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Hello! I’m Claire and this is my UK wedding blog.
I’m a calligrapher, a marketeer, a lover of the beauty of weddings. I love the creativity weddings spark in everyone involved and that’s why English Wedding blog is here!
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February 4, 2012: Wedding inspiration board — winter berriesYesterday I shared a 'berry' lovely winter wedding inspiration shoot by Hannah from Lifeline Photography. Today's post is a more… .
February 3, 2012: Wedding planning or work?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 more… .
February 3, 2012: Wedding inspiration blog — winter berriesI've been waiting so long for a cold snap. I pictured myself blogging all wrapped up and toasty, with glistening icicles more… .
February 2, 2012: The Elite: Allister Freeman interviewAllister Freeman is a top UK reportage wedding photographer & photojournalist - his photography has a tranquility and a more… .& Jean-Luc’s Cambridge wedding">
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January 31, 2012: We met at primary school… a Welsh weddingThere's nothing like a real love story to brighten up a cold morning... and Alice and Jamie's story is a lovely one. Both more… .
January 30, 2012: Your First Dance – a 5 point checklistFor some couples even the thought of the 'first dance' induces a state of blind panic whilst for others the whole world’s more… .
January 28, 2012: New sponsor welcome… Helena Rose WeddingsI'm delighted to be adding new types of wedding suppliers to my sponsors. Today I'm introducing wedding planner Helena Rose - more… .
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Category Archives: english weddings
What’s wrong with the wedding industry — and how YOU can fix it
This is what English Wedding blog is all about. As well as lots of lovely real weddings, the blog was born because of my deep-rooted annoyance at our little industry. Brides, grooms: welcome to our twisted and sometimes beautiful little world. Wedding suppliers: you’ve heard bits of this before — but never quite so publicly. Awareness of the issues in the wedding industry is the first step towards change, and we need to start looking at and fixing problems before the financial and emotional pressures get too much.
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Beauty and class: Dartmouth House wedding
Anthea and Nimish had a perfectly elegant, wonderfully stylish wedding at Dartmouth House in London. An exclusive wedding venue for a couple whose calm, sophisticated personalities fit beautifully with the luxurious surroundings.
I will always believe that weddings should be ‘you’ in that they are a celebration of your own style and personality — and whether your wedding’s held in a tipi or a mansion, you should feel at home. Anthea and Nimish fit this venue like a glove. The wedding photographs by Brett Symes Photography exude the same elegance and style.
Days to Go: 75
We have done the seating plan! I feel as if it’s the biggest achievement of the wedding! No one tells you how difficult it is to do a table plan!
The top table was easy because we’d spent a little while deciding who was going to join us on the top table. We decided on our parents so that our best man and bridesmaids could sit with our friends and socialise.
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A shameless plug…
“Hmmm”, said Claire one January morning as she battled with her stupid tax return.
Photo credit: Jean-Luc Benazet
“Hmmm, I wonder if I can get away with blogging about my very own English Wedding facebook page today.”
Over in the corner, the taxman nodded sagely, looking at his watch.
Thought Claire, “Well, I have just uploaded a batch of rather special wedding photos from a few of the real weddings I’m about to blog.” and then, looking vaguely guilty, “and it did take a whole five minutes to do that.”
Photo credit: Martin Pemberton Photography
Wedding planning workshop
Planning a wedding — it must be one of the hardest projects in a girl’s life! Second to A-Levels, wedding planning must take so much time and effort — I honestly don’t know how you all do it. For some of you, wedding planners will be the answer. But did you know there’s a very affordable way to get a wedding planner’s knowledge in your own head? Over to Julie Dawson aka The Wedding Genie to tell you more…
Bridal Workshops 12th February and 25th March: Plan Like a Professional
- Have you just got engaged or know a friend who has?
New blogger bride on the blogging block!
Hello fellow B2B! Delighted to make your acquaintance, especially via Claire’s great site which I love perusing as I plan for my own wedding. I’m really thrilled to join Fran, Angharad and Loulabelle as a guest blogger bride and hope you’ll enjoy my posts here on english-wedding.com and maybe even have a peek at my own site: www.awarwickshirewedding.com.
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Find yourself a winning wedding supplier!
The best wedding suppliers were announced at the Cafe de Paris in London
The 2012 Wedding Industry Awards Event was held last night, with winners in the national categories announced. Congratulations to all the winning wedding suppliers — well deserved in every category.
In the spirit of the fabulous organisation of this event, the national results are already on the official website (somebody must be updating the site with a sore head this morning!) for the world to see.
Is that Cinderella? A Northbrook Park wedding
Wedding photographer Marshal Gray is a wedding photographer too cool for school, with a wonderfully artistic approach and a fantastic blog. Real name Gary Marshal, I’m sure I’ve called him Marshal more than once since we first chatted online a year or so ago. He’s a lovely guy, and the perfect choice for Louisa and Andrew.
This wonderful couple were married at Surrey’s Northbrook Park last summer. The sun shone, the day went swingingly and there are some beautiful images of the bride and groom here for you to enjoy. My favourites are the look they exchange, holding hands when they’ve put the wedding rings on — and the bit where Louisa gets to try on lots of shoes… Cinderella style! I’ll leave you to see that one for yourself!
Posted in classic weddings, daily UK wedding inspiration, english weddings, Photography, Real UK weddings, Real weddings, traditional weddings Tagged Barker Shoes, Francoli Pronovias, Kipper Bespoke, Marshal Gray, Marshal Gray Photographer, Northbrook Park, Pronovias, Teokath Wimbledon, Three Bees, wedding blog Leave a comment
Doing sunflowers with style: Mitton Hall wedding
This cute hand-drawn card for “Miss Payne and Adam” got me first. Then I fell in love with the sense of camaraderie at Alexis and Adam’s Mitton Hall wedding. The icing on the cake was — well, the gorgeous little cake sculptures which are little adventures of quirkiness all to themselves.
I feel as though I’ve followed Alexis’s wedding planning journey a little, and I was excited to see her wedding day — I’d heard all about the lovely lady from my friend and wedding photographer Jonny Draper months and months ago when we first met.
Days to Go: 82
Lots of things have been happening! I can’t believe we’re down to double figures with the days to go!
My friends have been planning my very secret hen do. All I know is where we’re going, what time I need to be there and that at some point we will be eating! I love surprises but I’m so curious about what we’ll be doing! I really want to be sneaky and find out but in all honesty I do love surprises.
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