New English Wedding Blog sponsor welcome for Peppermint Love!

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Claire Gould

Hello every­one! I hope you’re hav­ing a lovely day and enjoy­ing a lit­tle sun­shine. It’s going to be a won­der­ful week­end for wed­dings I think! Today I want to intro­duce you to my newest friend and spon­sor, the lovely Kasia from Pep­per­mint Love Pho­tog­ra­phy in Dorset.

Dorset wedding photography by Peppermint Love

Photo credit Pep­per­mint Love www.peppermintlove.com

Dorset wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy — intro­duc­ing Pep­per­mint Love!

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Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy in Dorset: Photo credit Pep­per­mint Love www.peppermintlove.com

Kasia Nowak describes her pho­tog­ra­phy style as “more than doc­u­men­tary” — her style has a nat­ural feel but with an artis­tic, flat­ter­ing touch. For Kasia a wed­ding is so much more than smiles and tears: she strives to cap­ture details, colours and the over­all feel­ing of the day.  Read more…

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My cute, quirky, colourful little calligraphy heart decorations for your wedding

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Claire Gould

Morn­ing every­one! I’ve been craft­ing some gor­geous lit­tle hearts in recent weeks and they’re prov­ing ever so pop­u­lar on my cal­lig­ra­phy web­site so I wanted to show you too!

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These cute and quirky heart place names are hand­writ­ten in my favourite script, and in white and pas­tel inks for a con­tem­po­rary feel. I’ve been exper­i­ment­ing with adding lit­tle flow­ers, rus­tic twine and rib­bons too. There’s a heart in my cal­lig­ra­phy stu­dio for every style and occa­sion… and I’m offer­ing free sam­ples today!

For a free cal­lig­ra­phy heart sam­ple all you need to do is email hello@Calligraphy-for-Weddings.com with your name, wed­ding date, style or colours and postal address.

Hearts are usu­ally priced at £2.40 each but your sam­ple will be totally free.  Read more…

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A beautiful Asian wedding from the Arts and Conference Centre at Bolton School

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Claire Gould

When­ever I see an Eng­lish Asian wed­ding I wish I had more in my inbox to share with you — the ele­gance and won­der­ful colours are out of this world! And Dhar­men­dra and Divya’s con­tem­po­rary Eng­lish wed­ding with an Asian twist is sim­ply amaz­ing. I jumped at the chance to share it with you as soon as I saw it!

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The images are by my friend and blog spon­sor the lovely Phil Drinkwa­ter. Phil is a wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher in Cheshire and Man­ches­ter, and I’d rec­om­mend him to any­one — he’s a lovely guy too. The pho­tog­ra­phy in today’s Asian wed­ding blog is just beau­ti­ful — as is today’s bride Divya.  Read more…

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Discover something fun! Scene Setter wedding props and signs

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Claire Gould

Cre­ative wed­ding styling seems to be the big thing of 2013, with wed­ding mag­a­zines and top wed­ding blogs fea­tur­ing quirky and inter­est­ing wed­ding props wher­ever I look. In 2012 and with vin­tage wed­dings every­where the star per­former was most def­i­nitely the vin­tage suit­case as table plan. Scuffed cases with Cath Kid­ston–esque inte­ri­ors were strung up with cards for guest names by table. Sur­rounded by jam jars of flow­ers, lit­tle frames of old fam­ily pho­tos and a vin­tage type­writer, the scuffed-suitcase-for-hire was the belle of every wed­ding ball.

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Wed­ding props like this Love sign with glit­ter from Scene Set­ter are the big trend for 2013  Read more…

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All things vintage — a Fawsley Hall wedding in Northamptonshire

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Claire Gould

I loved Anna and Craig’s Fawsley Hall wed­ding as soon as I saw it — and when they say ‘all things vin­tage’ they really mean it… there’s even a steam roller thrown in! Not to men­tion the fam­ily heir­looms as wed­ding decor. This is truly beautiful.

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I also admire Anna and Craig’s approach to sourc­ing wed­ding sup­pli­ers. They sourced items locally and saved money that way, as well as work­ing together with fam­ily and friends to make their own acces­sories for the big day. But most of all this is a beau­ti­ful wed­ding full of smiles and laugh­ter, love and fam­ily. There’s men­tion of a gig­gling fit at the altar (love it!) in Anna’s wed­ding report which you’ll find at the end of the blog fea­ture today.  Read more…

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A beautiful UK outdoor wedding in West Sussex

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Claire Gould

Hello there lovely blog read­ers and I hope your Mon­day is going nicely so far. I have a truly beau­ti­ful wed­ding to begin this week with. Abi and Mikael chose to have their wed­ding out­side, this time last year. They mar­ried in the charm­ing vil­lage of Dunc­ton, West Sus­sex, with an out­door cer­e­mony in the grounds of Dunc­ton Vil­lage Hall.

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Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Paul Fletcher very kindly shared his images of the wed­ding with me for the Eng­lish Wed­ding Blog. You can read his full wed­ding blog post with images here.

Abi and Mikael have writ­ten a great wed­ding report and reviewed some of their favourite wed­ding sup­pli­ers for you. I love their advice… par­tic­u­larly the bits about the danc­ing swan, the impor­tance of hir­ing a good pho­tog­ra­pher, and remem­ber­ing to eat the food!  Read more…

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Is anyone not considering a Great Gatsby wedding theme this week?

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Claire Gould

Hello every­one! I hope you’ve had a lovely week. I’m work­ing on a few lit­tle blog fea­tures for the weeks ahead and I’ve had to turn off the TV, avoid read­ing any­thing online or in mag­a­zines and steer pretty clear of wed­ding blogs and web­sites — as well as my inbox!

The Great Gatsby

Is it me or do they look a tiny bit bored already?

Why? I’m all Great Gatsbied-out.

Art Deco is a won­der­fully inspir­ing style. It doesn’t quite fit with my wed­ding cal­lig­ra­phy busi­ness, but the strik­ing lines and impact­ful fonts make for amaz­ing wed­ding sta­tionery. The glitz and glam are to die for as far as wed­ding dresses and bridal acces­sories go. But I need to make a con­fes­sion: it’s not really me.  Read more…

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Tie the Knot with Ted Baker

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Claire Gould

Ted Baker is one of those clas­sic British brands I love and admire. From the polo shirts I lived in at Uni to the flo­ral prints of today, I feel like I’ve known Ted Baker for years and years.

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I’m not actu­ally going to tie the knot with Ted Baker as in marry him (he’s not a real per­son), so apolo­gies for the pos­si­bly mis­lead­ing title (just in case!) But the brand has launched a new ser­vice for your brides­maids and best men in Man­ches­ter and Lon­don stores, and I think it’s bril­liant for super cool bridal par­ties. If you’re out and about this week­end look­ing for out­fits for your best boys and girls, Ted Baker is def­i­nitely worth a visit!
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Ted Baker wedding outfits (7) Visit Ted Baker online at www.TedBaker.com to find out more.  Read more…

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Over to you! Flower Power wedding ideas

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Claire Gould

Hello every­one! Can you help me with a ‘Flower Power’ fea­ture on the Eng­lish Wed­ding Blog? I’ve given it a quick men­tion on face­book and got some great ideas already, but the more the merrier!

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Photo credit Adam Riley Pho­tog­ra­phy — click to see Cal­lum and Leanne’s wed­ding on the Eng­lish Wed­ding Blog

Don’t be shy… feel free to rec­om­mend a wed­ding sup­plier, share a Pin­ter­est board, email me with a pic of your hand­made wed­ding invites, or share a photo of any­thing bright, flo­ral, and excit­ing with a wed­ding theme. I’ll share the best with you all next week :)

Have a fab­u­lous week­end everyone!

Claire xxx

Wedding cupcakes by Baking Mad

Flower Power? Wed­ding cup­cakes from Bak­ing Mad… yummy. Click the image to see more! And don’t for­get to send me your flower power wed­ding ideas!  Read more…

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1920’s and Art Deco Wedding Stationery

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Nathan

Art deco has the poten­tial to be a huge trend this year, and I’m thrilled today to be able to show you one of the UK’s very best col­lec­tions of art deco wed­ding sta­tionery. My lovely friend Nathan (of Artemis Sta­tionery) is a bit of an expert on the sub­ject and shares his rec­om­men­da­tions for art deco sta­tionery and styling with you here on the blog today. Enjoy! Claire x

Capri Art Deco wedding sign and invitation with swarovski crystals

Capri Art Deco wed­ding sign and invi­ta­tion with swarovski crystals

Recently I wrote a bit about Art Deco and the 1920s, hope­fully illus­trat­ing why I like the style of the period.  But why is this rel­e­vant to wed­dings today?  Although quite pop­u­lar at the moment it’s a style you can use through­out the day to make your wed­ding a lit­tle bit unique from oth­ers which you may have been to. Also it’s not a strong theme such as demand­ing every­one dress up as Super­heroes.  Read more…

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