A few months ago I worked on an amazing shoot with some super talented suppliers in the grounds of Thrumpton Hall. It was all about bo-ho, braces, bow ties and some gorgeous bikes belonging to our amazing photographer Lee Garland. We were so pleased to have the shoot featured on Rock my Wedding! You'll find a full list of suppliers after these gorgeous images sent over by Lee...

I created this lace canopy for the outdoor table setting and used hessian on the table to give a rustic feel to the shoot. I painted wooden boxes on the table in a beautiful mint colour (which I think is going to be a really popular colour in 2013!) and filled them with coral and cream roses, dahlias and peonies and mint succulents with lots of silvery foliage and thistles. I even made bow tie style napkins to match the groom and page boy's accessories! Lots of wooden crates and an old barrel for the yummy punch added to the rustic style.

Hope you enjoyed this shoot as much as we did and feel inspired to re-create a relaxed outdoor style for your big day! Hopefully the British weather will improve so that we can see more outdoor weddings!!

The Team...

Photography : Lee Garland
Planning : Carmen Weddings
Dresses : The Little White Dress
Location : Thrumpton Hall
Hair : Louise Ingham
Makeup : Collette Thorpe
Stationary : BerinMade
Jewellery : Eden Bea Vintage
Cake : Yummy Little Cakes
Models : Anna & Denis @ Model Students
Flowers, Styling and Props : Michele Gledhill : Flowers & Styling

Last month I got a call from Lydia at Save the Date Magazine asking me if I'd like to be part of a team putting together a gorgeous outdoor woodland shoot with a bohemian edge to it. Of course I said 'Sure' and my brain began whirling with crazy ideas as usual!! So, all was going well and I had created a lovely, romantic lace canopy for our 'summery' shoot...that was until the morning of the shoot!!! I woke up at 7 and opened my curtains to see a blanket of snow...yes...remember that day in the Easter break when it snowed and rained and we had gale force winds for most of the day???? This began a series of frantic texts to Lydia...'Help!!! What are we going to do????!' But, after the panic wore off we decided as a team to be very British about it and 'Keep calm and carry on!'

I had the most amazing photographer to work with...Mandy from Dottie Photography did an incredible job and with her friend Photoshop made the sun shine for us!!! I don't know how the pair of us didn't collapse with hypothermia...we were out there for over 4 hours, our fingers had lost all feeling and we were trying to remember why we do these things!! But as you can see, it was definitely worth it...the pictures are amazing and we survived!! So it's all good!

The shoot took place at Kelham House, just outside Newark on Trent which is a beautiful venue! At least our model was able to keep warm! Hair by Charlotte Wesson and makeup by Rochelle was stunning!