We took over the Dallas World Aquarium and Zoo at night to bring you this tropical plant inspired styled shoot! For those of you that don’t know what a styled shoot it, it’s when the vendors come together to showcase a themed wedding and use models to create an inspirational set of images we can all use to market our business and products. This particular shoot was my dark and moody take on the Boho theme. I even used my own personal houseplants for the decorations.
The invitation suite by Mad Paperie beautifully sets the scene for this plant inspired wedding shoot! We started out in the cloud forest tract where we set up our ceremony site with a wooden hexagon backdrop provided by DFW Bartending. Our couple looks great in front of this macramé art piece beautifully framed by the lavish tropical plant sprays. The cloud machine and all the gorgeous plants in the cloud forest tract were the perfect backdrop for our ceremony site! The ceremony cake by Tamika Redmon Weddings was the perfect touch to add to our bohemian look. The cake was adorned with a macrame icing detail, and topped with a wood custom cake topper by Walnut Design Co. It was perfect!
We then moved down to the reception set-up in the Manatee room of the Dallas World Aquarium. The sweetheart table features a live potted plant runner with rattan chargers, a full place setting provided by May I Serve u, and plenty of custom details to tie in our tropical plant theme, including custom wood place holders, by Walnut design Co. The Peacock chair set provided by Southern Wild Event Rentals, really adds a dramatic focal point for our sweetheart table.
The guest tables are adorned with gorgeous trailing plant centerpieces with string of pearls and pothos plants resting on modern gold risers. The gold and moss rock details are the perfect match for these towering centerpieces. The reception cake was designed by Stephen’s Sweet Sensations. It was the perfect match for our tropical plant theme with a gorgeous monstera leaf detailed design on the icing.
The place settings have classic white plates with birch wood chargers and gold flatware by May I Serve U. The custom monstera leaf menus, by Scripted Ever After, really tied this theme together!
Guest favors were air plants with hand crafted wooden holders in a variety of shapes. The sign, by Scripted Ever After, reads “Love is in the air plant, please take one” because everyone loves a good plant pun!
Our final stop of the night was the waterfall inside the Aquarium zoo. Here, we have our brides posing with the rattan peacock chair from the sweetheart table provided by Southern Wild Events and a gorgeous boho style bridal bouquet..
Tina Wineglass of Wineglass events brought all these wonderful vendors together to produce this gorgeous styled shoot and brought my vision to life! I love working with Tina and highly recommend her for your next wedding or event! Special thanks to Kyle Hennigan from The Dallas World Aquarium for letting us take over the venue for this shoot. Kyle is now the event manager for the Mason in Dallas, TX. He is an absolute joy to to work with and I am glad we got squeeze in this shoot in his last days at the Aquarium.
A special note to the vendors: I want to thank all the vendors for being patient with me in releasing these photos. I have been waiting months for this shoot to be picked up for publication and unfortunately, we just weren’t able to do it. I tried, but ultimately think that we all deserve to see and share this wonderful collection that we came together to create! Thank you so much for participating in this fun shoot. I could not have done it with out you guys!
Models: real couple Neville and Martin
Our single bride: Patrice Crockett
Planner: Wineglass events
Photographer, florals, and plant styling: Stephanie Ray
Vendors:
Walnut design Co.
Southern Wild Rentals
May I Serve U
Tamika Redmon Weddings
Elizabeth Scott Bridal
Stephanie Nelson Make-up and Hair
Scripted ever after
Mad Paperie
Friday Films Foto
Makeup by Brittney Minor
The Dallas World Aquarium
Stephen’s Sweet Sensations
