Oh guys, are you in for a treat today. I am sew in love with this styled shoot. Sarah, of Sarah Hearts Design Studio, and little ol’ me teamed up to completely conceptualize and style a wedding inspirational shoot.
We wanted to create a spring-inspired session filled to the brim with DIY elements that were fresh, romantic, and feminine. It was really fun, and we got maybe just a little bit obsessive (okay, maybe just me) about all the possible things we could have thrown in. Brides, I now understand how hard it is to stick with one theme and not over-do it with interesting ideas.
We had a lovely newlywed couple, Jamie and Matt, model for us. They couldn’t possibly have been a more perfect fit for our DIY springtime theme – Jamie runs her own blog called Work Your Closet , where she inspires readers to revamp their wardrobes in new and stylish ways as opposed to buying new outfits. Jamie brought that stylish bravado to our shoot and we rocked her dress out with two different cardigans, a gorgeous necklace, awesome accessories (her blingin’ ring), and too-cute shoes. Not to mention, her and Matt are basically the most gorgeous couple ever.
We even had help from the lovely Alex, of Mud by Alex, who did Jamie’s makeup for us. I have to say that Alex did the most amazing job. I told her I wanted “fresh, romantic, and springtime” for Jamie’s make up and Alex rocked it out of the park. Jamie looked like a total doll and fit perfectly with the style of mine and Sarah’s vision.
So let’s get onto the photos : ))))
So, first things first, miss Sarah is the craftiest lady and she painted all the chalkboards that you’ll see throughout the session. I had the idea to put patterns in frames for the shoot, as an alternative way to add color and carry out the theme without being too overstated. Sarah and I actually both had the same frame (the white ones pictured above) so it worked perfectly for us.
These are store bought flowers in Pier 1 imports cups (that were on sale for ONE DOLLAR or less). This is completely DIY and Sarah just took apart a few store bought bouquets and made them work.
Can we talk about how totally gorgeous Jamie is?! I mean, truly it’s almost unfair to the rest of us girls.
The tablecloth is a vintage hand-me-down of Sarah’s grandmothers. It totally fit the vintage/springtime theme of our tablescape. We added fabric flowers on some of the chairs as opposed to traditional ribbon. Because our tablecloth had a busy floral pattern, we didn’t need much else on our table to make it feel complete. We added flowers and a sugared fruit tower, along with plates, napkins, menus, and name plates. Voila!
I’ve seen sugared fruits used a few times before in wedding set ups, and I knew we had to use them in ours. Something about sugared fruit centerpieces adds a whimsical element to the whole setting. Swoon! and totally DIY.
We thought it would be great to add side tables and lamps to guide the guests to the reception site. We used spools of thread, balls of yarn, books, and cupcakes to tie our theme together.
Sarah had the brilliant idea of making DIY cupcake wrappers. You can get the step-by-step instructions for this on her blog.
Do I have any avid literary nerds out there?! I brought Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, and Gertrude and Claudius by John Updike (my favorite favorite favorite author, ps.)
Now can we please talk about this gorgeous couple some more?!
Don’t you just adore Jamie’s style? Check out her blog for more style tips.
Sarah made this adorable DIY banner, which quickly became the pseudo title of our little shoot, Sew in Love. : )
Le fin! And thank you to Sarah for helping me get this all together, and to Jamie and Matt for graciously offering up their time to model, and to Alex for doing an awesome job on make up! You guys all rocked it. : )
