Congratulations to Charlotte Balbier — Engagement Shoot!

It’s always big news when some­one so pop­u­lar in the wed­ding indus­try gets engaged… there’s a real buzz around Char­lotte and Teddy’s engage­ment and we can’t wait to find out more about their plans over the next few months. This is far more excit­ing for me than any celeb wed­dings that might have hap­pened in 2011!

Char­lotte Bal­bier is at the fore­front of UK bridal design, with her lat­est ‘Candy Kisses’ col­lec­tion a dream of vin­tage inspired French lace, rose pinks and con­tem­po­rary styles, slinky red car­pet glam­our and time­less ele­gance. I love Charlotte’s designs to bits — and I’m delighted that Char­lotte has shared a lit­tle exclu­sive pro­posal story with Eng­lish Wed­ding blog!

I asked Char­lotte about Teddy’s pro­posal — and it’s one of the sweet­est roman­tic pro­posal sto­ries I’ve heard!

The pro­posal:

“The engage­ment was lovely, it was at home, just the 3 of us and a bot­tle (or 2) of Verve. Teddy got down on one knee and pro­posed, he started to cry and I got the gig­gles and then started cry­ing too! He was going to take me to Clar­idges in Lon­don and do a big fancy week­end but I rum­bled his plans and told him off for plan­ning some­thing so extrav­a­gant and spend­ing so much money!

I said just do some­thing low key and no fuss… he lit­er­ally took me at my word and did it at home while I was in my PJ’s and he had hid­den the ring in our air­ing cup­board!!! Although not to some peo­ple a very roman­tic story to me it was per­fect as it was nat­ural and from the heart.”

The fairy­tale def­i­n­i­tion of a whirl­wind romance, Char­lotte and Teddy met each other through mutual friends at a din­ner in Cheshire, one that Teddy very nearly didn’t attend. “It was an instant attrac­tion, her sparkling smile and car­ing nature had me from the start. The fact that she accepted my pro­posal is just amaz­ing and I count myself to be one of the luck­i­est men on the planet. Not only am I look­ing for­ward to the wed­ding, but spend­ing the rest of our lives together.”

Being insep­a­ra­ble ever since, it’s not only their love for each other but another cer­tain some­one, Miss Ellie-Belle Bal­bier (soon to be Bed­ford of course), their Choco­late lab who truly made them realize they wanted to share the rest of their lives together.

Char­lotte and Teddy — and of course Ellie — cel­e­brated with an engage­ment photo shoot with Man­ches­ter wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher (and friend of the stars!) Jonny Draper. Jonny told me, “I’m VERY excited about Charlotte’s wed­ding! It’s lovely when you meet some­body through work and go on to become good friends. It’s even love­lier when they intro­duce you to their other half and you all get on like a house on fire!”

Char­lotte told me, “It would be lovely if you could fea­ture the images that Jonny shot, glad you like them, all 3 of us (Ted, Ellie and I) love them!” — So Char­lotte, it’s my plea­sure! You make the loveli­est cou­ple and I can’t wait to hear more about your wed­ding plans! Have a won­der­ful year

Links:
Find Char­lotte Bal­bier at www.charlottebalbier.com and on face­book too.
Charlotte’s Candy Kisses col­lec­tion stole our hearts on Rock My Wed­ding blog this week: www.rockmywedding.co.uk/candy-kisses-and-sugar-coated-style
Jonny Draper lives at www.jonnydraper.co.uk and his wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy blog is here: blog.jonnydraper.co.uk

(Feel free to leave your con­grat­u­la­tions for Char­lotte, Teddy and Ellie below, everyone!)

Claire xx