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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 9, 2012: Find your perfect spring or summer wedding invitationOn Friday I asked wedding invitation designers from all over the UK to share their best bright and summery invites with English more… .
February 8, 2012: Breakfast at Tiffany’s and a wedding at Eshott HallElegance and glamour with a retro twist never looked so good... today I'm sharing Becky and Ben's gorgeous wedding day from more… .
February 8, 2012: Wedding inspiration board: English countrysideA final treat from Emma and Will's gorgeous English countryside wedding and marquee reception featured earlier this week. more… .
February 7, 2012: The Elite: Mark Niemierko interviewMark Niemierko is the wedding planner who inspires the whole of the UK wedding industry, a hugely talented and creative man more… .
February 7, 2012: Emma and Will’s beautiful marquee wedding receptionYesterday I think English Springer Spaniel Tess - Emma's 'chief bridesmaid' - stole the show. Today I'll bring you back down to more… .
February 6, 2012: My chief bridesmaid wagged her tail and…... and why not! Ah - I love this wedding for loads of reasons. Emma and Will are both so gorgeous and look the perfect couple. more… .
February 6, 2012: Do wedding photography qualifications matter?I asked an innocent little question on facebook the other day. Something I was pondering as I looked through wedding more… .February 5, 2012: Mrs Moore-to-Be, she doth protest too much …
I could tell that no one believed me when I said that I was going designer wedding dress window shopping in London. All my more… .
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s and a wedding at Eshott Hall
Elegance and glamour with a retro twist never looked so good… today I’m sharing Becky and Ben’s gorgeous wedding day from Eshott Hall in Northumberland. Ben is a very cool and dashing groom; I adore Becky’s glamorous style, her hair and make up and the charm and class of the entire wedding day.
The setting is captured just as beautifully by wedding photographer Alison Groves (who I was lucky enough to meet just a few weeks ago: she’s a lovely lady as you’ll see from Becky and Ben’s own testimonial at the end of this wedding blog).
Emma and Will’s beautiful marquee wedding reception
Yesterday I think English Springer Spaniel Tess - Emma's 'chief bridesmaid' - stole the show. Today I'll bring you back down to earth with a wedding blog about Emma and Will's exquisite marquee reception... I say down to earth, but shall we start with the helicopter?
Or… where yesterday’s wedding blog post ‘left off’?… as Emma and Will walked away from the church, happily married and smiling — to a nearby field where their helicopter was waiting.
Emma and Will: part two — the wedding reception
Will and I walked down the country lane and opposite was the fabulous navy blue helicopter, complete with champagne on ice.
My chief bridesmaid wagged her tail and…
… and why not! Ah — I love this wedding for loads of reasons. Emma and Will are both so gorgeous and look the perfect couple. The wedding photography is fabulous. The details are perfect — Emma and Will organised their wedding themselves and did an amzing job of it too.
But this is a wedding with a difference: the adorable springer spaniel Tess — Emma’s ‘chief bridesmaid’ and clearly a character loved by everyone there. I can’t help grinning every time I scan through the photos as Tess goes from happy excitement to flopping lazily onto her side in the middle of the aisle for the beautiful church service.
Picture perfect — Liza & Jean-Luc’s Cambridge wedding
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.
We met at primary school… a Welsh wedding
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…
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.
You mean the world to me… Harlaxton Manor wedding part two
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!
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.
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You mean the world to me… Harlaxton Manor wedding part one
When something new drops into my lap like this, it makes my world a more exciting place. Today’s wedding is one which has me (virtually) gazing skyward, admiring the gorgeous English church in glorious detail, and smiling very, very happily in the direction of Alex and James.
This is a two-parter: today I’m sharing the pre-wedding photographs (spot the cat-mat and admire those fabulous stained-glass windows!). Tomorrow we’ll head to Harlaxton Manor for a game of croquet with the bride and groom, shall we? Photography is by Beautiful Life Photography (click for the official website).
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.
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!
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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.
