Wednesday 12 December 2012

Botanist Wedding in the Lake District

Clare had firm ideas that she wanted colour on her wedding dress. When i heard she was a botanist, i was sure we would have some flowers on her dress too.
Clare decided for a guipore lace bodice, the lace was backed with a pale green taffeta. The skirt was a gored skirt with Silk Satin Chiffon overlay. Clare had a silk crepe belt with a big flower at the back and sashes from the flower.
Clare's wedding was going to be a relaxed outdoor affair. It was to be held in the garden at Low House in  The Eden Valley, Cumbria, very close to where Clare was brought up and where she used to go for walks down by the river near the house. The Tipi's in the grounds of the garden gave the wedding an absolutely lovely rustic feel with the benches and home grown flowers.
Clare was so pleased that her brother and his band Halflight played in the evening and that her lifelong friend Julia did hair and make up on the day. Clare would like to thank her parents and in particular her mum for helping organising so much of her wedding. We had the pleasure of having Clare's mum here at the fittings.
Clare and Richard's day turned out absolutely just how she wanted it.
We loved working with you Clare and wish you all the best for the future.














 




Friday 7 December 2012

Short Wedding Dress in Thai silk, Chantilly lace and Block colours

Lucy's engagement was a very happy announcement. We had already worked with Lucy for her sister's 
wedding a couple of years ago, so we were pleased to be called on again. The wedding was to be 
held in the Duddingston Kirk and the reception The Hub, Royal Mile.
Lucy had decided for a short dress before she even contacted us. She had it made in Pure Silk 
Deluxe Douppion fabric, and she had ruching on the waist, deep pleats on the very full ballerina 
length skirt. She had the corset build in, which tied up below the fastening of covered buttons 
and loops. There was a cute lace trim on the hem. The dress was strapless and lucy went for a 
Chantilly lace bolero with long sleeves for the day time, she then had a copy of this lace bolero 
for the evening but without the sleeves to make it easy for her to dance.
 Lucy Chose a great head dress from Rene Walrus.
We also made the four bridesmaids dresses, they had high neck on the front and a deep V-neck at 
the back, deep pleats on the skirts to match Lucy's dress. We made 2 dresses in fuchsia pink and 
two in purple. Two of the dresses was made only the week before the wedding, as the two 
bridesmaids had recently given birth to the two most gorgeous babies, which gave them time to get 
back into shape.
We feel it all came together with Lucy's mothers outfit. She had a short silk jacket and a 
matching lace dress in a royal blue colour.
The block colours of the dresses gives it a very current feel and it is indeed very happy colours.
Lucy kept herself and her bridesmaids very busy before the wedding with lots and lots of fun and 
very pretty DIY decorations for her wedding. Lucy's flowers were from Bloemen Ecke and the lovely photographs are taken by Paul Saunders Photography.