Feast your eyes on this truely cute photo shoot by the wonderful Kat Forsyth Photography. It is full to the brim with adorable little flower girls and page boys! This shoot was the concept of Gwenda Wilkes from The Vintage Floral Design Company and features gorgeous outfits from Little Bevan.

For this shoot not only did I loan button creations but I also loaned my own two kids, Molly and Jack, as a little bridesmaid and page boy. It was such a fun day and I love that I can share this excitement of my business with my children. 

For this particular shoot pastels, tea parties and a vintage twist were the themes of the day. I created my Flower and Lace bouquet using heaps of soft pastel vintage buttons in creamy yellows, baby pinks and powdery blues and nestled amongst the buttons were some gorgeous floral china brooches which I adore to work with. The collar for this bouquet is a pale yellow with cream lace overlay petal style and the handle is bound in thick baby blue ribbon.

I must have a special mention to the fabulous cake designer Elizabeth at Elizabeth's Cake Emporium. The cake, designed around the idea of vintage buttons co-odinates perfectly with one of my pastel button bouquets!

Below are some more of the range created for this shoot, featuring my love heart button wand, pomander ball and sweetie influenced buttonhole. For a look at all the gorgeous images you can head on over to Whimiscal Wonderland Weddings which, excitingly, featured the whole shoot! :)

All the fabulous suppliers involved in this shoot...

Venue: The Secret Garden, Ashford, Kent — www.secretgardenkent.co.uk
Photographer: Kat Forsyth Photography — www.katforsyth.com
Models: Gwenda, Emma, Sophie, Nadia, Molly, Jack, Natasha, Paige, Zoe
Flowers & Styling: The Vintage Floral Design Co. — www.vintagefloraldesign.co.uk
Hair & Make-up Artist: Masterpiece by Carla Ramsey — www.carlahairandmakeup.co.uk
Bridesmaid Dresses, Accessories and Shoes: Little Bevan — www.littlebevan.co.uk
Wedding Dresses & Bridal Hair Accessories: Tiara & Tails Bridal Boutique --www.tiaraandtails.co.uk
Shoes: Emmy – www.emmyshoes.co.uk
Button Bouquets: Beaubuttons – www.beaubuttons.co.uk
Ceramic Flower Jewellery: Vintage Gems Jewellery — www.vintagegemsjewels.bigcartel.com
Vintage Cuff: Victoria Mary Vintage — www.victoriamaryvintage.com
Cakes: Elizabeth’s Cake Emporium — www.elizabethscakeemporium.com
Macarons: Anges de Sucre – www.angesdesucre.com
Vintage China & Garden Games: Teaspoon Events — www.teaspoonevents.co.uk
Bunting: Emma Bunting — www.emma-bunting.co.uk
Face Painting: Follies – www.follies.co.uk
Balloons: Party on the Hill — www.partyonthehill.co.uk
Confetti: Bespoke Confetti — www.bespoke-confetti.co.uk

One of the really fun parts of my job is that I get to work with some wonderful wedding industry people. I love to collaborate with other designers and photographers on inspiring bridal shoots. By the powers of Facebook I met one photographer, Sharon Cooper, who took a liking to my bouquets! Realising we lived relatively close we hatched a plan for a bight, retro bridal shoot.

The wonderful camper vans were the backdrop for this shoot and with the vibrant colours that the vans displayed I set to creating some suitably eye catching bouquets!  We were also lucky to have wonderful hair pieces from the great What Katy Did Next that coordinated perfectly with my bouquets.

We had two very different models, Flo and Tor, who looked equally fabulous in their Look Darling 50's style tea length wedding gowns and awesome make up by Katy Messer of Make Up By Katy. With Flo and her gorgeous blue hair I created a super retro rainbow themed button bouquet. This bouquet features heaps of multi coloured vintage buttons. From floral bakelites to rainbow glass buttons it is a really eclectic bouquet using many reclaimed buttons. Set in a soft tulle collar in shades of yellow, pink and blue and bound in brightly coloured ribbons.

Tor has a completely different vibe to Flo and this was represented in her styling and choice of bouquet. For this shoot I created my Tiffany Blue bouquet which is made from hundreds of vintage aqua, turquoise and pale blue buttons. It is set upon a cream lace ruffle collar and a soft velvet handle. Don't you just love that fur coat?! What a colour match!

We were very excited that the lovely Lou, creator of Whimsical Wonderland Weddings, wanted to feature the shoot which can be seen here! Looking forward to more fun shoots with Sharon in the future! Would be great to hear your thoughts on the shoot, do you find bridal shoots inspiring? What type of shoots would you like to see more of?

Intros...
Always going to be the hardest post, where to start?

I guess introductions are polite? So here we go...
I'm Emma, owner of Beaubuttons.  Mother of two pretty spectacular children and wife to my wonderful husband.

About 2 years ago, along with my own engagement I fell in love with weddings, in all their many varieties! Since then my passion for creating unique alternative keepsake bouquets for fabulous brides and grooms has grown and grown.

I now find myself sat in my home studio surrounded by beautiful vintage buttons on a daily basis, and honestly... I couldn't be happier! I absolutely adore creating bespoke designs for individual tastes. I feel so blessed to have found a little pocket within this world in which I get to sit and create for hours.

I look forward to sharing my new designs, real couples, exciting news and other inspirational wedding ideas with you. Comments would make me smile even more! :)