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Jen and Mark love Christmas and I absolutely loved being the photographer of their sweet vintage-inspired wedding last weekend at Middleton Park House in County Westmeath. They are the sweetest and most gorgeous couple ever! Jen was like a little doll in her tea-length dress by Stephanie Allin (it was originally full-length but was completely transformed by local seamstress Ingrid Adomavice). Her hair was pulled up in handmade snowflake clips and a bird-cage veil made by talented local milliner Bernice Rafferty of Fashion and Feathers of Moate, Westmeath. She also made Jen's sister's Emer's green hair-clips. This is a very talented DIY family as Jen's sister Emer helped her make the fabulous rose bouquets with brooches. Mark and Jen made the Norman Rockwell invitations themselves, and they also decorated the tables at the reception. They made the cutest Christmas tree ornament favors out of clay and stamps for their guests! I think there are some very talented people in Westmeath! Their cake-topper was from Jenifer's grandparent's wedding back in 1949! Enjoy this lovely Christmas wedding and Happy Holidays to you all!
Bridesmaid's hair-pieces, and Jen's veil, hair-pieces, and necklace was made by Bernice Rafferty of Fashion and Feathers boutique, Moate, County Westmeath
Shoes: Heaton's with brooches sewn on by Jen's mother
I'm working on a beautiful vintage-inspired Christmas wedding from Middleton Park House in West Meath this past weekend. The cutest couple ever! A little sneak peek :)
Very excited that Ursula and Jonathan's Finnstown House wedding was on German blog Hochzeitswahn last week! Ursula is from Austria so it was nice for her family to see the wedding featured in their native language. And it was fun for me because my mother's family were all of German ancestry going back 150 years in America. Thanks again Hochzeitswahn for the gorgeous feature!
For all of you destination wedding fans, there is a new blog dedicated to getting married abroad: Fly Away Bride. Lacey and Chris are an American couple who got married in Ireland and they decided to have an engagement shoot at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin. Their story was featured on Fly Away Bride last week.
The 1st of January 2011 saw the introduction of the registration of civil partnerships of same sex couples in Ireland. We decided to celebrate this as part of a recent artistic collaboration between stylist and vintage decor specialist Pearl & Godiva and many talented Irish business people listed below. Here is a sneak peek of the civil partnership part of the Irish countryside shoot which I blogged last week. More photos to come soon!
Here's a little sneak peek of a photoshoot I recently worked on a couple of weeks ago in the countryside of County Cork outside the headquarters of Pearl & Godiva. Lots of fabulous people collaborated on this shoot chockfull of inspiration for an alternative wedding. Alice Halliday designed the lace cloak below for Florence and the Machine! Be on the lookout for the second sneak peek of the shoot involving a beautiful civil partnership.
Ireland has tons of beautiful venues to get married in and one of those is Barberstown Castle in Straffan, County Kildare. Emily and Ian recently had their civil ceremony at the castle and entertained guests from here and abroad with a fantastic weekend. Emily got ready at her parent's house in Glenageary, County Dublin. There was such a beautiful warm feel to the bridal preparations in a home filled with family and friends. And I really loved the paintings by Sarah, Emily's mom. So sweet! Emily designed her vintage-style lace gown with DePaor Designs of County Wicklow. She also designed the birdcage veil and the bridesmaid and flower girl dresses there. Fab! And this is the first time I've seen a bride wear a 4 euro pair of Penney's ballet flats. Tall elegant brides like Emily show that this is not impossible.
Ian waited patiently for his bride and I love the look of love he gives Emily when seeing her for the first time. Barberstown Castle is a lovely setting for a civil ceremony and reception. Thank you to all, especially Emily and Ian. Congratulations on your new life together!
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Bride's, Bridesmaid's, Flower Girl's Dresses and Birdcage Veil: DePaor Designs, Co Wicklow
Over the past year, largely due to social networking like Twitter and Facebook, I've made some fab friends within the wedding industry here in Ireland. That's how I met Elisha Clarke, a fantastic photographer and artist (that's her with the little Angry Birds paintings she made to decorate the house she shares with her boyfriend Neil). Elisha also 2nd shot with me on a wedding this past August (here), and hopefully I'll get to tag along with her soon.
After my computer started acting strangely a couple months ago, I ask Elisha and Neil to help me find a new one and save my old one which finally died. In exchange for their awesome help, I shot some portraits for them. Thanks guys for all your help and hope you like your pictures!
