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Category Archives: traditional weddings
A real wedding from Monkey Island
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.
Old, new, borrowed and blue for Claire and Richard’s wedding
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.
We won our wedding — but not all went to plan
The very beautiful Vicky and Matt won their wedding day at a Yorkshire wedding fair. They hadn’t planned to get married so quickly, but couldn’t turn down such an amazing opportunity and changed all their plans to bring the wedding forward to November 2011.
Wedding photographer Richard Wynn-Davies got in touch to tell me their story. He explained, “the organisers [of a regional UK wedding show] promoted a competition dubbed “The Royal Wedding” where they asked for wedding suppliers from each main category to provide their services to one couple for free in return for tons of great PR. We decided to put ourselves forward as the photographers. The winners were Vicky & Matt, an adorable couple.
Posted in classic weddings, daily UK wedding inspiration, english weddings, Real UK weddings, Real weddings, traditional weddings Tagged Bagden Hall wedding, Balloonin Marvellous, Horticouture Events Floristry, I Do Designer Weddings, Richard Wynn-Davies, wedding competition, Yorkshire wedding 6 Comments
A wedding, a carnival and a cast of thousands! part two
In part two of Adam and Angela’s Chester wedding blog we meet the carnival crowds — and stars of the day! — as our brave bride and groom traverse the ancient city streets in their horse-drawn carriage.
As if that weren’t enough adventure for one wedding day, the couple also arranged for a tour bus to take them through Chester with their wedding guests to enjoy the parades!
Enjoy the rest of Angela’s wedding report along with images by Cheshire’s CG Weddings!
A beautiful wedding at The Bodkin
I’m watching the rugby with Gareth as I type, so I can’t say Bodkin out loud. But I want to: what a wonderfully English-sounding name for a wedding venue! “Bodkin”. It’s from Middle English and means dagger, according to Wiktionary! Not enough? Jane Austen once stayed at this Bristol inn, according to the wedding venue website. She scrawled her name on the window with a diamond ring — “fashionably”, so I understand!
Laura and Nathan’s glorious wedding lives up to the quality and elegance you’d expect, not just from The Bodkin wedding venue (oh I love it!) but also from Martin Pemberton Photography. I’m delighted to feature such a beautifully photographed wedding on my blog for you today.
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!
Posted in classic weddings, daily UK wedding inspiration, english weddings, Photography, Real UK weddings, Real weddings, traditional weddings Tagged Barker Shoes, Francoli Pronovias, Kipper Bespoke, Marshal Gray, Marshal Gray Photographer, Northbrook Park, Pronovias, Teokath Wimbledon, Three Bees, wedding blog Leave a comment
A Derbyshire wedding — part two
Yesterday I was delighted to share Nicola and Bertie’s beautiful Derbyshire wedding blog with you — with the most gorgeous photos from Kirsten Mavric.
Nicola was a truly beautiful bride in an exquisite lace wedding dress by Sassi Holford, marrying Bertie in a Derbyshire village church with an old English feel to the day. I loved their focus on family and friends, and hearing about Nicola’s jewellery — all family heirlooms — was a real treat.
Today it’s time for the wedding reception, and I’ll leave you with part two of Nicola’s wedding story to enjoy!
“In the end, it did actually blow off.” Veil adventures!
Asking brides and grooms to share their own wedding stories is the best thing, ever!
Nicola’s story of her wedding to Bertie, from July last year, is one of my favourites. And the beautiful images of this traditional English wedding with a vintage flavour are just wonderful.
Wedding photographer Kirsten Mavric submitted the wedding for the blog. She sent me so many gorgeous pics I’m going to drag this one out… and trust me, you’ll adore me for it. 
Oodles of colour, and beauty, and bliss…
Oh, to be a henna artist. Working on Indian weddings would be a dream come true for me. Those fascinating, intricate swirls and squiggles of henna on a bride’s hands always make me shiver in delight. It’s my dream job.
My other dream job is to be a photographer at an Indian wedding. And yet happily I can live through my blog and enjoy all that fabulous colour, sparkle and excitement through the eyes and lens of the lovely Katy Lunsford. Isn’t life brilliant?!
An English rose and a Ukrainian sunflower
This real wedding is bright, exciting and full of colour: from the vintage fire engine, Jezebel, to the striking sunflowers-which-are-better-than-sunflowers… it’s a stunner.
Manchester based Vickerstaff Photography submitted the wedding for our lovely little blog, and I was delighted to see a glorious day unfold through one fabulous image after another. There are some amazing shots here which I know you’ll love to bits. I do — these guys are really special.
When Ivanka sent me her wedding report explaining all the Ukrainian wedding traditions included in her day — well it was more than the icing on the cake. This is a very special wedding and I’m sure you’ll love it — and learn something too*
