A beautiful English Wedding at The Manor House, Combe

A Vera Wang wed­ding dress… Louboutin shoes for the bride and brides­maids… horses and car­riage… a won­der­fully lux­u­ri­ous coun­try house wed­ding venue in the Cotswolds… top hat and tails for the groom… and award win­ning wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers.

So much to show you today, such a gor­geous wed­ding — and you know, for me the very best bit about Emma and Burnsy’s wed­ding is the love and laughter.

This really is a fab­u­lous designer wed­ding day — with so many details and moments to share with you I’m split­ting the blog fea­ture over two days. Today — the bridal prepa­ra­tions and wed­ding cer­e­mony are all yours. Emma and her girls had the best morn­ing ever — and there are some lovely pho­tos which are guar­an­teed to bring a big smile to your face! I think today I’ll make the most of show­ing you that gor­geous Vera Wang designer wed­ding dress as well.

Tomor­row: there’ll be more from the wed­ding recep­tion at the fab­u­lous Manor House wed­ding venue in Combe (the Cotswolds). Emma wore the loveli­est hair acces­sory and added a dif­fer­ent belt to acces­sorise her wed­ding dress for the sec­ond part of the day — so this wed­ding blog fea­ture fits nicely into two parts.

All pho­tographs are by the — let’s say it again! — award win­ning wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers CG Wed­dings, aka The Craw­leys, from Cheshire.

A designer wed­ding blog — from The Manor House, Combe

The bride and groom

Emma & Richard Burns

Who pro­posed, and how?

Burnsy pro­posed on a roman­tic sunny pic­nic at the Four Sea­sons in Hampshire

Wed­ding venue

The Manor House, Cas­tle Combe

Wed­ding photographer

Liam Craw­ley, CG Weddings

How would you describe your wed­ding style?

Soft and roman­tic

The Wed­ding Dress

I wore the incred­i­ble Diana dress by Vera Wang, Chris­t­ian Louboutin sil­ver sparkle Pigalle shoes and two dif­fer­ent belts by Vera Wang for the cer­e­mony and reception.

The groom’s outfit

Burnsy wore a navy blue morn­ing suit hired from Moss Bros with a Grey Top Hat and pink waist­coat to match the Brides­maid dresses.

Mem­o­rable wed­ding day moments (part one!)

Laugh­ing out loud the whole car­riage ride with my dad on the way to the cer­e­mony. Feel­ing like Burnsy and I were the only 2 peo­ple at our cer­e­mony thanks to the way the Gazebo was dressed.

There’s more from Emma’s wed­ding report tomor­row, includ­ing the beau­ti­ful wed­ding venue decor, that stun­ning head­band (I promise — Emma looks amaz­ing!), and wed­ding day advice from the bride and groom.

Rec­om­mended wed­ding suppliers

• Claire Han­son – Hair http://clairehansonmakeup.com/
• Philippa Crad­dock – Flow­ers http://www.philippacraddock.com/
• Liam Craw­ley – CG Wed­dings — Pho­tog­ra­phy http://cgweddings.co.uk/
• Jane Aubrey — DeLovely Cakes – Cake http://www.delovelycakes.com/
• Sarah Brock – Makeup http://www.sarahbmakeup.co.uk/
• Horse­drawnoc­cas­sions – Neil & Elaine Bernard – Horse and Car­riage http://www.horsedrawnoccasions.co.uk/

The Craw­leys have just won arm­fuls of awards from the UK’s Mas­ter Pho­tog­ra­phers Asso­ci­a­tion — they won MPA North West Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­pher of the Year, MPA North West Cre­ative Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­pher of the Year and MPA North West Reportage Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­pher of the Year. Con­grat­u­la­tions Liam and Bee! http://cgweddings.co.uk/blog/our-trophies/

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