Nope, I am in fact not talking about flirting/being a bit naughty (although you are welcome too – it is Friday after all…) I’m talking about a fresh fruity colour scheme for W-day. Namely YELLOW. Which apart from blue and grey and um…peach (!) is quickly becoming my favourite hue for all things decorative.
As I mentioned last week, I’m a magpie for beautifully styled inspiration shoots and this sunshine infused delight styled by Stacey-Marie Chalk of Cherry Topped Bespoke Weddings and captured by photographer Juliet McKee is delicious. Not only would I like to wear the white carnation and bright yellow craspedia headress every day for the rest of my life, the 3/4 length sleeve scoop back gown by Jesus Peiro is one of the classiest, regal and most sophisticated frocks I have ever laid eyes on. Let me tell you – Madam Middleton may have had to have donned a third dress had she spied this wee beauty.
Oh and if you are having a winter affair (or let’s be honest – any other ruddy season for that matter) then I suggest you get a wriggle on and hot foot it over to Miss Bush Bridal to go try it on.
And the smoky peepers and pale nudey lips a la Brigitte Bardot?
Perfection.
I defy you gorgeous lot not to find at least one little idea you want to steal, and if you do I want you to tell us what it is in the comments box below. And if you are willing to share, later this afternoon we may even treat you to a somewhat controversial discussion post written. by. a. boy.
Happy Friday lovelies 
Juliet Mckee: Some months ago I decided to approach the lovely Stacey-Marie of Cherry Topped Bespoke Weddings to see if she would be interested in a collaborative bridal photo shoot. We have worked together before and Stacey-Marie has a brilliant eye for style and detail. Well lucky for me she said yes and so we set about planning an exciting project. We wanted to create a fresh, bright and bold style which would combine the fun feeling of the summer of love with the elegance of Audrey. We went for a deliciously bright sunshine yellow colour to run throughout.
To gather our ideas and inspiration we used the hugely addictive Pinterest to share images we both came across which hinted at the style, colour and design of the shoot. Stacey-Marie then compiled an inspiration board which we shared with the suppliers who we set about contacting to see if they’d be interested in working with us. I’ll let Stacey-Marie continue the story behind the inspiration and how she went about bringing the style together…
Stacey-Marie at Cherry Topped: With our vision and inspiration in place we wanted to make sure that our ideas were feasible; for brides to be able to create them themselves and to provide alternative colour and design inspiration. It turned out (after the photo shoot day!) that the yellow colour is said to be big for next year according to Pantone’s colour report – “Solar Power”! So on to the details…
Emma Meek’s (Miss Bush Bridal, a Surrey Bridal Boutique) stock of Jesus Peiro dresses and a Udo Zaldi dress were perfect for the sixties look that we wanted to create with our model Gemma. With the first dress by Jesus Peiro (style 2003) we wanted to accessorise this with a bespoke oversized yellow dupion silk bow to sit perfectly at the back to create drama and fun. Gemma also wore Pink’s “Tease” shoes which were dyed to match the bow colour swatch. Emma and her seamstress Janet worked their magic with creating the bespoke pieces for the shoot.
Gemma’s second dress, also by Jesus Peiro (style 1014) with its ¾ length sleeves is perfect for a winter wedding. We wanted to keep this look classic in all ivory and to mirror the bow on the dress in Gemma’s hair and on the shoes. Janet’s sewing skills came to the fore again with making a bespoke ivory satin bow for Gemma’s hair.
Gemma’s final dress, by Ugo Zaldi (style B126) is a fun short bridal gown, perfect for a second outfit in the evening. With a simple blusher veil it creates a stylish contemporary look.
Gemma’s hair and makeup was styled by Gemma Sutton and her assistant Stacey. The high beehives, dark smoky eyes and natural lips characterised the sixties feel and the addition of the white carnations and bright yellow craspedia at the base of the beehive gave that quirky dramatic feel.
Steph from Fairynuff Flowers provided the stunning bouquets. After sharing the inspiration boards with Steph she completely understood the look we were after. Steph created a vibrant yellow and green bouquet and a contrasting contemporary dome bouquet of white carnations; simple and classic.
Sunflowers and daisies were part of our inspiration for the sunshine yellow colour. Inspired by the flowers Janet Mohapi-Banks created “Summer” a beautifully striking 4-tier wedding cake covered in delicately hand crafted sunflowers and daisies, perfectly bold and elegant with a touch of fun too!
We wanted to have a fun sweetie buffet as part of the shoot, for which Sarah from Creative Candi provided her beautiful vintage apothecary jars of sweets. To finish off the look of the sweetie jars, we attached some little “Sweetie Mix” labels with ribbon, beautifully designed by Wendy at August Moon who use the shape of a sunflower as inspiration for the artistic design.
To go with the outdoor sixties party feel of the shoot we hired in some funky martini shape glasses from Jones Hire and some elegant glassware from Nest. The water jug and water glasses filled with iced lemon and lime water were perfect for the outdoor drinks reception feel together with a cloche style cake stand filled with lemons and limes.
The stunning venue for our shoot was Pendell House, in Bletchingley, Surrey. I visited Pendell House some months ago and loved its relaxed intimate atmosphere. Once the inspiration and colours were sorted for our shoot I thought of Pendell House with its decor suiting the design perfectly. The poolside location suited the cocktail drinks reception atmosphere and the elegant interior with ornate furnishing suited the classic elegance of the shoot. We just loved the gold gilt chair, inside and outside!
Last, but most definitely not least, is Juliet! Working with Juliet is just such a brilliant experience! She worked so, so hard making sure all details and elements were captured to their very best, in the best locations and in the best light (literally!). She has captured the look and feel of our ideas amazingly!
Everyone involved in this styled bridal shoot were absolutely adorable to work with and all put in so much effort to bring the style and design together. By pulling together your initial wedding ideas and inspiration to show your wedding suppliers, they can then use their expertise and imagination to create each element of your wedding day to suit your requirements. We hope that this has inspired you even in some little way by showcasing different ideas and ways of introducing variety, colour, and personalised touches into your wedding day!
Venue – Pendell House
Photographer – Juliet McKee Photography
Coordinator & Stylist – Cherry Topped Bespoke Weddings – Stacey-Marie Chalk
Model – Gemma Underhay
Dresses and Accessories - Miss Bush Bridal
Cake – Janet Mohapi-Banks
Flowers – Fairynuff Flowers – Steph Turpin
Stationery – Wendy Li at August Moon
Hair & Makeup – Gemma Sutton
Sweet Buffet – Creative Candi
Anything here take your fancy folks? it’s funny, although I am a W-day blogger I always forget that you can in fact dye ivory shoes to pretty much any colour of your choice…anyone thinking of giving this option a go?
Oh and I know what colour mine would be today.
YELLOW.
Big Fruity Love
Charlotte xxx
Every time I see yellow I think about changing my whole colour scheme, do you think I can make it work with purple and pink?!
Love love love the dress with the oversized bow! Gorgeous! Also heart the beauty aspect of this shoot, I’m definitely gonna go for a smokey eye!
Stunning!!! I adore yellow so this is hugely inspirational for me. Great work, all.
I just love seeing yellow bursting into the UK wedding scene! Every detail has been so carefully considered, lots of beautiful inspiration here from a dream team!
ooooh love the make-up look! could we find out what colours and products were used? especially the lipgloss on the second from last pic, I have been looking everywhere for a beige colour but everything is either too pink or too orange or too washed out (like concealer?) Thanks X
Oh no! I want that scoop neck dress!! Just paid for my dress in full which is strapless but was always intending on a bolero for over the top. It’s going to be a scoop neck overlay now!! Oh and the yellow, soooo great for sPring!
Sara, I will ask Gemma our make up artist to reply to you. Glad you like! x
@Claire – I don’t see why not, I like bold bright colours all mixed together – clashing can be kind of cool.
@Louise – And so you should – this look is gorgeousness.
@Sarah – Make-up artist Gemma is going to come along and advise pet
@Fiona – I want it too – fight you for it.
Charlotte xxx
Wowzers! This is one beauitful shoot! I’m definatly going to try and squeeze a bit of yellow in!
As for that A-MAZ-ING bow I’ve just emailed to see if they could make me one in a different colour for my dress!!!!
This has made my Friday (which started badly with less than 4 hours sleep!!) SO much brighter. What a lovely, sunny inspiration shoot and perfectly styled. LOVE the scoop back dress. Thanks for sharing x
@Amanda Champness have you just emailed your dress shop then? what have they said? I now want a bow added to mine! a really big one!!!!
Oh the BOW!
I am totally going to look in to that. I wonder how easy it would be to do myself….D.I.Y. post perhaps RMW?!
I love yellow so very much. Happy Friday!
Ohhhh…. AMAZING shoot… love love love it all!
I’m getting married in May with a Sunshine YELLOW… crazy colour pop citrus yellow green and orange kinda thang going on… so these images are particularly appealing to me.
That BOW… that DRESS… those EYES….
Swoon.
ahhhhh yellow! and bows! and smokey eyes! all of my favourite things for a Friday
Gorgeous shoot XXX
@Amanda – I want to know about this bow too please!
Charlotte xxx
oooooooooooooooooooh all the dresses please, thanking you
I’m wearing yellow shoes!! Yay!! Seeing this has made me super excited about it again!
If I were getting married in the Spring (instead of November), I would definitely go for yellow – it’s such a happy colour. I already have a bit of a thing for yellow shoes.
I was already keen on a coloured sash with my dress but this has emphasised this (although one of my BM’s sniffed and said “Well if you want your arse highlighted by a big bow”!)
Love the cake too. Maybe that’s why I get arse comments!!
Amazing shoot, amazing photos!
@Jessica – Jealous of your yellow shoe candy…
@Peridot – I just laughed out loud!!!
Charlotte xxx
Oh oh oh!!!! THE BOW! Amazing – Amanda, you HAVE to get one in your colour!!
I absolutely love that second dress (and the first one), and that make up is BEAUTIFUL!
I lovely shoot – the yellow reminds me of the yellow and grey wedding you showed a while ago, with the bird motif – stunning.
x
Lots of love for this shoot I’m pleased to see! We do like a bit of customising at Miss Bush. The bright yellow silk dupion used for the bow is from Hansons in Guildford. made by the lovely Janet at Miss Bush – we can replicate for any one interested!
Thanks to all the team and Charlotte for sharing!
Emma xxx
I have never seen carnations look so good.
Lovely! xx
Thank you for featuring this pretty shoot – we had the best day and oh for the bow…Emma at Miss Bush is my bow queen! x
WOW! What a fab response to the shoot! I’m so so happy that everything about this shoot has given some inspiration in some way! The bow is amazing, just loved doing something a little different and to show that things can be customised for you, for your wedding. A brilliant creative team to work with! Thank you so much Charlotte for sharing with your readers!
x
Great inspiration, beautiful cake. Nothing is more bright and cheerful than the colour yellow!
Im loving colour coded sweets right now! Anyone think of any blue sweets?? x
Fabulous shoot! And fab timing presenting us with these sunny images just as the nights are drawing in………
Oooh just heard that someone rang Miss Bush for the giant bow – very excited! do drop us a comment if it was you
Charlotte xxx
I have emailed her about one, but have not heard back yet! If anyone knows someone that can make me one then please let me know!
Lovely shoot with a great variety of details. Nice to see an accent color celebrated like this : )
Amanda, Miss Bush will definitely reply to you. x
Love brides who are daring enough to choose coloured shoes, especially yellow… we can dye any colour you like! x
I . NEED . THAT . HAIRBOW.
totally gorgeous!!
oh just read back over the comments – I emailed Miss Bush earlier today about the bow! I hope I get a reply. I was named after Kate Bush…do you think this will earn me access to the bow?
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Hi Kate, Amanda and others that have emailed re the Bow and details – my server has been down since Thursday! It is partially fixed – I can read but not send emails and keep getting bounce backs!!!! Really great timing.
Please re – email with a phone number and I will call or email via Facebook!
For general info the Big Yellow Bow takes 3 metres of fabric which we can source or you can provide. Production cost would be circa £100 depending on your own requirements.
The pale ivory hair bow on a comb would be £25 plus P&P if you are not local.
Please bear with me whilst my steam driven email is sorted out!
Also the Lou Lou dresses are priced between £495 and £750 and all can be made full length if preferred.
Pleased you all loved the dresses and details xxx
Ok – could do with leaving practical detail too!!
Phone 01483 222815
Emma at Miss Bush
Kate – love that you were named after a famous Bush ;D xx
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