THE FAIRYTALE
Disney is a guilty pleasure for a lot of us, myself included, and through this shoot featured by the remarkable wedding blog Rock My Wedding, we discover Aurora surrounded by blossoms, tiers of tasty desserts and not-so-innocent looking cocktails! Stunning swathes of the fairytale lusciousness appear everywhere! We have the amazing pleasure to showcase our very own Aurora from this ultimate fantasy Princess shoot captured by Rebecca Carpenter…
Fantasy Make Up and Concept Design by Kayleigh K MUA
TEAM OF DREAMS…
Venue – Chelsea Physic Gardens
London’s oldest botanical garden appointments.
Chelsea Psysic Garden
Make Up Artist – Concept Design – Kayleigh K MUA
West London based professional Make Up Artist with over 6 years experience. Specialising in television, commercial, film and bridal.
KayleighK MUA
Stylist – The Stars Inside
Boutique design company owned and run by Valentina, offering styling, wedding planning, and creative direction services across the UK
The Stars Inside
Photography – Rebecca Carpenter Photography
Romantic story telling, fine art photography London and Kent based. Available worldwide.
Rebecca Carpenter Photography
Hair Stylist – Cassandra Rizzuto
London based Hair Stylist who Loves to create beautiful Hair
Cassandra Rizzuto
Floristry – Saint Floral
Exquisite floral storytelling. Creative floral design studio. Romantic & artful wedding & event flowers.
Saint Floral
Bridalwear – Audrey Ashley Couture
Luxurious evening wear and wedding dresses designer based in London
Audrey Ashley Couture
Veil – McFayden Millinery
ALondon based milliner, creating hats and headpieces using traditional couture millinery techniques.
McFayden Millinery
Headpieces – Hermione Harbutt
Award winning designer hair accessories and jewellery with exclusive locations in London and Bristol.
Hermione Harbutt
Shoes – Charlotte Mills Shoes
Gorgeous bridal shoes, stylish, handmade in a range of styles, colours and sizes
Charlotte Mills Shoes
Jewellery – Clare Lloyd Accessories
Beautiful Handmade bridal accessories.
Clare Lloyd Accessories
Cakes and Desserts – Malarkey Cakes
London based modern Wedding cakes, celebration cakes, your special cake. Truly unique designs. Amazing flavour combinations. Sugar free options available…
Malarkey Cakes
Grazing Platters – Platter London
The Original London Platter Company, beautifully bespoke & Oh-so-
Wonderland Invites
Chocolates – The Painted Peacock Company
London based fusion handcrafted chocolates and hand desserts using premium ingredients inspired by India, East Africa and England.
The Painted Peacock
Drinks – The Cocktail Service
Event cocktail solutions delivering mobile cocktail bars and mixologist hire. Available across London and the U.K.
The Cocktail Service
Stationary – Wonderland Invites
Specialising in rustic and boho wedding stationery, designers of award winning wedding invites for happy couples from across the world.
Wonderland Invites
Textiles- Pom Pom Blossom
Provides a unique aesthetic to beautiful weddings worldwide with a passion for colour and a love affair with all things quirky and creative.
Capture Create
Videography – Jen of Capture Create
London based artist, specialising in videography, photography and graphic design
Capture Create
THE ENCHANTED FOREST
Step into a wonderland of floral lust, bushes and bursts of pink and blue florals by Saint Floral. Escaping from table displays, cake trays, the beautiful gardens of Chelsea Psychic Gardens elope their natural music through to the grounds pathways, the cocktails, the dress and veil, even the accessories. This enchanting display has us in melodic waves of awe, and above all, our bride Aurora is positively radiant.
Floral Displays by Saint Floral
PRINCESS AURORA
Kayleigh brought the Princess Bride to life from those story pages and the adorable animation we all know so well. Auroras natural beauty and grace shone through with model Gemma’s fresh and youthful look. Eye shades of pink and a touch of gold to compliment the overall styling of the surroundings brought together magically by the talented Valentina of The Stars Inside.
Showcasing naturally gracious waves in a loose half up-do by Cassandra Rizzuto captured Auroras innocence, and was complimented so well with our soft Reign Crown. Golden buds with freshwater pearl centres displayed whimsical fairytale royalty. Reigns natural elegance was exchanged for a bolder look later on, with the sharper angles of Galatea to showcase the power and presence of the Disney Princess. Aurora’s look was finished with the most delicate of jewellery pieces by Clare Lloyd accessories… Prince Phillip and his true love kiss couldn’t resist our pretty princess if he tried!
DISNEY DETAILS
For a fantasy gown celebrating all the blossoms, there would only be one choice for the bridal gown designer and Audrey Ashley Couture did not disappoint. With floral lace panels growing through the bodice to a flowing tulle skirt, Auroras’ gown could not have been more fun and fitting. Inspired by the original story and the fight for the pink or the blue gown, Auroras gown blossomed into a celebration of warm pink adorned in tiny flowers.
A gorgeous flowing veil by Mcfadden Millinery showcased golden blossoms and continued the essence of royalty through to the trails of Auroras look. This fairytale accessories moved beautifully amongst the fallen blossoms of the surrounding displays, crowned by headpieces of yours truly, Hermione Harbutt. The Princess of this fantastia became one with her enchanted forest and therefore one with her own legend! A heeled pump fit for a princess supplied by Charlotte Mills was the perfect finishing touch to our ultimate bride!
Bridal Gown by Audrey Ashley Couture
ROYAL FEASTING
Our forest maiden turned Princess Bride parades a banquet like no other. Colourful displays of tasty treats surrounded a cake with tiers of blue and pink. Plates of mouthwatering desserts and treats and a fruitful menu was the heart of this most awaited of celebrations. The magical cocktails and miniature chocolates really were the icing on the cake!
Malarkey Cakes, Platter London, The Cocktail Service and The Painted Peacock worked in matrimony to bring the feast to such a fantastical fruition! And all appearing amongst the stunning floral visions by Hannah of Saint Floral, Auroras wedding is one worth dreaming for!
HIDDEN BEAUTY
The magic and musical beauty of this shoot continued… Hidden in every nook and cranny of the grounds, the team captured new and exciting stories evoking Aurora’s grace. Her beautiful story and even her darkest nightmares were revealed and hidden in harmony amongst a perfect balance of thorns and branches beneath blossoms and blooms of beauty. The rustic charm of Aurora’s enchanted forest whence she grew up and discovered her darling Prince Charming appeared in more than just the flowers.
Wonderland Invites created the perfect collection of invitations, menu cards, table names and favour displays with their organic, rustic and beautifully considered designs. With a backdrop of wood and tall trees, the only match for their aesthetic was the beautiful Pom Pom Blossom. The silk textile creators worked closely with the dreamy stationers to create a showcase of design with the prettiest of silks and ribbons. They even created a unique silk banner to emphasise the uplifting and magical atmosphere of this unique collaboration!
DREAMS REALLY REALLY DO COME TRUE
Auroras wedding was captured in all the magic and enchantment by the talented Rebecca Carpenter with the full blog feature and “the making of” available with Rock My Wedding.
Take a walk through the story like it’s never been told before with this stunning film by JW Creates.