Lisa Devlin is one of my favourite photographers, her images are so delicate and pretty and perfectly romantic. I have been trying to feature a wedding she’s photographed for so long! But, of course, with being so incredible she’s also very much in demand from others wishing to share her work. Which makes me all the more thrilled to have this truly beautiful set of images to share with you today of Naomi & Christian’s stunning wedding. However, rather than the beautiful bride share her story, today I have the event stylist Jennifer Oliver who did such an amazing job! Thank you so much to both Lisa and Jennifer for making my blog a very pretty place to be this morning! Here’s Jennifer…
The big day
In the spring of last year I was booked by Naomi and Christian to style their wedding. Inspired by a trip to a wedding fair at Buxted Park, East Sussex, Naomi asked for a vintage tea party look, serving dainty sandwiches and scones. The orangerie provided the perfect setting, with its stone floors, huge windows and panoramic views of the garden. Seeking a whimsical and airy theme for the photography, Lisa Devlin’s work suited our needs perfectly.
The ceremony
Having strung the ceiling with a canopy of fairy lights on the eve of the wedding, we woke up to a beautiful warm September morning. All the bridesmaids helped tie ribbons and silk butterflies onto the chairs whilst I made bouquets for the pew ends.
The happy couple
Over the summer we had collected fine china tea sets, lace and pearls at boot fairs and charity shops; a different cup and saucer for each of the sixty guests. The upshot of our weekend scouring was an eclectic mix of vintage china and glass on every table. I also found a beautiful antique lace parasol which was the ideal accessory for Naomi’s Pronovias lace gown.
The wedding breakfast
Naomi had chosen Nicola at Florian Flowers to create the centerpiece of a shabby chic birdcage filled with amnesia and pale pink spray roses, hydrangeas and blush peonies; complementing our theme. I added to this my own flowers which I arranged in all the vintage items I had sourced.
For the wedding breakfast table plan, I mounted lace ribbon onto an old picture frame. I then attached the guest names, interspersed with vintage postcards. Referencing the Alice in Wonderland theme, I made “Eat Me” and “Drink Me” cards for the cupcake tower and the reception drinks table. I also placed mini playing cards beside the cake tower to signify the date – being 3rd September, using the three and nine of hearts. Ribboned onto each teacup handle was a name tag and a vintage cabinet key.
Watching the faces of the wedding party light up when they first enter the room is always the highlight of my day and makes all the hard work feel worth it. We certainly delivered on the whimsical tea party theme, achieving a certain ‘wow’ factor along the way; wonderfully captured by photographers Lisa Devlin and Annamarie Stepney.
Awesome images courtesy of Lisa Devlin & Annamarie Stepney
Debs
Photographer Details:
Lisa Devlin website
Lisa Devlin blog
Contact Lisa
Phone: 01273 231047 / 07956 571177
Wedding Stylist Details:
Jennifer Sue Weddings website
Jennifer Sue Weddings blog
Contact Jennifer
Phone: 07748 843 413
Tags: birdcage, butterflies, tea party, vintage
Beautiful details and I love how the theme is actually quite subtle. The table decorations and finishing touches are so pretty.
What an amazing wedding, a breakfast how cool, love all the details.
Hi, wow! your wedding looks so beautiful! I found this page searching for fairy lights for our wedding at buxted park in March, do you mind if I ask, where did you get the lights from? and how did you get them up there? this is exactly what we are after!! :) xxxx