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The best day of your lives… part one

Who remem­bers blink­ing in amaze­ment and squeal­ing in delight at the cou­ple whose mad, excit­ing and painty engage­ment shoot I fea­tured a lit­tle while ago? The one where they got cov­ered in it, wrote LOVE on the wall and had to go home painted pink, yel­low and blue from head to toe?

It was bril­liant. I loved it. You loved it… with all your blog com­ments it went down a treat. And then David and Rachel got mar­ried. And the wed­ding day is EVEN BETTER! (of course it is… but as cre­ative and inspir­ing and fun goes, it’s just incred­i­ble).

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International wedding in London — Heather and Titus

You’ll love this, it’s a won­der­ful story and a gor­geous cel­e­bra­tion of love. Heather and Titus were mar­ried in Lon­don a few weeks ago, bring­ing together their fam­i­lies from Canada and Scot­land. One beau­ti­ful moment caught my eye when I first saw the wed­ding on the Green Olive Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy blog — Titus wraps Heather all up in the biggest, cud­dliest hug you could imag­ine — and in sec­onds my heart melted. Watch out for that pic as you enjoy the images kindly sub­mit­ted by Green Olive Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy.

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Alternative, fun vintage wedding: get the look!

Photo Shmoto blue wedding inspirationMorn­ing every­one! Hope you’re hav­ing a good day already, I know I am — it’s all sys­tems go with a fab wed­ding cal­lig­ra­phy order today. I’m feel­ing sunny inside and lov­ing my work!

Here’s hop­ing I can pass some of these smi­ley vibes to you! How? With a bit of wed­ding inspi­ra­tion for you…

Yes­ter­day on the Eng­lish Wed­ding blog I fea­tured Lisa and Dean’s fab alter­na­tive wed­ding, which Photo Shmoto’s Laura sub­mit­ted to me a cou­ple of weeks ago. I loved the style of their day and thought you’d love a sep­a­rate fea­ture, a ‘get the look’ blog post with those lovely elec­tric and pas­tel blues and lots of yummy vin­tage details.

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Crazy Little Thing Called Love… real wedding

Dean and Lisa met at a wed­ding, fell in love and got mar­ried ear­lier this year. Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers Photo Shmoto jumped at the oppor­tu­nity to pho­to­graph a quirky wed­ding and like­wise I loved all the lit­tle touches — and of course Lisa and Dean’s fab­u­lously indi­vid­ual style.

The wed­ding was at Edes House in Chich­ester fol­lowed by the recep­tion at No 12 wine bar & restau­rant in the cen­tre of town.

The colour scheme for Dean and Lisa’s wed­ding was blue; the theme was most def­i­nitely indi­vid­u­al­ity and per­son­al­ity — these two are fab! From this lovely pic of Dean’s thin blue tie and rose / gyp­sophila but­ton­hole we skip to…

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Your wedding in the roaring twenties — at the delectable Daffodil

Some­times a breath­tak­ing wed­ding venue can set the tone for your entire wed­ding day. If you book The Daf­fodil in Chel­tenham you’ll be whisked right back to the art deco era, as Dun­can and Natalie found, much to their delight!

Setting the scene... the beautiful art deco detailing inside The Daffodil

Set­ting the scene… the beau­ti­ful art deco detail­ing inside The Daffodil

I was com­pletely bowled over by this incred­i­ble wed­ding venue and the beau­ti­ful ambi­ence Dun­can and Natalie cre­ated for their wed­ding reception.

Inside The Daffodil - beautiful art deco styling

Inside The Daf­fodil — beau­ti­ful art deco styling

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Unique and inspiring real wedding

A passionate kiss and a fantastic image with vintage processing

A pas­sion­ate kiss and a fan­tas­tic image with vin­tage processing

How to describe this wed­ding in a short title… yikes: couldn’t do it! Nicky and Mar­tyn will be famil­iar to many of you from the Eng­lish Wed­ding e-shoot week we did in Jan­u­ary. Lit­tle did I know when I fea­tured one of wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Mark Tier­ney’s favourite engage­ment shoots that the cou­ple were already mar­ried and that their wed­ding pho­tographs would blow me away.

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Quirky and fabulous Dartington Hall wedding reception

Sparkly winter wedding decorations

Jo and Dom’s wed­ding dec­o­ra­tions are gor­geous — but the pho­tog­ra­phy makes them mag­i­cal, the­atri­cal and more

Yesterday’s wed­ding was fan­tas­tic — but I had so many won­der­ful images to show you I had to hold back the very best for today. It’s time for Dom and Jo’s unique wed­ding recep­tion at Dart­ing­ton Hall.

This cou­ple are fan­tas­tic, and their friends and fam­ily are real char­ac­ters. Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Chris Han­ley said their day was full of warmth and love — and it really is spe­cial. The best thing about Dom and Jo being on Eng­lish Wed­ding is that they’re just like you and me — the beau­ti­ful thing about their wed­ding is their per­son­al­i­ties and how they’ve made their cel­e­bra­tion really per­sonal, mem­o­rable and just right for them.

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Quirky and fabulous Dartington Hall wedding

Wedding shoes for a quirky lady with bags of character and class

Wed­ding shoes for a quirky and sophis­ti­cated bride with bags of char­ac­ter and class…

What makes every wed­ding spe­cial for me is per­son­al­ity and char­ac­ter. And I believe with all my heart that every­one has a unique spark which makes them won­der­ful. The trick is show­ing it — and in the case of Jo and Dom’s wed­ding those lit­tle sparks are everywhere.

These two are best of friends, soul­mates and so much more — and every pho­to­graph shows what a fab­u­lous cou­ple they are. Thank you as ever to “friend of Eng­lish Wed­ding” and top wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Chris Han­ley for shar­ing these pho­tographs with us.

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English Wedding best of 2010: inspiration

One of my favourite real wed­dings from 2010 was sub­mit­ted by the bril­liant pho­tog­ra­pher Joseph Yarrow. I always think Joseph gets the very best out of the brides and grooms he pho­tographs because he clicks with them, and the results are always amaz­ing. In the case of Jodie and David’s colour­ful wed­ding, I had to write two blog fea­tures: this is called…

Wed­ding Inspi­ra­tion — Peacocks!

Get the look - colourful wedding

Get the look — a gor­geous colour­ful wed­ding. All images by www.JosephYarrow.com

To see the full post just click Wed­ding Inspi­ra­tion — Pea­cocks!

To see David and Jodie’s wed­ding click the pho­to­graph below. You’ll love it, I promise!

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A couple in love

Bride and groom in love

Bride and groom in love

Part two of Laura and Julian’s wed­ding is all about the love — their eyes only for each other, the inti­mate moments cap­tured beau­ti­fully on film and the lovely atmos­phere of quiet cel­e­bra­tion all make for a blog I’m so proud to be able to share with you today. (See yesterday’s amaz­ing pho­tographs of the church and cer­e­mony.)

I love Laura’s dress and her bridal style, the Alice band and every­thing about her. I live for wed­dings which are a lit­tle alter­na­tive, totally unique and beau­ti­fully roman­tic. This, for me, is a per­fect wed­ding.

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