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The most beautiful civil partnership and handfasting celebration

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Claire

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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.  Read more…

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A destination wedding treat! Bring me sunshine…

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Claire

destination wedding South Africa by Anneli Marinovich (3)
Eng­land in May… where is our sun­shine?!! But fear not my hearties because I can show you pic­tures of some instead! Whether you’re now scowl­ing or sport­ing a wry smile I can guar­an­tee this beau­ti­ful wed­ding blog will take your mind off the rain and wind for a minute or five (if you click through to see more!)

Lize and Adriaan’s gor­geous South African wedding

You thought I’d say this wed­ding would make you feel warm inside, didn’t you?! Well it might… have a peek at Lize and Adriaan’s gor­geous wed­ding in South Africa, with pho­tos by Anneli Mari­novich. This wed­ding first fea­tured on the Eng­lish Wed­ding Show­case and I’ve been sav­ing it up for a rainy day to share with you here!  Read more…

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A real wedding from Monkey Island

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Claire

wedding photography by Louise Bjorling (17)
Tucked away in a lus­cious land­scape, acces­si­ble only by boat or foot­bridge and on its own pri­vate island on the River Thames, Mon­key Island is pretty unique as far as Eng­lish wed­ding venues go.

It’s a secluded hide­away, ele­gant and (I love this:) ances­tral home to monks rather than mon­keys — Mon­key Island was the per­fect back­drop for Max and Marina’s wed­ding day.

We begin the day in the bridal suite with Marina get­ting ready for the cer­e­mony — it’s a lovely out­door wed­ding with pea­cocks roam­ing around the grounds! and the day unfolds with so many glo­ri­ous moments between the bride, groom and their wed­ding guests.  Read more…

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Debbie and Matthew’s surprise Buckinghamshire wedding

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Claire

Wedding by Natasha Thompson Photography (29)
A long awaited pro­posal and a secret, inti­mate wed­ding are hid­ing in my lit­tle box of tricks for you today my lovely read­ers. Deb­bie and Matthew, and their lit­tle boy Noah, cel­e­brated their sur­prise wed­ding in superb style — although they tell me the decor was “a bit of a mis-match”!

Their wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Natasha Thomp­son sub­mit­ted this wed­ding for the blog many weeks ago, and Matthew and Deb­bie (I think mainly Matthew) sent their wed­ding report back to me this week, along with the sweet­est note: “Sorry this has taken so long, we have just had a baby!” So first of all let me say a huge Con­grat­u­la­tions to you both, and I’ll hand over to you and to Natasha with her beau­ti­ful pho­tographs of your inti­mate wed­ding.  Read more…

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A sophisticated Wirral wedding — sea, sand and style

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Claire

chester wedding blog photographer (17)Today’s wed­ding blog is a deli­cious mix of con­trast­ing images: the typ­i­cal Eng­lish sea­side, the beau­ti­ful bride and her time­less glam­our; the sand and dunes set against cloudy skies, the del­i­cate pur­ple but­ter­fly wed­ding theme. Becky and Guy make a great look­ing cou­ple, and their wed­ding has every­thing: ele­gance, style, indi­vid­u­al­ity and character.

chester wedding blog photographer (19)The wed­ding was sub­mit­ted by Vick­er­staff Pho­tog­ra­phy — Chester wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers and my newest friends and blog spon­sors. Becky has shared details of her wed­ding day so I will leave you to admire the images and enjoy the story of Becky and Guy’s sea­side wed­ding.  Read more…

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Wedding season is here!

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Claire

Hello again! Is it just me or is it start­ing to feel as though summer’s just around the cor­ner? We all know what that means… lots of lovely wed­dings! I was up at dawn (one of my cats decided it was time to play) and opened the back door to a clear, silent, fresh morn­ing. It’s nearly May already, can you believe — and it’s always sunny in May. I know this because May is my birth­day month. There’s usu­ally a mini heat­wave too. I can’t wait!  Read more…

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A musical English wedding at Buxted Park

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Claire

Buxted Park wedding (26)Matthew and Alyson’s wed­ding is ele­gance itself: with a musi­cal flavour lend­ing per­son­al­ity to the day and beauty and sim­plic­ity styling their cel­e­bra­tions. Alyson’s wed­ding dress by Suzanne Neville has a dreamy nos­tal­gia and the 1940s style of her dress and head­dress influ­enced the theme of today’s wed­ding blog.

The wed­ding colours are purest whites; the wed­ding venue is divine; the weather for this Novem­ber wed­ding day was bright, and crisp — the per­fect day for a wedding.

Pho­tog­ra­phy is by Sus­sex wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Sara Reeve, and Alyson has writ­ten the loveli­est wed­ding report to share with us all today. Enjoy!  Read more…

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Yes, I’ll Marry You, My Dear… Kingscote Barn wedding

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Claire

UK wedding blog photo (30)I hope you’re wrapped up all snug­gly and warm this morn­ing — not only is it freez­ing out­side, I also have a Jan­u­ary wed­ding to share with you today. Joanna and Angus got mar­ried at Kingscote Barn in Glouces­ter­shire at the begin­ning of the year; a day full of romance, shared glances and ele­gant, indi­vid­ual style. Joanna’s wed­ding dress and jacket are gor­geous; Angus looks the part in top hat and tails. I adore the brides­maids’ capes (want one!) — as soon as they caught my eye, I wanted this par­tic­u­larly won­der­ful wed­ding to show you on Eng­lish Wed­ding blog.  Read more…

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Old, new, borrowed and blue for Claire and Richard’s wedding

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Claire

Wedding blog Mallory Court (39)When she told me about her wed­ding day Claire men­tioned how she’d always looked for­ward to the tra­di­tion of some­thing old, some­thing new, some­thing bor­rowed and some­thing blue — so I chose the title for this wed­ding blog post too. Claire and Richard were mar­ried at Mal­lory Court in August. There are some really spe­cial lit­tle touches in Claire’s wed­ding report: I love how she kept the dress a shared secret with just her mum, for exam­ple — and what a gor­geous dress.  Read more…

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A summer house wedding at Wasing Park

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Claire

Wasing park wedding photo blog (20)The quaint lit­tle sum­mer­house, all white with blue inside and painted apple blos­som… the gor­geous bride (I almost called this wed­ding blog post “The most beau­ti­ful girl in the world”) and a lovely Eng­lish wed­ding day unfolds in pictures…

Ruth and Tris­tan were mar­ried at Was­ing Park, with their cer­e­mony in the Vic­to­rian sum­mer house and a recep­tion in the con­verted barn. They planned the wed­ding in just 9 months — and did a won­der­ful job with it all. Their wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher was Michelle Joubert-Martin.

Enjoy!
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