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Dark & Moody Styled Wedding Inspiration

A dark and moody wedding with vintage details, dramatic florals, and handmade paper stationery.

The beauty of wedding planning is the creative freedom you have when it comes to themes and colour palettes. This styled shoot took place in Wellington, New Zealand with a creative brief that was dark, moody, vintage, Halloween inspired.

Designing custom wedding stationery

What I love about design custom wedding stationery is the opportunity to work with couples, listening to their wedding dreams, shared adventures, and memories of their relationship. Then working with them to bring their wedding style and plans together, in a creative meaningful way. While my aesthetic may appear light and blush palette driven, what I’m really drawn to is textures - creating something guests can touch, feel, and love. Playing with texture and colours, you can take the same materials to each wedding aesthetic and create something different.

Here’s how a team of wedding vendors, brought this dark and moody story together.

Wedding vendors

Photography - Natureinsync Photography
Make-up & Hair - Ruby Retro NZ
Decor & Props - The Vintage Party
Florals - Flowers Rediscovered
Cake - Cakelab NZ
Dress - Trish Peng
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