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Garden Wedding Inspiration

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P h o t o s b y A s h l e y L u d a e s c h e r

Happy Friday, everyone! I’ve shared some of Ashley Ludaescher’s work before (here and here), and today I’m sharing another one of her gorgeous shoots. There’s tons of inspiration in this bright, warm day filled with gorgeous florals by Botanic Art and coordinated by Beautiful Occasions. Really though, you have to check out all the pretty little details from the hair, to the bouquets, and the amazingly styled table. Oh, and let’s not forget to mention that that last shot is a real stunner too!

Garden Wedding Inspiration: http://bellesandbubbles.com/garden-wedding-inspiration | Photography: http://ashleyludaescher.com

From the photographer…I am thrilled to get the chance to share the work of a super talented team of vendors and felt honored to get to work with them all. We wanted to create a super chic wedding in the countryside, similar to the beautiful barn weddings we have back in California. We had so much fun organizing this shoot together and had a blast on our day of shooting. Our models, Josefin and Daniel were so sweet and just a joy to photograph. We found the perfect wedding location, Gartenglück Wegendorf, where we fell in love with the 300 year old tree in their courtyard and Hürriyet created a stunning floral garland under the tree’s canopy. Hazel was excited to debut her modeling skills alongside our adorable flower girl and ring bearer, although she was immediately fired after she tried to eat the peony collar we created for her.

Garden Wedding Inspiration: http://bellesandbubbles.com/garden-wedding-inspiration | Photography: http://ashleyludaescher.com

Garden Wedding Inspiration: http://bellesandbubbles.com/garden-wedding-inspiration | Photography: http://ashleyludaescher.com

Garden Wedding Inspiration: http://bellesandbubbles.com/garden-wedding-inspiration | Photography: http://ashleyludaescher.com

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Glamorous Summer Russian Wedding

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P h o t o s b y L e n a K o z h i n a

I hope everyone had a fabulous and relaxing weekend! I’m so excited to share with you this stunning real wedding from Lena Kozhina. This is one of those weddings where you want to pin every image - the styling, the florals, and the venue are fantastic. Plus, this bride’s hair is absolute perfection, and, there’s a wedding video at the end of the post to see all the beauty in action.

From the bride…Having seen Nemchinovka, I realized that I want to carry out this gala day only there!

This place is just fabulous; the wonderful area of the old castle and path in a shadow of trees and bushes reminded us of an old European town. The Park-Hotel offers its clients for registration and banquet the outdoor performance stage called “Colosseum” and three banquet halls, designed for different numbers of guests. The Colosseum is surrounded by the moat with goldfishes, beating fountains, which are very beautifully illuminated in the evening. In general, the real fairy tale for the Princess…

…We chose the curly green plants for decoration of the arch and same composition for pass dressing, the aroma was given by white sweet peas. The path was accentuated by candles in flasks, golden petals and confetti to create more romantic atmosphere. Also, we decided to use golden confetti instead of rose petals, with which guests sprinkled us after the registration.

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Rehoboth Beach Wedding Inspiration

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P h o t o s b y N i k k i S a n t e r r e

Happy Monday, everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing weekend. Some of my favorite wedding inspiration comes from the beach, even though I was born and raised a mountain girl. So, today I’m sharing this beach wedding inspiration editorial from the Envision workshop with photos by Nikki Santerre, who explains her workshop experience beautifully.

From the photographer…Envision was my first large-scale photography workshop. For four days, like the sponges of the sea just outside the doors of our Rehoboth Beach house, we soaked up the knowledge being so generously poured into us. No topic was left untouched: marketing, branding, blogging, submissions, clients, gifts… you name it – we discussed it.

Not only that but we shared meals together, we laughed, and we cried. We shared our hearts, our dreams, our desires, our goals for our businesses and our thirst to make them something more for not only ourselves but our clients. It was one of the most incredible experiences of my career thus far. I have never felt so encouraged and lifted up by a group of my peers as I did with these women.

During the workshop, the hostesses created a styled shoot for us to photograph. Not only that, but we had the opportunity to work one-on-one with Laura Gordon (who is probably one of my all time favorite photographers ever. Really, her film work is breathtakingly exquisite). It was a dream, especially for someone just beginning to journey into the world of film photography. These images are actually my very first film images and I’m excited to say since this workshop I have transitioned to shooting a majority of my work on film now, in large part from what I learned.

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Autumn Woods Boho Wedding Inspiration

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P h o t o s b y W a r m P h o t o

I believe that I’ve mentioned before how I’m a huge fan of the bohemian style. Well, this styled shoot raises the bar for gorgeous boho wedding trends. Shot by Janna Warm in the autumn woods, this styled shoot not only features a lovely couple, but a couple of horses too, just to make things a little more magical.

The smell of redwood giants.

The banquet for the shadows.

Horse and I, we’re dancers in the dark…

Inspired by the colors of the autumn woods, a color palette chosen by FlowerGirl of browns, beiges, golds, yellows, and burgundies were used to style this shoot along with natural textures of wood, fur, and wool. Styling by Elen White included a knitted long-sleeved dress with a warm fur vest. Victoria Spirina created a custom necklace of shells and wood while Ivcakes provided the lovely naked cake.

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Winter Garden Wedding in Florida

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P h o t o s b y B l u e S p a r k P h o t o g r a p h y

There are a lot of real weddings that speak to me one way or another - but this wedding that I’m about to share is one that I am especially honored to have grace the pages of Belles & Bubbles. Not only are the images from Diana Zapata of BlueSpark Photography absolutely stunning, and every last detail of this wedding is uber pin-worthy, but the story of the couple, Luisa and Camilo is just so real and beautiful.

Lulu and Cami got married after an international long-distance relationship (see their amazing story at the end of the post!) at Cauley Square Historic Village in Homestead Florida. Stunning florals by California Floral Design adorned this wedding with coordination by La Belle Boheme, and hair and make-up (so gorgeous, btw!) by Gloria Pelo and Luisa Franco.

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