Victoriana Inspired Wedding Ideas from Northdown House in Kent

Vic­to­ri­ana wed­ding ideas blog — fab­u­lous flo­rals and deli­cious lit­tle details

Today’s wed­ding blog is a fan­tas­tic Vic­to­ri­ana inspired shoot from a quirky Eng­lish wed­ding venue — the kind of place with decades of his­tory and bun­dles of char­ac­ter and charm. Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Rebecca Dou­glas told me all about this fan­tas­tic col­lab­o­ra­tive shoot with a bunch of Kent wed­ding sup­pli­ers and I knew straight away I had to share it with you! I’ll hand over to Rebecca to tell you more Enjoy! Claire x

The shoot was based in North­down House in the coastal town of Mar­gate. I have always loved this venue with its quirky fea­tures (check out the floor­ing!!) and beau­ti­ful grounds. Together with some bril­liant sup­pli­ers we used the Vic­to­rian era as our theme using lots of lace, flo­rals and pas­tel colours. We had a gold­smith who designed some jew­ellery for the shoot and Crown and Glory who loaned some flo­rals for the hair. I am still awestruck by the stun­ning flo­ral crown that our florist, Emma Camp­bell put together and which Faye looked stun­ning in. I think we have cre­ated some really unique looks from the shoot.

• Pho­tog­ra­phy & coor­di­na­tion: Rebecca Dou­glas — www.rebeccadouglas.co.uk & Assis­tants & gen­eral lovely help­ing hands: Jemma Defroand, Vicky Lauder, Bex Gerken
• Hair, Make up & Nails: Jen­nifer Baker, Amy Tran­ter & Beth Hol­low: Obses­sions Salon — www.obsessionssalon.co.uk
• Venues: The The­atre Royal & North­down House, Your Leisure: Dean Mar­tin with assis­tance from Adrian: http://www.yourleisure.uk.com
• Florist: Emma Camp­bell Florist — http://www.emmacampbellflorist.co.uk
• After­noon Tea, styling & on the day co-ordination: Clair Hinge — Alice and the tea cup — http://www.aliceandtheteacup.co.uk

• Gold­smith & Jew­ellery: Ami Bla­s­tock Jew­ellery — http://www.amiblastock.co.uk
• Dresses: Jean & Robin — The Bridal Gallery — http://www.bridal-gallery.co.uk -
• Suits: Jean & Robin: Well suited — http://www.well-suited.com/#/homepage
• Posters: Katie Smith: Bub­ble & pop Design -http://www.bubbleandpopdesigns.co.uk
• Invites: Jen­nie Whit­taker Whippy Designs — http://www.whippy-designs.co.uk/
• Bridal Acces­sories: Char­lotte Ate­lier Rousseau — http://atelier-rousseau.com

• Flo­ral crowns: Sophie at Crown and Glory http://crownandglory.bigcartel.com sales@crownandgloryaccessories.co.uk
• Tiered cakes & cake pops: Laura — Fifi and Lola’s Kitchen — http://www.fifiandlolaskitchen.co.uk
• Hand­made acces­sories – The Sewing Shop Can­ter­bury — http://www.thesewingshopcanterbury.co.uk -
• Cup­cakes – Lisa — The Cup­cake Cafe — http://www.thecupcake.biz
• Dec­o­ra­tive gifts: Rebecca Cox: Art Cuts — http://artcuts.co.uk
• Bal­loons for all Occas­sions — Maria http://www.balloonsforalloccasions.biz
• Fur­ni­ture — Ron Scott — Scotts of Mar­gate http://www.scottsmargate.co.uk

• Videog­ra­phy — we have Sylvia a French Short Film maker on board doing a trailer about the shoot
• Mod­els: Katie Smith, Mandy Human, Lewis Flan­ders, Reiss Brown­ing, Ali­son Briers, Francesca Lee (Your Kent Wed­ding Feature’s Edi­tor), Faye Mow­bray, Louise Kneller, Ellie the flower girl and Kate Kneller
• Thanks to Mark Dou­glas & Paul Dean Rebecca’s hubby & Dad who were fab help­ing hands on the day!