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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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Recent posts
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… .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, 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… .
The most beautiful civil partnership and handfasting celebrationI've always thought I'd love a handfasting for my own wedding - and when I saw Cat and Jocelyn's handfasting celebration I more… .
5 famous British wedding venuesA guest blog post this morning to make you smile. Fancy stepping in the hallowed footsteps of the floppy-haired secret-crush more… .
A destination wedding treat! Bring me sunshine…England in May... where is our sunshine?!! But fear not my hearties because I can show you pictures of some instead! Whether more… .
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Category Archives: wedding suppliers
New sponsor welcome… Helena Rose Weddings
I’m delighted to be adding new types of wedding suppliers to my sponsors. Today I’m introducing wedding planner Helena Rose — based in Sussex and trained by the UKAWP, Helena Rose plans inspiring weddings that set trends rather than follow them.
Now that’s what I love to hear!
A little more about Helena Rose Weddings
Helena Rose is making a splash with her new wedding planning business, and I’m so pleased she’s joined English Wedding Blog! Read more: The Sussex Newspaper interviews Helena Rose. Helena is also to be found on Whimsical Wonderland Wedding blog — with a fabulous competition for brides in Sussex, London and the South East.
Find yourself a winning wedding supplier!
The best wedding suppliers were announced at the Cafe de Paris in London
The 2012 Wedding Industry Awards Event was held last night, with winners in the national categories announced. Congratulations to all the winning wedding suppliers — well deserved in every category.
In the spirit of the fabulous organisation of this event, the national results are already on the official website (somebody must be updating the site with a sore head this morning!) for the world to see.
New sponsor welcome: Belinda McCarthy
Belinda McCarthy is a bit of a famous name for wedding bloggers, I think… one of those lovely, generous people who reads and leaves the most charming comments on so many blog posts — and I’m delighted to welcome her as a new sponsor of English Wedding Blog.
Somerset Wedding Photography
Belinda has her very own dedicated English Wedding Showcase Page where she’s written a little introduction to her business — along with more gorgeous photos from weddings.
Belinda told me, “Weddings are such an amazing platform of emotions, drama, exceptional moments and true tenderness, that they’re a privilege to work on.”
What next for vintage wedding photographers?
Hands up anybody in wedding-land who hasn’t heard about last week’s article on The Huffington Post about the end of the vintage wedding trend? Yeah, I knew there wouldn’t be any hands up. So — what does it mean for the wedding industry? Not much. Trends come and go. But there is one thing…
Posted in Advice, debate, Photography, wedding industry, wedding suppliers Tagged Photography, trends, vintage wedding, wedding suppliers 35 Comments
Musings on wedding industry awards
I’ve been musing a lot recently. Thinking about this industry, the financial side of weddings, the way it all works and what motivates people in the wedding industry. For many of us it’s the thank you card from a happy customer; the email saying how wedding guests commented on our work. It’s also the sheer love of our jobs that keeps us going.
How to buy wedding jewellery with a clear conscience
When you start planning your wedding, there is so much to think about. Huge decisions often need to be made and some of the smaller, but still important issues can easily be forgotten.
Ingle and Rhode fair trade gold wedding rings
One of the decisions that may be overshadowed by which venue to have, or where to go on honeymoon, is where to buy your wedding jewellery from. It’s easy enough to walk in to a high street jeweller and select something you like, but have you and your partner considered where the gold, platinum or stones comes from?
Posted in english weddings, Jewellery, wedding suppliers Tagged conflict-free, ethical, fairmined, fairtrade, gold, rings, wedding rings 1 Comment
Autumn, the wedding industry and Narnia
Do you love or hate autumn? When there’s a crisp chill in the air, you wake up in darkness at 7am, the heating goes on and winter woollies come out — do you hide or rush out to play in the rusty leaves?
I had the idea of a new wedding blog post with my friend and Tiararama designer Suzanne Laughlin: to shout out and share the things we love about autumn. Because at the end of the wedding season the wedding industry doesn’t sleep: instead, we get inspired. The smell of autumn on the air, the hazy sunshine and being all toasty inside… it kicks off that creative buzz. I wanted to share some of that with you!
New sponsor welcome: Kat Forsyth Photography
Hi everyone! I have a lovely new sponsor to tell you about this morning: a lady with a passion and a story — wedding photographer Kat Forsyth has joined our little team on English Wedding blog.
Kat is a wedding photographer from South Africa, who specialises in fun, fresh and natural wedding photography with an artistic and creative feel. If anyone’s now thinking, “well that’s a bit of a long way” — Kat has joined English Wedding as a sponsor because she’s moving to the UK in early 2012 and, very happily for English brides and grooms, she’s going to be a London wedding photographer (she’ll be happy to travel anywhere for a wedding, of course!). Which is fab!
Show off and share! Wedding invitations
Morning everyone! I’m on a mission today and I need your help. I’m looking for wedding stationery — the latest designs, newest trends and most exciting invitations in particular. So I’m searching for wedding invitation designers: get in touch and share your favourite designs!
Wedding invitation by Dragonfly; calligraphy by Wedding-Calligrapher.com
Wedding invitations showcase
I’m looking for as many UK wedding invitation designers as I can find to log in to the English Wedding Showcase this month and share latest, bestselling and favourite designs. It’s a unique chance to showcase your best work — and to share it with UK brides and grooms.
Jane Austen bridal shoot behind the scenes
Yesterday I blogged a brilliantly eccentric bridal shoot from The Wedding Affair, with photography by Joe Dodsworth and set at Newby Hall. You will of course remember it for the antique military uniform, sword — who knew Wilkinson Sword made swords?! — and Ben, the horse. Missed it? Click: Jane Austen inspired bridal shoot
Today I have some behind the scenes photos from the shoot to share with you. They’re all by wedding photographer Nicky Chadwick, who was there to ‘shoot the shoot’ — so we get to see what goes on at a bridal shoot like this one. First of all — yesterday’s blog convinced me Anastasia had fallen from the pages of a Jane Austen novel. So let’s start with her looking very 21st century…
