Monday Vintage Find: Romantic New England Equestrian Bridal Shoot

Oh, do I have a treat for today's Monday Vintage Find! I'm so excited to share another incredibly gorgeous photo shoot from the fabulously talented Heidi of White Loft Studio. {click here to see her lovely Maine wedding shoot I shared just a little while ago} Both Heidi's personal and photography style feel so in sync with my own, I just love it! I think this may be the first submission that I didn't want to cut a single photo in the editing process - every single shot made my heart sing! It's no wonder a snippet of this shoot has already been featured on Well Wed's Vermont Vows.

For this shoot, Heidi teamed up with Bluelime Photography and the talented duo came up with a menagerie of splendid props and exquisite styling ... I'll turn it over to Heidi now so she can share a bit about the process:

The premise of this submission is what I call an "encore shoot" ... when the bride wears her wedding day garb again, without the fear of dust-dirt-wrinkles or time constraints, as the wedding has already passed. Additionally, I added another layer to this premise - it was a “1-year anniversary encore shoot" complete with bouquet & boutonnière; signature drink; top tier of wedding cake; a vintage crystal chandelier hung from a lone oak tree; with many more vintage details woven throughout.

The location was an old estate in Newburyport Massachusetts. The rolling fields made for a striking backdrop especially with the addition of a beautiful dappled gray mare. Our color palate included shades of white & cream with hints of blush & celery green finished with an antique teal.

Sourcing all of the small components for the shoot was time consuming but so much fun! I spent many hours hunting on Etsy for all the perfect little details and many more hours scouring antique stores up the Maine coast for a pin for the cake, crystal decanter & the antique books.

An interesting side note - one of the antique books came from a little shop on Route 1 in Wells, Maine {just outside Kennebunkport}. While shopping, I met President Bush {H.W.} who was shopping with his grandson and small team of secret service.... and I did have that moment of being a bit "starstruck"! He was so incredibly kind, by the way.

Thanks for sharing such a fun background on the shoot, Heidi! And thank you so much for sending over these jaw-droppingly beautiful images ... between the fabulously-accessorized and tres-romantic mare ... the beautiful bride and those killer Hunter boots ... the brilliant vintage touches and the perfectly chosen color palette, I am still in utter awe. Well done!

Credits:
bliss banner - t. hein originals - http://www.etsy.com/shop/THeinoriginals
bracelet - All Things Tinsel - http://www.etsy.com/shop/AllThingsTinsel
cake - Eat Cake - http://www.eatcakeonline.com/
cake stand - Snug Harbor Farm - http://snugharborfarm.blogspot.com/
calligraphy tag - Astrid Elizabeth Calligraphy & Design - http://www.astridelizabethcalligraphy.com/
dress - J.Crew
flowers - Cymbidium Floral - http://www.cymbidiumfloral.com/
horse ribbon - Vintage Market Place - http://www.etsy.com/shop/VintageMarketPlace  
ribbon - The Ribbon Store - http://www.etsy.com/shop/theRibbonStore
vintage chandelier - Nantucket Stock Exchange, Nantucket & Newburyport Massachusetts
vintage glassware - Passages Vintage - http://www.etsy.com/shop/passagesvintage
rolling fields - http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/maud.htm

horse farm - private estate

Additional details from Heidi:
The "bliss" sign is made from silk seam binding, vintage flash cards + glass glitter ........ the bracelet is composed of many different vintage parts - metals ribbons & pearls......... I've been a "horse girl" since childhood so the the horse's tail was my project, the flowers were provided by Cymbidium Floral but I braided and wired in the blooms - it took a couple of hours but so worth the effort. And the patient mare "Lucy" was a star through the whole process {it was warm & "fly season" so standing still was a challenge for her!}
Heidi also crafted the drink flags and the hearts hanging from chandelier {cut from the pages of an antique book & hung with seam binding}. And the distressed drink table & velvet chair; porcelain and vintage wedding bands & earrings all come from the private collections of White Loft Studio and Bluelime Photography.

{Photos by White Loft Studio and the horizontal cake image  Bluelime Photography}