We were so excited to see a photoshoot we designed and styled featured on Style Me Pretty Friday! This shoot was a result of our Collaborate & Create workshop with Carla Ten Eyck at The Ocean House in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Head over to Style Me Pretty to see all the prettiness and stay tuned to our blog this Wednesday for a full feature!

Happy Halloween! xox

Credit Reel

Photography: Carla Ten Eyck
Model Styling + Fashion: The White Dress by the Shore
Flowers: Datura – A Modern Garden
Event Design + Planning: Jubilee Events
Hair + Make-up: Dana Bartone & Company
Ceremony + Reception Location: The Ocean House
Invitations: Coral Pheasant Stationery + Design
Bride’s Shoes: Badgley Mischka
Dress: Modern Trousseau
Rentals: Rentals Unlimited of Newport
Cake: Toria Dolce Fine Desserts
Groom’s Suit: J.Crew
Bow Tie: Southern Proper

Our modern, clean and sophisticated shoot for Southern New England Weddings was so much fun to design. We don’t have anything like it in our portfolio and I had been dying to collaborate on something like this for a while. We were largely inspired by a clean color palette, unique and interesting textures (like metal and acrylic) and a gorgeous Givenchy/Riccardo Tisci dress in my search for inspiration for the story board. Belle Mer was the perfect place to shoot this editorial with it’s simplistic decor, white backdrops and as Carla mentioned in the behind-the-scenes video, amazing light!

As our shoot design progressed it sort of morphed into this obsession with taxidermy and a statement decor piece that we wanted to create. Between myself, Nichole of Coral Pheasant and the incredible Tony of Datura: A Modern Garden, we conceptualized this deer head escort card wall nearly 7 1/2 feet tall and completely covered in over 700 varieties of white and ivory roses (from the most wonderful rose grower, Passion Growers). Radic, right? To date, it is my absolute favorite thing we’ve EVER done at a photoshoot– and it almost didn’t happen! Believe it or not, white resin deer heads are hard to come by. After a fighting match with the folks at zgallerie who couldn’t express ship me my deer head in time (!) we scowered decor stores, online retailers, salvage stores… everything from this side of the Mississippi to procure a white resin deer head. We came up with nothing! Total failure. It was quite tragic… until… Tony came across a discarded taxidermy deer head form the day before our shoot with no ears or antlers. Score! And in true Datura: A Modern Garden fashion that deer head not only had the prettiest Styrofoam ears but also curly willow antlers and was painted a magnificent shade of white!

Some more incredible details from the shoot include the paper suite designed by Coral Pheasant, which included laser cut metal engraved invitations mounted to a python booklet. Whhaaat? Nichole also created laser engraved and hand painted gold / clear acrylic menu cards and escort cards, which was inspired by a decadent acrylic/ghost end table with exposed metal brackets found in elle decor. These are a MUST for us to reproduce at one of our events and is truly an incredible statement piece!

One thing I can’t get over is the insane centerpiece Tony and his team created using curly willow and hanging white curcumin suspended above one of our rentable vases. We used a luxurious linen from Wildflower Linens in a shimmering gold paillettes with gold “saturn” chargers at each place setting from Rentals Unlimited. Each place setting had a neatly folded white silk shantung napkin with an acrylic menu card with handmade paper garlands from Kristina Marie.

Beth Chapman of The White Dress by the shore was our talented fashion stylist and pulled together all the fashion and accessories for our model. She created three separate, modern looks using gowns from UK designer David Fielden, Amsale, and Coren Moore! And now the gorgeous images from the insanely creative Carla Ten Eyck… (be sure to read her blog post too!).

Thanks to such an incredible team for their love, laughs and creativity. We had so much fun on this warm July afternoon and can’t wait to do it again! Don’t forget to pick up your copy of Southern New England Weddings: Destinations to see all this goodness in print. Until next time… xo!

Credit Reel

Cinematography: Jim Altieri’s Vintage Cinema
Photography: Carla Ten Eyck Photography
Styling & Fashion: Beth Chapman, The White Dress by the Shore
Event Planning & Design: Candice Coppola, Jubilee Events
Floral Design + Decor: Tony Palmieri, Datura, A Modern Garden
Beauty: Dana Bartone & Co.
Cakes: Hope Wright-Martell, A Little Imagination Cakes
Invitations/Paper: Nichole Michel, Coral Pheasant
Rentals: Rentals Unlimited, Newport
Linens: Wildflower Linen
Paper Garlands: Kristina Marie

We were excited, along with our industry favs, to be asked to produce an editorial photoshoot for Southern New England Weddings‘ newest destination edition. Shot inside Belle Mer in Newport, Rhode Island, we designed a modern, sexy, city style wedding in shades of white, ivory and gold. It was a true creative collaboration between ourselves, Beth Chapman of The White Dress by the shore, Tony Palmieri and Cat of Datura: A Modern Garden, Dana Bartone & Company, A Little Imagination Cakes, Coral Pheasant Design + Stationery and the talented photographer Carla Ten Eyck.

Be sure to pick up your copy of this issue available in bookstores, supermarkets, and drug stores through out New England. Tomorrow we share with you some never before seen images from the shoot. Later today we are going to share the behind the scenes video shot and produced by Jim Altieri of Vintage Cinema. Stay tuned!

Yippie! The gorgeous wedding of Cameron and Josh is featured on 100 Layer Cake today. Thanks for the beautiful feature, lovelies! We’ll be sharing their gorgeous wedding with you next week. Stay tuned…. xo

Photography: Charlotte Jenks Lewis / Planning & Rentals: Jubilee Events / Location: The Wadsworth Mansion / Catering: Gourmet Galley / Floral Design: BLUSH Floral Design / Paper & Invitations: Mr. Boddington’s Studio / Calligraphy: Tara Jones / Tent & Lighting: Sperry Tents / Officiant: Mary Coburn / Musicians: Millenium Music / DJ: Rob Alberti / Bride’s dress: Amsale (from the Blue Label Line) / Bride’s shoes: J.Crew / Groom’s suit: J.Crew / Junior bridesmaids dresses: David’s Bridal

We are so fortunate to have been asked again to produce an editorial shoot for The Connecticut Bride Magazine. Inspired by the city of Hartford, we shot in several iconic locations: The Old State House, Gershon Fox Room, Society Room, City Hall, Mark Twain House, and Elizabeth Park. Beth Chapman of The White Dress by the shore styled six amazing looks featuring the world renowned and Connecticut based designer, Modern Trousseau. Tony from Datura: A Modern Garden created gorgeous bouquets inspired by each look, and Dana Bartone & Co. styled all the fabulous hair and makeup. We can’t wait to show you all the amazing images captured by Carla Ten Eyck. Be sure to pick up a copy of The Connecticut Bride on newsstands next week. But before you do– check out a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this shoot through the lens of the talented Jim Altieri of Vintage Cinema.

CT Bride Magazine Shoot from Jim Altieri on Vimeo.

{ all photography above by the talented carla ten eyck photography }

You may have spotted this incredible new magazine on news stands through out New England and New York– and we are so thrilled and honored to be featured on the cover! Bliss Celebrations Guide is a new type of publication, focusing on all different kinds of soirees– from showers, birthday parties, launch parties, bar/bat mitzvahs, weddings– they cover it all! We have two special features in the magazine, first being Sally and Oliver’s incredible wedding last September at The Waveny House in New Canaan, Connecticut. Our second feature which is part of the cover of this issue was the first editorial shoot we collaborated on. Thanks to Bliss Celebrations for being so support of our work– and all the vendors that collaborated with us all on these amazing features!

Sally & Oliver: BLUSH floral design, Carla Ten Eyck Photography, Gourmet Galley Catering, Dana Bartone & Co, Sweet Cakes of Fairfield, Party Rental Ltd.

Marie Antoinette Photoshoot: The White Dress by the shore, Carla Ten Eyck Photography, BLUSH Floral Design, Dana Bartone & Co, Flower upon Flour, Luxe Event Rentals, Party Rental Ltd.

Be sure to pick up your copy, now through December! xxoo

We’re excited to have Anna & Matt’s September wedding at The Barns in Middletown, Connecticut featured on Style Me Pretty yesterday! Skip over to the blog to see the feature of their wedding, with a large blog post here in the works. Big thanks to our friends at Raw Photo Design for the stunning images.  xoxox!!

{ photography by carla ten eyck on the cover of connecticut bride }

I’m so excited to share with you two major features in the newest issue of Connecticut Bride! Our amazing June wedding of Danielle and John, which was a true collaboration of the entire Jubilee team, made the cover of their Spring / Summer 2011 issue. This is the FIRST time Connecticut Bride has ever put a real bride on the cover! A testimate to the beautiful spirits and love shared between Danielle and John, and the beautiful photography from our dear friend, Carla Ten Eyck. Danielle’s gorgeous beauty was by Jennie Fresa, with fashion styling by The White Dress by the Shore. And that gorgeous, GORGEOUS bouquet? Elisabeth from BLUSH! You can see a recap of her wedding in our galleries, or, pick up the magazine to read their story!

Equally as exciting is the fashion spread Connecticut Bride asked our team to do for their magazine. We had been DYING to do a midsummer night’s dream styled shoot and thought this would be the perfect outlet. It was a bit challenging in the late fall to pull off, but so easy on the beautiful property at Lord Thompson Manor. We designed a shoot in rich colors of pink, green and purple and brought the mid summer by way of gorgeous flowers, garlands, and details. You’ll have to buy the magazine to see the images, but in the meantime, here are some fun behind-the-scenes! For the 4-page fashion shoot in Connecticut Bride our team was comprised of the best of the best! These behind-the-scenes shots are courtesy of Carla, Jazzy and Alison!

{ the beginning stages of our tablescape that we co-designed with datura: a modern garden }

{ the beginning stages of an amazing shot we envisioned — with tony of datura: a modern garden and beth chapman of the white dress by the shore getting our model situated! }

{ our beautiful beauty guru and makeup artist dana bartone puts some finishing touches on sara }
{ the beautiful mandi laughing at something alongside her fiancee (!) dan and model / prankster max }
{our team looks on and I clearly feel the need to ruin the picture! }
{ tony puts some finishing touches on this bouquet }
{ a match made in heaven, courtesy of jazzy! }
{ our special assistant for the day, grammy pammy, was always close by to fix our models! }
{ mrs. carla ten eyck doing her thing alongside assistant alison! }

{ we always bring inspiration.. here beth and i look over some things in our binder }
{ shootin’ in a bush! }
{ this is where we go… lemmie see, lemmie!!! }

{ here the team at the white dress by the shore moves all our models to the next shot }
{ the joys of shooting styled paper! }

We are really so proud of the hard work and team effort put into this gorgeous shoot! A huge thank you to Lord Thompson Manor for their generosity and beautiful property.

Credit Reel

Location: Lord Thompson Manor

Photography: Carla Ten Eyck

Shoot Styling & Design: Jubilee Events

Fashion, Accessories and Model Styling: The White Dress by the Shore

Floral Design & Decor: Datura: A Modern Garden

Hair & Makeup: Dana Bartone & Company

Vintage Furniture: Unique Vintage (see Jubilee Events for details)

Tableware: Party Rental Ltd

Paper Story: Posh Paperie

Calligraphy: Neither Snow

I had the opportunity to co-design a tablescape with my colleages Tony and Cat of Datura: A Modern Garden this summer at the Ocean House for Grace Ormonde. We were sent an image of a beautiful water colored Elie Saab gown to use as inspiration– and this is what we came up with! We used a gorgeous mirrored dinning table with chargers made from floral in shades of blue, pink and green. Victoria Ghost Chairs were accentuated with white petal chair backs with rhinestone broaches. Posh Paperie created gorgeous triple mounted menu cards with a beautiful floral water color motif. Tony and Cat created this gorgeous orchid chandelier that we suspended above the table.

Pick up your latest Weddings Style New England Magazine to see the special shot they chose for inclusion in the magazine.

{ photography by matthew j. wagner photography }

Credit Reel:

Tablescape Styling: Jubilee Events
Floral Design: Datura: A Modern Garden
Linens: Resource One
Mirrored Table & Ghost Chairs: Luxe Event Rentals
Paper: Posh Paperie
Place Settings: Party Rental Ltd
Location: The Ocean House, Watch Hill, Rhode Island
Photography: Matthew J. Wagner Photography