Claire

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1216 )

• Wedding Planning Or Work?

  

  For the first time this year, to brighten your Friday, here’s a bit of wedding blog love for you to enjoy! This one’s been a long time coming, has it not? And... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 WEDDING

• New Sponsor Welcome: Wendy Bell Designs

  

  Hi again! Time for some pretty unique wedding invitation designs to show you — beautiful, creative and standout wedding invites from Wendy Bell Designs. I... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• Wedding Calligraphy Names in Blue

  

  I try not to use my own wedding blogs to show off my own work… but sometimes it’s nice to share. As most of you will know I’m a wedding calligrapher by day,... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• Natasha and Fred’s Bartle Hall Wedding-hugs, Hilarity and Humiliation

  You got a house, a mansion in the country, give it all to her, she could still be empty, you could be the richest man in the world but there’s nothing I know... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• A Derbyshire Wedding — Part Two

  

  Yesterday I was delighted to share Nicola and Bertie’s beautiful Derbyshire wedding blog with you — with the most gorgeous photos from Kirsten Mavric. Nicola wa... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• “In the End, It Did Actually Blow Off.” Veil Adventures!

  

  Asking brides and grooms to share their own wedding stories is the best thing, ever! Nicola’s story of her wedding to Bertie, from July last year, is one of my... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• A Bit of Romance to Kick off the New Year – A Couple Shoot in South Africa!

  

  Happy New Year English Wedding Showcase followers! The year is off to a flying start – it’s already the 10th of January and I saw the first ad campaign for... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2012 WEDDING

• Feel Fantastic! Get in the Weddingy Mood…

  If this doesn’t get your toes swinging and your face smiling I don’t know what will. Thanks to wedding photographer Matt Parry for sharing his best bits of... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• Autumn at Ashton Memorial- Part 2 of a Fabulous Wedding

  

  You got satin and lots of money, diamond rings and such things to trap your honey, you got big black cars you want to let her ride, give it all to her, she migh... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• A Belle Epoque Christmas Wedding–all I Want for Christmas is You…

  

  I just want you for my own, more than you could ever know, make my wish come true, all I want for Christmas is you… On 17 December we had the pleasure of... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• Oodles of Colour, and Beauty, and Bliss…

  

  Oh, to be a henna artist. Working on Indian weddings would be a dream come true for me. Those fascinating, intricate swirls and squiggles of henna on a bride’s... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• Great John St Hotel Wedding (Part 1…)

  

  Late last year I was exceptionally pleased to be able to join Justin & Sarah at the Great John Street Hotel in Manchester for their beautiful Bonfire night... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• The Roman Holiday Wedding (part 1)

  

  I’ve been keeping back this wedding back especially for my first post on the English Wedding blog, and what better time than now for a bit of mid-August... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• A Guide to Wedding Stationery & Invitations

  

  I wonder how many of you brides and grooms out there started the month a day or two ago with a resounding rallying cry of, “Right!” If you’re marrying in 2012,... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 WEDDING

• A Fabulous Ashton Memorial Autumn Wedding -You Got Lace and Pretty Flowers……

  

  You got lace and pretty flowers to give your baby, to get her under your powers, you got silk and sweet perfumes, you know she might come, she might come up to... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• This Might Make You Cry a Little!

  Morning everyone. Pens down for a sec please: I’m very happy to say it’s movie time!… and I’m going to make you cry. There’s a split second glance in this littl... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• Win a Free Engagement Shoot!

  

  I decided to start the New Year with a little bit of fun for everyone… so … announcing… Free Engagement Shoot Tombola! Do you remember Tombola when you were... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• An English Rose and a Ukrainian Sunflower

  

  This real wedding is bright, exciting and full of colour: from the vintage fire engine, Jezebel, to the striking sunflowers-which-are-better-than-sunflowers…... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2012 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• Reflections…

  

  I’m not going to follow in others’ footsteps and do a review of the year. I’m pagan — so my new year has been and gone even before Christmas. And while English... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2011 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• Days to Go: 98

  

  I can barely believe it’s only 98 days to go! Our wedding is just around the corner and I’ll soon be Mrs Wong! I’ve been looking back at what I’ve achieved... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2011 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING