Category Archives: contemporary weddings

A destination wedding treat! Bring me sunshine…

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Claire

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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 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 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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Made for each other: Sarah and Matt’s Dorset wedding

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Claire

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I saw the pic­tures of Matt and Sarah’s wed­ding day and fell in love. There’s some­thing about this cou­ple which sings… they’re per­fect together. And (while I’m a girl who’s usu­ally more into kit­tens!), there are the loveli­est pho­tos of Sarah with her lit­tle baby girl which are so touch­ing… I know you’ll love them: they brought a tear to my eye!

These are roman­tic wed­ding pho­tographs with a com­pelling atmos­phere to them. They are quiet, and joy­ful, and heart­warm­ing — thanks to wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Ben Pipe.  Read more…

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Try not to break your foot 6 weeks before your wedding

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Claire

so says today’s gor­geous bride on the Eng­lish Wed­ding blog. Fiona had her cast taken off just a few days before the big day — but it didn’t spoil a won­der­ful wed­ding day as she mar­ried the (also gor­geous!) Toby in London.

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So it was bye, bye Jimmy Choos and hello adorable bal­let pumps for this bride! Fiona’s wed­ding report tells a won­der­ful story — there are cer­tainly tears but the wed­ding ends in tri­umph and cel­e­bra­tion… in a Covent Gar­den night­club!  Read more…

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An art deco wedding with Pimms and ice cream

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Claire

Three big ticks of approval: art deco? very lovely indeed. Pimms? Yes please! (it’s been a long day already… hee!) ice cream? Go on then, mine’s a vanilla with two flakes (see above). Seri­ously though — this wed­ding ticks all the boxes for a lovely cou­ple, gor­geous details, unique and pho­to­genic venue… and some fan­tas­tic spe­cial touches.

Sarah and Rich got mar­ried at The Mid­land Hotel in More­cambe back in July. The lovely pics are cour­tesy of wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Emma Bills­bor­ough — who will always, always be “Elmo­Bilbo” in my head, thanks to twit­ter. (Some han­dles just stick!)  Read more…

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as if we were in a love scene from a movie — chic winter wedding

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Claire

wedding photography by Chris Hanley (13)Katie’s wed­ding report cap­tures the romance of her wed­ding to Chris in Decem­ber. She told me about being whisked off with her new hus­band for some spe­cial wed­ding pho­tos: “It felt so roman­tic — as if we were in a love scene from a movie”!

I just can’t decide if the movie I’m see­ing in these beau­ti­ful wed­ding pho­tos is James Bond, Nar­nia or a vin­tage Hol­ly­wood trea­sure… per­haps a mag­i­cal bal­ance of all three. Regard­less: the screen­play is mag­nif­i­cent, the stars are every director’s dream — and the story a time­less romance to play on your heart­strings.wedding photography by Chris Hanley (1)The very beau­ti­ful Katie and Chris were mar­ried at Margam Park Orangery — a wed­ding venue with a rich his­tory and one of the most pres­ti­gious in Wales. The archi­tec­ture is a deli­ciously extrav­a­gant back­drop for out­stand­ing wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy — a back­drop Katie and Chris look born to enjoy.  Read more…

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My chief bridesmaid wagged her tail and…

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Claire

… 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.  Read more…

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You mean the world to me… Harlaxton Manor wedding part two

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Claire

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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!

wedding photo by Beautiful Life Photography (26)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.  Read more…

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