Grainne and Niall featured on US blog GigMasters Wedding Blog

 

Grainne and Niall's wedding at Fallon's Kilcullen featured on US blog Gigmasters The Wedding Blog today!

etsy ireland photoshoot featured in the new spring issue of Confetti magazine!

On a very unseasonably warm early April day last year, I did my first styled shoot with the help of Etsy Ireland sellers, Pearl & Godiva, Rosa-O Makeup, Best Day Productions, and Burtown House where the beautiful gardens and house can be hired. The original blog post here with an utterly charming video by the very talented Rodolphe of Best Day Productions. I was really delighted that Irish wedding magazine Confetti wanted to feature it for their Spring issue. I hope some of the very talented Etsy artists who contributed to this shoot will get more people coming to their virtual shops by the exposure in Confetti. Thanks again to all! 

maire-therese and ken's elegant black-tie christmas wedding at finnstown house

When Maire-Therese first inquired about photographing her wedding, I was so excited because I remembered her being the beautiful bridesmaid at her cousin Keara's wedding I photographed a while ago. As she began to tell me more about the wedding, I was even more excited! Her and Ken's wedding would be unique because there wouldn't be a bouquet, there would be a First Look (where the bride and groom see each other before the wedding...PERFECT for winter weddings), they were walking down the aisle together at the church, and the look would be black tie and vintage. I love this girl! And I loved their wedding! So unique and they did it the way they wanted, which is what every couple in Ireland should do. Hope you enjoy this vintage wedding at the eccentric Finnstown House near Dublin (home to two friendly peacocks!) as much as I did. And congratulations to Maire-Therese and Ken!

Venue: Finnstown House, Lucan, County Dublin
Church: St. Peter's Church, Two-Mile-House County Kildare
Music at Church, Harp, Flute, Voice: Celtic Shadows
Dress: Veronica Lake inspired gown by Sharon Bowen from De Stafford Bridal, Dublin
Vintage Accessories from the 1950s; brooch, earrings, gloves, and clutch bag: Dirty Fabulous, Dublin
Headpiece: Vintage Necklace converted by Caroline at Dirty Fabulous, Dublin
Make-up: Ailbhe Lynch, Dublin
Hair: Margaret O'Connor, Naas
Nails: Sinead & Eimer Smullen, Rapunzel Hair & Beauty, Two-Mile-House, Naas
Ken's Tux: Aston Formalwear, Dublin

jen & mark's nostalgic vintage christmas wedding at middleton park house county westmeath ireland

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!

Make-up: Amanda Boland www.amandaboland.com

Music at Church: Celtic Rose www.celticrose.ie

Flowers at Gainstown Church and at Middleton Park House: Richard Haslam www.richardhaslam.com

Mark's suit: Calvin Klein

Mark's tailor: John Francis, Athlone www.johnfrancis.ie

Jen's Dress Alterations: Ingrid Adomavice  http://www.diamondneedlestudio.ie/

Wedding Dress: Stephanie Allin (UK designer) at Ellie Sanderson Bridal Boutique, Oxford http://www.elliesanderson.co.uk

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

Bridesmaid Emer's necklace and earrings: Looking for Pandora, Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/lookingforpandora

sneak peek of a christmas wedding recently at middleton park house

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 :)

ursula and jonathan's finnstown house wedding on german blog hochzeitswahn

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!

lacey and chris's guinness engagement shoot featured on fly away bride

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.