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I wish we could do it again!

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Claire

wedding photography by Simon Hudspeth (12)

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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Vintage & lavender wedding inspiration board

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Claire

One thing: I absolutely can’t pos­si­bly let this one get away with­out mak­ing an inspi­ra­tion board, I thought. Nicola and Chris cre­ated a wed­ding that was true to their per­son­al­i­ties, full of cre­ativ­ity and character.

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Nicola and Chris: vin­tage wed­ding inspi­ra­tion board. Photo cred­its Andy Hook

I’ve blogged their vin­tage wed­ding in Der­byshire over the last two days. I didn’t want the blog fea­tures to end! So I’ve even kept some of Nicola’s wed­ding report back for you today.  Read more…

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Nicola and Chris — vintage themed Derbyshire wedding

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Claire

wedding blog images by Andy Hook (17)

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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What next for vintage wedding photographers?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Claire

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…  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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Vin­tage coun­try­side eng­lish wed­ding inspi­ra­tion board  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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Vintage inspired London wedding — with bundles of details for inspiration

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Claire
I LOVE this picture of Denise holding a sunflower

I LOVE this pic­ture of Denise hold­ing a sunflower

It’s easy to see why vin­tage inspired wed­dings are so pop­u­lar. There’s some­thing about vin­tage decor and acces­sories — like delv­ing into an old trea­sure chest, find­ing beau­ti­ful sparkly things which aren’t just beau­ti­ful but have his­to­ries and mem­o­ries of their own. I think that’s why vin­tage wed­dings have such an appeal, and Denise and Luca’s wed­ding really cap­tured the essence of vin­tage for me.  Read more…

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Vintage Wedding Treats

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Claire

Vintage music sheets wedding confetti conesMy plan today was to write a lit­tle post about wed­ding acces­sories from Vin­tage Twee. Owned by the loveli­est lady in all of wed­ding­land, as inspir­ing and gor­geous as it gets, I was excited to hear last week about some new wed­ding favours and acces­sories Joanne had just designed.

That was the plan.

Vintage music sheet paper rose table decorationsQual­ity hand­crafted vin­tage wed­ding decorations

Joanne had also men­tioned a new web­site for Vin­tage Twee was on the way. Lovely, I thought. And as I sat down to write — I’ll just have a quick look, open up the web­site and have all the details to hand of these new rose con­fetti cones and vin­tage music sheet cones.  Read more…

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Beautiful vintage wedding in Wales

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Claire
A gorgeous bride and groom photo

Love is…

The wave of beau­ti­ful vin­tage themed wed­dings just doesn’t seem to stop — and I’m really lov­ing all the gor­geous vin­tage wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy around at the moment.

Alli­son and Jeremy had a gor­geous wed­ding day in Wales, com­plete with pink rose flower arrange­ments Alli­son had made her­self, a beau­ti­ful and unusual wed­ding venue, and a wed­ding dress and lace shrug that are out of this world!  Read more…

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