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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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Alternative wedding invitation ideasHow is everyone on this beautifully sunny Monday morning? It's blissful here at English Wedding towers - I've been for a walk more… .Thinking creative!
I can deny it no longer. I have become an addict. Deny me my fix and my craving just gets stronger. It's not drugs or drink more… .
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: wedding industry
Getting featured on wedding blogs (video blog)
Hello! I have another video blog for wedding suppliers today: how (and why) to get featured on a wedding blog. Once again, ‘scuse the face — but I hope you find the advice really useful. Enjoy the movie — there’s a quick recap in words below the clip for you to cut out and keep as well.
getting your designs featured on wedding blogs from Claire Gould on Vimeo.
As a wedding stationer, jewellery or cake designer you might not have considered submitting your designs to be featured on wedding blogs. This short video explains the benefits of sponsored blog features, and looks at the differences between wedding blog advertising and the printed wedding magazines.
How to Blog your Wedding Business — published!
Since early December I’ve been putting the finishing touches to my book: How to Blog your Wedding Business. It’s meant English Wedding Blog has been a little short on wedding supplier advice (most of my ideas went in the book!) — so today the launch of my book means you get a bumper edition of all the wedding business blogging advice you can handle, and then some!
How to Blog your Wedding Business
How to blog your wedding business — by me!
A video blog: promote your wedding business with confidence
This is my very first video blog for English Wedding. I wanted to share something new, so instead of my typey fingers, today you get my face talking. The video itself explains what this is all about, and there’s a summary for you underneath. Scuse the face 
promote your wedding business with confidence from Claire Gould on Vimeo.
Speaking confidently about your wedding designs, whether you make invitations,jewellery or anything else, isn’t always easy. This video blog explains why it’s important to promote your wedding business with confidence. I also share tips to help you gain the confidence to take that pride in your products and share your enthusiasm with potential customers.
Wedding planning or work?
Somerset wedding. Photography credit: Belinda McCarthy http://somerset-wedding-photographer.co.uk
I’ve found some brilliant bits of internet for you this week: real weddings, DIY projects, discussions and — a new bit of Wedding planning or work: wedding business stuff. I’m just going to jump in. Highlights today include Alex Beadon’s business blogging advice, and discussions on beauty from Anna (Far from the wedding crowd).
Enjoy. And have a wonderful weekend xx
Real weddings
- Nancy & Henry | Not Just AnOther Wedding — a striking couple and a wedding full to bursting with character and beauty. You’ll adore this — I do!
The Wedding Industry Awards 2013: worth every penny?
Last week saw the launch of The Wedding Industry Awards. These were a quiet revolution in the wedding industry in 2012: their integrity was a breath of fresh air. The voting was open to brides and grooms; not to twitter buddies and wedding industry pals. Feedback given by couples during the voting process was fabulous, in depth and heartfelt. The eventual winners in regional and national categories deserved their glory: they were truly admired by the customers they’d worked so hard for.
After the awards event early in 2012, there was a buzz of anticipation as wedding suppliers across the country looked forward to a bigger and better Wedding Industry Awards in 2013.
Vintage Twee and Nia Fiori come out to play
Creative exploration is a marvellous thing for any wedding business. Imagination is why wedding blogs were invented. It’s why we admire top designers who are making waves — the likes of Ian Stuart and David Fielden, the innovators of our industry.
It’s also a hell of a lot of fun.
For Vintage Twee’s Joanne Linder and artist and designer Nia Fiori, creativity is the heart of their wedding businesses. I watched, intrigued, as my two friends, together with the fabulous Chris Hanley Photography, devised a shoot which would explore the very core of their two brands.
Posted in daily UK wedding inspiration, english weddings, Photography, wedding blogs, wedding industry, wedding marketing, wedding suppliers Tagged Bethany Jane Davies, Chris Hanley Photography, Marry Me Films, nia fiori, Niern Khiamsap, promo shoot, Red Floral, unique wedding invitations, Vintage Twee, wedding accessories, wedding business, wedding decorations, wedding designers, wedding promotion, wedding suppliers 4 Comments
The Luxury Wedding Show — what it’s really like inside!
Only three weeks ago I was wistfully telling my friend and sponsor Wendy Bell how I’d love to go to The Luxury Wedding Show — if only all the events weren’t so far away from my little base in Cheshire (I know, pitiful isn’t it…)
The Luxury Wedding Show seems to have cornered a niche in the UK wedding market — and not only that, there’s a wonderfully voyeuristic appeal too. From gorgeous designer wedding invitations to flowers and cakes, decor and more — it’s great to see the best in the UK wedding industry. Even if you’re not splashing out on a luxury wedding, wouldn’t it be fun to go and look around anyway, see what the more extravagant brides are buying? I know I’d love to see these shows from a wedding supplier’s point of view as well.
Will it be Happily Ever After for wedding blogs?
Join me in a quick ponder? I hear good and bad things about wedding blogs these days — people love the UK wedding bloggers or hate us, and there are some strong opinions out there! There’s no disputing the fact that wedding blogs have changed dramatically over the last two years — and I wonder where we’ll all be in another two.
Wedding blog article — Photo Credit Anneli Marinovich www.annelimarinovich.com
Once upon a time for wedding blogs…
Following the rise of Style Me Pretty and Ruffled Blog in the US, the first UK wedding bloggers were lone voices with a small, devoted following. Kat, Charlotte and Annabel all used the internet to plan their weddings, and their blogs grew as their fans spread the word.
Is blogging your wedding business a step too far?
One for the wedding business owners today… As I write blog features for English Wedding I often find myself visiting websites of jewellery and cake designers, wedding venues and stationers, wedding bands, caterers and make up artists. You’re all on facebook; most of you are on twitter — it’s amazing how the way we promote our wedding businesses has changed.
Aside from wedding photographers who usually do blog, it seems to me the last step in the flurry of social media activity required from a wedding business these days is a business blog. Could it be that we’re all so time-pressured now a blog would be a step too far?
Posted in Advice, wedding blogs, wedding industry, wedding marketing Tagged blogging, business blogs, wedding business 26 Comments
A Mark of Distinction: wedding invitations
I have really strong feelings about today’s wedding blog post so I’m going to jump straight in and share them with you: wedding invitation designers have the right to add their signature or branding to their designs. It’s a mark of quality, proof an artist takes pride in their design work. Today I’m urging wedding stationers to add their name to their designs; I want to persuade couples who are buying handmade to choose designer invitations with the maker’s name on.
UK designer wedding invitation — Photo credit: Bunny Delicious
