Sweet as a Peach Complimentary Color Shoot Featured in Print!

Last October (yes, almost a year ago!) we hosted our Bloom Workshop in the greater Dallas area-- Quinlan, TX to be exact. You can see the recap of our workshop here and here! Well, on the second day of each of our workshops, we create a stunning inspiration photo shoot complete with bride and groom models, tablescapes, dessert bars, invitation suites and all the pretty details, so our attendees can practice styling and photographing-- both skills they learned in our teaching sessions at the workshop. We are different from other workshops because we put such an emphasis on practical tools and leaving with new skills or honed skills that our guests can implement tomorrow in their businesses. 
Our styled shoot for Bloom Bash Dallas was just gorgeous-- everything from the hair and makeup, dresses, unbelieve venue, cake, florals...you name it, it was AMAZING. Today I am so excited to finally share it, because yesterday the shoot debuted in The Carolina's Magazine-- a beautiful print magazine! I picked up my copy at Barnes & Noble and was so excited to see our images in the pages of this magazine full of other gorgeous inspiration. We are honored to have our work in there and wanted to show you the shoot today!

But before we get to that, a few behind the scenes photos of our attendees photographing the inspiration shoot themselves:

BTS photos: Shalyn Nelson

When our ladies are done with their shots, we head inside for our Q&A panel and that's when my co-founder Ashley photographs the shoot herself for our Bloom portfolio that we then send in for publication. Here are her beautiful shots:

Team: Photography: Ashley Slater Photography Venue: The White Sparrow | @thewhitesparrow Florals: Amy Osaba Design | @amyosabaevents
Invitation Suite: Wildfield Paper Co. | @wildfieldpaperco
Rentals: Junk & Disorderly | @junk_disorderly
Cake: Sweet Something by Ashleigh Jones | @sweetsomethingsbyashleigh
Hair & Makeup: Tracy Melton | @tracymeltonartistry
Linen: LaTavola Linen | @latavolalinen
Wedding Dress: BHLDN | @bhldn
Rings: Suzie Saltzman | @susiesaltzman
Suit: The Black Tux | @theblacktux
Tabletop Rentals: Dixie Does Vintage | @dixiedoesvintage
Event Concept + Design: Michaela Noelle Designs 
This incredible team blew us away with the most stunning photo shoot. We are SO grateful and honored to have this shoot featured in The Carolina's Magazine, as it was a labor of love for our attendees during our workshop! We hope you love it as much as we did and if you're planning a wedding, hope you can find lots of inspiration from it!
I can't close without a shout out to our other set of bride and groom models. We always have two sets of models so the attendees don't fight over taking photos :) This couple was just the sweetest and most beautiful pair-- both inside and out.

Happy Tuesday!
xoxo
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Colorful, Bohemian Wedding Inspiration

Most of you know that in addition to being an interior designer, I'm also the co-founder of The Bloom Workshop. Each of our two day workshops finish with a beautiful styled wedding shoot for our guests (usually event planners, bloggers, stylists, florists, photographers and other creatives) get to practice their new skills. They then get to use the photos from the shoot for their portfolios! We take on all the hard work that goes into planning a styled inspiration shoot away, so they can just enjoy styling and photographing it.

The shoot I'm sharing with you today comes from our last workshop of 2016, in San Clemente, CA. My business partner, Ashley, and I agree this is one of our favorite shoots we've designed for a workshop! Just look at the bright, cheery and rich color palette!! Those flowers were so ridiculously amazing I could hardly stand it. It was featured on Style Me Pretty last week, so we can finally share it with you today! Hopefully it provides some inspiration for your spring and summer gatherings :)

Often bright color palettes are overlooked, favoring the soft pastels which we also adore. But for this styled shoot, we wanted the palette to be vibrant and energizing; fresh and fun. Bright pinks, oranges, corals, lots of greenery and even hints of lavender and soft pink were our hues. Accented by pops of dark blue and copper, the tablescape exudes warmth, togetherness, and drips in romance.

With a bit of a bohemian twist, we created a casual yet sophisticated tablescape, complete with comfy royal blue end chairs from Found Vintage Rentals and a simple copper garden chair to give the setting a touch of metallic. Playing with texture was one of our goals, so we mixed different wood tones with copper details, such as the Moscow mule mugs and chairs, brass candlesticks, silver flatware, gold etching in our champagne flutes, many different types of flowers and greenery, varied surfaces such as marble and wood, and made sure to incorporate textured details into our gorgeous bridal gowns seen in the beading and sleeves.

A few fun details were added to make the look even more unique, including our signature cocktail illustration, the rich colored fruits dripping off the floral centerpiece and onto the table, our delectable dessert bar and the agate stone coasters doubling as place cards.

Photography: Ashley Slater Photography / Planning & Design: Michaela Noelle Designs / Venue: The Casino / Florals: Amy Osaba Designs / Invitation Suite & Signage: Molly Jacques / Wedding Dress: BHLDN / Rings: Susie Saltzman / Rentals: Found Rentals / Cake: MCakes / Hair & Makeup: Blush by M. Marie / Geode Coasters: LandiDesigns


Hope you enjoyed seeing peek into the shoot! If you are interested in attending a workshop this year, head to Bloom's website and hover over the "register" tab to find a city near you :)

Happy Monday!
xoxo

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