Category Archives: vintage weddings

I wish we could do it again!

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Claire

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Rebecca and Stephen’s Novem­ber wed­ding in a vil­lage in Cum­bria com­bines warmth and style won­der­fully. It’s one of those heart-warming days where the smiles from the bride and groom just get to you — I knew when I saw this wed­ding on Simon Hud­speth Photography’s blog I had to share it with you.

Rebecca wrote a lovely wed­ding report as well — the title I used for the blog post is from Rebecca’s own story! Her next line made me gig­gle though… but let’s start at the begin­ning and that will come later.

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Nicola and Chris do vintage in Derbyshire — part 2

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Claire

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Did you love Nicola and Chris’s wed­ding on the blog yes­ter­day? I bet you did… although did I per­haps made you a bit angry when I left you part­way through, with our gor­geous bride and groom on the way to their wed­ding recep­tion?! Hee!

It’s ok — they’re back on Eng­lish Wed­ding blog this morn­ing with more fab­u­lous pics from wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Andy Hook, and Nicola’s words are going to make you all tingly — quite pos­si­bly to bring a lit­tle tear to your eye too.

Enjoy.

Claire xx

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Nicola and Chris — vintage themed Derbyshire wedding

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Claire

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I did a secret lit­tle smile when this wed­ding came in — while it’s become trendy to talk about the end of vin­tage as a mass mar­ket phe­nom­e­non, for some cou­ples the whole vin­tage theme fits like a glove — and Nicola and Chris do vin­tage their way, very very beau­ti­fully indeed.

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York­shire wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Andy Hook sub­mit­ted the pic­tures for Eng­lish Wed­ding blog — thanks Andy! — and Nicola wrote a wed­ding report for me to share with you all. It’s one of the best wed­ding reports I’ve seen — let alone been able to fea­ture on my blog!  Read more…

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A vintage inspired Cambridgeshire wedding

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Claire

How many words do you think are rea­son­able for the head­ing of a blog post? And how long do you think it takes to write a blog post head­ing? About thirty sec­onds? No. A minute, maybe? No. Five min­utes. Because Car­o­line and Adam’s beau­ti­ful wed­ding day has so many ele­ments I don’t want you to miss! They say blog­gers shouldn’t stress about writ­ing every­thing in the title. Well, ok then. But just for the record, this one’s:  Read more…

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Get the look! Country garden wedding inspiration board

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Claire

Please do indulge my wed­ding inspi­ra­tion board phase… I absolutely love doing these right now! Per­haps it’s because I’m being sent so many bril­liant pho­tos at the moment. Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers are such a gen­er­ous and cre­ative bunch of peo­ple :)

So — this is part 3 of Clau­dia and John’s wed­ding in Devon, on the Eng­lish Wed­ding blog. They com­bined their Aus­tralian her­itage with a vin­tage inspired, Eng­lish coun­try gar­den theme and cre­ated some­thing really spe­cial. Here’s how you can recre­ate that look for your own wed­ding day!

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International wedding in London — Heather and Titus

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Claire

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.  Read more…

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Alternative, fun vintage wedding: get the look!

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Claire

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.  Read more…

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Fit for kings: Hampton Court Palace wedding

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Claire

Hampton Court Palace wedding blog photography Pippa McKenzieIsn’t it incred­i­ble to think of the won­der­ful wed­ding cel­e­bra­tions we can cre­ate these days — from tipis to cas­tles, mar­quees to manor houses and more.

As I sit to write this wed­ding blog post I’m more than a lit­tle over­whelmed by Ellie and Dean’s wed­ding venue: the for­mer home of Henry VIII and a suc­ces­sion of kings and queens after him, archi­tec­ture designed to rival Ver­sailles, with 60 acres of beau­ti­ful gardens…

Back in King Henry’s day who’d have imag­ined a lovely cou­ple like Ellie and Dean would be get­ting wed in his palace… but if you ask me it’s days like this that Hamp­ton Court Palace was made for. You’re going to love this wed­ding blog fea­ture.  Read more…

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Dreamy Dartmouth Castle wedding!

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Claire

Real wedding at Dartmouth Castle by Martyn NorsworthyPhew… I think it’s time for a gor­geous wed­ding today, don’t you? Some­thing to enjoy, smile, admire and swoon a lit­tle for.

Mar­tyn Nor­swor­thy fits the bill — an award win­ning wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher based in gor­geous Devon, he sent me pho­tographs from Maria and Lloyd’s dreamy Dart­mouth Cas­tle wed­ding and I set­tled back to swoon over these very spe­cial moments, images and more from a stun­ning wed­ding day.

I really think you’ll love these pic­tures: half wed­ding story and half inspir­ing details with a gor­geous bride in an Ian Stu­art wed­ding dress — this is right up my street for cre­ativ­ity, glam­our and ele­gance!  Read more…

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Wedding Day Jewellery

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Sally

As I’ve said before, I’m a com­plete sucker for sen­ti­ment. Every day I wear my engage­ment ring, my mum’s sil­ver ring that she bought when she was a girl, the ring David bought me for my 21st, and the ear­rings he bought me from Italy. Until it recently broke, I also used to wear my great grandmother’s ring that she brought back from Rus­sia for my grandma (who said it was hideous, which is why I have it!). None of them ‘go’, they are all dif­fer­ent met­als, stones, styles… but I have to wear all of them on my wed­ding day! The way I see it is I am wear­ing a piece of jew­ellery from each cor­ner of my fam­ily, and the sen­ti­ment means so much more than hav­ing every­thing ‘matchy-matchy’.  Read more…

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