Back in February I was involved in a photo shoot with a team of amazing wedding suppliers brought together by Carmen Weddings to showcase the 'lacey' highlights of Nottingham! Nottingham is historically known as the centre of the world lace industry and the Lace Market itself is an area full of stunning architecture and tradition. Sadly, very little lace is produced here now and it has been regenerated offering lots of trendy apartments and offices.

However, we were so excited to work with dress designer Kula Tsurdiu who continues to produce hand made bespoke dresses from her studio in the heart of the lace market using locally sourced lace, keeping the tradition alive! Images were captured by Emma White and Lee Garland who did a fantastic job! We were all thrilled to be featured on Love My Dress Blog You can see their post here...

http://www.lovemydress.net/blog/2012/04/love-and-lace-kula-tsurdiu-at-the-lace-market-in-nottingham.html

I tried to incorporate lace into all my style elements which included a bespoke lace and silk bouquet with brooch detail and a table of lace air balloons!! Let me know what you think! Here are some of my favourite images from the day...

Hope you've enjoyed our celebration of all things lace!

Meet the amazing team...

Planning & Design : Carmen Weddings
Photography : Lee Garland & Emma White Photography
Bridal Gowns & Accessories : Kula Tsurdiu
Florist, Design & Styling : Michele Gledhill
Cakes : Yummy Little Cakes
Hair : Louise Ingman
Makeup : Carly Flint
Menswear : Moss
Shoes : Rachel Simpson
Bespoke silk & lace bouquet & props : Michele Gledhill
Venue : Mercure Nottingham Hotel, Tamsin Jackson, Hotel Manager
Macaroons : Cameo Cupcakes
Stationary : Pocket Typewriter
Models : Alice & Matt of Model Students
Cardigan & Socks : Topshop

Last month I got a call from Lydia at Save the Date Magazine asking me if I'd like to be part of a team putting together a gorgeous outdoor woodland shoot with a bohemian edge to it. Of course I said 'Sure' and my brain began whirling with crazy ideas as usual!! So, all was going well and I had created a lovely, romantic lace canopy for our 'summery' shoot...that was until the morning of the shoot!!! I woke up at 7 and opened my curtains to see a blanket of snow...yes...remember that day in the Easter break when it snowed and rained and we had gale force winds for most of the day???? This began a series of frantic texts to Lydia...'Help!!! What are we going to do????!' But, after the panic wore off we decided as a team to be very British about it and 'Keep calm and carry on!'

I had the most amazing photographer to work with...Mandy from Dottie Photography did an incredible job and with her friend Photoshop made the sun shine for us!!! I don't know how the pair of us didn't collapse with hypothermia...we were out there for over 4 hours, our fingers had lost all feeling and we were trying to remember why we do these things!! But as you can see, it was definitely worth it...the pictures are amazing and we survived!! So it's all good!

The shoot took place at Kelham House, just outside Newark on Trent which is a beautiful venue! At least our model was able to keep warm! Hair by Charlotte Wesson and makeup by Rochelle was stunning!