It’s not everyday that you get a first look involving a unicorn mask, but for Stuart and Angelica that was one of their must-haves – and quite rightly so. Their July wedding, described as “casual unicorns” with a dash of Scottishness, was organised in three months, and mostly long distance across the Atlantic too. Despite that, it also features a secret Alice in Wonderland twist and some pretty incredible gothic architecture too.
“Our day was set in the beautiful architecture of Glasgow City Chambers Building, smack in the middle of Glasgow”, said Angelica. “it had a very unique feel to it from the start. We sat all the family down in the Kelvin Room of the ceremony building whilst I arrived with my bridesmaids and went into a private room for our first look. We’re both very happy we did the first look before walking down the aisle, as we’re pretty sure one of us would have fainted!”
And you might faint when you see the photos – Stuart and Angelica both wore masks for their first look, and giant rubber unicorn and horse masks at that. Stuart explains: “When we met in Australia we both had these stupid masks on, so we incorporated them into the first look, and this inspired the unicorn association.” Underneath that unicorn mask, Angelica has some pretty rad hair herself – with gorgeous lilacs and blue-y tones it reminds us of the Northern lights, and this smoky purple colour palette continued into her outfit. Alongside a bunch of lavender, Angelica wore a blue stoned ring borrowed from her cousin, and her grey-toned wedding dress was a lace-topped David’s Bridal design, upcycled using her sister’s prom dress and a belt and bow made from tartan scraps (leftover from Stuart’s kilt).
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Karina and Kellard met at a Halloween party in 2005 and were married in the summer of 2012. Five years later, on their wedding anniversary, they decided to renew their vows in Las Vegas.
The ceremony (unfortunately not photographed) took place in Sloan, NV, situated 18 miles southwest of Las Vegas. “This was our 5 year anniversary vow renewal”, said the bride. “Our inspiration was Vegas, the desert and doing something Intimate and sexy.”
“On our wedding day my husband promised me that he would love me until the end of his days, So I asked that he and I share new vows every five years. I love to be dramatic, fun and unique! He plays along because he loves seeing me happy and I can’t thank him enough.”
Karina designed her own dress and had it made by First Impression Sewing and Alterations. “My dress was one of the most unique things about our renewal. I designed it myself.”
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Not every bride wants to wear white on her wedding day. If you’re one of them, then get rid of any distractions because I’ve got a BUMPER inspiration post for you today. Seriously, you’re going to love this!
Click the links below each image to view the full wedding and all it’s glorious details.
Happy browsing!
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Source: Eccentric garden party
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Source: Bright red wedding in Chicago
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Cecilia and Stuart’s Glasgow wedding was pure vintage glamour – with a big dollop of pin up rockabilly cool thrown in for good measure! The couple were married at St Patricks church and their reception was held at Sloans, Gasgow’s oldest bar and restaurant.
“We tried to keep the wedding cheap, cheerful and small”, wrote the beautiful bride. “We only had 40 guests during the day. We spent the most money on the bands, car and our photographer. I had seen Sassy’s work on a few wedding blogs and I knew it had to be her to photograph our wedding. She was so friendly and accommodating in communication – we knew immediately that we had made the right choice and that was only confirmed when we met her and Millie the night before at the rehearsal.”
“We chose to have the ceremony at a local church, as it is where I grew up. My grampa, who I was very close to, passed away a year ago this month; he attended that church for many decades. He and my gran were also married there in 1951. It was our little way of including him in the day.”
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Photography: Irving Penn for Vogue
January has been kicking my butt. I’m not going to lie, I’ve actually shocked myself with how much I’ve got going on this month. No sooner had we ticked over to the first day of the year and I was relaunching my website (thanks for all your feedback by the way – and to any of you who might have be experiences problems viewing the full site – read this) announcing new dates for The Blogcademy, getting featured (and writing for!) Cosmopolitan … oh and planning a whirlwind trip to Paris with my BFFs (more on this soon!)
And then I realised, “Oh crap Gala & Shauna fly in NEXT WEEK for the London Blogcademy’s. HOW THE HELL AM I GOING TO GET EVERYTHING DONE BEFORE THEN?!”
I’m not complaining of course. I’m so incredibly lucky to have so much going on, and I hate seeing “woe is me I’m so busy!” posts as much as the next person, but I’d be lying if I said I felt the next few weeks were going to be easy. But I’ll get it all done… I know I will.
So just a little heads up: for time that Gala & Shauna are here, I’ll be mostly offline and will be taking a brief hiatus from Thursday Treats & Business Bites. Don’t despair though, there will still be daily wedding content being published as well as Green Room goodness in abundance! Thursday Treats will be back on 7th February and Business Bites on 8th. Gosh, and then it’s almost Valentine’s Day!!
2013, slow down already!
Oh and before I forget – my first piece for Cosmopolitan was published this week. You can read my 2013 wedding trends predictions here. Thank you again Cosmo!
Weddings & Weddingy Things
♥ Pool party wedding
♥ Laure de Sagazan’s wedding dresses are perfect
♥ Nine things to do when you get engaged
♥ DIY winter wedding wreath (this version is also utterly gorge)
♥ Totally over the top (in a good way) wonderland-inspired wedding at Battersea power station
♥ Grey Likes Weddings’ favourite bouquets of 2012 are so so beautiful and this ombre one almost made me weep (check out the matching centrepiece too!)…
Photography: Josh Elliott Photography Floral Design: Briana Maxson Floral Design
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“Arty & creative” replied Chris & Angela when I asked them to describe their wedding theme. “Lots of people on the day used words like ‘informal’ and ‘relaxed’ as well which was nice as it was what we kind of wanted. We were glad they picked up on it.”
The June wedding was held at Underley Grange Cottage in the Lake District. The couple homemade as much as possible, including all the reception decor. “Where do I begin with explaining the DIY?” laughed Angela. “Pretty much everything in the reception room was homemade. One of our favourite things was decorating parasols in the style of modern artists and hanging them from the ceiling. We made our own invitations – including hand making the actual paper! It turned out to be quite a saga; that and folding a hundred paper cranes for the RSVPs was quite a lot of work! On the plus side, as a milliner, the wedding was a great excuse to make lots of fun hats and fascinators for everyone.”
“I loved the parasols”, took over Chris. “The string chandeliers also looked great, but they consumed our kitchen and garage for about two months! I loved getting help from friends and family at each stage. Everyone saw little bits in the run up, but so many people said that on the day they couldn’t believe how it all fit together.”
“I don’t know that we ever thought we were doing our wedding ‘differently’,” the groom continued. “We just wanted to do it… ‘us’. We always knew we wanted more control over our wedding than the standard ‘here you go, Mr. Hotel…’ so we found a venue that could accommodate us doing our own catering and decorations. Once we saw Underley Grange, we just fell in love with the place and all the ideas seemed to flow naturally from there. The modern art idea was just so fun! We needed something to bring it all together and it just seemed right. Exploring all the artists to come up with the various designs was awesome!”
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MAC’s newest collection, ‘Quite Cute’ (launches in April) is quite simply perfect for me. Credit cards at the ready girls!
It’s been a pretty exciting week for me this week. I was sat on the London Underground yesterday evening with photographer Penny McKinley-Rodgers (who had come to meet me to take some behind the scenes shots of my preparations for my catwalk debut at The Luella’s Boudoir Wedding Fair on Monday.) I turned to her and said…”Wow, my life is weird huh? How do I get myself into this situations?”
You see I’d just spent the day having my pink head crimped and coiffed at a hair trial, trying on some pretty darn stunning wedding dresses and meeting lovely people who’d made me lovely things to wear down the catwalk. I’ll be posting the pictures to show you how my day went on Saturday so I hope you’ll pop back then to see them.
Talking of The Luella’s Boudoir Wedding Fair, I’d also like to thank everyone who entered the contest to win 5 VIP tickets to the Luella’s Boudoir Wedding Fair. I’m delighted to announce that the Rock n Roll Bride reader who’ll be there to see all the madness unfold is…
Exciting. Becki, I’m looking forward to meeting you…I’ll be on the look out for those pom poms! For those of you that didn’t win but would still like to come (I’ll be there on Monday 21st from 4-9pm), tickets are still available for just £12 (or £18 for 2) book yours now by emailing info@luellasboudoir.co.uk or calling 020 8879 7744.
Alrighty then, let’s get on with these yummy treats shall we?
♥ From Portland to Peonies’ beautiful wedding
♥ Coco De Coeur To Raise Money For Japan
♥ Anthropologie Gift Card Design – wow. just wow. Forget the gift, I’d be happy with just the card!
♥ Want To Move To New York City? An International Playgirl Tells You How!
♥ Adorable & Fun Bridal Shower Party Ideas – by my girl Jen at Green Wedding Shoes
♥ Model Muse: Charlotte Free – How gorgeous? New pink hair inspo!
♥ Relaxed Southern Vintage Wedding
♥ Wedding Attire Inspired by Coloured Tights – loving this trend
♥ Chelsea + Rajiv (Photography Credit: Sloan Photographers) – and yes that is a wall of post-its!
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Credit: stOOpidgErL via f-yeah cute food. There’s no other reason for this photos than it makes me happieeeee! In fact it reminds me of the food in the food fight in Hook! YUM.
So it turns out that a Rock n Roll ring was just what you Rock n Roll Brides were in need of! With over 120 entries a random selection was really the only way to pick the winner and keep it fair. I’m delighted to announce that the winner is…
Congratulations Lou Liddy! I’ll be emailing you soon as to get your shipping info! If you weren’t lucky enough to win this fab ring but you’d still like to purchase some Memento Mori Jewellery, drop Simon an email to mementomori_jewellery@hotmail.com for a catalogue or call him on 07834 155289.
So…In need of more treats?
Photography Credit: Valerya by Amber Gray for Brides December 2010 {via Fashion Gone Rogue}
2011 has started off GOOD! There are lots of exciting business developments on the horizon for the Rock n Roll Bride wedding blog and I’ve spent much of this week feasting on all this internet prettiness. Love. It.
I also wanted to let you know that for the second year running Rock n Roll Bride was included in the prestigious industry list, Bride Tide’s Top 100 blogs. I am chuffed to bits to be included again!
OK, enough bragging – on with the show…
♥ Summer Days Shoot
♥ Gorgeous Garden Party Wedding
♥ Nicole Richie’s wedding. Gorgeous.
♥ A perfectly styled winter engagement – how much do I love her dress, tights and shoe combo?!
♥ 80 edits of the same photo
♥ Make the ultimate DIY photo calender
♥ Over the top Hello Kitty theme
♥ Tattoo Artist & Mixed Martial Artist :: Karly & Steve Engagement Photos
♥ Beautiful film noir style fashion shoot
♥ Kelsey+Jake’s wedding day sesh.
♥ Kelsey + Jake‘s incredible wedding (yes a different couple) leaves me speechless. Wow.
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Photography Credit: {via Fashion Gone Rogue} Julia, Sasha & Zivile by Zhang Jingna in 1000 Roses
♥ Working Girl – “…in more than a third of households woman are now the primary breadwinner” (turn to page 22)
♥ Make it Happen
♥ A Modern Cali Christmas Party – a succulent Christmas tree. I want!
♥ Regular Rock n Roll Bride reader Ashley’s engagement session was featured on SoYourEnGAYged.
♥ A Tartan Wedding shoot
♥ Vintage Texan Wedding – there is something very Audrey about this bride
♥ Fun Gift Ideas for the Photographer and other photo people
♥ Design Sponge post some fabulous business advice. Check out these incredibly helpful videos on Getting your Blog Ready for Going Pro (Content and Efficiency) and Diving into Advertising
♥ Valentine pins
♥ Door knob bouquet!
♥An Open Letter to PR Agencies Targeting Wedding Bloggers – wish I’d written this! (I did write a similar post a while back however, about how to get your wedding featured on a blog)
♥ Caleb and Karli’s Indie Washington Wedding
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For most brides-to-be the dress is the number one most important thing they’ll choose for their weddings. In fact in the mind’s of many girls it’s the most important dress they’ll ever wear so getting it just right is key. This month, our resident intern Alice talks about her hunt for the perfect punk rock princess wedding dress…and one that wouldn’t break the bank! (and I’m pretty chuffed that I was able to help her out with that one)
Enjoy, and as always, show some love in your comments…
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I’ll be perfectly honest with you; a wedding dress was never high on my to-do list when it came to planning my own wedding. In fact, until I went to the Designer Wedding Show I had never even seen a wedding dress in the flesh before! Through watching their Designer catwalk show I was able to see examples of all the things that were previously foreign to me, and began to develop my own ‘bridal taste’. I knew from one look that the Delphine Manivet short dresses were right up my street, and that the Lisa Redman dresses were perfectly whimsical and modern at the same time. I was like a kid in a candy shop!
I fell in love with the gorgeous short dresses from the Lisa Redman range
Delphine Manivet ‘s dresses are the perfect mix of quirky and classic but with a hefty price tag!
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Photography Credit: Yumna via Gala Darling – see the full incredible session here
This week’s treats is very real wedding-heavy. I like that though, there are so many gorgeous wedding to inspire you. I hope you enjoy your afternoon Thursday Treats break. Pass the biscuits would ya?
♥ Let’s go back in time
♥ Sweet California Wedding
♥ Lela Rose 2011 collections – stunning!
♥ Utterly gorgeous San Fran Wedding
♥ Candise and Paul’s Wedding – floral detail heavy & gorgeous
♥ Rachelle and Patrick Married – pink sparkle and awesome shoes!
♥ Don + Jessi’s autumn wedding – wow her outfit!
♥ Camilla & Hank
♥ Brittanie + Zach’s Music Inspired Wedding
♥ Merryl + Neil’s Green Wedding – awesome Wai Ching Dress
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A few weeks ago myself and the lovely Rock n Roll Bride intern, Alice, headed to The Designer Wedding show. I asked her if she’d like to write the report for me as I felt that her opinion on the show (as a bride-to-be) would be much more interesting for you..especially those of you who might be a little afraid of the whole ‘bridal show experience.
I’m not going to lie, the big shows can be hella scary – but this smaller and more intimate wedding show is actually very pleasant- there are no scary brides running around with clipboards (give me strength!) or manic and desperate suppliers trying to shove leaflets in your face. Think champagne reception, clean white stalls and super friendly and creative wedding suppliers.
Alice wrote about some of her favourites. Photos by us both (although we were a bit rubbish and didn’t take nearly enough…we were having too much fun to work!)
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So when Mrs Rock n Roll Bride asked me if I was going to the Designer Wedding Show, I was forced to face my biggest wedding fear; the bridal show. To make matters even more complicated this was no ordinary bridal show-this was the designer version. Sloany girls with their pushy mums immediately jumped into my head, along with the worry of disapproving looks from snobby vendors as a scruffy tattooed bride to be stopped by to have a look. Needless to say, I was doubtful that I would fit in, and that in turn there would be nothing there to tempt to (or within my price range!) However I bit the bullet and told Kat I’d be there. I bought my ticket online, and booked the day off work. The countdown was on until D-day; Designer Wedding madness day!
The day started smoothly with the complimentary shuttle bus picking me up from Sloane Street station. I was pleasantly surprised by the other brides on the bus..aside from the odd exception decked out in their Joules finery, most of them seemed, well, normal. A very pleasant surprise! The show was being held in Battersea Park, and so a quick journey across the river and we were there. The first thing that hit me was the pleasant sound of an opera-singing pianist performing, well, I’m not quite sure what exactly what it was, but suffice to say it was along the lines of a jazzed-up Kaiser chiefs style number! Ha, it was a brilliant start to the day!
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Oh holy beautiful imagery! Kristen & Steven are flippin’ gorgeous and Kristen’s Mum made her dress! Can you believe that? I just totally love this location too. Is the grass actually greener in America? They really do look like their floating around this field.
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Credit: via weheartit
This week has been a pretty mad one as ever. I’m manically planning and organising some new projects which I can’t wait to finally get going on. I’m working with some really amazing UK suppliers at the moment and the results are going to be fantastic! Just watch this space…
So, let’s see what I’ve been loving this week shall we?
♥ Underwater love
♥ Dreamy woodland portraits
♥ Caribbean Art with a Bohemian Flair
♥ Old Town Engagement
♥ A Colourful & Quirky Anniversary Shoot
♥ Gorgeous boudoir-esque vintage fashion shoot
♥ Sequin bow shoes!
♥ Graffiti heavy engagement session
♥ INCREDIBLE long wide-mesh veil
♥ A Wild grey wedding dress
♥ Urban Murals as Backdrops
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Credit: via Loveshot
It’s everyone’s favourite time of the week again – Thursday Treats BABY! As you read this I will again be sat in that tattooist’s chair being all brave and getting my sleeve (hopefully) finished. I can’t wait to get there and I can’t wait to share it with you even more! It’s going to be epic. If you fancy a sneaky peek the check out this photo I snapped on my phone and tweeted the other day – yes that is a roll of film!
See you on the other side my friends…in the meantime, enjoy munching through this week’s tasty selection
♥ Thanks to the lovely Hi Fi Weddings for including me in their ‘Meet the Inspiration’ feature this week
♥ Also big thanks to Rachel Simpson of Rachel Simpson shoes for the lovely interview
♥ AND to Maker-Online for the interview as well – boy I don’t half get around do I?!
♥ Dear Mainstream Wedding World: I’m Checking Out. Why? Why? Why? Britt I love you and your originality. Screw the haters!
♥ Budgets are all relative and relatively irrelevant.
♥ Chickens & the coolest casual bouquet I’ve seen
♥ Cutest couple ever?!
♥ Another stunning and fun boudoir session by French photographer Anissa Rahali
♥ Grownup ring pops!
♥ SERIOUSLY awesome but kinda gross ‘horror’ stationary – don’t look if you are of a nervous disposition, but omg I would love it if someone had this as their wedding stationary!
♥ Totally stunning ‘Pink Flower Room Spray’ art installation
♥ This charming (and kick ass) diy/tattoo heavy wedding is AMAZING!
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I know you will love these so they really don’t need much introduction. When I saw a sneak peek on photographer Matt’s Twitter I was straight on it to secure the exclusive to share these with you. Angela & Jonard’s shoot took place at Griffith Park in LA and Angela had the most amazing little dresses made from an Arizona clothing designer Monique Martinez of OUMA Clothing.
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Credit: Decor 8
Check ’em out – my favourite links from all the corners of blog land over the past 7 days…
♥ I have to say, I’ve certainly been getting around this week – not only was I featured in the Daily Express, but new photography website, The Photography Parlour, interviewed me for their brand spanking new ‘Marketing Monday’ feature.
♥ Irregular Choice have done it again – this time with ‘Rock n Roll’ shoes! (thanks Chantal)
♥ Are you a tattooed bride? Want a tee-shirt telling the world that?
♥ A Bride’s Despair – What do you do if white or ivory doesn’t suit you?
♥ Gorgeous indie bride and her fab Southern wedding
♥ Sea & the City
♥ Vintage records and great rock flair for this stunner of an engagement session
♥ Vintage dress specialists Lindsay Fleming Couture have a few spaces left for their super duper popular ‘Roadshow’ which will be travelling around the UK this spring. To book one of the last spaces give David a call on 07966 243587 or drop them an email to bridal@lindsayfleming.com strictly first come first served!
♥ I am dying with the swoon over Liesel & Sterling’s portraits
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Credit: The Rockstar Diaries
With Christmas literally hours away (eeek) you’d be forgiven for thinking I’d be winding down for the year and blog land would slowly have become a lonely little place. Naaahh my darlings! I have found a bumper number of awesomeness to share with you, to round off your pre-Crimbo week with a BANG. This may actually be the biggest Thursday Treat ever. I’ll be talking a few days off for Christmas but will be back early next week as usual. The posts may come a bit for sparsely but I will certainly be here. I hope you enjoy perusing these little gems and I’ll see you on the other side. Happiieee Chrrrismas…
♥ I might have to start this Thursday Treats with a bit of a brag. Over the last 7 days I have had not one, not two but three aaamazing write ups on blogs I love, admire and regularly lust over. Go check out Underneath the Petticoat, Clarabow’s Blog and (squeeeel) Gala Darling’s iCiNG blog. I friggin’ love blog land!
♥ Jane Taylor Millinery creates bespoke vintage style head wear in South West London. Her head wear has been features in Cosmopolitan Bride, You & Your Wedding, Harpers Bazaar, Tatler, Glamour, Asiana Magazine, Vogue and many many more! Check out these beautiful pieces and you’ll see why….
♥ My Mummy & Daddy have bought me a Fuji Instax mini 7 for Christmas. This is what I’m going to do with all the shots I take.
♥ Speaking of the Instax – the photos make great props for engagement shoots!
♥ Classic and elegant with a nice bit of quirk
♥ PS I love you. Adorable wall decor
♥ Love Hey Lola is rocking my Christmas spirit right now. I am so in love with this ‘Edie’ necklace. I want! All tangled and twisted with vintage tones and accents…would be a perfect present.
♥ Flashdance Xmas mix. Hello awesome
♥ Walking in a winter wonderland – wonderful UK wedding in the SNOW!
♥ Lolcats rules my world! Heheheeee….happieeee criiizzmaaas
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