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This spring photoshoot is full of natural organic wedding inspiration with hints of peach, pale blue and copper. The team were inspired by vintage reclamation and the organic and natural colours and textures of oxidised copper. From the exquisite handpainted botanical cakes to the vintage wedding dresses (the rose pink one!) and touches of foraged blossom, this photoshoot is brimming with inspiration.

Over to photographer Jenny Owens to tell us more…

Natural organic wedding inspiration

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What better way to kick off the New Year than with a seasonal appropriate earthy woodland wedding shoot. It’s full of winter wedding inspiration – think feathers, seedheads, foliage and pine cones. Plus the most exquisite animal masks we’ve ever seen. These are proper grown up masks, perfect we reckon if you want a quirky detail to add a twist to your wedding photos.

So what do I love most about this earthy woodland wedding shoot? I love the attention to seasonal details like the pine cone and pheasant feather hair decorations. It’s over to photographer Megan Duffield to tell us more about what inspired the shoot…

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There has been so much love for flower crowns over the past year or so, and I am all for wearing flowers in your hair on your wedding day, it’s just nice to see alternatives to the big statement flower headpieces once in a while.

When I saw this idea for a gold leaf flower crown (and that it comes with a DIY guide so you can make it yourself) I thought it would be perfect for a winter bride.  Spraying foliage gold takes me back to my childhood, but this is a much more chic version than anything I created as a kid.

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As a wedding blogger I find it’s easy to get past Christmas and New Year and suddenly start thinking about spring – in fact, I’m all too guilty of doing this in my everyday life.  It’s a shame, because winter’s only just begun and apart from the rain and dark days it’s not all that bad.

I think that inspiration and ideas for winter weddings can often get overlooked, so today I wanted to share this image of a simple way to decorate your wedding venue for a seasonal winter wedding.  Just because it’s winter you don’t need to feel that seasonal foliage limits you to holly and ivy, or wreaths.  Keep your tables refined and uncluttered with a simple arrangement of candles (I really like how they are varying heights and sizes) and a scattering of fragrant woody herbs, and create a focal point of greenery wound round a metal chandelier.

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Christmas or winter weddings can be dreamt up so beautifully with just a little bit of inspiration  – I love this so, so simple idea for place settings using small trimmings of Christmas tree branches with a rustic luggage tag tied on.  Just popped in each guest’s dinner place they would bring festive cheer to any winter wedding reception.

Regular readers will know I’m all about the simplest ideas being the best, but don’t they look so effective when you get it right?  I love images that conjour up a whole ‘look’ or ‘feel’ for a wedding or celebration – can’t you just imagine a natural, rustic winter wedding unfolding from this one idea for using evergreen branches for place settings?  Lots of twinkling candles, greenery and garlands, simple linens with maybe a hint of festive berry red, and tree trunk cake stands.

Image: Sean Flanigan via Ruffled

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Such great inspiration for an autumn wedding when seasonal flowers are fewer, make use of foliage by decorating with garlands.  It looks fun with the foliage garlands around this blackboard, but they can also be used to decorate over archways often found at the entrance to churchyards, or over doorways (perhaps the main entrance way to your wedding reception?) like this one here.

Thanks so much for celebrating more than a week of seasonal ideas and inspiration for autumn weddings – this is the last day!  You can view all the posts from my natural autumn wedding special.

Image: Sarah Ryhanen

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Not to long ago I did a two part feature on using ferns in your bridal or bridesmaid bouquets – one looking at bold and colourful arrangements, and the other focusing on a soft and neutral palette.  I hadn’t, however, featured any bouquets that were just purely ferns, mainly because I hadn’t seen any – until today.

This gorgeous bouquet is made up of only ferns and I think it is so delicate and feminine, perfect for someone who wants a very pared down and natural bouquet.  Weddings that incorporate or reflect woodland settings have always had a following, but I hear on the grapevine that woodland weddings are set to be very popular next year – this fern bouquet would fit perfectly.

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