Category Archives: Planning

Marry Me Ink Loves Medici Macarons

Posted on June 1, 2015 | 3 comments

Dusky Pink Ombre Wedding Tower – Tiree Dawson Photography

Good morning! Can you believe that it’s June already?! Today I get to introduce you the Lynne, the genius behind Medici Macarons who is based in Hebden Bridge.

Hi I am Lynne aka Madam Medici (although I have been told not to use this term as it sounds like I am an owner of a house of disrepute rather than being a home baker!). My business is Medici Macarons and I make French macarons primarily for weddings either as towers as an alternative to a traditional wedding cake, as edible weddings favours, or lose macarons for wedding dessert tables. I do a few celebrations and events too but weddings are my main business.

I am 53 years old and a bit of butterfly – this is my 9^th career! I established Medici Macarons after a baking obsession morphed itself in to a business. I have been trading as Medici Macarons for nearly 2 years now and I have been doing weddings exclusively since April 2014. I am based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire and I hand deliver across Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and the North West.

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Posted in Inspirational, Planning, Vendor Love

Tagged Macaron Wedding Towers, Medici Macarons, Ombre Macaron Tower, Wedding Dessert Ideas, Wedding Favours, Yorkshire Macaron

Candy Coloured Sweetness & Smoke Bombs

Posted on May 29, 2015 | 2 comments

When Lexi of Fleming Photography and Rockabetty Studios emailed me with the title “Smoke Bombs Ahoy!” I knew I was in for something amazing! Lexi teamed up with the wonderful Louise of Oh My Honey to create a cute but punked-out bridal shoot with real-life couple Seye and Lucy.

When Louise from Oh My Honey and I both emailed each other the same day asking to collaborate on a styled shoot, I knew the outcome was going to be special! Louise and I met years ago when she first launched her bridal range and I worked with her with my studio company Rockabetty Studios. I am absolutely in love with Oh My Honey dresses and jump at the chance to work with Louise any day of the week! We wanted to vamp up her pretty 50s bridal dresses and that’s where Lucy and Seye from South East London stepped in!

I love alternative, non-traditional couples who are up for a real laugh on their wedding day, so when Seye and Lucy came forward to be our real couple for the shoot, I was so excited! There is nothing easier than photographing real couples in love. You could not only see the love, but the immense fun they both have with each other. Lucy has an incredible amount of work for a number of amazing London tattoo artists and Seye himself has collected pieces from all round the World too. Lucy looked amazing in Louise’s dresses and shows that alternative brides look wicked awesome too!

Smoke bombs was one of the first things I said when we knew we were going to be together a collaboration shoot and lucky for me, everyone was on board! I had never worked with them before, but Seye and Lucy were well up for some unpredictable fun.

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Posted in Bridal Shoots, Inspirational, Planning, Vendor Love

Tagged bridal shoot, couple shoot, Fifties Wedding Dresses, Fleming Photo, oh my honey, Rockabetty Studios, Smoke Bombs, Tattooed Bride, tattooed groom, Wedding Inspiration

An Urban, Graffiti Filled Groom Shoot

Posted on May 21, 2015 | 3 comments

I couldn’t wait to share with you this urban styled groom shoot from Matt Selby Photography. I love it that I get to share tattooed grooms as well as tattooed brides! Matt decided on an impromptu photoshoot in Nottingham’s Lace Market, where nothing was planned, apart from the shoot. After meeting up with his trusty assistant Gareth, they met up with model (and recently crowned Mr Nottingham) Chris Wells.

The following images were taken to demonstrate the photographic potential for grooms (or brides for that matter) in urban areas. The areas covered in the shoot are all within a 5 minute walk from each other so one doesn’t have to venture far to find ideal photo opportunities.

I find it interesting to walk down a street with the intention on finding a suitable area for a photograph, with this mind-set one can quickly find scenes/backdrops that could otherwise be ignored. One particular building I came across had some serious photographic potential, a boarded up door, paint cracking & peeling off the walls the kind of building you don’t expect to see in Nottingham’s Lace Market – the sort of building people will pass on a daily basis and simply ignore, maybe we’re subconsciously drawn to the opposite in urban areas, as we’re so used to seeing designer shops, vibrant colours, advertisements etc which makes building like this go unnoticed. For me, finding these hidden gems can not only be satisfying when you see the final images, but can set you apart from other photographers.

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Tagged Groom Portraits, Matt Selby Photography, Nottingham Wedding Photography, tattooed groom, Urban Portraits, Urban Wedding

The Paperchase Wedding Collection

Posted on May 6, 2015 | Comments Off

I’ve been really looking forward to sharing the 2015 wedding range from Paperchase! Below are the latest ranges of invitations (Which also come with matching table numbers and place cards!) and some cute paper garlands and honeycomb pom poms to decorate your venue with! All invitations and place cards come in packs of ten and the table numbers have twelve in each pack – perfect for both large and small weddings!