Edgy & Modern Woodland Winter Photoshoot at The Pumping House

Posted on March 29, 2021 | Comments Off on Edgy & Modern Woodland Winter Photoshoot at The Pumping House

Today on Marry Me Ink, this is the first post of 2021 as I’ve been busy working within the NHS throughout the Pandemic, I get to share with you this gorgeous styled shoot from Chris, Birmingham Wedding Photographer – Artisan X Wedding Photography and Amulet Wedding & Events that took place last year at The Pumping House, Ollerton.

Set in the distinctive Pumping House, a local landmark in the heart of Sherwood Forest, this edgy and modern winter photoshoot perfectly blends the striking industrial spaces with the soft and romantic forest surroundings. The venue spaces provided an ideal backdrop to juxtapose the dramatic and moody style of the model. We wanted to create
contrasting scenes to showcase each suppliers work whilst highlighting a variety of unconventional & alternative looks.

Dove and Lace specialise in design of luxury and unique wedding and event stationery –
“The Pumping House has an edgy and industrial vibe which I wanted to capture and portray through the stationery and also to tie in with the alternative, moody and romantic theme of our shoot. From the smaller and finer details on the table, to the main invitation flat lay, the focus was to be edgy, but elegant, distinctive but commercial, still appealing to a wide audience of couples.

For the shoot, I provided the mauve pink vellum menus, hand calligraphy place names with hand dyed silk ribbons. Plus, for the flat lay, an invitation, RSVP, extra details card and vellum wrap, finished with a luxury pink velvet ribbon. Each element has the black and blush theme running throughout to highlight the moody but romantic vibes.”

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A Viking Manor Wedding on Friday 13th – Emily & Jamie

Posted on October 19, 2020 | 1 comment

Today on Marry Me Ink, I have the amazing Viking wedding of Emily & Jamie from Sky Photography who were married earlier this year (Before the Pandemic hit) at the beautiful Dodford Manor, complete with their pup in tow.

Emily & Jamie are teenage sweethearts, meeting when they just 13 and 14. Two of Emily’s friend also fancied Jamie at the time, but he chose Emily because, in his words, she had the “Best Ass”.

“There was essence of Viking hidden everywhere, we cut our wedding cake with an axe, had a shield as decoration, a chocolate skull on top of our cake. We also had Viking horns on our table, statement chairs & everyone’s wedding favours had “Skol” on, which everyone said all day instead of cheers. I also love that our first dance song was a Bullet for my Valentine song and we went full nostalgia youth on that shit.

I made pretty much everything, for me the most fun to do was the save the dates, invitations, name cards, table setting, I use to be a designer so creating bits in illustrator is one of my favourite things to do. I also loved making the wedding favours, centre pieces and decorations in front of the table plan.”

“Our favourite parts of the day included when none of the guests knew that Jamie’s middle name is Leslie, so when doing the vows, the registrar clocked that he was saying his middle name really quietly so she shouted it, and in the end, it was just me and the registrar shouting Leslie whenever we could.
The guests were clapping and cheering 5 minutes into our ceremony and it really just set the scene for the whole day.

We also spontaneously had a Viking horn chugging session at dinner, I love the fact that the mums got involved – It probably wasn’t the best choice at the very beginning of a pandemic.. It was called the corona-horn the next day.”

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A Summer BBQ Wedding In Chester – Jenna & Tom

Posted on August 10, 2020 | 1 comment

Jenna and Tom were married last summer at the gorgeous Oddfellows in Chester (which only took them 4 months of planning!) where their day consisted of a laid back summer BBQ with donuts on the terrace.

Their favourite part of the day was having their photos taken by Helen Jane Smiddy Photography – “We did these before the ceremony in Chester city centre. We knew Helen our photographer had figured out some really cool locations to shoot and she did not disappoint. She took us to the graffiti’d car park across from our venue that had Mutley from wacky races on the wall to match the one on my sleeve.”

“When it came to the finer details of the wedding, me and Tom always referred back to whether our decisions would make everyone feel laid back, ourselves included. We wanted our friends and family to grab themselves a beer from the buckets, get a burger and a donut, sit where they wanted to and listen to the sax in the sun on the terrace. I think creating a laid back atmosphere made it easy for friends and family who didn’t know each other to strike up a conversation, over a donut or a bowl of popcorn.”

“When shopping for wedding dresses, I wanted the dress to be simple and non-traditional enough to compliment my tattoos and make them stand out. Flamingo Boulevard Bridal Studio made this so easy – I could have happily worn all the dresses I tried on in her boutique.”

“Our top tip would be to only follow tradition when you want to – It was important to me that my Dad walked me down the aisle, but one of our favourite parts of the day was also myself and Tom poorly attempting to iron the wedding dress the morning of the wedding – It’s okay to pick and choose the bits of tradition that you like!”

Thank you to Jenna and Tom for sharing their laid-back wedding day with Marry Me Ink – You can see a full list of their suppliers at the bottom of the post. Would you opt for a terrace BBQ over a traditional wedding breakfast?

Photography – Helen Jane Smiddy Photography
Wedding Venue – Oddfellows, Chester
Jenna’s Dress – Flamingo Boulevard Bridal Studio
Tom’s Suit – Noose & Monkey
Bridesmaid Dresses – Maya
Flowers – Flowers by Jenny Penny, Frodsham
Make Up – Katie May MUA
Wedding Cake – Ben Read Cakes
Donut Wall – Events By Myla

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A DIY Beer Garden Wedding – Charlotte & Tom

Posted on May 25, 2020 | 1 comment

Today on Marry Me Ink, I get to share with you Charlotte & Tom’s Nottingham wedding from Nathan Walker Photography. Charlotte and her Mum created lots of the decor for the day including their bouquets and wedding favours – Charlotte even got her dress from a charity shop and had it altered to fit.

“It doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg! If you are willing to make things yourself and spend the time it’s really worth it. I also found that it made it so much more personal and meant so much more when you saw your handy work displayed.”

We both are quite alternative and didn’t want anything traditional so we just followed our own path with a lot of things – Tattoos were on display and having our reception under a marquee where we had spent many a summer night out in their beer garden just felt right. Oh, and we also had quotes from the Peep Show as centre pieces – me and Tom love that show!

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