The Provence Shoot

Posted on May 24, 2013 by admin

This shoot was all about the cakes. Lau from French Made had organised us all together on one of the coldest days in living memory. How we got Titus to raise a smile in those conditions, I will never know!. Not that you would notice, I am personally thrilled with Naomi Kenton’s amazing images.

How gorgeous did these two look together?

There was lots of delicious cake …

the most stunning flowers …

and lots of other gorgeous things inbetween!

One of my favourite photographs of all time …

The best bit, we were featured on Style Me Pretty’s Little Black Book, head on over HERE.

I could talk about everyone in great detail, they were all amazing. I hope I see you at the barn again soon. Maybe this time we should meet up in Summer?

Photographer: Naomi Kenton Photography
Cakes & dessert table: French Made
Furniture & props: Vintage Style Hire
Florist: Wonderosa
Styling: Ginger Weddings
Dresses: Wilden Bride
Veil: Kelly Spence
MUA: Sabrina Lily
Stationery: Sigh! Bespoke Designs
Accessories: Bijou Bijoux
Button bouquet: Beaubuttons
Venue: Hammer Hill Barn, Vintage Style Hire
Models: Real couple Niina & Titus

Hayford & Rhodes Website Launch

Posted on April 24, 2013 by admin

I first met Hayford & Rhodes on the Oxfam Weddings shoot. They remembered me from this photograph.

Eliza Claire Photography

It was actually the floral screen they remembered, not me! Story of my life!

Before I knew it, I was meeting with Events Manager Fi in Shoreditch chatting about their plans for their website launch. If you haven’t seen their gorgeous new site, you must do so right away!

Hayford & Rhodes

The Hayfords – William Hayford founded the company in 1924 and built an enviable reputation as one of London’s finest florists. The reigns were handed to the Rhodes sisters in 2007 and ‘Hayford and Rhodes’ was born.

The Rhodes – Amy, Joanna and Laura Rhodes, three sisters who made a pact in 2004 to change their careers and pursue their mutual love of floristry.

The event was going to be held at 195 Piccadilly. He lives there!

At our meeting, we discussed five areas. The display for floral gifts, reception area, something for the Powderpuff Girls, a display for Rosalind Miller ‘s stunning cakes and a Sweet Table. It doesn’t take much to get my mind into overdrive and once I’d seen the floral moodboard with bright oranges and yellows, I decided to paint one of my dressing tables Orange and the other a Minty Green for the Powderpuff Girls to complement their pink outfits!

My photographs aren’t the best - taken on my phone. I’m looking forward to seeing some of the professional ones. I met the very dashing photographer Darren Gerrish that night, along with Jenny & Theresa from 195 Piccadilly (BAFTA), Everton from The Wallace Collection, Branka from The Royal Exchange and Georgia and Virginie from the National Portrait Gallery. I also finally met Rona from Flowerona and we both chatted to Charley from London Bride.

I’m sure you can imagine just how spectacular the other arrangements were.

And here are those dressing tables!

Apologies for the blur on the last one, I may have consumed a few of those pretty drinks!

The other suppliers that helped with the launch were amazing, Drinks Fusion of course and it was great meeting Kelly from Fisher Productions. She made me feel very welcome and introduced me to lots of people. I think she arranged for us all to have a reunion!!

I would also like to thank Pollen Crew who were so helpful and looked after everything for me at the end of the night.

I hope to see everyone again soon.

Jenny Rose Flowers

Posted on June 5, 2012 by admin

I received an email from Jenny Stone, owner of ‘Jenny Rose Flowers’ asking if I might be able to help her. She was finding it hard to locate vintage props and items for the photo shoot she was organising and wondered if I might be able to help. As she didn’t need lots of large furniture I didn’t see why not, so we discussed items for the shoot and I sent them on their way to Devon via courier.

Jenny Rose Flowers is based in Ashburton, South Devon. “We use seasonal flowers and local foliage to create natural bespoke designs for weddings and special events”.

They also have a small cutting garden where they focus on growing fragrant herbs such as mint, sage, lavender and rosemary, unusual foliage such as Artemisia, Senecio, and Euphorbia as well as a small selection of cut flowers such as Alliums, Phlox, Sweet Peas and Astrantia. When combined with beautiful blooms from the flower markets, these can give their wedding bouquets a really unique and cottage garden feel.

It is great to be able to help clients furtherafield. If you need smaller items for your wedding or photo shoot then I would be very happy to help.

Jenny’s website is coming soon www.jennyroseflowers.co.uk, but in the meantime, of you live in this gorgeous part of Devon, do give her a call on 01364 654479 or 07739 476927.

Shoot Credits:
Photographer Lucy Shergold
Venue Shilstone House
Dresses The Ivory Secret
Make Up Nicola Pettitt
Model Sarah Beaufoy

Violets & Velvet

Posted on January 31, 2012 by admin

Setting up my own business has been lots of fun and one of the main reasons it’s been so enjoyable is all the lovely people I have met along the way. One of those inspiring people is Sam from Violets & Velvet. Our paths had crossed in my previous world of employment, but we met again much later and along with Hayley from Hayley Ruth Photography and Emma from A Bespoke Design, organised the first photo shoot for Vintage Style Hire. I have always been so grateful they were all so kind and helped me on my way.

Over the past year, Sam has worked with me on quite a few of jobs, including an amazing styling job for Pitcher & Piano which saw us heading up north to Nottingham in a huge van I couldn’t drive!

We are already working together on a couple of weddings this year, including one for a gorgeous French/German bride who has some fabulous ideas, including little outdoor rooms in the garden with lots of boudoir chairs and tables and displays of flowers inside cabinets. I won’t give too much away, but I’m so excited about styling this wedding which will be captured by the amazing Lisa Devlin.

Sam exhibited twice last weekend, on Saturday at English Heritage Venue Eltham Palace where I do believe two of my new Victorian Side Tables made an appearance along with ‘Marjorie’ , a very sweet chair named after her 104 year old owner (deceased!).