A glorious wedding on a rainy day… and proof that rainy day weddings can make for the most stunning photographs and memories of your day! Katy and Ryan look fab – her dress from Ava Rose Hamilton is so incredibly beautiful and she looks amazing. I do love a groom in glasses – Ryan’s happiness absolutely shines and the pair are just gorgeous together. Do scroll down and read their English Wedding interview, as it’s a beauty! Huge thanks to lovely Heather Butterworth Photography for submitting this wonderful wedding to the blog. Happy Monday everyone! Claire's signature

Katy and Ryan's Oakwood at Ryther wedding with lace embroidered dress and the groom wearing glasses. Credit Heather Butterworth Photography

Huge thanks today to lovely Kay from PKay Bridal, who sent us this stunning styled wedding shoot from beautiful Cumbria. The images are fabulous, the table styling out of this world – and I’m in LOVE with Harpreet’s beautifully embroidered wedding outfit. It’s all from a styled photography workshop run by My Pretties UK – as I type, they’ve 3 workshops in the pipelines which still have availability and I’d highly recommend them!

Kay has shared her gorgeous photos from this warm and romantic shoot with a rich colour palette that is perfect for any season. Hidden River Barn is a simply breath-taking venue literally hidden away in the Carlisle countryside. Surrounded by woodlands and it’s own private river… who wouldn’t want to get married here?

Today’s wedding style inspiration is just fabulous – the dress steals the show, it was Jen’s actual dress from her wedding to Elliott in 2019 – a custom design based on a beautiful Maggie Sottero gown, brought to life by Nicole at Elise Designs. Jen’s childhood hobby was designing wedding dresses and this was her dream dress – I think we can safely say it’s ours too?!

With love,“english

Elegant Romance at Thicket Priory, image credit Hannah Brooke Photography (21)

Photographer – https://hannahbrookephotography.co.uk
Stylist – https://myprettiesuk.com
Venue – https://thicketpriory.co.uk
Dress designer – https://maggiesottero.com / https://elisedesigns.co.uk
Suit designer – https://haworthclothing.co.uk
Florist – https://thepetalstudio.co.uk
Stationery – https://somers-creative.com
Cake – https://wheretheribbonends.com
Grazing Table – https://babaganoushdining.com
Hair – https://lottiehaigh.com
MUA – https://khmakeupartistry.com
Accessories – https://starboxjewellery.com

Let’s take things back a notch from all the real weddings we’ve featured this week and turn our gaze to something dreamy instead! This wedding ideas shoot is just glorious: moody and exciting, beautifully styled and wonderfully creative. It’s been sent in by lovely Jen from My Pretties UK, Yorkshire based wedding planning & design expert specialising in stylish, forward thinking design for modern couples. Sooo much awesomeness… and those dresses are out of this WORLD!

With love,

Alternative Monochrome wedding inspo at White Syke Fields with Alt Wedding Co (33)