Your East Midlands Wedding - February / March 2021 (Issue 42)

51 REGIONAL SHOOT Overgrown Acres was the backdrop to this bold and opulent shoot with gold and natural accents Images courtesy of Samantha Hook Photography W hen it came to finding the perfect venue to showcase micro-wedding inspiration, Overgrown Acres in Nottingham fit the bill. Located in the middle of the countryside with views of rolling hills and fields, the woodland area inspired Linzi Barford at that black & white cat to coordinate a shoot to share plenty of inspiration for nearlyweds. She says, “The focus of the industry is currently on micro-weddings with COVID-19 restrictions, I wanted to show that having smaller numbers on your wedding day means that you can go to town on the details. I couldn’t have asked for a better team to help create and capture my vision.” Samantha Hook Photography captured all the details on the day including dahlias paired with fair trade scented roses, natural foliage and smaller white pompom dahlias created by Limewood Flowers. The company specialises in locally grown flowers with a low-carbon footprint and its natural-style was the perfect match for the location. The bouquet was a contemporary and loose-style with hand-dyed silk ribbons from Bertie & Fred. Makeup and Glow by Fran created make-up looks to match two different gowns, the first showed off the lips using a deep red lipstick and the second took the focus to the eyes by using browns and golds to make the eyes pop. The new look was matched with a change of hairstyle from Rock n Roller Hair and a hair vine from Love2Sparkle finished off the look beautifully. The props were provided by that black & white cat and the team at The English Wedding Company alongside matching stationery from Wild Calligraphy GB. The cake from Strawberry Cupcakes was topped with a stag representing the woodland and matched the colour palette perfectly. Every wedding needs entertainment, so the team from Busography provided a vintage Campervan photo booth with rustic foliage backdrops that matched the theme – and of course there were lots of props for fun wedding photos!  Escape to TheCountry