Well hello and 'Happy Valentines' my loves! :) In the spirit of today, I thought I'd kick off Tuesday with a gorgeous little 'love shoot', and this is a little extra special this one, because the lovely bride to be you see below you there, Chelsea, is a Love My Dress competition winner - and these photographs are her prize win! ;) Back in July last year, stylist Tiffany Grant Riley and Photographer Lisa Jane teamed up to offer Love My Dress readers the opportunity of winning a styled love shoot. Together, we invited readers to submit their own inspiration/mood board that depicted the style of shoot they'd like to win and lovely Chelsea was our winner with her brilliant tongue-in-cheek 'carry on camping' style mood board.
These cute photographs are the result of the shoot, which I've been dieing to see! They arrived in my inbox last week when I was in London and I was rather chuffed to say the least. I just love seeing Chelsea look like she's having so much fun with her Beau - the couple are due to wed soon and you can feel that love looking at these images, don't you think? ;)
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The shoot was styled on the day by Tiffany and her brilliant assistant Harriet. And look what they did! How cute is this? Chelsea told me what inspired her 'carry on' mood board...
"I was so excited to meet up with Tiffany and Lisa for our photoshoot last month; they had set up the cutest camping set up in the forest in gorgeous morning light. Our Carry on Camping theme was inspired by my obsession with all things Carry on.
It's something that has stemmed from many a childhood weekend spent watching a carry on film with my dad and its a tradition i have (kind of unsuccessfully) tried to pass on with Chris. I have managed to bring him around on one thing though, when we move out of our apartment i get to have a pug called Sid!"
Tiffany also shared with me a little about how this shoot was styled. Talking of which, hello! ... have you seen those gorgeous knitted bunting triangles? I think someone, Ms Grant-Riley, has been polishing up their knitting skills, hmm?
"Chelsea's mood board design was fabulous, really colourful, fun and thanks to the Carry On Theme, very tongue-in-cheek (which we loved!).It was a shame we didn't get round to shooting in the summer months as we'd loved to have played around with some more 'cheeky' shots, but that said, we were treated with the most glorious sunshine despite the winter chill. It also gave our lovely couple the excuse to snuggle up closer under the blankets, and the hot chocolate and marshmallows went down well!"
Mmmmm, marshmallow anyone?
Just so unbelievably cute :)
Well done Chelsea on winning the Love Shoot competition, I'm so thrilled for you and also hope the experience was a brilliant and fun one for you. I'm guessing it kind of was judging by the photographs :) And huge huge thanks to both Tiffany Grant Riley and Lisa Jane for making this possible - you guys are amazing, and I'm so grateful for your kindness and generosity and for treating one of my readers to something lovely - mwah! ;)
For further information about the services offered by Tiffany, which include this new 'pay as you go' wedding planning/styling service for those who can't afford or maybe dont' wish to commit to a full wedding planning/styling service, visit the Grant Riley Weddings website. Tiffany is also contactable via her blog, email, Twitter and Facebook. Please also take a moment to check out the site of photographer Lisa Jane, because her photographer is really rather fabulous...
I only feature a few love shoots - they need to be kind of special to be gracing the pages of Love My Dress, but you can see more love shoots here. I'd love to know what my readers think of the concept of a styled 'love shoot'. Would you do it yourself? And if so, what type of style would you go for? Chic? Romantic? Relaxed? 50's Vintage, or maybe a little 60's? Dress up? Fun? Rock n Roll?
Sweet valentines day love to you all my gorgeous lot - have a beautiful morning,
Annabel
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P.S. If you do one more thing today, make sure you visit Love My Dress this afternoon. It's major giveaway time. Major. I'm not even kidding you.
