina V Photography via 100 Layer Cake

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2012

I wanted to go for a sumptuous over-the-top indulgent wedding cake this week – so I chose this one – what do you think?  It’s a riot of soft fluffy cream, woodland berries and edible flowers.  I love the addition of strawberry flowers and a few unripe strawberries and leaves, it gives it a magical feel, and those tiny sweet mushrooms!

It’s a real fairytale wedding cake, but one that it attainable if you want to make your own wedding cake or if you’re planning on getting a friend or family member to make it for you.  It has a loose and easy style, nothing looks like its been placed or balanced, it is just pure natural effortlessness.

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2012

I do think boys can often get overlooked when it comes to wedding blogs, and I’m no exception – I need to share more inspiration for grooms and their best men.  After all, for many marriages it wouldn’t be a wedding without them.  Other than striking suits, buttonholes are one area that a groom can ‘accessorise’ himself, albeit probably chosen by the bride. I spotted these really interest floral buttonholes on Wookie Wedding Flowers’ Facebook page – when I say ‘floral’ there aren’t many flowers, but they are along those lines using natural plants and foliage, and some flowers.  So …

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This beautiful wedding cake reminded me of Bacchus, god of the grape harvest, wine and winemaking – a late summer wedding cake of understated opulence, with its bunches of purple grapes, ripe fig halves, sprays of blackberry brambles, and the deep wine stained Dahlias and Scabious flowers.

I love that it’s not been ‘over done’ with fruit, berries and grapes, that it is reserved yet still has that wild and Garden of Eden like feel to it.  If you are sourcing your wedding flowers from a local grower, ask them for additional flowers to decorate your wedding cake – they are less likely to be sprayed with chemicals as well, which is perfect for something that is being eaten.

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