Category Archives: wedding suppliers

Alternative wedding invitation ideas

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Claire

How is every­one on this beau­ti­fully sunny Mon­day morn­ing? It’s bliss­ful here at Eng­lish Wed­ding tow­ers — I’ve been for a walk around my lit­tle vil­lage, along the seafront and through the fields already! Time now for a bit of inspi­ra­tion in the form of some papery good­ness, I think.

Five great alter­na­tive wed­ding invi­ta­tion ideas

alternative wedding invitation image (2)Alter­na­tive wed­ding invi­ta­tion 1: the Lotus Flower

Lotus flower alter­na­tive wed­ding invi­ta­tion found on With­out A Hitch — the flower is cut from blue pat­terned paper and becomes a stun­ning, dif­fer­ent wed­ding invi­ta­tion via the magic of origami. A tag attached to the flower has all the infor­ma­tion a guest could need!  Read more…

Posted in daily UK wedding inspiration, english weddings, Invitations, wedding suppliers | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Getting featured on wedding blogs (video blog)

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Claire

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.

 Read more…

Posted in english weddings, wedding blogging, wedding blogs, wedding industry, wedding marketing, wedding suppliers | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Wedding jewellery ideas — oops!

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Claire

As my dar­ling Gareth would say in his best Frank Spencer accent, “I think I’ve done a lit­tle whoop­sie.” I’ll elab­o­rate: in March I asked wed­ding jew­ellers to share their spark­li­est designs on the Eng­lish Wed­ding Show­case. I intended to share them with you all the very next week… I made two inspi­ra­tion boards and put them on the Eng­lish Wed­ding face­book page, but for­got to share them with you here! Let’s fix that :)

Wed­ding jew­ellery: deli­cious sil­ver inspi­ra­tion board

Bridal jewellery from the UK silver sparkle

Bridal jew­ellery from the UK — wed­ding inspi­ra­tion board  Read more…

Posted in daily UK wedding inspiration, english weddings, inspiration, Jewellery, wedding inspiration board, wedding suppliers | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Vintage Twee and Nia Fiori come out to play

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Claire

photo credit Chris Hanley Photography (37)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.

photo credit Chris Hanley Photography (36)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.  Read more…

Posted in daily UK wedding inspiration, english weddings, Photography, wedding blogs, wedding industry, wedding marketing, wedding suppliers | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

The Luxury Wedding Show — what it’s really like inside!

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Claire

Wendy Bell invitations at the Luxury Wedding Show (13)
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.  Read more…

Posted in daily UK wedding inspiration, english weddings, Wedding fairs and events, wedding industry, wedding suppliers | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Vintage hair and styling — meet Bethany Jane Davies

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Claire

I had the priv­i­lege of watch­ing a very select group of wed­ding experts at work recently… I still can’t divulge all the cloak-and-dagger details of this amaz­ing shoot but I can’t resist telling you about the fas­ci­nat­ingly tal­ented Bethany Jane Davies.

Vintage hair and make up by Bethany Jane Davies (1)

Bethany Jane Davies joined the team — Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy, Marry Me Films, Vin­tage Twee and Nia Fiori — on a two-day cre­ative shoot to cre­ate the most won­der­fully excit­ing and glam­orous hair for mod­els Jo and Nia.  Read more…

Posted in english weddings, wedding suppliers | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

New sponsor welcome — Yolande De Vries

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Claire

It’s time to wel­come a brand new wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher to Eng­lish Wed­ding blog, and I’m proud to have the fab­u­lous Yolande De Vries as part of the team here at Eng­lish Wedding.

wedding photography by Yolande De Vries

Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy in Lon­don and UK-wide by Yolande De Vries

Yolande’s back­ground is in fash­ion pho­tog­ra­phy and pho­to­jour­nal­ism, and her wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy style is fem­i­nine and excit­ing — it’s a real plea­sure to wel­come Yolande to Eng­lish Wed­ding blog.

english-wedding-showcase.com/yolande-de-vries-photography-showcase

I was thrilled to fea­ture a bridal inspi­ra­tion shoot by Yolande on Eng­lish Wed­ding blog in 2011 — set in what appeared to be an enchanted for­est, the shoot was inspir­ing, excit­ing, strik­ing and deli­ciously dif­fer­ent. I’ve fol­lowed Yolande’s pho­tog­ra­phy blog ever since!  Read more…

Posted in daily UK wedding inspiration, English Wedding blog sponsors, English Wedding Showcase, english weddings, Photography, Sponsors, wedding suppliers | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bridal accessories showcase — quick, follow me!

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Claire

Morn­ing every­one! I hope you’re hav­ing a lovely day so far. Espe­cially if you design wed­ding jew­ellery or know some­one who does — because I need you! Back in Feb­ru­ary I asked for wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers to show­case their wares and so many of you did: with bright, sum­mery wed­ding invi­ta­tions to appeal to every taste and wed­ding style.

sparkly wedding accessory

Photo credit: Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy (at Hen­grave Hall)  Read more…

Posted in daily UK wedding inspiration, inspiration, Jewellery, wedding suppliers | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Find your perfect spring or summer wedding invitation

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Claire

wedding invitation ideas for summerOn Fri­day I asked wed­ding invi­ta­tion design­ers from all over the UK to share their best bright and sum­mery invites with Eng­lish Wed­ding blog. A cold and frosty day turned into a lit­tle ray of sun­shine for me as lots of tal­ented design­ers joined in to show­case wed­ding invi­ta­tions with a cheer­ful spring and sum­mer feel to them.

A new fea­ture on Eng­lish Wed­ding blog

This will become a reg­u­lar fea­ture because it gives you lovely read­ers out there a chance to see lots of new and excit­ing designs and ideas, all in one place.  Read more…

Posted in daily UK wedding inspiration, English Wedding Showcase, english weddings, inspiration, Invitations, Stationery accessories, wedding inspiration board, wedding suppliers | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Do wedding photography qualifications matter?

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Claire

I asked an inno­cent lit­tle ques­tion on face­book the other day. Some­thing I was pon­der­ing as I looked through wed­ding sub­mis­sions for the blog. I’m not a pho­tog­ra­pher. I’m wouldn’t call myself an expert. I see a lot of wed­dings; I think I can tell a great wed­ding pho­to­graph… but how can I really be sure I’m choos­ing the very best wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy for my Eng­lish Wed­ding blog?  Read more…

Posted in Advice, debate, Photography, wedding suppliers | Tagged , , , , | 24 Comments