Greek Spring Wedding Trends from Ellwed
Greek Spring Wedding Inspiration from the secret garden in the heart of Athens! Feel like a princess with this Italian-style fine art wedding inspiration!
Greek Spring Wedding Inspirations from Ellwed Cover Shoot
Emphasize on springtime! New beginnings, more life, warm sunshine and colors all around. This year go all out with color and patterns and combine what fits together. For our first Spring2018 issue we got together some of the best professionals from Greece to create this unique Spring Secret Garden-themed look for your wedding.
Pantone chose “Ultra Violet” to be the color of the year 2018. Like it or not, to be on-trend this year doesn’t mean u have to go all purple or “matchy-matchy”. Mix it up and keep it fun for you and your guests. Keep them interacting with your décor and above all make sure your event will be the talk of the town! Give your guest that “Insta” material they won’t forget! And not only for stories, make sure to get on the feed!
Encourage different styles. From Tuscany to the Mediterranean and all the way to the secret garden behind your house. Keep your event small and private and go all out with décor, food and entertainment. Invite people that matter to you and make them feel special in your unique setting. Transform your garden, parents’ house and even your rented villa or venue into your secret sanctuary which you want to share only with your loved ones. Don’t hold back on the photographer and make sure you get the one that speaks to your taste and needs. Remember, a great photo will last forever! After the day is over, only your amazing photos will live forever online, digital and in print. See this article in our Ellwed Magazine.
The location and the overall design
Embrace nature, think of your selected venue. In our case this was a private villa with a true secret backyard, hidden in the middle of the cement jungle in Athens. This venue was perfect for our “Secret Garden” themed editorial with its own glass winter garden gazebo, a picturesque shed, with greenery, orange and almond trees, bushes and flowers fresh in bloom.
The overall styling, design and planning was carefully thought out by Anjie from Only for You Events. She carefully selected all the décor and the rentals from Style Box and White Lilac, which were vital parts in transforming the everyday garden into the perfect scene that coordinated with our theme.
Spring is the perfect time to include your pets in your wedding photos. Get more life to your photos and pose with dogs, bunnies and even ducks.
The table
A remarkable table with a spectacular colourful velvet tablecloth, full of patterns, candles and even miniature animals was set up by Anjie and her team. All rentals from White Lilac and Style Box filled the table with lavish sets of dinnerware and other components like these selected chairs. Each chair was decorated with floral wreaths by Studio 7 Florescence, who also created all floral centrepieces, which harmoniously corresponded with the overall luxe table setting. To complete the look, Atelier Invitations crafted their signature stationery with place cards, personalised menus and table numbers all thoughtfully designed to fit the theme of the day.
The stationery
All stationery was designed by Atelier Invitations. Thank-you cards, save the dates, invitations, menus, name cards and even personalised floral cards were all made in peach and burgundy hues with golden accents and wax seals, which correlated with the rest of the theme.
The bridal bouquet
Studio 7 Florescence hand crafted all floral arrangements as well as this beautiful spring inspired bridal bouquet following the new trending flowy ikebana style with a variety of colourful flowers and greens. From Ranunculus to a simple Rose and local delicate wild flowers. The objective here, was more colour, less greens.
Cake and sweets
On point with the theme of Springtime and The Secret Garden, our cake was completely covered in sugar art. Maria’s Cakes and Cookies created all the sweets with little details like sugar butterflies, leaves and roses. The rest of the sweets like meringue, cupcakes, macaroons and eclairs were all designed in the same, luxe Tuscan-style theme
The dress
You may have noticed some of this year’s trends for bridal dresses, like bell sleeves or two pieced gowns. We took it a step further with our handmade dress from Made Bride by Antonea. The long flowy skirt was covered with butterflies on each side, which gave the dress the natural volume and flowy movement. The delicate lace top with half bell sleeves, was decorated with birds, butterflies and other embroidery shapes or patterns of the “Enchanted Garden”.
See more photos from our shoot here
Ellwed cover shoot for Spring 2018 issue
List of Collaborators
Concept and Production for Ellwed Magazine
Photography, Sotiris Tsakanikas
Event Planning & Design, Only for You Events
Floral Design, Studio 7 Florescence
Tableware & Rentals, White Lilac
Rentals, Style Box
Invitations & Stationery, Atelier Invitations
Model, ACE Models
Hair & Make up Styling, Marios Stavropoulos
Dress, Made Bride
Jewellery & Accessories, Private Collection
Cake & Sweets, Maria’s Cakes and Cookies
Venue, Private Villa
Video, WedColors
See the Video
Did you like our Spring2018 inspiration from Greece?
