Wedding Planning Or Work?

I’ve found some bril­liant bits of inter­net for you this week: real wed­dings, DIY projects, dis­cus­sions and — a new bit of Wed­ding plan­ning or work: wed­ding busi­ness stuff. I’m just going to jump in. High­lights today include Alex Beadon’s busi­ness blog­ging advice, and dis­cus­sions on beauty from Anna (Far from the wed­ding crowd).

Enjoy. And have a won­der­ful week­end xx

Real wed­dings

• Nancy & Henry | Not Just AnOther Wed­ding — a strik­ing cou­ple and a wed­ding full to burst­ing with char­ac­ter and beauty. You’ll adore this — I do!
• A beau­ti­ful wed­ding from Lisa Dawn Pho­tog­ra­phyAn Out­door Cer­e­mony Kelly & Matt Wed­ding Preview
• One from the north west…Sand­hole Oak Barn Wed­ding Pho­tographs – Laura & Matt
• Ally & Lorraine
• Katy + Ben’s wed­ding by Ed Peers
• Uber sophis­ti­cated and absolutely gor­geous! Sarah & Oli – Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy at Clar­idges Hotel, London
• A Rus­tic, Earth Toned Win­ter Wed­ding on Whim­si­cal Wonderland
• Under Can­vas! A Real Wed­ding In The North East – Saskia & Matthew

Real wed­ding on Whim­si­cal Won­der­land Wed­dings. Photo credit: www.johnhopephotography.com

Think cre­ative

• Afford­able Vin­tage Wed­ding Invi­ta­tions from The Spe­cial Day (and check out my own vin­tage wed­ding invi­ta­tions blog post too)
• A bridal inspi­ra­tion shoot — very ele­gant and time­less… Upstairs Down­stairs Revival Part 2 Lon­don designer Motasem, UK wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers Ash­ford Daly « Ash­ford Daly Pho­tog­ra­phy Magazine
• And some­thing a lit­tle dif­fer­ent: wed­ding tea tow­els (and what you could do with them) Gor­geous Wed­ding Bits
• Some­thing a bit spe­cial… (don’t try this at home )Pop-up wed­ding invitation
• Are you think­ing about your wed­ding table plan for a sum­mer wed­ding? Ideas for Wed­ding Table Plans
• DIY Ombre Tis­sue Paper Pom Poms Tuto­r­ial Wed­ding DIY. How I wish I could do these things!
• I love Belinda McCarthy! Here she is sav­ing my very own funny info­graphic! A Wed­ding Sav­ings Info­graphic from Eng­lish Wed­ding Blog | Belinda McCarthy Photography

Have an opinion

• Anna’s thoughts on Beauty — and her read­ers’ com­ments — have been a real plea­sure to read. Great inspi­ra­tion and really thought-provoking stuff. Beauty
• Dear ESB: Should I be IN LOVE with my dress? An inter­est­ing per­spec­tive on The One (or not)
• Annabel’s lat­est dis­cus­sion post: Per­son­al­is­ing and Renew­ing Your Wed­ding Vows ~ Food For Thought…
• A feel-good blog post for wed­ding busi­nesses. (Again, love the com­ments) Mea­sur­ing Suc­cess & Being Grate­ful · Green Room · Rock n Roll Bride
• A big issue for brides and grooms — thoughts On Stress shared on Weddingbee
• Arti­fi­cial Light in Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy, by Som­er­set pho­tog­ra­pher | Belinda McCarthy Pho­tog­ra­phy Thanks Belinda. If there’s any­thing that damp­ens my spirit it’s a sub­mis­sion with In-Your-Face flash pho­tog­ra­phy of the bride and groom. Ick.
• The big debate: should brides have to pay for their hair and make-up trials

Wed­ding business

• Real insights behind the scenes at Flo & Percy HQ! — all those beeeeeads… fabulous.
• One of my favorite wed­ding busi­ness blogs for inspi­ra­tion (and just to make your eyes happy) Washed Roses
• Another great blog post from The Wed­ding Genie — great exam­ple of a wed­ding plan­ner blog with lots of advice Wed­ding Dress High Street Inspiration
• More wed­ding busi­ness exploits: Erica Stacey bridal gowns by Han­nah Dornford-May and Love Gets SweeterErica Stacey video bridal shoot (More from Erica Stacey in a gor­geous Cher­ish The Dress shoot on Eng­lish Wed­ding blog here)
• A blogger’s check­list » A Chatty Tues­day Video Blog. Highly recommended!!!
• So You want to be a Wed­ding Plan­ner? Now it’s Even Eas­ier With The Spring Sale at The Wed­ding Plan­ner College
• And a busi­nessy one. I skimmed lots of it, to be fair, but the first two sen­tences will get you think­ing! (go on, have a peek) Google’s coher­ent bouquet