Wedding planning or work?

Chalk­board wed­ding idea from Ruf­fled blog

Happy Fri­day every­one! I have a brand new fea­ture for those of you who are in the office, clock-watching or rush­ing to fin­ish a report. Fri­day after­noons are the worst, aren’t they? I’ve been remem­ber­ing my days in Manchester’s Arn­dale Tower, work­ing as a Mar­ket­ing Exec in my seat by the win­dow… when Fri­day after­noons were spent gaz­ing out of the win­dow, email­ing my friends or chat­ting, often after a small glass of wine at din­ner time.

Jesse D. Green Photography

Work… ick! So today I bring you ‘wed­ding plan­ning or work’ — a diver­sion from that pre­sen­ta­tion that’s doing your head in, a list of great things to look at on the inter­web that should keep you “busy” until about ten to four. Most of these links are about wed­ding inspi­ra­tion and gor­geous pics. From time to time (I’m hop­ing this will become a reg­u­lar fea­ture) I’ll include tips on time man­age­ment which could just pos­si­bly class as work, if your boss asks!

Enjoy x

Real wed­dings…

• Mit­ton Hall Civil Part­ner­ship Wed­ding – Kate & Anna
• Shel­ley & Glyn’s Arley Hall wedding 
• Kirsty + Chris’s Wed­ding at Bag­den Hall
• DIY rus­tic coun­try wed­ding — Knotty bride
• A sin­gle wed­ding pho­to­graph that will knock your socks off. I love Tobiah Tayo! Sophie & Sean preview
• The same goes for Steve Ger­rard. Beau­ti­ful… Lisa & Jason – A Wed­ding at Wethele Manor
• My Wed­ding in Provence — Part 1 (but you have to read all 3!)
• Love My Dress’s vin­tage wed­dings gallery — I’ve shared my par­ents’ wed­ding and my Grandma’s. Join in, it’s a won­der­ful thing to do.
• Two Routemas­ters and a Peas­ant – a Lon­don wedding
• Let me tell you a story……
• Chatsworth House bridal shoot by Crash Tay­lor Chatsworth House, Derbyshire 
• Kirstie & Pip’s Chelsea & Bat­tersea Wedding
• Han­nah & Simeon’s Amaz­ing Tipi Wed­ding {part 1}

Be dif­fer­ent…

mr and mrs cush­ions from Bird­house Cre­ations on folksy

• Christ­mas? (or my par­ents’ ruby wed­ding anniver­sary?) Folksy :: Buy “Mr & Mrs cushions”
• Are secret wed­dings green wed­dings? food for thought
• I love it when Boho shares her favourite alter­na­tive ideas: Escort Cards — 29 of my Favorites
• Badges for your wed­ding guests? Cute! Pur­ple Badges
• Some things I def­i­nitely didn’t know in The Amer­i­can ver­sus The British Style Wedding
• Legs! Vibrant Alice in Won­der­land Styled Shoot

Think cre­ative…

• DIY Hand-Lettering Chalk­board Menu
• Wed­ding Sta­tionery Advice – Knots and Kisses

Photo credit: Chris Han­ley Photography

• It’s not Trash, it’s not Cher­ish — it’s Beach Bride™ and I love it best of all. Those skies…
• And if Crosby isn’t far enough for you, try Tus­cany with this gor­geous sunny shoot: Tus­cany Bridal Portraits
• I really should check my blog feeds more often! Rock n Roll Bride on Get­ting Organised
• Effec­tive Time Man­age­ment for Blog­gers: Some Use­ful Tips
• Me Time on Rock My Wed­ding blog. What do you do to chill?
• Have a day after shoot — like on Style Me Pretty
• Bridal Veil Alter­na­tives are you really a veil kind of girl?
• How Cre­at­ing an Imag­i­nary Friend Can Make You a Bet­ter Writer. I had one, did you?!

Have an opinion!

• A very hon­est blog­ger on her wed­ding plan­ning lovey­ouev­ery­thing
• Col­lect­ing bot­tles but not sure why? Bot­tles As Wed­ding Decor
• Wed­ding invi­ta­tions with a dif­fer­ence Sam Osborne Weddings
• How did a top sta­tionery designer get where she is today? I loved read­ing Lucy Ledger Loves…
• Look like you’re work­ing Typ­ing Test — 10-fast-fingers.com

… it should be nearly home time. Go for a quick wee and get your coat. Have a fab­u­lous weekend!

Claire xx