Category Archives: Jewellery

Chic bridal photography

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Claire

Greg from TP Pho­tog­ra­phy sub­mit­ted some­thing just a lit­tle dif­fer­ent for the Eng­lish Wed­ding blog, and I’d love to know what you think.

This is bridal pho­tog­ra­phy as a col­lab­o­ra­tion between local wed­ding sup­pli­ers: the kind of team­work which builds a close rap­port between sup­pli­ers — and I love that these infor­mal lit­tle teams are dot­ted all around the country.

The shoot involved the fab­u­lous Green House Hotel — an eco-friendly wed­ding venue in Bournemouth, Bridal Designs Wed­ding Jew­ellery and Cloud­light Pho­tog­ra­phy,

Find a wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher you love, and you’ll prob­a­bly feel the same about the florists, cake com­pa­nies and sta­tion­ers they rec­om­mend to you as well.  Read more…

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The Wedding Show Stars: Jean Ellis

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Claire

Jean Ellis Designs tiaras fascinators hats and accessories

Jean Ellis must have flown down from heaven or some other mag­i­cal realm: surely no one can really have an imag­i­na­tion like this! A real star of The Wed­ding Show last week­end, Jean called me ear­lier in the week to say hi. I’d only met Jean’s daugh­ter at the show, and had a quick chat about the Eng­lish Wed­ding blog — but promised to write about Jean’s incred­i­ble creations.

I don’t know quite what to say — Jean Ellis’s work is out of this world, cre­ative and inspir­ing. My writ­ing sim­ply can’t do Jean Ellis hair­pieces and fas­ci­na­tors jus­tice — so look at the pic­tures — and be amazed!  Read more…

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Choosing bridal accessories to suit your dress

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Claire

When, how and where should you choose jew­ellery for your wed­ding day? Could you use a lit­tle bit of advice about styles of wed­ding neck­lace, types of pearls etc? Wed­ding jew­ellery is a com­pet­i­tive mar­ket for sup­pli­ers and there is a huge amount of choice for brides out there — I know I wouldn’t know where to start (so many pretty sparkly things!) but with a lit­tle help from guest blog­ger and wed­ding jew­eller Julieann it all becomes crys­tal clear.…  Read more…

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Why we’re still in love with vintage

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Claire
Emily headband from www.olivierlaudus.co.uk - £79.99

Emily head­band from www.olivierlaudus.co.uk — £79.99

The trend for vin­tage inspired wed­dings isn’t going any­where, with brides and wed­ding design­ers alike still choos­ing vin­tage for their inspi­ra­tion for 2011 weddings.

Why does vin­tage work so well? It’s a style that will suit every­one, and a theme that fits the times: mak­ing your own wed­ding dec­o­ra­tions is afford­able and fun, and a bit of nos­tal­gia is always a treat.

Bridal jew­ellery is no excep­tion and I’m in love with so many design­ers and online stores at the moment I could rec­om­mend dozens — today it’s the lat­est from Olivier Laudus. Over to Sangeeta Laudus to tell you more:  Read more…

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On the map — Pop the Question

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Claire
The Pop The Question Ring in a sexy box

The Pop The Ques­tion Ring comes in a sexy lit­tle box

Another vir­tual Sun­day drive around the wed­ding sup­plier map has led me to a brand new dis­cov­ery — and a crack­ing idea! This is one to tell all your sin­gle friends about: the tem­po­rary engage­ment ring. Oh yes.

Marry Me Ring in a traditional engagement ring box

The Marry Me Ring comes in a tra­di­tional engage­ment ring box

I love the contemporary design of the Marry Me proposal ring

I love the con­tem­po­rary design of the Marry Me pro­posal ring

Imag­ine the scene: roman­tic restau­rant, can­dle­light, cosy cor­ner table, lov­ing cou­ple. Boy gets down on one knee, makes lit­tle speech, pro­duces intrigu­ing lit­tle box…  Read more…

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On the map! Julieann beads

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Claire

This morn­ing I’ve been on a lit­tle tour of the coun­try via the rather clever wed­ding sup­plier map. Think of it as my Sun­day drive! Every now and then I have a lit­tle peek to see who’s on there — and it’s fab to see lots of my favourite wed­ding sup­pli­ers already listed.

Moonlight bridal tiara comb

Moon­light bridal tiara by Julieann beads

Today I’ve redis­cov­ered Julieann Beads Wed­ding Jew­ellery, a Wed­ding Ideas mag­a­zine favourite, and designer of pretty bridal jew­ellery from Shrop­shire (although via the Julieann web­site they ship all over the UK).

Divine bridal tiara with black

Divine bridal tiara with black by Julieann beads  Read more…

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Tiararama Couture and Collections Launch

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Claire
'Snowflake' Winter Collection 2011

‘Snowflake’ Tiararama Win­ter Col­lec­tion 2011

I’ve been excited about this day for months. My favourite bridal hair acces­sories designer Tiararama has launched its first ever col­lec­tions — and they’re sooooo beautiful.

I’ve fol­lowed Tiararama’s work for years, lov­ing every blog post and face­book update for the unique and intri­cate tiara designs that would mag­i­cally appear as designer Suzanne Laugh­lin cre­ated more and more strik­ing designs as part of Tiararama’s cou­ture service.

The press release (on beau­ti­fully branded let­ter­heads with a sexy lit­tle busi­ness card and cd of the new col­lec­tions — cue squeal from me!) from Tiararama explains the rebrand­ing of Tiararama Cou­ture and the con­cep­tion of those gor­geous new col­lec­tions.  Read more…

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Vintage bridal jewellery finds!

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Claire
Fern inspired vintage bridal headband by Frill Designs

Fern inspired vin­tage bridal head­band by Frill Designs

Cour­tesy of the magic of Twit­ter, I’m happy to show you these gor­geous vin­tage bridal jew­ellery pieces from hand­made jew­ellery spe­cial­ists Frill Designs today.

Grecian vintage inspired headband by Frill Designs

Gre­cian vin­tage inspired head­band by Frill Designs

Frill Designs’ Beth emailed me today to show me the new range, which is called Vin­tage Unique. Each piece in the col­lec­tion is cre­ated from an orig­i­nal piece of vin­tage jew­ellery which is trans­formed into a Frill design.

Floral vintage inspired wedding headband by Frill Designs

Flo­ral vin­tage inspired wed­ding head­band by Frill Designs  Read more…

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How to choose the ideal wedding ring

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Claire

Making a wedding ring - celtic designI’m happy to wel­come a guest blog­ger today: Leigh Maher is an expert on high qual­ity jew­ellery and I asked for his advice on choos­ing the per­fect wed­ding ring.

The idea of choos­ing a time­lessly beau­ti­ful ring that you’ll wear for the rest of your life is a lit­tle daunt­ing… but Leigh has some great advice to share.

How to choose the ideal wed­ding ring

You will wear your wed­ding ring every day of your life – in a sense, it will become a part of you, and it will always sym­bol­ize your love for your part­ner. Find­ing the per­fect ring is worth a lit­tle time and effort!  Read more…

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Beautiful British jewellery

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Claire

I’ve been ask­ing on Twit­ter for favourite wed­ding sup­plier rec­om­men­da­tions. If you’ve had fan­tas­tic ser­vice or fallen in love with some­thing you bought for your wed­ding, let me know!

Louise told me about Boo­dles, top British jew­ellers since the 18th cen­tury with shops in Lon­don, Man­ches­ter, Chester, Liv­er­pool and Dublin.

Their web­site is worth a visit (keep an eye on things mov­ing around while you’re not watch­ing!) and the his­tory is really impressive.

How about this exquis­ite bracelet for your some­thing blue? Def­i­nitely my favourite, although I love the spi­der­web col­lec­tion to bits as well!  Read more…

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