Pretty Chic Blog – Modern Scandinavian Weddings

I really hope you have checked out the work of Ania and Michal of Rutko Photographers, a couple based in Poland but who travel world wide, photographing weddings in a fantastic, modern style.

Rutko Photographers‘ style is such a perfect match to a modern, Scandinavian wedding with clean lines and contemporary style. I love the combination of fresh and crisp detail shots and the photojournalistic moments… like the groom’s expression as he waits for his bride, a tender moment by the altar, and the feeling of release when the confetti raining down. Detail pictures, which capture the essence of the day, and the clever use of minimalism with great effect – such as the couple dancing in the courtyard, looking almost like cake toppers. Crisp, fresh and clean.

Check out the rest of their work on their website right here.

Photographed by 2 Brides Photography – many, many more pictures in the gallery.

There’s such a poetic stillness to the Icelandic landscape, where nature is allowed to speak its voice, loud and clear. Many compare the out-of-this-world landscapes to feeling that they are on the moon – there’s just nothing like the magical nature and remoteness of this land. Add to that the month of February where a soft blanket of snow encompasses an intimate and oh so cosy party, with dancing until the next morning. The hushness and the warmth, all captured by Isabelle and Emmi-Sabina from 2 Brides.

Yeah, I know. I get to show the best weddings.

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Put your dancing shoes on!

Charmaine explains: “We wanted to have a different kind of wedding compared to the norm, that’s why we chose to have it in the wintertime. We chose to get married on Iceland because we love nature and have always wanted to visit the country. We thought it would be an ideal place to combine our honeymoon there too. We’ve always wanted to see the northern lights, Icelandic horses and breath-taking landscapes. The sceneries were so graphical, with the backdrop of snow and the black mountains. We were able to experience all the above and much more. It was definitely our fairytale adventure.

For us it was important to organise our wedding well from beginning to the end. It had taken us approx. 6 months of planning, mostly researching online, emailing and a few phone calls. We wanted our wedding to be very intimate, so we chose to keep our wedding party to a small group so that we could spend quality time with everyone. We care very much about our family, relatives and close friends and are extremely blessed that they wanted to be there to share our wedding trip. We all met up for dinner the evening before the wedding day at a cosy restaurant called Carusos in Reykjavik. On the wedding day, we chose to get married at Oddi church in Hella. It was important to find an intimate, small church to match our wedding plans. We held our reception dinner at Hotel Ranga in Hella, a beautiful log cabin style hotel out in the countryside. It was important to choose a place that was surrounded by nature. Hotel Ranga gave us fantastic help organizing our wedding reception and floral arrangements. Our wedding table decorations were purple and silver with hints of red. We arranged our own wedding invitations and wedding programmes. We also made our own favours for personal touches. We had blessing lanterns after the meal. After the wedding day, our group went on a private tour of the Golden Circle tour.

It was an unforgettable experience that we will cherish forever!

We are truly grateful to Isabelle and Emmi-Sabina being able to capture our magical day!”

Thank you, Charmaine and Stefan for sharing the details from your beautiful day!

Vendors:
Photographer: Isabelle Hesselberg and Emmi-Sabina Forsberg
Wedding dress: Benjamin Roberts dress from Bellamore
Groom’s attire: Suit and shoes hired from Brudgumman , waistcoat and tie hired from Söders Högtidskläder
Wedding shoes from John Lewis
Headpiece and long gloves bought on the internet.
Hair: Arranged through Hotel Ranga
Makeup: Arranged through Hotel Ranga
Venue: Hotel Ranga, Hella
Catering: Arranged through Hotel Ranga
Cake: My mother made the first cake, the second cake was arranged by Hotel Ranga
Flowers: Arranged through Hotel Ranga
Invitations & Stationery: made personally by us
Entertainment: Arranged through Hotel Ranga

Today I have the honour of guest blogging on the beautiful, new Danish blogging platform for mummy bloggers, Petit Podium. In my post, I round up a couple of tips and ideas for a kid friendly wedding – check out the post right here (in Danish).

It’s my guest blogging debut – let me know what you think :) Do you have any other advice or ideas on how to make a wedding kid friendly? Would you invite kids at all to your wedding?

You might remember the English photographer Tamara Kuzminski, whose work I featured a while ago with the super-cool bride with the scull bracelet? That Swedish wedding was just one of many more weddings that she would love to photographed in our part of the world. Tamara tells me that not only would she love to photograph many more Scandinavian weddings – but if any of you brides are considering a wedding at the Ice Hotel, it would be her utmost dream to be there to capture it :)

I’m so honoured to have a non-Scandinavian photographer sponsor this little blog – it really means the world to me. Here’s a small selection of favourites which illustrate Tamara’s versatility – from detail shots, to portraits, to shots of those unforgettable moments and emotions.

Photographed by Christin Eide – see the entire gallery here

This wedding is just so happy, crisp, beautiful and light… the couple really only have eyes for each other, and I simply love how the images are just utterly, and simply, filled with love, light and happiness.

I never tire of the classic image of the wedding dress hanging in the window, sunlight streaming through the beautiful lace…

Love this next series of images of the bride arriving to the church and walking up the aisle…

I’m so in love with the bridal bouquet…!

Champagne at the botanical gardens!

I simply love these next two shots…! I think they might be my favourite…

…or maybe this one. Such great expressions in this photo :)

A beautifully decorated venue… I’m really quite in love with the flowers and the elegant, simple look at this event…

Lovely details!

From Christin, the amazing photographer who captured it all: “This beautiful couple is Thea and Espen. They got married in Oslo, 24. march 2012 and had a fantastic party at Disen Gård. These photographs give a little taste of my day with Thea and Espen. We started at the hairdresser’s, went on for make-up at her sisters place and off to the church. For our portrait session we went to the beautiful Botanical Garden in Oslo and the impressive Operahouse in Bjørvika. After capturing Thea and Espen’s beautiful love for each other we went to Disen Gård were family and friends awaited their arrival for the perfect celebration of newlywed love in the sunset. I have to say this couple only had eyes for each other and often portrayed the perfect “movie kiss”.”

Thanks so much for sharing these images with us, Christin! And congratulations to the beautiful couple, Thea and Espen :)

Vendors:
Photographer: Fotograf Christin Eide
Wedding dress: Pronovias Nerveo dress
Groom’s attire: Hugo Boss tuxedo
Hair: Kjersti Fuglset, Hårkammerset, Oslo
Makeup: Luciana Thunem, Fashionbirds
Venue: Disen Gård, Oslo
Catering: Disen Gård, Oslo
Flowers: Kari Wahl, Oslo