If you’re having a winter wedding, embracing the season is a great place to start when it comes to styling. But it doesn’t all have to be Christmas trees, crackers and twinkling fairy lights.
This fun and festive shoot from super-creative Charlotte at La Fete, shot at the dreamy Penton Park, shows that seasonal styling can still be fresh and unique. From the mitten shaped place-names, to the gingerbread house (!) the whole shoot is just pure joy.
Gingerbread House For A Festive Christmas Wedding
Charlotte Ricard-Quesada of La Fête:A winter wedding doesn’t need to be stereotypically Christmas-inspired. For this shoot, the inspiration was neutral and delicate shades, accented with pops of jewel tones and a mix of matte and shiny metallics. Glass domes were a simple yet effective décor component – I added character and a unique element by placing gingerbread houses, flowers/foliage or fairy lights under domes of varying sizes. I also love a snow globes, but was careful to ensure these matched the overall style and colour scheme. These are particularly great for table numbers or if you have a smaller wedding, why not customise them to your guests names and use them as place settings?
Snowflakes, Faux Fur & Puppies
Snowflakes can be included without looking cliché – make the most of their delicate shape by incorporating them in fabrics, such as chair backings, or place mats. Snowflake cut confetti can also substitute normal, circular confetti, and add a fun, seasonal theme to even the smallest of details. Faux fur is a wonderful addition and can be included as rugs and chairs, but also in the bride’s outfit, as a cropped jacket for example. The faux fur will automatically add a warm and cosy dimension to your day, but I’d advise choosing neutral/pastel tones in order to be an accent and not a main focus, also bearing in mind that brightly coloured faux fur can come across as much more artificial than it’s more subdued counterpart. I love including pets in weddings and dressing them up with a comfortable floral collar, inspired by the flower arrangements you have chosen. There’s nothing I love more for a winter wedding than a classically beautiful, almost sculptural dress.
I’m a huge fan of calligraphied stationery all your round, but in order to make it more winter wedding-themed, I like to include seasonal touches such as snowflakes, stag illustrations or mitten shaped place cards. There are many ways to update a wedding cake to fit a winter theme, but instead, I chose to go with a modern take on a gingerbread house. Display it with smaller, dome covered versions for a whimsical and romantic effect. No wedding would be complete without a photobooth: why not create a winter inspired backdrop, complete with an antique sledge?
Flowers & Foliage For A Winter Wedding
A winter wedding doesn’t mean flower free: focus on seasonal foliage and accent it with berries, single flower heads and cinnamon sticks. You can easily create a custom wreath and let your creativity shine through. Hanging arrangements are also a crowd pleaser, so why not take inspiration from the ‘cluster’ aesthetic Ricky Paul created especially for our shoot? For the bouquet, contrast your streamlined dress with a wilder bouquet, containing foliage and flowers, but also feathers, berries and fine branches.
Penton Park Wedding Venue
Penton Park was a perfect winter wedding venue: traditional and classic, but also bright and suitable for me to add personal touches. The outdoor space is also fantastic for photographs: remember to take photographs outside on your special day, if the weather permits it! It may be chilly, but you don’t want to regret those few unique shots.
Fern spends most of her time dreaming about weddings and trying to convince her long-suffering boyfriend to propose. Lucky enough to live in sunny Cornwall, if you need her – you’ll find her at beach.
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Thank you for the lovely feature. Such a pretty shoot!
Thank you for the feature. Lovely to see our furniture styled and photographed by such a great team.