1920's wedding photoshoot, inspired by the Great Gatsby

Yesterday, saw the UK release of Baz Luhrman's The Great Gatsby. So this is the perfect time for me to share the details of a photoshoot I took part in earlier on this year. I couldn't believe our luck when I woke up that morning to a bright, clear, sunny day..... perfect photoshoot weather!

The photoshoot was designed and co-ordinated by Louise Harris, the Warwickshire Wedding Planner and was inspired by the 1920's .... the era of jazz music, glamour and flapper girls. Ashorne Hill, in Warwickshire, proved to be the perfect location for this glamorous shoot.

The beautiful Clare Maher was our bride and she wore a stunning bespoke wedding dress made specifically for the day by Jacqueline Doxey.

Jacqueline also provided these stunning shoes and headdress. I loved this headdress as soon as I saw it and it was the inspiration for the wedding cake I provided. I wanted the cake to reflect the elegance and glamour of the 1920's rather than have an art deco feel to it, so as soon as I saw the headdress I knew I had a design I could work on.

Dessert and cake tables are an increasingly popular choice in so many weddings now and I thought that a cake table would work well for our photoshoot. I baked some vanilla cupcakes with a vanilla buttercream frosting, made some white chocolate cakepops and sourced some macarons from a french patisserie in Leamington, Comme-Ci, Comme-Ca. I set this up in the octagon room at Ashorne Hill and was so pleased how the huge windows framed the display. 

The bespoke wedding stationary was provided by Melanie's Studio Designs. The talented artist took her inspiration from the bold, extravagant and iconic imagery of the 1920's art deco and created an elegant set of matching stationary.

Our bride and bridesmaids were given a 1920's makeover by Louise from Warwickshire Bridal Hair and Makeup

Our newly weds standing by their vintage Rolls Royce from Celestial Cars

The flapper girl bridesmaids with their feather boas and long string pearls added to the 1920's feel as well as bringing some fun to the day.

We were treated to live jazz music during the shoot, courtesy of The Top Hats. They performed a great Charleston so that the bride, groom and the bridesmaids could show off their dance moves!  

Last, but most definitely not least, a huge thank you must go to Linda Scannell Photography. I love Linda's style of photography and the attention she pays to getting things just right. I think she has captured the essence of the day beautifully and I hope you have enjoyed looking at our work. You can see more of Linda's photos from the shoot on my facebook page.

The team

Photography and film: http://www.lindascannell.com

Styling and organisation: http://www.warwickshire-wedding-planner.co.uk

Wedding venue: http://www.ashornehillweddings.co.uk

Jazz Band: The Top Hats - to book contact saxymal@gmail.com

Vintage Rolls Royce wedding car: http://www.celestial-cars.co.uk

Bespoke designer wedding dress: http://www.jacquelinedoxey.co.uk

Venue dressing and chair covers: http://www.occasions-chaircovers.co.uk

Cake and sweet table: http://www.cakebylisaprice.co.uk

Macaroons: http://www.facebook.com/Patisseriecommecicommeca

Bespoke wedding stationery: http://www.melanies.org.uk

Vintage gramophone and crockery: http://www.touchofvintage.co.uk

Hair and makeup: http://www.warwickshire-makeup-artist.co.uk

Jewellery: http://www.tamvo.co.uk

Groom's suit: http://www.clementsandchurch.co.uk

Groom's white bow tie: http://www.richardpaulhire.co.uk

Bride - Clare Maher: http://mandpmodels.com

Disney Rapunzel doll cake and matching cupcakes

Disney Rapunzel doll cake

I loved making this cake! The doll was provided by the customer and wrapped in cling film so that it could be safely inserted into the cake. 

Tangled themed cupcakes

I made some matching cupcakes for the party bags.

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Pilot Cupcakes

Airline themed cupcakes

These cupcakes were made for a pilot's birthday. The toppers are all modelled from sugarpaste icing and include planes, hat, flight case and Monarch airlines logo.

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Horse cake and cupcakes

I was asked to make a horse themed cake for a girls birthday party recently. I presented a few different options and the one that they chose had little sugarpaste figurines modelled on the two horses that the birthday girl rides with matching cupcakes.



Horse themed birthday cake with matching cupcakes



 The cupcakes were vanilla cupcakes with a vanilla buttercream and were used as the party favours and packed up in cupcake pods.

Horse cupcakes

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Teddy bear cake

I really loved making this cake and was quite sad to say goodbye to him!
Alfie bear is made from chocolate mud cake with vanilla buttercream frosting for his fur.
Happy 1st Birthday Alfie - hope you had a great day! x

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Three tier white wedding cake

This three-tier white wedding cake was delivered to Warwick House in Southam last week. The design was created by the bride to compliment their wedding scheme and I turned the design into reality. Each tier is a different flavour sponge, covered in white sugarpaste icing with very pale liberty blue and lemon chiffon detailing. The little bride and groom figurines were made by the bride and looked so cute x 

Congratulations to a lovely couple!

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Pink peony wedding cake

A three-tier wedding cake covered in pale pink sugarpaste icing, decorated with pale pink ribbons and handmade pale pink sugar peonies. I love peonies and think they make a very elegant looking wedding cake.

I also took a picture with just one peony on the cake which I think also looks really effective too.



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Suitcases wedding cake with Scuba divers

A scuba diving themed wedding cake!
This was great fun to make. The bride and groom are both scuba divers and wanted this reflected in their wedding cake.

The suitcase labels were personalised with their married names and the location of their honey moon.
The white and cerise pink colour complimented the wedding colour scheme perfectly.

The cake set up at Nailcote Hall in Warwickshire.

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Three tier, square, ivory wedding cake with fresh flowers

Each tier of this wedding cake contains 4 layers of chocolate mud cake filled with chocolate buttercream. The cake was covered in an ivory sugarpaste and given a light covering of pearl lustre spray.

The flowers for the cake were provided by Butterfly Flowers Wedding and Events Florist. Take a look at the table centre pieces they made too. I love the huge martini glass style vase!

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UGG bag cake

This UGG bag cake was made from chocolate mud cake and has credit cards, keys and keyring, lip gloss and nail varnish spilling out from the bag all modelled from sugarpaste.

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Diamond Jubilee cupcakes

Here in the UK, the Queen started her official Diamond Jubilee celebrations back in March, beginning with a Nationwide tour. Now the country is gearing up for a 4 day weekend to celebrate with official events including the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, the Big Lunch and the BBC Concert at Buckingham Palace. Schools, shops, pubs and High streets are all proudly displaying union jacks and there is a buzz in the air (no doubt helped by the fact that the summer has now arrived!)

The cake making profession has also been gearing up for this celebration and there have been some incredible works of art produced ......

The Military caterers created an amazing 3 tier cake with a replica of the Queen's coronation crown on top all modelled from icing which was presented to the Queen at the Diamond Jubilee parade and muster at Windsor Castle on the 19th May.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-18099799

Dr Oetker teamed up with food artist Prudence Staite to create a portrait of the Queen using 2,012 cupcakes
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The military caterers spent 500 hours producing their cake and the cupcake portrait took around 300 hours .... works of art like this are unlikely to be recreated for the average street party! So I've come up with some cupcake ideas that require no particular cake decorating skills or specialist icings, colourings or equipment which will hopefully provide some inspiration for your street party this weekend. Everything I have used is available from your local supermarkets or shops.

I baked a dozen vanilla cupcakes and topped with vanilla buttercream as these are my personal favourite. The cupcake cases I used are from Marks and Spencer, but there are lots of Jubilee themed cases around at the moment.

Add crown cupcake picks - these came with the Marks and Spencer cupcake cases.

Add flag cupcake picks - these ones came from Lakeland.

And now for the healthy ones! ..... Add fruit. I opted for blueberries and strawberries as these looked the nicest in the supermarket yesterday morning, but raspberries would work really well too.

Marks and Spencer also had some "white chocolate sprinklies" that I placed on a couple of cupcakes. These are large white chocolate buttons with sprinkles on top.

Then place the cupcakes randomly on a cupcake stand or plate and voila!

Now stand back and admire your work for a moment ... then enjoy!

A big thank you to Linda Scannell Photography for the amazing photographs taken yesterday.

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Mario Cupcakes

These Super Mario cupcakes were made for the school cake sale. All money from the cake sale goes to buy new IT equipment for the school - so its such a great cause.

The toppers are all made from sugarpaste and include Mario, Luigi, Piranha plant, Goomba (my personal favourite!)and they are sitting on top of vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting.

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LEGO Star Wars cake

This cake was made for a little boy celebrating his 7th birthday. This LEGO star wars cake has LEGO minifigure style characters all modelled from sugarpaste including Yoda, Darth Vader, Anakin, Obi Wan Kenobi and a Storm trooper.

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Louis Vuitton handbag cake

This cake was made to celebrate a 21st birthday and was great fun to make.
The birthday girl celebrated with a Louis Vuitton handbag cake, Jimmy Choo shoes and Tiffany gift box all modelled from sugarpaste icing.

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Gruffalo cake

I love Julia Donaldson's books and the Gruffalo is a particular favourite so I was so excited when I was asked to make a 3D Gruffalo cake for a little boys birthday.
Its chocolate mudcake with chocolate buttercream inside, covered in chocolate sugarpaste.

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Purple Bow Wedding Cake

This wedding cake was made to compliment the bride and grooms purple and ivory colour scheme. Inside is chocolate mudcake with chocolate buttercream, covered with an ivory sugarpaste with a hint of sparkle. Purple and ivory sugarpaste ribbons and bows, with diamante brooches complete this classic wedding cake. This was delivered on a beautiful day last summer to Nailcote Hall in Warwickshire.

Harry Potter birthday cake

I have got very behind with my blog and have not posted any of my recent cake pictures .... so I've made a resolution to catch up! So firstly, here is a cake I made for a Harry Potter fan for his 7th birthday. The cake is complete with Harry Potter's wand and glasses, Hogwarts scarf, the sorting hat, golden snitch and Dobby the house elf.

Wigwam cake

This cake was made for a 5th birthday party - and the theme for the party was cowboys and indians.

Welsh Flag cake

This was made for a 50th birthday ..... the welsh flag with the dragon breathing smoke and 50.

Football cake

This cake was made for two boys celebrating their 1st birthday.