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Category Archives: Advice
Who To Bring (and Not) on Your Hen Party
If you’ve started planning your hen party then you’re probably thinking first about who to invite. This is a very important part of your hen party, and it has the ability to make or break your hen party. Who you bring on your hen party can make it cool and fun – or it can make it lame and totally pathetic. Now we know we’ve got your full attention! Here’s our advice, on who to bring and who to leave off the invite list to your hen party:
Posted in Advice, daily UK wedding inspiration, inspiration, wedding blogs 5 Comments
Wedding planning or work?
Hi again ladies and gents — nearly the end of the week and time to down pens, up feet and slurp a cuppa while I bring you another great blog post full of wedding blog updates I love most from the week just gone. By the time you finish reading these, you can get your coat and grab your car keys / bus ticket / overdue-Friday-afternoon-glass-of-wine-in-the-bar-over-the-road.
Enjoy x
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- Kate & Anna’s lovely civil partnership
- Breathtaking wedding photography by Brett Harkness from Thornton Manor
What next for vintage wedding photographers?
Hands up anybody in wedding-land who hasn’t heard about last week’s article on The Huffington Post about the end of the vintage wedding trend? Yeah, I knew there wouldn’t be any hands up. So — what does it mean for the wedding industry? Not much. Trends come and go. But there is one thing…
Posted in Advice, debate, Photography, wedding industry, wedding suppliers Tagged Photography, trends, vintage wedding, wedding suppliers 35 Comments
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Adding Sunshine to a Winter Wedding
Every bride puts her heart and soul into planning her wedding. From the biggest elements through to the tiniest details, each piece is carefully thought out to create a dream day. However, there are some things which you can’t control, and Mother Nature can wreak havoc on your wedding with unexpected bad weather.
Here are a few ways to ensure that a rainy, dull day doesn’t put a damper on your wedding day:
Posted in Advice, inspiration Tagged rainy wedding, wedding weather, winter weddings Leave a comment
9 best wedding traditions from around the world
Morning everyone! Today I’ll tease your learning-buds with a list of nine things you probably didn’t know. This is a guest post by John Greed Jewellery, who’ve found the best wedding traditions from around the world. Will you be incorporating any in your day? Or do you think we have any better traditions here in the UK? I’d love to hear what you think!
“I thought YOU were booking the band?”

Weddings used to be simple affairs; registry office in the High Street, a few pals as witnesses, bowling club for some egg sandwiches. After a few dances one of your cousins has too much to drink, starts a fight then all the pre-ordered cabs show up at 1am. Job done. Oh, how things have changed. Today’s bride expects a proposal in a gondola, the ceremony must be at the base of Victoria Falls and catered by Gordon Ramsay and that’s before you’ve even thought about the entertainment.
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Be young, be foolish, and be happy
I have a few major insecurities when it comes to English Wedding blog. I love writing it, I love that I have an honest and beautiful blog that brides, grooms and businesses find inspiring. But sometimes I worry: I’m not a bride, I haven’t planned my own wedding, everything I know about weddings comes second hand.
A wedding blogger’s confession
Sometimes I feel a bit of a fraud: how can I presume to advise and try to help brides and grooms when I haven’t been there myself?
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How to find creative inspiration
I blogged a very creative photoshoot earlier in the week — a little adventure I loved being a part of! It wasn’t a bridal shoot, in fact it was like nothing I’ve ever blogged before. But the process of doing something different was just brilliant.
But why would I post something so bizarre on a wedding blog? (I hear you ask!)
I think we’re all here looking for inspiration in one way or another. Brides, grooms, wedding businesses — creativity is important. Finding something new shouldn’t always be about the latest tiara design. Sometimes it’s about taking inspiration from something unexpected. That was the message I wanted to share.
Sophisticated Ideas for a UK Hen Weekend
Today’s wedding blog post is definitely for the ladies — anyone planning a hen weekend and wondering how to keep things classy should read this fab guest post by Jessica Lambert.
With lavish hen parties becoming more and more popular, the pressure is really on to choose ideas that are unique, special and memorable. Still, there’s no need to go abroad; with so many sophisticated hen party ideas available right on your doorstep, you can keep the cash from the flights to spend on the night.
The cosmopolitan capital of culture, a London hen weekend provides you with an eclectic choice of things to do:































