Katie Julia Photography | Brochure

Katie Julia is a hugely talented international photographer specialising in luxury wedding photography. Based in the UK Katie has photographed elegant weddings all around Europe and regularly travels worldwide for some of the most exquisite weddings you can imagine. Elegant, organic, luminous, natural, painterly, un-done, luxurious, honest, emotive; a beautiful balance of the candid and fine art. These are words that perfectly describe Katie's work as both an artist and photographer and it was a huge pleasure working with such a wonderful creative.

As part of Katie's rebrand we've recently worked together on a new brochure and price guide for her business. I am so happy to share details of this project below!

PROJECT DETAILS:

Client:          Katie Julia
Project:        Brochure, Price Guide

Find out more about Katie Julia here
www.katiejulia.com

Featured on Blue Bouquet Bride Blog

We have a lovely feature including lots of pretty pictures from our studio over at bluebouquetbride.com today! Head over for lots of pretty inspiration, real weddings and planning advice!

Thank you so much for the feature Gabrielle! xox

Style Me Pretty Living Feature

We've been lucky enough to have been involved with Her Lovely Heart from the start, working on the design for the project alongside Marianne Taylor who put together this wonderful community and Berinmade who designed the beautiful hand lettered logo. Recently we sent over some pretty papery treats for the Her Lovely Heart Summer Garden Mixer. Due to conflicting travel arrangements I couldn't make it to the party myself and was so sad to miss it! But today, the party in all it's glorious shunshine filled prettiness is featured on Style Me Pretty Living! 

You can see more from this gorgeous gathering in the full gallery here where you can also see more of the name cards we designed. And you can download the whole pack of printable name cards we designed for Her Lovely Heart for FREE here! Enjoy!

XOX

Real Bride Hilary in You & Your Wedding

Hilary and Ben's beautiful Claridges wedding has to be one of the most elegant events of the year! So excited to see their gorgeous day printed in the latest issue of You and Your Wedding Magazine. Their love story is so adorable and Hilary's taste in gowns definitely speaks to my heart! Honoured to have been a part of this beautiful couple's big day creating all their stationery from their save the dates through to all of their day of the wedding stationery.

Hilary and Ben's wedding is out now in the November / December issue of You & Your Wedding. Thank you so much You & Your Wedding for the beautiful feature!

Photography Polly Alexandre  .  Bride's Dress Vera Wang  .  Groom's Suit Duchamp London  .  Venue Claridges  .  Cake Cakes by Krishanthi  .  Flowers By Appointment Only Design  .  Stationery Rose and Ruby

Real Bride Charlotte | Magazine Feature

So lovely to see beautiful Charlotte Balbier's wedding in Wedding Venues & Services Magazine! Such a beautiful write up with so many beautiful photos. We were lucky enough to design and create all the beautiful stationery and paper details for this wedding from the save the dates right through to the labels for the candy buffet and the kissing bells. Thank you Wedding Venues & Services Magazine for the gorgeous feature. The piece is out now in the October / November / December edition of the magazine in stores now.

Photography Polly Alexandre  .  Venue Iscoyd Park  .  Videographer Silk Weddings  .  Bride's and Bridesmaid's Dresses Charlotte Balbier  .  Shoes Freya Rose and  Jimmy Choo  .  Veil Joyce Jackson  .  Accessories Amanda Wyatt  .  Groom's Suit Hugo Boss  .  Florist Red Floral Architecture  .  Wedding Planner London Bride  .  Stationery Rose and Ruby  .  Caterers Vanilla In All Seasons  .  Dessert Table, Tea and Coffee Station and Candy Buffet Pretty Little Trio, Freya's Fancies, Mum's Macaroons, The Sweet Hostess  .  Love Letters The Word Is Love  .  Kissing Bells Rose and Ruby  .  Saucer Crackers And All Things Nice  .  Glassware Lavender and Linen  .  Wedding Cake Cakes By Krishanthi  .  Music Nick Campbell, Connor Band, Graeme Park  .  Magician Steve Faulkner

Catherine Mead | Correspondence Cards

Catherine Mead is a destination wedding photographer based in the UK, regularly travelling between locations across Europe, Asia, America and beyond. From the Cotswolds to Cairo, Beijing to Bora Bora and Seoul to Sydney, Catherine continues to work around the globe, lucky enough to photograph weddings of all shapes and sizes, from intimate gatherings and elopements, to Hollywood celebrity weddings, 400-guest destination weddings, and everything in between.

I've admired Catherine's work from afar for a while now so it was such a pleasure to work with Catherine on the artwork for these beautiful correspondence cards. I'm a firm believer in the written note and a personal message and loved how these elegant cards came out!

PROJECT DETAILS:

Client:          Catherine Mead
Project:        Correspondence Cards, Print Artwork

Find out more about Catherine here
www.photographybycatherine.co.uk

Real Bride Charlotte's Wedding on Love My Dress

So excited to see Charlotte and Teddy's beautiful glamorous winter wedding on Love My Dress today! Such a truly spectacular wedding, and such a lovely couple. It was an honour to design and supply all the paper prettiness for this wedding from the save the dates right through to the kissing bells and cocktail menus! Beautiful photography by Polly Alexandre.

Do make sure you check out the whole post on Love My Dress! Annabel did such a beautiful write up and Charlotte gives lots of amazing tips for brides to be! Thank you Annabel for the beautiful feature.

See the whole feature here
www.lovemydress.net

Rose & Ruby Instagram Party!

I am so delighted that we've reached the 1,000 follower mark on Instagram! I was a little slow off the mark (I'm a little shy if I'm honest!) but now we've started we're officially addicted! There are just so many beautiful and inspiring images to stumble across on instagram, absolutely wonderful for wedding inspiration. It's also so far been a really lovely way for us to connect with other fellow wedding industry lovelies, not to mention new clients! Thank you for all your lovely messages and comments!

So come and say hello! Stop by our feed and make sure you're following us too for a little look inside our studio and little sneak peeks at current projects! www.instagram.com/roseandruby_com

I so look forward to sharing more pretty with you! x

From the top: Our Instagram account home  .  Miniature hand lettered doily wedding escort cards  .  Stacks of our Margaret Suite wedding invitations reply cards and printed envelopes  .  Some of our new gold desk accessories  .  Peonies  .  New neon shoes  .  Printed gold foil ribbon  .  Custom lace sleeves for VIP invitations

Featured In Asian Bride Magazine

So excited to see our wedding invitations featured in the latest July / August issue of Asian Bride Magazine!

We've recently had the pleasure of working on quite a few gorgeous Asian weddings and they're always such beautiful affairs! I've really enjoyed working with all our lovely Asian brides!

Our Bianca Suite was featured on the Gold Themes page. Bianca invitations from £2.90.

Our Lacey Suite was featured on the White Themes page. Lacey invitations from £2.90.

And one of our newest suites was featured in the Planning Edit. The Margery Suite will be joining our collection very soon! 

Thank you so much Asian Bride Magazine for the lovely features! x

Real Bride Charlotte In You & Your Wedding

Today I am absolutely delighted to share this beautiful feature in You & Your Wedding Magazine! Charlotte Balbier's absolutely exquisite romantic winter wedding shot by the super amazing Polly Alexandre.

We had the wonderful pleasure of working with Charlotte last year in the run up to her big day on all her wedding stationery and all round paper prettiness for the ceremony and reception! It really was a dream project filled with feminine elegance and gorgeousness and so so lovely working with this beautiful and truly lovely lady!  

Charlotte's stunning wedding in all it's gorgeous glory can be seen in the the May/June issue of You & Your Wedding! Thank you You & Your Wedding for the beautiful feature! It's always such a pleasure to see our work in print!

Photography Polly Alexandre Photography  .  Venue Iscoyd Park  .  Planner London Bride  .  Flowers Red Floral Architecture  .  Stationery and Day of the Wedding Paper Accessories Rose and Ruby  .  Cake Cakes By Krishanthi

Iscoyd Park Collection Custom VIP Invitations

Charlotte Balbier is an award winning British bridal fashion designer. Founded in 2003 the Charlotte Balbier collection is young, fresh and fashion forward. Each Charlotte Balbier gown has an identity, a distinct look and feel and it's own story behind the magic. Charlotte's latest collection, the "Iscoyd Park" collection is adoringly named after the wedding venue where Charlotte and her husband Edward Bedford married in December 2013 in the idyllic Shropshire countryside, and is made up of over twenty gorgeous gowns, all absolutely beautiful.

I was delighted to work with Charlotte on the VIP invitations for her the Iscoyd Park collection launch at The White Gallery, Using elements of lace appliqué inspired by the "Charlotte" gown, and of course lots of pink with just a dash of gold. We created some lovely invitations which were sent with a a special photo of Charlotte in her wedding gown - the inspiration behind the collection.

Find out more about Charlotte Balbier here
www.charlottebalbier.com

Charlotte Balbier | Rebrand

Charlotte Balbier needs no introduction as one of the UK's leading names in Bridal fashion. Born into a bridal Heritage spanning over 3 generations Charlotte’s family have been in British bridal from the 1960’s with Charlotte’s mother being multi award winning designer Amanda Wyatt. The Charlotte Balbier brand launched 2003 and over the last decade has become a leading name in British bridal fashion.

After working on all the stationery design for Charlotte's own wedding last year, Charlotte asked me to work on rebranding her business which was such an honour! We worked together on a complete rebrand, first working on a new logo, through to all the details for her labels and tags for her dresses as well as new business stationery. I'm so happy to share some of the details of this project below.

PROJECT DETAILS:

Client:          Charlotte Balbier
Project:         Rebrand, Logo, Branding Guide, Social Media, Stationery, Business Cards, Note Cards, Email Signature 

Facebook Design

Email Signature

Find out more about Charlotte Balbier here
www.charlottebalbier.com

Valentines Day Inspiration

Something I always get excited about is outfit opportunities. And as this, the most romantic day of the year looms, I thought I'd share a little inspiration!

1. Agent Provocateur Saadia lace underwear  .  2. Anita Ko rose gold diamond arrow earring  .  3. Golden Jimmy Choos  .  4. Pink champagne Charbonnel et Walker truffles  .  5. Vera Wang nude sequined tunic  .  6. Diptyque Spécial edition candle

Her Lovely Heart | Website & branding

Her Lovely Heart is an act of building a beautiful place to share excitement and inspiration. Founded by Marianne Taylor, Her Lovely Heart is a team of photographers passionate about documenting love and telling the important stories that are the beating heart of a relationship. Photographers who are nurtured and supported to grow and make their mark, so that they can take full ownership of the experience they give to their clients and the artwork they produce.

Marianne and I worked together on branding for Her Lovely Heart around the gorgeous original lettered logo by BerinMade and then on designing and building the new website and blog for the project.

PROJECT DETAILS:

Client:         Her Lovely Heart
Project:       Branding Elements, Website, Blog, Branding Guide, Facebook Page, Brochure, Price Guide, Welcome Book
Logo:          Hand lettering by BerinMade

Home Page

About Page

Team Page

Portfolio Page

Blog

Find out more about Her Lovely Heart here
www.herlovelyheart.com

Polly Alexandre Photography | Rebrand

Polly Alexandre is a wedding and portrait photographer, creating beautiful and emotional images for her clients in magical places all over the world. Polly is predominantly a film shooter, known for her luminous, light filled, clean, stylish images that show her clients at their very best and capture the pure love and joy of a wedding day with authenticity and beauty.

I was delighted to meet Polly in London earlier in the year to discuss working together on rebranding her business and for the last few months we've worked closely together on creating the new look and feel for her brand from her new logo right through to packaging for her client welcome packs and design for her social media.

PROJECT DETAILS:

Client:          Polly Alexandre
Project:        Logo, Branding Guide, Business Cards, Note Cards, Post Cards, Print, Brochure, Packaging, Social Media, Email Signature
Details:       Business Cards GF Smith Triplexed Strathmore Grandee with white matte foil letterpress and gold edge gilding, Notecards grey matte foil letterpress on GF Smith Colorplan, Postcards Litho on GF Smith Colorplan

Facebook Design

Email Signature

Find out more about Polly Alexandre here
www.alexandreweddings.com

Real Bride Charlotte on Style me Pretty

So excited to see Charlotte Balbier's wedding featured on Style Me Pretty today! We had the pleasure of designing and creating all the stationery and paper prettiness for Charlotte and Teddy's absolutely gorgeous winter wedding and it's so lovely to now see it featured on the biggest and most prestigious wedding blog around! Beautiful photography by Polly Alexandre.

You can see all of this gorgeous feature here and can view the entire gallery here to see more of the details and all of our lovely stationery in situ! Here's a peek at a few more details showing the pieces we designed for Charlotte. First off, name tags for all of the totally gorgeous dresses! Isn't Charlotte's gown just divine!

The order of service books, bound with golden ribbons.

The kissing bells, and details from the ceremony.

And some beautiful details from the reception! So much opulence and glamour!

See the whole feature here
www.stylemepretty.com

A Decade Of Style Custom Invitation Design

The Charlotte Balbier brand launched 2003 and over the last decade has become a leading name in British bridal fashion. Charlotte will be launching her "Decade of Style" collection at the White Gallery in May - a stunning campaign that celebrates Charlotte Balbier's 10th anniversary in bridal design. This new collection is a celebration of style and grace and is perfect for the bride looking for that elegant Old Hollywood glamour. 

I recently worked with Charlotte on the VIP invitations for this collection. A showcase for the campaign giving a taster of each of the gowns, inviting her VIP's to preview this gorgeous collection. Each gown has a mini story to introduce the gown along with the most gorgeous images from the campaign. Such a pleasure to put this all together in a gorgeously pretty package!

Find out more about Charlotte Balbier here
www.charlottebalbier.com

Marianne Taylor Photography | Rebrand

Marianne Taylor is a multi award winning photographer who loves photographing people in love. Her philosophy is that there is beauty to be found in everything and everyone and that capturing those all important moments whether big or small is what adds magic to life. Marianne's wedding work has been published in several magazines such as Cosmopolitan Bride, Wedding, Perfect Wedding, Wedding Flowers and You & Your Wedding.  Marianne's personal photography has been published on book covers, featured in several magazines – both online and in print – and has also been a part of an exhibition at Tate Britain. 

I first met Marianne when we were planning our own wedding. We booked Marianne to shoot our own wedding and first met in person for our engagement shoot which was a truly memorable and magical experience. Marianne got in touch with a view to updating her branding and website and I'm delighted to share some details from this project below.

PROJECT DETAILS:

Client:          Marianne Taylor
Project:        Rebrand, Logo, Branding, Brand Guideline, Website, Blog, Business Cards, Postcards, Correspondence Cards, Stationery, Brochure, Price Guide, Book, Welcome Pack

Find out more about Marianne Taylor here
www.mariannetaylorphotography.co.uk

Blush Of Romance Shoot | Marianne Taylor

Absolutely delighted to see this gorgeously romantic shoot we took part in featured in You & Your Wedding Magazine! We were asked to supply some paper prettiness for this beautiful shoot put together by Marianne Taylor and Fairy Nuff Flowers - think blousy peonies, pink tipped roses and beautiful aqua accents. It's the perfect palette for a spring wedding.

This Blush of Romance shoot is out now in the March/April issue of You & Your Wedding. Thank you so much You & Your Wedding for the beautiful feature!

Photography Marianne Taylor  .  Flowers Fairy Nuff Flowers  .  Menus, Name Cards and Table Numbers Rose and Ruby  .  Invitation Berinmade