25th May 2010

Inspirations – Spring colour scheme, flowers and favours

Our previous blog was about Victoria and Ben’s wedding in Hertfordshire. The details and colours that made up their wedding were so beautiful that we thought they deserved to be showcased in a separate piece.

They chose to use colours of silver and white with a dash of aubergine. This was worked beautifully throughout: in the flowers, decorations and accessories, with the aubergine colour appearing in subtle ways. The top table had aubergine chiffon around their chairs whilst the rest of the chairs in the marquee had silver chiffon. Little bridesmaids complimented their ivory dresses with the same aubergine chiffon tied as a waistband. Even the cake had a slight colouring of aubergine on the fondant petals.

Andrew Fleming was the florist and he produced beautiful bouquets and amazing table centre pieces, as well as decorating the church with his wonderful displays. Again aubergine effectively featured throughout. Tall, silver candelabras were stunning when lit, giving the marquee such a warm glow.

Other lovely touches were the white grand piano, being played throughout the meal; the white dancefloor with sparkly lights; and decorative trees which surrounded the dancefloor with blue fairy lights.

Finally, we have to comment on the favours, as they were so very clever. Each guest had been bought a lottery ticket! Let’s hope someone went home richer that night.

Bouquet and confetti

Bouquet and confetti

Flowers in the entrance to the Church

Flowers in the entrance to the Church

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Chair covers and lottery card favours

Chair covers and lottery card favours

Marquee showing silver and white colour scheme

Marquee showing silver and white colour scheme

Centre piece and cake detail

Centre piece and cake detail

Glowing candles and sparkly trees

Glowing candles and sparkley trees

17th May 2010

Victoria & Ben Brocklesby, Micklefield Hall, Hertfordshire

Victoria and Ben were married on May 1st at Christ Church, Chorleywood. Their reception was held at one of our favourite venues, Micklefield Hall in Hertfordshire. The bride looked stunning in dress made for her by her Godmother and the colour scheme for the day was predominantly silver and white with a dash of aubergine, simple but very stylish. The weather had been predicted rain but it held out until just after everyone was inside the marquee – perfect timing!

The wedding was kept on schedule by the toastmaster, Vanessa King, and the moving images of the day were filmed by the lovely Damo at Reel60. If you want to see more of the images from the day, please take a look at our Flickr page.

Victoria getting ready

Victoria getting ready

Outside Christ Church, Chorleywood

Outside Christ Church, Chorleywood

Victoria & Ben at Micklefields Hall

Victoria & Ben at Micklefield Hall

Guests in the gardens at Micklefield Hall

Guests in the gardens at Micklefield Hall

The group shot

The group shot

Beautiful table flowers and the cake

Beautiful table flowers and the cake

Father of the bride and Ben giving their speeches

Father of the bride and Ben giving their speeches

Granny on the dancefloor!

Granny on the dancefloor!

28th October 2009

Featured in ‘You and Your Wedding’ magazine

The latest edition of ‘You and Your Wedding’ (Nov/Dec 09) magazine is featuring a wedding shot by Pearl Pictures earlier this summer. This was quite an unusual wedding, taking place in the gardens of a beautiful country house estate in Hertfordshire. To read more about this wedding scroll down this blog as it was are very first post!

The couple exchanged rings in an outdoor blessing

The couple exchanged rings in an outdoor blessing

Vibrant yellow complemented the browns and greens of the unique countryside wedding.

Vibrant yellow complemented the browns and greens of the unique countryside wedding.

The speeches were held in the gardens before dinner

The speeches were held in the gardens before dinner

Guests made their way to the tipis for dinner and dancing

Guests made their way to the tipis for dinner and dancing

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15th October 2009

Lucy gets married!

Our very own Director at Pearl Pictures, Lucy, got married to Matthew Barbour on 5th September this year with an English country garden wedding in Wiltshire. “We wanted a wedding that was truly personal, so chose to have a marquee in the garden where I grew up” says Lucy. “The idea was to start with a very english, country feel at the church and move the day through to a chic and contemporary styled marquee to reflect our life in London, where we have lived for the last 10 years.”. With guests transported to the quaint country church by a red London routemaster bus, Lucy and Matthew opted for a horse and carriage. Once back at “The Chestnuts” the champagne flowed and guests mingled in the garden to music by the “Stickey Bass Jazz Trio”. Once in the marquee the guests sat at tables named after trees in the garden and dined on cannon of lamb with summer vegetables, followed by lemon and passionfruit tart. At 9.30pm, one of the Ushers, Nick, played with his band “The Black Hats”  and the guests danced the night away until carriages at 1am. Photography by Graham Morgan & Jemma Watts.

Guests arrived at the church in a red London routemaster bus

Guests arrived at the church in a red London routemaster bus

The two bridesmaids wore taupe chiffon dresses by Dessy

The two bridesmaids wore taupe chiffon dresses by Dessy

The bouquet was made up with ivory, champagne and pale pink roses

The bouquet was made up with ivory, champagne and pale pink roses

Lucy's lace gown was from Caroline Castigliano, while Matthew's suit was hired from R.Scott & Co in Cirencester, Glos.

Lucy's lace gown was from Caroline Castigliano, while Matthew's suit was hired from R.Scott & Co in Cirencester, Glos.

Fresh rose petals were thrown as confetti

Fresh rose petals were thrown as confetti

The reception was held in the garden of Lucy's parents home

The reception was held in the garden of Lucy's parents home

Inside the marquee

Inside the marquee

The happy couple cut their wobbly cake!

The happy couple cut their wobbly cake!

1st October 2009

Don’t forget the details

When photographing a wedding, it is important to capture all the small details of the day. It is the details that complete the overall vision of the day’s event and can make such a difference. When Pearl Pictures photograph a wedding we always make sure we have gone around and photographed everything from important aspects such as the bouquet, table decorations, and wedding cake to smaller details such as the embroidery on the wedding dress, champagne bottles, the ladies’ hats and garden decorations. Once we even photographed the loo roll as it was printed with a wedding themed cartoon!

Details

10th September 2009

Wedding at the Haymarket Hotel, London

Richard and Cassa were married in Notting Hill and held their reception at the beautiful Haymarket Hotel in London. The party was more like a stylish New York cocktail party that a wedding reception! It was a very glamorous affair, where fancy cocktails were poured and food was served as bite-sized portions in the sumptuously decorated rooms at the hotel. The wedding cake was a tower of cupcakes. Cassa runs a dance company so once the music started everyone was on the dancefloor, dancing their hearts out.

Richard & Cassa Bolton

Richard & Cassa Bolton

Cassa has confetti bubbles!

Cassa has confetti bubbles!

Wedding guest with the confetti bubble machine!

Wedding guest with the confetti bubble machine!

A red London routemaster bus transported guests from church to reception

A red London routemaster bus transported guests from church to reception

The bride and groom arrive at the reception at The Haymarket Hotel, London

The bride and groom arrive at the reception at The Haymarket Hotel, London

The bride laughing with her guests

The bride laughing with her guests

The wedding cake was a tower of cupcakes

The wedding cake was a tower of cupcakes

10th August 2009

Wedding at St Paul’s Walden, Hertfordshire

Pearl Pictures very proudly shot their first wedding in July, in the fantastic setting of the unique gardens of St Paul’s Walden in Hertfordshire. Escaping the rain, the gardens took a key role in this “Midsummer Night’s Dream” style wedding. The guests took part in a procession throughout the day which took them from ceremony to readings, speeches and music ending up at the teepee tents for a feast and dancing.

A country style bouquet

A country style bouquet

Poles decorated with country flowers mark the entrance to the outdoor ceremony

Poles decorated with country flowers mark the entrance to the outdoor ceremony

The newlyweds in the gardens

The newlyweds in the gardens

A shower of confetti!

A shower of confetti!