Quirky Lemon Wedding Ideas — Making Our Own Sunshine

Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Kelly Weech decided to run a ‘rock the dress’ com­pe­ti­tion for a bride to wear her dress again. Today’s beau­ti­ful model Natalie was the win­ner of the com­pe­ti­tion as she suf­fered with a migraine on her wed­ding day and hon­ey­moon, has lost weight since get­ting mar­ried and wanted more from her photographs.

Quirky lemon wed­ding ideas — a styled shoot

Kelly Weech Pho­tog­ra­phy and 11 other Glouces­ter­shire sup­pli­ers col­lab­o­rated on this shoot in Ingle­side House, Cirences­ter to put a fruity twist on a vin­tage inspired ‘rock the dress’ shoot.

A deli­cious twist cre­ates a quirky lemon wed­ding theme

By Kelly Weech

To put a twist on the yel­low trend this sea­son we decide to opt for a lemon theme and incor­po­rated this into the flow­ers and table decor. This option would be great for those look­ing for an alter­na­tive approach and look­ing to save money by mak­ing decor themselves.

Yel­low and green go hand in hand and give a fresh and vibrant feel but still with a vin­tage appeal in the crock­ery, cut­lery and glass­ware used. The shoot cer­tainly achieved a sunny day look and we were very lucky with the weather.

We wanted the shoot to look not only look fresh but to fea­ture plenty of details for inspi­ra­tion. The var­i­ous shades of yel­low and green through­out tie every­thing together to give a beau­ti­ful vin­tage feel with ele­ments of the roman­tic and lush. The florist used pop­pies in all stages — in bud, just open­ing and open, as well as steel grass, ver­bena and yel­low iris to cre­ate a fresh look­ing bridal bouquet.

Ingle­side House pro­vided the per­fect venue for the photo shoot. After a year­long refur­bish­ment pro­gramme of love, Ingle­side House has been con­verted from a for­mer school to a stun­ning events, wed­dings and con­fer­ence cen­tre which has main­tained all its orig­i­nal fea­tures and charm. This Grade II listed stately home, beau­ti­ful in its sim­plic­ity, was the per­fect blank canvas.

Styling the bride to main­tain a quirky feel was very impor­tant. The bride wore her own dress and then the dresses seen in the shoot were specif­i­cally cho­sen designed to match the ambi­ence and décor.

Equally, the table decor was a great oppor­tu­nity for a num­ber of sup­pli­ers to work together and really show­case our citrus-meets-vintage yel­low and green theme. Using a vari­ety of dif­fer­ent coloured glass­ware, mis­matched vin­tage crock­ery, glass domes for the wide vari­ety of wild flow­ers, we really achieved a play with depth and height down the cen­tre of the table. With so much gor­geous­ness on the table it really made for a multi dimen­sional, Alice in Won­der­land tablescape which show­cased the theme perfectly.

Wed­ding sup­plier credits

• Pho­tog­ra­pher — Kelly Weech, www.kellyweechphotography.com
• Venue — Ingle­side House, Cirences­ter, www.inglesidecirencester.com
• Props & styling –Les­ley @ The The Vin­tage Hire, www.thevintagehire.com
• Florist — Josephine’s Fab­u­lous Flow­ers, www.josephinesfabulousflowers.co.uk
• Head acces­sories & shoes — Estrella Design, www.estrelladesigns.co.uk
• Wed­ding Dress — Alis­sia Cou­ture Bou­tique, www.alissiacouture.com
• Pho­tog­ra­phy Booth & bay trees The Glouces­ter­shire Wed­ding Com­pany, www.thegloucestershireweddingcompany.co.uk
• Lemon­ade Stand — Laven­der & Linen, www.lavenderandlinen.co.uk
• Stationery-  www.melanies.org.uk
• VW Camper -  VW’Do’Weddings, www.vwdoweddings.co.uk
• Makeup — www.samanthadavismakeup.co.uk
• Cakes — Lit­tle Dar­ling Cak­ery www.facebook.com/Littledarlingcakery