Love Knows No Bounds Elopement at Stone Chapel at MattLane Farm
EVENT: styled shoot Althea Wiles EVENT: styled shoot Althea Wiles

Love Knows No Bounds Elopement at Stone Chapel at MattLane Farm

For this shoot, the amazing team at Brittany Bloom Events envisioned an amazing day focused on inclusivity, celebrating all forms of love. The beautiful, ivy covered Stone Chappel at MattLane Farm served as the glorious backdrop for our swoon worthy same-sex couple models Michael and Doug. Our role was to create an airy, ethereal ambiance for the shoot. As I shared in The Perfect Palette’s blog on this lovely day Celebrating Love’s Diversity in an Ivy Garden Elopement, “I wanted a whimsical but rich feeling, so I used a lot of lightweight summer flowers...lisianthus, ranunculus, open roses, gomphrena, stock & trailing amaranthus."

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Wednesday: What's In It?
WHAT'S IN IT? Althea Wiles WHAT'S IN IT? Althea Wiles

Wednesday: What's In It?

For Jennifer’s bouquet we featured, lavender “Amnesia” roses, plum ranunculus, amethyst aster (her favorite flower & a special request), mauve orchids, and maroon hanging amaranthus. To add the color contrast she was looking for we used blue eryngium, white standard roses, green Italian Ruscus, and sage dollar eucalyptus.

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Wednesday: What's In It?
WHAT'S IN IT? Althea Wiles WHAT'S IN IT? Althea Wiles

Wednesday: What's In It?

For Sally’s bouquet we used orange Free Spirit Garden Roses, peach ranunculus, mauve lisianthus, wine dahlias, and royal blue delphinium. To add that wildflower whimsy she was after, we added limonium, seeded eucalyptus, and agonis.

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Wednesday: What's In It?
WHAT'S IN IT? Althea Wiles WHAT'S IN IT? Althea Wiles

Wednesday: What's In It?

For Erica’s bouquet, we used gorgeous orange Free Spirit Garden Roses, blush stock, peach ranunculus, and coral hypericum berries. The bouquet had so much dimension and texture and was the perfect example of what I call a semi-organic style.

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