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Alternative wedding invitation ideas
How is everyone on this beautifully sunny Monday morning? It’s blissful here at English Wedding towers — I’ve been for a walk around my little village, along the seafront and through the fields already! Time now for a bit of inspiration in the form of some papery goodness, I think.
Five great alternative wedding invitation ideas
Alternative wedding invitation 1: the Lotus Flower
Lotus flower alternative wedding invitation found on Without A Hitch — the flower is cut from blue patterned paper and becomes a stunning, different wedding invitation via the magic of origami. A tag attached to the flower has all the information a guest could need!
Thinking creative!
I can deny it no longer. I have become an addict. Deny me my fix and my craving just gets stronger. It’s not drugs or drink or nicotine. No, I am obsessed with reading wedding blogs and wedding magazines. And even though we’ve more or less chosen just about everything for our own wedding and don’t really need any more inspiration or ideas, I just can’t stop reading about other weddings. And I particularly enjoy hearing about brides who have taken up Claire’s call to ‘Think Creative’. What a lot of talent there is out there! From brides who stitch their own decorative bunting or ice hundreds of cup cakes to those who hand-write every single invitation or painstakingly thread crystal bead necklaces, I am humbled by those B2B blessed with a creative spirit.
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Wedding jewellery ideas — gold colours
Today’s English wedding blog is dedicated to Trudie. Hello there Trudie! A little while ago I asked for wedding jewellery designers to share their best sparkly creations over on the English Wedding Showcase. It works a little like the wedding magazines: I suggest a theme and ask designers to show off their wares, providing all of you wonderful couples with ideas for your wedding. This time we did jewellery.
Gold wedding jewellery ideas — an inspiration board
Fallen in love with a bit of sparkle? Click on these quick links to see the wedding jewellery designs on the designers’ websites!
Creative wedding ideas collaboration — and not a union jack in sight!
I’m avoiding union jacks and red-white-blue features with every glance at my inbox these days! There are gorgeous ideas out there, and yes a little inspiration from current events is nice… but before we all plan red-white-blue weddings (and before I start buying red-white-blue accessories for my new home!) I’m going to try and win you over today with some regal wedding inspiration done a little differently. Which is what we love here on English Wedding Blog, yes? Enjoy…
Davenport House wedding inspiration shoot
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A wedding cake spectacular: 14 contemporary cake ideas
Good morning! Who likes cake? And have you chosen your wedding cake yet? I’ve picked some of my favourite wedding cakes from all the real weddings on English Wedding blog over the last few months, and thought it would be a great way to get a little wedding cake gallery going!
Click on the images to see the full wedding and please — if you’re the wedding cake designer and would like a credit, get in touch. (All of these pictures are taken from my real weddings, submitted by wedding photographers)
Getting featured on wedding blogs (video blog)
Hello! I have another video blog for wedding suppliers today: how (and why) to get featured on a wedding blog. Once again, ‘scuse the face — but I hope you find the advice really useful. Enjoy the movie — there’s a quick recap in words below the clip for you to cut out and keep as well.
getting your designs featured on wedding blogs from Claire Gould on Vimeo.
As a wedding stationer, jewellery or cake designer you might not have considered submitting your designs to be featured on wedding blogs. This short video explains the benefits of sponsored blog features, and looks at the differences between wedding blog advertising and the printed wedding magazines.
Erica Stacey couture wedding dresses (Manchester)
Morning everyone! Wedding dresses and some behind-the-scenes pictures today… I wanted to tell you a little more about couture dress designer Erica Stacey. Erica has made a real splash in the Manchester and Cheshire wedding scene (if that’s the right word: is there a ‘scene’? Answers on a postcard please…) with the launch of her couture bridal wear brand at the luxurious Tatton Wedding Show in January. I’ve come across her name on Brides Up North wedding blog and seen her dresses featured in fabulous creative shoots by some of my favourite wedding photographers. This lady is making waves — with gorgeous designs and a fantastic commercial launch, allow me to introduce Erica Stacey Bridal Wear.
Wedding Planning or Work? Bumper Edition
This week’s Wedding Planning or Work is dedicated to my new friend Scarlet Blue. Last Friday I skived off WPOW entirely, as I was up to my neck in calligraphy… only to find an email on Saturday from Scarlet (which she’d sent on Friday) saying how much she enjoyed my weekly blog roundups… Oops!
Today I’m not skiving off — I’ve made you a bumper edition of Wedding Planning or Work to enjoy. Happy Friday everyone!
Real weddings
- I adore Kimberley’s wedding dress — take a look!North Yorkshire marquee wedding
The most beautiful civil partnership and handfasting celebration

I’ve always thought I’d love a handfasting for my own wedding — and when I saw Cat and Jocelyn’s handfasting celebration I loved everything they’d done to create a truly beautiful day. Their civil partnership was at Leighton Moss nature reserve in Lancashire, and images are by Cat and Suz at C. T. Images Photography in Bolton.
The atmosphere on the day must have been wonderful: an outdoor ceremony, the air filled with live music from friends and a traditional handfasting before friends and family. Cat and Jocelyn have written all about their day to share on English Wedding blog — so I’ll hand over the reins to them to tell you all about it.
5 famous British wedding venues
A guest blog post this morning to make you smile. Fancy stepping in the hallowed footsteps of the floppy-haired secret-crush inducing naughtier-than-he-looks Hugh Grant? Here’s how…
Even if you don’t live in the same parish as the famous UK wedding venues mentioned in this list you could pull a few strings to try and stage your wedding at one of them. It might be a bit tricky to arrange a wedding at number five in the list though!
Luton Hoo Hotel as seen in Four Weddings and a Funeral. Photo by Calotype46 on flickr





























