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Wedding inspiration board — winter berries

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Claire

Yes­ter­day I shared a ‘berry’ lovely win­ter wed­ding inspi­ra­tion shoot by Han­nah from Life­line Pho­tog­ra­phy. Today’s post is a quickie — some­thing to cut out and keep!

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Wed­ding inspi­ra­tion: win­ter berries with images by Life­line Photography

I made a wed­ding inspi­ra­tion board for you with Hannah’s lovely images and all the lit­tle acces­sories and dec­o­ra­tions from the day. So if you’re look­ing to make lots of things for your wed­ding, and you’ve got a lit­tle red rid­ing hood cos­tume knock­ing around that you don’t really need… this is per­fect for you!  Read more…

 With help from some won­der­ful wed­ding suppliers

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Wedding planning or work?

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Claire
dashing looking groom

Photo credit: http://mybigdayphotos.co.uk via Rock My Wedding

I’m sure if you’ve got some­thing really impor­tant to fin­ish it can wait five min­utes. There’s an hour or two left before home time after all. You deserve a break, it’s Fri­day after­noon! We’re into week­end time already if you ask me :)

Course, if you like this lit­tle lot you can while away the time until 4 or 5 just blog-hopping and enjoy­ing lots of wed­ding inspi­ra­tion. I should apol­o­gise to brides and grooms who aren’t blog­gers by the way: I’ve been read­ing a lot about blog­ging this week so there’s a bit of advice in here too.  Read more…

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Wedding inspiration blog — winter berries

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Claire

winter wedding blog by Lifeline Photography (18)I’ve been wait­ing so long for a cold snap. I pic­tured myself blog­ging all wrapped up and toasty, with glis­ten­ing ici­cles out­side and this win­ter berries wed­ding inspi­ra­tion shoot on my screen, next to a mug of steam­ing hot chocolate…

Well there’s no snow out­side (yet). I give up!!! But it’s chilly. It’s been frosty… and the sparkles on the pave­ment in the morn­ing say it’s time to blog this lovely wed­ding inspi­ra­tion shoot!  Read more…

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The Elite: Allister Freeman interview

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Claire

The Elite wedding blog logoAllis­ter Free­man is a top UK reportage wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher & pho­to­jour­nal­ist — his pho­tog­ra­phy has a tran­quil­ity and a ten­der­ness to it which for me is unri­valled in the indus­try. I’m thrilled to share Allister’s insight­ful inter­view as part of The Elite on Eng­lish Wed­ding blog today.

Allis­ter Free­man cares deeply about wed­dings, his clients and the indus­try he inspires — that’s clear to see from his work and from his wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy blog. His real wed­ding blog posts are per­sonal and gen­er­ous; his thoughts on wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy and advice posts are con­sid­er­ate, use­ful and compelling.

wedding photography by Allister Freeman (3)  Read more…

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Picture perfect — Liza & Jean-Luc’s Cambridge wedding

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Claire

photography by Geoff Reardon (21)Every­one wants to know who will pho­to­graph a wed­ding photographer’s wed­ding. I fea­tured Alice and Jamie’s wed­ding on the blog yes­ter­day, with pic­tures by lovely Jean-Luc Benazet.

I can’t quite remem­ber how I found out about Jean-Luc’s own wed­ding to the beau­ti­ful Liza, but I was delighted to see they’d cho­sen Geoff Rear­don to be their wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher.
Jean-Luc and Liza have writ­ten their wed­ding report to share with you, and the images of their wed­ding day are breath­tak­ing — so I’ll leave you in their capa­ble hands to enjoy today’s wed­ding blog.

photography by Geoff Reardon (26)  Read more…

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We met at primary school… a Welsh wedding

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Claire

wedding blog photo (35)There’s noth­ing like a real love story to brighten up a cold morn­ing… and Alice and Jamie’s story is a lovely one. Both liv­ing in Lon­don now, they went back to their child­hood home of Wales to get mar­ried last year. Alice has writ­ten her own story of the wed­ding day which is as enchant­ing as the images of the wed­ding. And she looks so incred­i­bly beau­ti­ful in lace and pearls…

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All the pho­tographs are by Cam­bridge wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Jean-Luc Benazet. I have some­thing very spe­cial to tell you about Jean-Luc at the end of this wed­ding blog, but for now I’ll leave you to read Alice and Jamie’s wed­ding story.  Read more…

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New sponsor welcome… Helena Rose Weddings

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Claire

Helena Rose Sussex wedding plannerI’m delighted to be adding new types of wed­ding sup­pli­ers to my spon­sors. Today I’m intro­duc­ing wed­ding plan­ner Helena Rose — based in Sus­sex and trained by the UKAWP, Helena Rose plans inspir­ing wed­dings that set trends rather than fol­low them.

Now that’s what I love to hear!

A lit­tle more about Helena Rose Weddings

Helena Rose is mak­ing a splash with her new wed­ding plan­ning busi­ness, and I’m so pleased she’s joined Eng­lish Wed­ding Blog! Read more: The Sus­sex News­pa­per inter­views Helena Rose. Helena is also to be found on Whim­si­cal Won­der­land Wed­ding blog — with a fab­u­lous com­pe­ti­tion for brides in Sus­sex, Lon­don and the South East.  Read more…

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Competition winner!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Claire

bead from beadcraftyA very quick blog post for a Fri­day after­noon — to announce the win­ner of last week’s wed­ding blog com­pe­ti­tion to win beads from BeadCrafty.com

The win­ner, cho­sen at ran­dom, is Anna who (along with every­one else) guessed that the lovely bead was indeed a pretty flower.

Well done Anna, I’m off to for­ward your email address to Bead­Crafty who will send your online code for £50 of beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds. You lucky thing!

Have a fab­u­lous week­end every­one :)

Claire xxx

 

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Wedding planning or work?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Claire
rapunzel fairytale wedding shoot on Green Wedding Shoes blog

Photo credit: www.connectionphoto.com via Green Wed­ding Shoes

Happy Fri­day every­one! It’s been a bit of a manic week at Eng­lish Wed­ding tow­ers, all busy on the blog, out doing excit­ing cre­ative things and stay­ing in doing tax returns. Ick. If you’ve had a busy week too, then — don’t lis­ten to the boss — it’s offi­cially the week­end now. I’ve got you some lovely bits of wed­ding blog land to enjoy until home time. Feet up, pens down, notepads at the ready because there are some bril­liant ideas for you here…

Photo credit: McAvoy Pho­tog­ra­phy  Read more…

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You mean the world to me… Harlaxton Manor wedding part two

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Claire

wedding photo by Beautiful Life Photography (30)
I love maps. I love pho­tos that stop me in my tracks a bit. I love see­ing some­thing just a tad dif­fer­ent. I love Alex and James’s wed­ding at Har­lax­ton Manor, with its tow­ers and tur­rets and old Eng­lish charm. I just love blog­ging wed­dings!

wedding photo by Beautiful Life Photography (26)I shared part one of this beau­ti­ful Har­lax­ton Manor wed­ding yes­ter­day. I have loads more to share today (best bits till last, an’ all that). More of Alex’s beau­ti­ful lace wed­ding dress, some jaw-dropping pics of Har­lax­ton Manor (it’s a whop­per), cro­quet, maps (did I men­tion the maps?), huge smiles, romance and laugh­ter.  Read more…

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