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Hello! I’m Claire and this is my UK wedding blog.
English Wedding is an independent blog. That means it’s just me here, and I’m not linked with any big wedding industry magazines or big-profit making corporations.
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Wedding jewellery ideas — gold coloursToday's English wedding blog is dedicated to Trudie. Hello there Trudie! A little while ago I asked for wedding jewellery more… .
Creative wedding ideas collaboration — and not a union jack in sight!I'm avoiding union jacks and red-white-blue features with every glance at my inbox these days! There are gorgeous ideas out more… .
A wedding cake spectacular: 14 contemporary cake ideasGood morning! Who likes cake? And have you chosen your wedding cake yet? I've picked some of my favourite wedding cakes more… .- Hello! I have another video blog for wedding suppliers today: how (and why) to get featured on a wedding blog. Once again, more… .
Erica Stacey couture wedding dresses (Manchester)Morning everyone! Wedding dresses and some behind-the-scenes pictures today... I wanted to tell you a little more about couture more… .
Wedding Planning or Work? Bumper EditionThis week's Wedding Planning or Work is dedicated to my new friend Scarlet Blue. Last Friday I skived off WPOW entirely, as more… .
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Category Archives: vintage weddings
I wish we could do it again!
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.
Nicola and Chris do vintage in Derbyshire — part 2
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
Nicola and Chris — vintage themed Derbyshire wedding
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.
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!
A vintage inspired Cambridgeshire wedding
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:
Posted in contemporary weddings, daily UK wedding inspiration, DIY weddings, english weddings, Photography, Real brides, Real UK weddings, Real weddings, vintage weddings Tagged Cambridgeshire, Simon Kemp Photography, UK wedding, village fete wedding, vintage wedding, wedding, wedding blog 6 Comments
Get the look! Country garden wedding inspiration board
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!
Vintage countryside english wedding inspiration board
Posted in classic weddings, daily UK wedding inspiration, english weddings, inspiration, Photography, Real weddings, vintage weddings, wedding blogs Tagged English wedding, inspiration board, real wedding inspiration, vintage wedding, vintage wedding ideas, wedding blog, wedding ideas, wedding table decoration 3 Comments
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.
Posted in alternative weddings, contemporary weddings, daily UK wedding inspiration, english weddings, Real UK weddings, Real weddings, vintage weddings Tagged eco wedding, Green Olive Wedding Photographers, international wedding, intimate wedding, London wedding photography, organic wedding, uk wedding blog 1 Comment
Alternative, fun vintage wedding: get the look!
Morning 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.
Fit for kings: Hampton Court Palace wedding
Isn’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.
Dreamy Dartmouth Castle wedding!
Phew… 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!
Wedding Day Jewellery
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’.
Posted in Jewellery, Real weddings, Star Bride Sally, vintage weddings 5 Comments
