Engagement Session from Chic Sweets + Limelight Photography
This engagement session from Limelight Photography and Chic Sweets is literally one of the sweetest shoots ever! A mix of completely scrumptious-looking treats with pretty vintage touches makes for a totally fun and rustic picnic shoot but could easily translate into a romantic wedding. Maybe even this week’s Thanksgiving festivities! Sharing hot chocolates and s’mores with your sweetie is probably up there on most romantic things to do ever! There is more yumminess in the full gallery!
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It was important for us to create a scene that reflected our couples’ personalities, who were laid back and F-U-N! So we created the story for this set based around our gorgeous couple sneaking away to have a romantic moment at the beach just before sunset.
Part of what makes shoots so exciting is that plans can change at a moment’s notice. The shoot was originally intended to take place at the beach, but as we with prepared to set up with Limelight Photography, we both noticed this wonderful field of grass, sand and sea-oats and so right then and there, plans changed! A worn-out blanket was placed in the sand, a few books wrapped in twine, lit some candles and a shawl was set out for snuggling when it becomes slightly breezy. Two mugs of hot chocolate were also put aside as another, simple prop.
We wanted to create a dessert table that feels accessible to our client, but gorgeous! The runner was made from burlap, which in this season, is extremely affordable, as low as $3.00/yard at most retail, craft stores. We also spent a few weeks rummaging through a few garage sales, even our local Salvation Army and gathered as many milk vases as we could. Absolutely love to mix together varied types of milk vases and use one type of flower which can create a striking look.
Since we were using this shoot as an “inspiration” for readers, we wanted to create our desserts without breaking the bank. The marshmallow scene was relatively easy to create. Assorted chocolates were laid out along with different types of fruits, which we thought would be a great pop for the table. Since we wanted to elaborate on the s’mores scene we took plain, chocolate cupcakes, crumbled graham cookies as our topping and then topped off with a marshmallow, drizzled with chocolate ganache (or chocolate syrup). The cake was made by us, however, very simple to make. Two, 8-inch round vanilla cakes (store bought mix) covered in icing. The fantastic part about covering the cake with icing, is that it did not have to be perfect.
Dessert Table: Chic Sweets / Photography: Limelight Photography / Marry Me Burlap Banner: Funkyshique / Linen: Linens By The Sea / Concept and Design: Chic Sweets + Limelight Photography
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Adore the vivid colors and romantic tone. Brimming with sweetness & love!
It's a really cute shoot... but it seems a bit excessive for an engagement shoot! Call me old fashioned, or maybe I've been brain washed by East Side Bride, but this looks way over-staged for my liking. (Okay and I understand it was staged for inspiration and the blog etc. etc., but still... this kind of rubbed me the wrong way...)
oh my - those mugs look scrumptious!
I think the whole shoot is amazingly sweet (literally and figuratively) I would love to have a picnic like this with my husband (no photographer needed!).
I love it! It looks so sweet in so many ways. ; >
It seems forced. Not diggin it.
The roses are a little predictable and cheezy
This session was so much fun to create and photograph. The best part was working with this totally sweet couple! And they even shared some of their yummy cupcakes with us;) Thank you SMP for featuring us!
Beautiful job Limelight and Chic Sweets, you always do amazing work together!
P.S.- Please tell me in what way are any of the negative comments above giving constructive criticism? If you can't say anything nice(or helpful!), dont say anything at all. :)
THANK YOU to Style Me Pretty for the feature! It was a great experience! Also thanks to all the SMP readers for your comments & feedback. Always appreciated. We wanted to create a scene that felt accessible and inspirational to readers as they plan their engagement shoot sessions. And although the scene was "set" so to speak, the shoot itself and our couple felt very real (if that makes sense)!
This is sooooooo adorable!!!
Ive always been loving this wedding blog site. This is is so sweet! i love sweets! the hot chocolate and cakes and cupcakes even added more sweetness to the couple.. Thanks for sharing this.
This is to die for! I'm currently planning a winter shoot and this is exactly the kind of inspiration I needed. Thanks SMP and Chic Sweet--great work!