Gothic Fairytale: A Wonderfully Weird ‘Snow Queens’ Bridal Shoot

It took me a while to come up with the title of this blog post because there is so much good stuff in this shoot! Snow queen styling, blue hair, antlers, animal skulls…all the kind of things I’m utterly LOVING right now. It’s certainly not for everyone, but this kind of weird and wonderful styling totally does it for me. I know Roo‘s going to die when she sees this too…

“The shoot was arranged as Louise of Oh My Honey has just launched her first bridal collection,” stylist Alex told me. “We wanted to do something creative to show off the gowns and also to have a bit of fun.”

“Our inspiration came from gothic fairytales, woodland nymphs and The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe. We wanted the table to look as though you’d stepped out of the Narnia wardrobe for a magical woodland wedding breakfast. Wooden boards and pots, wild flowers teamed with fresh loaves and jars of chestnuts on a bare dining table provided the rustic edge. For that magical feel, bottles and branches were sprayed with ‘gilver’ (a mix of gold and silver glitter). Snowflake Christmas decorations were used to tie the cutlery and the favours were chunks of Stollen cake in glittery berry bags.”

“The cake was a simple shop bought sponge cake that was roughly covered with white icing, topped with blueberries and a heavy sprinkling of icing sugar. A silver heart tilted to one side and a lace dress collar finished the decoration. The gilver frosted branches made another appearance as an alternative wedding bouquet.”

“The floral design was a mix of wild grasses and berry shade flowers with fake silver ferns bound with ribbon. We used an eclectic mix of silver lanterns, wood blocks, white net pom-poms, animal skin throws and deer skulls in Louise’s garden backdrop, shooting at crazy o’clock to capture the morning winter frost. And smoke bombs added to the other-worldly feel.”

Yep, I’m dying. Oh how I love it so. I’d like to live in this photo shoot please. I also think I need an antler headband in my life…

Thanks to Laura Babb, Alex of The Bijou Bride, Louise of Oh My Honey and the whole team behind this shoot for sharing it today.

Supporting Cast:

Photography Credit: Laura Babb & Pete Wilbourne
Styling: The Bijou Bride
Dresses: Oh My Honey
Star Tiara: Rene Walrus
Other Headpieces: Jo Barnes Vintage
Jewellery & Antler Headbands: Sweet Delirium
Stationery: Golden Apple Designs
Hair: Sharon Roberts Wonderful Hair
Make Up: Ana Ospina Make Up