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A Rustic Woodland Inspired Holiday Shoot

While today's photo shoot was created for the holidays, there are so many ideas and creative design within the shoot that it can easily be adapted for bridal showers and/or weddings. Before, I share all the details, I wanted to show you the overall look of the dessert table below which features tree trunk slices as serving trays and even gold painted poinsettias. The rustic woodland inspiration was designed by Mayra of In Flight and Melissa of Truly Chic Inspirations.

The woodgrain paper boxes are perfect for sending home sweet treats with your guests and the wrapping paper with coordinating paper tags are ideal to wrap up your guests favors in. Wouldn't little wrapped packages look adorable at each place setting in this paper?

Such a great idea - simply place ribbon inside of clear ornaments to match any color decor you desire.

And, I just couldn't resist not sharing a close-up of the fondant cake toppers with you. There is just something so sweet about them {besides the amazing detail} that I just keep looking at their photo to bring a smile to my face.

Vendor Credits:
Tags, Cupcake Flags and Bunting Paper Banner by Tag Me Chic
Styling by In Flight Celebrations
Photos by Noelle Bell Photography
Rustic Holiday Invite from Renee Nicole Design
Chocolate Lovers Cookies and Chocolate Shortbread Snowflake Cookies by Lori's Place
Fondant Cake Toppers by Edible Details
Chocolate Covered Oreos by Sweet Temptations
Woodgrain Berries Toppers by Love & Sugar Kisses

Happy Halloween : Twilight Wedding Inspired Photo Shoot

Happy Halloween - I have an amazing treat for you all today. It's a gorgeous Twilight inspired photo shoot that was sent in by Melissa of Truly Chic Inspirations who planned this photo shoot alongside Sandy from Firefly Confections.

I will now turn the blog over to Melissa who will explain more about the shoot.

We are both avid Twilight fans and our inspiration came from the Breaking Dawn wedding.  We were lucky enough to team up with such a talented photographer, Janelle from Janelle's Photography, who made our vision come to life. Janelle not only captured our vision but incorporated the perfect model for this shoot. 

Using the last name "Cullen" was key for us.  The "Cullen" crest cookies were created by Sandy (Firefly Confections), the "Cullen" cake banner was created by Meli from Blush + Jelly, and the "Cullen" crest wine label was created especially for us by Sandy's mother. 

We didn't want this to be all about deep reds and black so we took some time in finding white and silver touches to give more elegance to the wedding theme. The wedding invitation and place cards were must have items and Kristina of Uptown Girl Designs gave us an amazing design (she is a fellow Twilight fanatic as well).

I was lucky to come across the vintage photos and candle sticks at an antique flea market while on vacation this summer and Sandy took some time in finding the perfect plates.