Your West Midlands Wedding- April/May 2020 (Issue 67)

47 LOCAL SUPPLIERS IN THIS SHOOT Venue, Ashton Lodge Country House, ashtonlodgecountryhouse.com | Photographer, Dave Perry Photography, daveperryphotography.co.uk | Dresses, Lavelle Bridal Couture, lavellebridalcouture.co.uk | Hair and make-up, hair accessories: Mode Bride Hair and Make-up, modeweddings.co.uk | Suits, Richard Paul Menswear, richardpaulmenswear.co.uk | Cake, Spin Spin Sugar Cakes, spinspinsugar.co.uk | Flowers, Green and Wild, greenandwildflower.com | Stationery, Lynda Loves, lyndaloves.com | Décor and styling, Pastiche Events, pasticheevents.co.uk | Black & white alcohol, RK Vodka, rkvodka.co.uk | Favours, Shakespeare Gin shakespearedistillery.co.uk | Models, @gemmafrotmaston @stewilkss PHOTOGRAPHY Dave is a local photographer and an easy (funny) person to work with. His style is a bit melodramatic, with full colours and a hint of darkness which worked perfectly well with the theme. SUITS You can’t go wrong with a classic tux and there was no doubt in my mind that our male model would look great. I borrowed it from Richard Paul’s menswear, a lovely show room in Stratford upon Avon that has been providing groom’s and groomsmens’ suits for more than 30 years! Mark, the owner, was super helpful and I loved working with them. DÉCOR AND STYLING Anna is incredibly enthusiastic about everything décor, based in Stratford upon Avon she sourced everything from the cutlery and crockery, to creating the bar and sweets tables, and three dining tablescapes. The table was the venue’s rustic oak table with a whitewash paint, black silk runner, crystal glassware and gold cutlery. These tables are used by this venue, but you can opt for a traditional round table too, and we adorned with show plates, stunning black and white Denby plates, old LPs for a music-themed table, and white glass plates for the last look with berries to contrast the white. STATIONERY Lynda is an incredibly talented graphic designer who joined us for the day. From the wedding invitations with black wax seal, rsvps with information cards, handwritten sliced agate stone place names, to a fantastic acrylic sign table number and large acrylic sign with a lovely note ”the most beautiful part is, I wasn’t even looking when I found you” – this lady always delivers perfection! LOCAL INSPIRATION