Colour me Festive by MAGrouge

We asked four local florists to put together bouquets for a little festive colour story in our current issue of {MAG}rouge. Annie Oxborough, Claudia from Style etc, Orlando and Leaf & Honey all provided us with these pretty blooms in shades of yellow, cherry red and green. We also showcased how you can get creative with a couple of different print fabrics to bring together a bit of a story for your wedding. There are so many fun things to do with fabric, I loved how these little escort card pouches turned out. Super easy and they look so effective en masse when placed at the entrance to your wedding reception. Follow the fabric through to favour packaging, your invites and even a touch on the cake as you can see we've done here.

Photography | Sutherland Kovach, Styling and stationery | Ruby & Willow, Cake | Judit Meron, Whoopie Pies | Whoopie, Bouquets | Orlando, Style etc, Leaf & Honey, Annie Oxborough

Feijoa Bridesmaids Brunch by {MAG}rouge

The concept behind our feature shoot in the recent issue of {MAG}rouge was a bride to be taking her best girlfriends to a lovely spot for lunch and then asking them to be her bridesmaids for her big day. The invitation presented to them was designed and printed onto a teatowel for a fun keep sake. We spent the day shooting out at Lothlorien which is a Feijoa Orchard out on a very long windy dusty road heading towards Helensville... this place was my kinda heaven!! Seriously it was gorgeous, I want to beg the family who own it to let me camp out there each summer!! The kinda place dreams are made of... we didn't actually know this before we turned up on the day so we really lucked out! And they were so kind to let us make ourselves and home for the day.

The fabulous Sutherland Kovach (or half the rougies to you and me!!) captured these stunning images, and naturally all the very tasty treats were provided by Judit. AND let's not forget that donut bunting - who doesn't want to take a giant bite out of it hanging in the tree? If you'd like the recipe for this head over to Judit's facebook page. Thanks once again to Annie Oxborough for coming to the rescue at the eleventh hour to help out with flowers! The invitation I designed for it will be available on my website shortly.

The pretty 'bridesmaids' dresses were all courtesy of Ruche... aren't they all so sweet? A big thank you to our four models who put up with a chilly day in little dresses and still managed to look super cute. Our fabulous friend Sox Teng worked with us on hair & makeup. If you keep an eye out on our Facebook page over the coming week we may, just may, have one of these pretties to give away!!

To see the shoot in the magazine with full credits please visit {MAG}rouge and turn to page 52

Fuchsia in Fusion Tea Party by {MAG}rouge

We decided to celebrate our announcement of {MAG}rouge with some of our friends in the wedding industry and what better way to do so with a fun tea party. We decided to move away from the vintage style tea partys that we all know and love, and do something a little different. As Judit has lived in China for several years she's quite the expert on the 'art of tea' so we gave it a little Asian/Moroccan twist, and featured several delicious teas from those areas. As well as that we had macarons, sago pudding, lemonade scones (recipe is in the magazine!!), and the most delicious chocolate torte you've ever tasted!! Naturally the gorgeous gorgeous photos are by the girls of Sutherland Kovach, and there honestly were people there, they were just all a little camera shy - ironic since most of them were photographers!! The fuchsia stationery was designed by moi, and I made little favour bags in the same print that was used on the stationery, and filled it with exotic tea.

If you head over to the {MAG}rouge facebook page a little later on today you'll find a 'how to' on one of the fabulous recipes Judit made us below. Of course we'd love it if you'd 'like us' whilst you're there :-)

French Kiss Shoot from Vela Images

Get ready for an eye full of loveliness!!! This prettiest of shoots was captured by Greta from Vela Images with gorgeous dresses and headpieces from Natalie Chan. They were kind enough to ask both Judit and I to provide a few stationery and food props for it. Isn't it just divine? Greta shares details of the shoot below...

This was such a fun little shoot to do. We wanted to be a little more daring and different with a vintage theme. Most of the vintage weddings we work on are very beautiful and traditional, which we of course love but we thought it would be fun to try a not so traditional vintage wedding theme but to still retain beautiful and feminine vintage elements. So after watching the movie "Bright Young Things" we decided to use this as our inspiration. "Bright Young Things" is a movie about young and carefree London aristocrats and bohemians, as well as society in general, in the late 1920s through the early 1940s. It was written and directed by Stephen Fry and is so visually rich in 1920 to 1940's vintage glamour.

Rather than a long gown we opted for a knee length cocktail dress from Natalie Chan which is very feminine with lots of girly detail so our bride would still stand out from the crowd and feel special on her wedding day. Rather than a veil or traditional wedding headpiece we choose a matching pink 1940's style bow and button head piece and a fur stole. We wanted our flowers to be dramatic but still very pretty so we went for a mixture of bright and light pink shade blooms that would tie in with the dress but would also make a statement.

We really enjoyed being creative with this shoot and we hope it inspires some of your lovely brides to experiment with colour and different vintage styles. This theme would work very well for a glamorous evening cocktail wedding. You could even ask guests to dress in 1920 to 1940's style attire.

 

 

 

Photography | Greta Kenyon from Vela Images, Dress & Head piece | Dress and head piece - Natalie Chan, Cakes and macaroons | Judit Meron Artisan Cakes, Stationery | Ruby & Willow, Styling and flowers | Melissa Greenough 

Gorgeous Red Cakes

A couple of gorgeous red cakes from Judit Meron of Artisan Cakes... one done for Chinese New Year festivities and the other for a wedding inspired by the beautiful work of Tord Boontje.