Bluewater Wedding Fair 2016 - In the Vintage Village

Last weekend saw us exhibiting at Bluewater Wedding Fair for the first time.  We decided we best fitted within the lovely Vintage Village designed and organised by Creative Brides alongside such lovely people as Story of My Dress, Purple Flour, Livvy Hukins, ELS Creative Design, Joes Bows, Chic n' Cheerful and many other lovely people.  It was organised brilliantly by Clair and her team from Creative Brides and felt like a totally different experience...no jostling, pushing for customers or lines of faceless stalls...just one big happy family of exhibitors joined by the passion for all things creative and vintage in the wedding world.

We decided we wanted to show that vintage doesn't just mean shabby chic, so we decided to exhibit some more glamorous vintage styles alongside some very rustic and natural styles.  Our "hook" was Downton Abbey using the upper class wedding of Lady Edith for our glamorous side, linked with the spurious imagined wedding of Downton Abbey's cook Mrs Patmore to Mr Mason at the farm.  So here's what we did...

For Lady Edith's "wedding" we showed glamorous candelabra and silver urns dripping with pearls and lace alongside silver salvers of vintage tea and coffee sets filled with flowers.  Colours were muted, soft and elegant including hydrangeas, syringa, roses, orhcids, lilies and soft eucalyptus.  Lace, pearls and brooches were added as finishing touches.

For Mrs Patmore and Mr Mason, we used mixing bowls, pastry cutters, milk jugs, vintage stilton and marmalade jars along with lots of wood, implements, urns, jars and even a pig and a sheep!  Well every farm needs them.

We had fun and met so many wonderful people, many of whom we hope to see in the studio for a consultation soon.  In the meantime I hope you enjoy our slightly quirky "take" on vintage.