Category Archives: colourful weddings

Get the look! Wedding inspiration

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Claire

Hands up who loves Parma Vio­lets?! I do. And I do even more now I’ve seen Jayne and Phil’s parma vio­let inspired wed­ding recep­tion at the Lowry, Man­ches­ter. With all pho­tos by Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy, take a peek at this fab wed­ding inspi­ra­tion board — it’s purple-tastic.

Parma violet wedding inspiration board in purple

Parma Vio­let pur­ple wed­ding inspi­ra­tion. Pho­tos: Chris Han­ley Photography

Jayne and Phil’s wed­ding was at The Lowry in Man­ches­ter, a mod­ern the­atre with cre­ative inte­ri­ors in every colour you can imag­ine. The wed­ding recep­tion room how­ever is a blank can­vas, so Jayne and Phil chose shades of pur­ple to make it look amaz­ing for their wed­ding day.  Read more…

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A rainbow of colours, an artist’s palette: Lowry wedding

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Claire

The Lowry, Man­ches­ter. This is a wed­ding venue and the­atre (not usu­ally in that order) in the heart of the newly devel­oped Sal­ford Quays dis­trict, close by Media City and a haven for cre­ative types. The Lowry is named after Manchester’s famous artist L S Lowry, he of the match­stick men: stick fig­ures hud­dled against the rain in greys and browns and gritty land­scapes.  Read more…

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Get the look! Vibrant wedding detail ideas

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Claire

If you were here yes­ter­day you’ll remem­ber Ruth and Dan’s wed­ding day in the school­house at Small­wood Manor — and you may also remem­ber I hinted at the glo­ri­ously colour­ful details and then didn’t show you any.

Ah… meanie! But here they are. Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Katy Lunsford sent me so many beau­ti­ful pho­tos I had to write two blog posts for Ruth and Dan’s wed­ding — so you get a whole ded­i­cated ‘get the look’ fea­ture today, all inspired by (and with pho­tos from) Ruth and Dan’s day.
vibrant wedding flowers and details (11)If you love colour and vibrant wed­ding pho­tos, if you have a cre­ative side and want some ideas for a bright and excit­ing wed­ding theme, then you’re going to adore this fea­ture!  Read more…

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Back to school for a vibrant, colourful wedding

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Claire

When I need a bit of colour ther­apy mixed in with my wed­ding obses­sion, I know where to go: wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Katy Lunsford dishes out spec­tac­u­larly colour­ful pho­tographs in her very own inim­itable style.

This is Ruth and Dan’s wed­ding, held in April at Staffordshire’s Small­wood Manor. The school is a gor­geous vic­to­rian build­ing with its own chapel and set in fifty acres of park­land nes­tled in the Stafford­shire countryside.

Ruth and Dan's real wedding vibrant colours (28)I absolutely adore how Ruth and Dan planned their wed­ding day — with lots of help from fam­ily and friends they cre­ated a stun­ning theme of beau­ti­ful colours to brighten up the spring day. The brides­maids wore dif­fer­ent coloured pash­mi­nas — an idea I love to bits! — and tables were fun and funky.  Read more…

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An intimate, colourful and different wedding day

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Claire


Melanie and Thomas were mar­ried ear­lier this year with a recep­tion at Le Manoir Aux Quat’ Saisons, Ray­mond Blanc’s idyl­lic Oxford­shire restau­rant in the beau­ti­ful Eng­lish countryside.

I’m shar­ing this wed­ding day because it’s just the kind of inti­mate cel­e­bra­tion I love. Melanie’s dress is beau­ti­ful, per­fect for the occa­sion, colour­ful and breaks a few wed­ding rules. Which is great.

The wed­ding cer­e­mony in London

Wed­ding out­fits with a dif­fer­ence: Thomas looks great in a grey suit with orange tie and but­ton­hole. Melanie is dressed fab­u­lously — with a Japan­ese inspired silk dress, orange flo­ral pat­terns and a bright bou­quet to match.  Read more…

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Real wedding in Portmeirion (sounds Welsh, looks Italian…)

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Claire

Port­meirion is enchant­ing: a Welsh vil­lage, built to resem­ble an Ital­ian one, with colour­ful lit­tle houses and too cute for words! So I couldn’t resist Simon and Rachael’s wed­ding — I think you’ll love it. It fits per­fectly with the sur­round­ings: quirky and lots of fun.

Rachael wore a gor­geous lit­tle vin­tage inspired wed­ding dress, very Audrey Hep­burn I think! With a bird­cage veil and the cutest shoes to go with it. And Simon is a super cool groom (I want his glasses!).  Read more…

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Happy together — a real winter wedding

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Claire
Steaming mugs of tea for the bride and groom

Steam­ing mugs of tea for the bride and groom

I love this wed­ding from pho­tog­ra­pher Sam Clay­ton and I’m delighted to be shar­ing these pho­tographs of Sarah and John-Paul’s wed­ding day with you.

A biker bride and groom?

A biker bride and groom?

The motor­bikes caught my eye first of all, and then the wed­ding details stole my heart — I love the warmth that flows through the day, from the rich oranges in Sarah’s bou­quet to the steam­ing tea cups (so chunky! A refresh­ing change from vin­tage dainty ones!) at the road­side caff.  Read more…

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Wild Flower Seed Favours

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Sally

Fortunately/unfortuntely, we’re reach­ing the point of wed­ding plan­ning where most things have been done, but what’s remain­ing isn’t fun, colour­ful or excit­ing! The dresses have been bought, the cake is arranged, I’ve met with the florists, we’ve organ­ised the food, most of the drink and 99% of the dec­o­ra­tions. It’s get­ting down to the nitty gritty; work­ing out whether we’ll need a gen­er­a­tor for the band, where the cater­ers can organ­ise them­selves, how much space the DJ’s kit will take up… So, instead of bor­ing you with stress and details I’ve decided to share some­thing a lit­tle less taxing!

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Vintage inspired London wedding — with bundles of details for inspiration

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Claire
I LOVE this picture of Denise holding a sunflower

I LOVE this pic­ture of Denise hold­ing a sunflower

It’s easy to see why vin­tage inspired wed­dings are so pop­u­lar. There’s some­thing about vin­tage decor and acces­sories — like delv­ing into an old trea­sure chest, find­ing beau­ti­ful sparkly things which aren’t just beau­ti­ful but have his­to­ries and mem­o­ries of their own. I think that’s why vin­tage wed­dings have such an appeal, and Denise and Luca’s wed­ding really cap­tured the essence of vin­tage for me.  Read more…

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A quirky Hampshire wedding

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Claire
Modern bride and groom in gorgeous wedding attire

Mod­ern bride and groom in gor­geous wed­ding attire

Here’s another gor­geous wed­ding from Lon­don pho­tog­ra­pher Matt Parry. He says (on his blog), “aidan and sarah’s wed­ding was another lovely laid back and infor­mal affair with just a few tra­di­tional trimmings…just the way I like it!”… and you know what, it really shows when you ‘click’ with your wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher like this.

My tip of the day then: meet your wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher. If they ask about your wed­ding, your style, your per­son­al­i­ties… and if you can really iden­tify with them — book them! Matt Parry is right up my street.  Read more…

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