Lord of the Rings Woodland Inspired Bridal Editorial - Whimsical...

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I am a huge fan of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and this bridal shoot really encapsulates the enchanting feel of the films. Set in ancient woodland the beautiful models were adorned in jewellery by Sarah Drew who organised this magical editorial.

I just adore the styling, pretty natural blooms and striking landscape. Sarah tells us more about the shoot;

"With the blustery wind whipping at our hair, our boots squelching into the springy ground and the leaden skies ahead threatening to open at any moment, the scene was very satisfactorily set for our Lord of the Rings inspired shoot at atmospheric Wistman's Wood, Dartmoor. We even had Gandalf style staffs to help us over the uneven ground in our quest to find the beautiful, mythical petrified wood of ancient oak trees, many of which are over 500 years old.

It is believed that an oak wood has been at that location since 7000BC and many Druid legends surround it, most pretty dark involving hell hounds and snakes, which added to the eerie atmosphere and meant it was the perfect place to set the mood for our Elfish shoot. I just wish Aragorn could have turned up to save us... Lots of scientists did turn up though, and wondered what we were doing, to study the rare lichen and mosses that festoon the oak trees there.

I've always loved Middle Earth, and the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films brought the Art-Nouveau organic elegance, from the time when the books were written, alive beautifully. I've been using natural materials to make twig tiaras and delicate crocheted Mithril-style headresses and jewellery for a long time, so it's always been at the back of my mind to do a Tolkein shoot. Lucy lives quite near the woods and it's one of her favourite places, so it was her idea to use it as a location. Her beautiful, atmospheric style of photography and Neila's natural, light hand with make up combined brilliantly to produce just the look we were after.

I made headdresses crocheted with lichen and little seed casings, twig tiaras decorated with blossom, crocheted delicate grey pearls and magical little crystals into Mitril hair vines. For Elfish jewellery I oxidised re-made antique Art Nouveau silver rings and bangles; hammered out organic-looking fused eco-silver bangles, chains and rings; and created statement necklace using twisted wood, combined with weathered copper and handmade eco-silver chain.

We asked Julie and Natalie to be our models as they both had a dreamy, dignified air suitable for wise good witches and intelligent Elves: as well as lovely long straight hair! Neila kept their make-up very natural and pretty and simple with little plaits and staightened, shiny hair worn down. We saw Julie as a cross between the White Queen and a female Gandalf and Natalie was our version of Arwen.

We chose flowing, soft dresses with little embellishment for an 'other world' feel from One Bridal. And also included handmade Edwardian style dresses made by Angela Coad at One Bridal, worn with old leather belts, boots and soft cashmere sweaters for a dreamy, traveller, Middle Earth feel. Prince Hall very kindly let us get ready in their boutique hotel and we couldn't resist taking some shots in there garden with panoromic views over the moor.

We completed the natural look of the Shires with a hand-tied wild bouquet of bluebells, ivy and twigs, old studio pottery stoneware vases full of helibores and antique pewter goblets fit for a white queen... set up as an outdoor, elopement picnic on the large Druid's stone, that Lucy had to take photos of quickly before it was sabotaged by her cheeky young dog, Winnifred."