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Debbie and Matthew’s surprise Buckinghamshire wedding

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Claire

Wedding by Natasha Thompson Photography (29)
A long awaited pro­posal and a secret, inti­mate wed­ding are hid­ing in my lit­tle box of tricks for you today my lovely read­ers. Deb­bie and Matthew, and their lit­tle boy Noah, cel­e­brated their sur­prise wed­ding in superb style — although they tell me the decor was “a bit of a mis-match”!

Their wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Natasha Thomp­son sub­mit­ted this wed­ding for the blog many weeks ago, and Matthew and Deb­bie (I think mainly Matthew) sent their wed­ding report back to me this week, along with the sweet­est note: “Sorry this has taken so long, we have just had a baby!” So first of all let me say a huge Con­grat­u­la­tions to you both, and I’ll hand over to you and to Natasha with her beau­ti­ful pho­tographs of your inti­mate wed­ding.  Read more…

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A warming winter wedding at The Ashes

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Claire

It’s a bit spooky: the sec­ond wed­ding in as many weeks I’ve seen from The Ashes — a wed­ding venue I hadn’t heard of before. But it’s gor­geous: as we sink into autumn this wed­ding has all the loveli­est, rich­est autumn colours and tones — like a vir­tual hot toddy in the world of wed­ding blogs.

Wedding blog photography from The Ashes Vickerstaff Photography (1)

The wed­ding day begins with this beau­ti­fully cold coun­try­side scene — this is The Ashes wed­ding venue in the heart of Stafford­shire, a grade two listed fam­ily home with con­verted barns pro­vid­ing the per­fect secluded set­ting for a pri­vate wed­ding recep­tion.  Read more…

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Daily wedding discoveries — best of the web

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Billy Idol

Wed­ding spe­cial­ist Billy Idol’s been at it again and found this gor­geous wed­ding blogged over at Craig Williams Pho­tog­ra­phy. I love this image most of all… there’s some­thing very Lit­tle Red Rid­ing Hood about it — the whole wed­ding shoot is fab, do check it out.

Snowy winter wedding from Craig Williams Photographywww.williamsphotographyblog.com/layer-marney-wedding

Is this really Billy Idol? Why? (clue: no)

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Wedding with a touch of creativity

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Claire
I LOVE this photograph - Lucy looks regal and out-of-this-world beautiful

I LOVE this pho­to­graph — Lucy looks regal and out-of-this-world beautiful

Some­times every­thing in life comes together and a light­bulb flick­ers on, don’t you think? It’s hap­pened for me — grad­u­ally — over the past month or so. I won’t bore you with details (well, I might, but in a later post) — suf­fice it to say that Cre­ativ­ity is my newest rai­son d’être.

I love how wed­dings pro­vide every­one with an oppor­tu­nity to be cre­ative, and that those who do have their own very indi­vid­ual ways of real­is­ing their cre­ativ­ity. Lucy and James’s wed­ding is a beau­ti­ful, quite nor­mal Eng­lish wed­ding with a lit­tle twist of cre­ativ­ity which makes it ever so spe­cial.  Read more…

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Wedding digest: Andrew and Claire

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Claire

I can’t resist a snowy wed­ding scene, and Claire’s pur­ple dress is a gor­geously cre­ative touch — so here’s a very quick blog post to show you the lat­est from Cum­bria wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Chris Freer’s own blog.

Claire and Andrew's winter weddingI love the blan­ket of snow and the open land­scape with the moun­tains behind — and Claire’s pur­ple dress is fan­tas­tic for a win­ter wed­ding with a white back­drop! Doesn’t she look incredible.

Claire and Andrew's winter weddingFrom time to time I’ll be post­ing just a cou­ple of pic­tures of a wed­ding day with cre­ative touches I love — in this case, Claire’s dress and the snowy scenes. These posts will be filed under a new cat­e­gory: Wed­ding digest.  Read more…

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Chesterfield crooked spire wedding

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Claire
bride and groom in church

Natalie and Richard made the most of the oppor­tu­nity to have some lovely pho­tos taken in the Chester­field parish church

This is a rare treat, and I’m so pleased to be able to share it with you. There aren’t many wed­dings held at Chesterfield’s famous Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints — only three a year, so Natalie and Richard were really lucky to have this beau­ti­ful Eng­lish land­mark as their wed­ding venue. The crooked spire is known for miles around, and a cher­ished Der­byshire attrac­tion. Inside the church is just as beau­ti­ful.  Read more…

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Chic winter wedding

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Claire
bride and groom confetti
A glo­ri­ous wed­ding photo, an explo­sion of colour on a winter’s day!

This Eng­lish wed­ding is a delight­ful com­bi­na­tion of lots of sub­tle ele­ments: vin­tage lace, gor­geous colours, fes­tive sparkle and sophis­ti­cated details. The bride and groom are Theresa and Chris and they got mar­ried at St. Peter’s Church in Cirences­ter this Decem­ber. Theresa’s amaz­ing smile and all the won­der­ful details of the are fan­tas­tic, and I hope they’ll inspire you!   

wedding dress and shoes

A beau­ti­ful com­po­si­tion of wed­ding dress, details and shoes by Car­o­line Alexan­der  Read more…

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Peckforton Castle Wedding

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Claire
Peckforton castle wedding

The cer­e­mony at Peck­for­ton Cas­tle — what a stun­ning wed­ding venue!

I’ve admired Peck­for­ton Cas­tle from afar for many years. As a cal­lig­ra­pher I’ve seen and writ­ten many invi­ta­tions to wed­dings there, and it’s one of those lux­ury venues I’d love to illus­trate — and now, what a treat to be able to fea­ture it on my new blog! This first real wed­ding photo of the cer­e­mony room at Peck­for­ton Cas­tle says it all. The light flood­ing in from those nar­row win­dows, the exquis­ite mosaic tiled floor, even the chairs are a bit special!

wedding shoes

Caroline’s wed­ding shoes are dainty and very sophis­ti­cated  Read more…

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Snow White Wedding

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Claire
snow wedding photgraph

Fiona and Peter on their snowy Eng­lish wed­ding day

It seems so long since we had all that lovely white snow across Eng­land in Jan­u­ary, but look­ing at this wed­ding brings it all back in the most mag­i­cal of ways.

Fiona and Peter were mar­ried in early Jan­u­ary, and the gor­geous win­ter weather really made it a day to remem­ber. The gor­geous win­try white of their wed­ding day is really beau­ti­ful. Pho­tog­ra­pher Mar­i­anne Tay­lor sub­mit­ted their Eng­lish win­ter wed­ding for the blog, and it’s such a plea­sure to share it here.

wedding dress and shoes

Fiona’s wed­ding dress with lace detail, and her lovely shoes  Read more…

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English winter wedding details

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Claire
Bride and groom Amelia and Dougie Brown, shot by www.EmilyQuinton.com

Bride and groom Amelia and Dougie Brown, shot by www.EmilyQuinton.com

Today I’m in love with Twit­ter for intro­duc­ing me to Emily Quin­ton. Emily’s wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy is amaz­ing and I’ve spent a happy hour or two this week gaz­ing at her wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy blog!

Emily captures the lovely venue decorations created by friends of the bride and groom

Emily cap­tures the lovely venue dec­o­ra­tions cre­ated by friends of the bride and groom

Emily pho­tographed this beau­ti­ful Eng­lish win­ter wed­ding back in Octo­ber. Bride Amelia is from New Zealand, and groom Dougie is Scot­tish… they met halfway and were mar­ried at Barnt Green in the West Midlands.

A piper leads the bride and groom to the wedding reception venue

A piper leads the bride and groom to the wed­ding recep­tion venue  Read more…

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