Real Bride Vervain Marries Shawn in a Custom Made Lace Ball Gown

Desiree Singletary January 8, 2022

Behind the Seams

Erica/Vervain came to me with lots of beautiful laces she already handpicked herself and a bodice piece from her mothers gown she hand beaded/embroidered. We then started sketching her dream dress together (she already sketched it once) and I began putting together her ball gown.

She is wearing a hoop skirt underneath several layers of lace and satin for that full look. Hoop skirts opposed to layers of net and tulle are a great option because it gives you so much space for your legs/feet to walk and it keeps you cooler throughout the day.

I am grateful to have worked with her on this dress, I love it, and her photos from the wedding are GORGEOUS!

Wedding Day

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Stephanie Rogers Photography

Venue-Barr Mansion

Hair @magical_mitzi https://salonlofts.com/mitzi_naiser

Flowers @madame.ling

Cake Toppers @shroomware

Vegas mini dress with Erin Venable Photography

Desiree Singletary February 12, 2021

Edited photos are back from Erin when she photographed the Vegas dress in Vegas!

Amazing Vendor Team:

Photo Erin Venable Photography

Lace Boots from House of Elliot

Vegas Mini Wedding Dress

Models Haywild Films Las Vegas

Styled Shoot with Ophelia Portraits

Desiree Singletary February 2, 2021

I had the pleasure of working with Jay from Ophelia Portraits over the weekend and I’m in love with the results!

Her approach to photography is different from many of the photographers I have been working with recently so it was great to see my dresses from such a different perspective.

I am not fluent in photography lingo but as an outsider, I can tell you her pictures look like vintage paintings, take a look for yourself. Ophelia Portraits website.

(Lighting and video below by her partner Joe with Joseph McMillan photography)

Jay not only photographed our gorgeous model, Payton Gisel from MAZZAmodels, but she also did the flawless makeup!

Those gorgeous locks are prepped by the talented hair designer, Sarah Lund.

Creative Partners:

Photo @ophelia.portraits

Model @payton_gisel with @mazzamodels

Lighting @josephmcmillanphoto

Hair @sarah.lovekm

Makeup @jaybrans

Gowns Audrey Gown and the Savannah Gown

Southwest Styled Shoot at 71 West

Desiree Singletary January 7, 2021

This is only one set of 3 for the styled shoot at 71 West with the Wrangler and Wildflower gowns from my Southwest Bride Collection…so there’s more to come!

The styled shoot was designed by Texas Hill Country Styled Shoots and inspired by Santa Fe, so I knew my Southwest dresses would fit right in with the bright, colorful, cactus-themed boho wedding.