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James & Anouska End of the night

Real Wedding * James & Anouska, Taplow, Buckinghamshire

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James and Anouska got married in the Spring in Denham Church. Their reception was held at Hedsor House in Taplow, a beautiful house in Buckinghamshire dating backing to 1166. These days, the house is used more for weddings, private events and filming. A scene from the Golden Compass with Nicole Kidman was filmed there according to James, the groom (who I might add is a budding photographer himself).James and Anouska Wedding DetailAnouska’s dress was by Lusan Mandongus (yes v.cool had my eye on their dresses for a long time), the headpiece by award winning jewellery designer, Magpie Vintage, and the bridesmaids dresses are from Coast.Bride and BridesmaidsThese photos of the couple just married are stunning, so romantic. They make me dream of getting married all over again (to my husband obviously!!) In fact this was the exact thing I was talking about last night with fellow wedding bloggers – since we’ve been blogging and found out about all these amazing suppliers and seen all this wonderful wedding inspiration we all want to do it all over again! And that baby, just had to make a little space for that photo…just MarriedFood and DecorI don’t know what it is but I LOVE that photo of the chair, its a quiet moment of calm before the party starts! The bride and groom met in New York so there were lots of little touches to remind everyone of that – the table names (such as Brooklyn Bridge in the photo below) and also the ‘living’ Statue of Liberty that they had to greet their guests!Food and Table Place Food was provided by Melissa Webb and looks incredible. After dinner guests danced the night way to a 7 piece funk band called Funk Federation. James and Anouska are a stunning couple and I just love these wedding photos, such a happy day and lovely little touches. Amazing work from photographer Stuart Bebb – I definitely want to feature some more of your weddings on LMW. James & Anouska End of the night I asked James the best bit about the wedding…“The best moment is easy, wait over, marrying Anouska and becoming Mr and Mrs Ruane” Click here if you want to have a look at other real life weddings on LMW there are some lovely submissions from some great photographers!
What do you think guys? – which is your favourite photo?- I’ve got a few…….

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Real Life Easter Wedding * Hannah and Stephen, Halifax

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Collage of Wedding PhotosI can’t remember how, but I came across wedding photographer Sam Clayton a while ago and loved her work so asked if I could feature her on LMW. This is the first of two beautiful weddings that she sent me – Hannah & Stephen’s wedding on Easter Saturday, 3rd April 2010.

Although both living in the East Midlands, Hannah & Stephen held their wedding near Halifax. They had their ceremony at St Matthew’s church in Lightcliffe just up the road from Stephen’s parents house after which they headed over to Stephen’s sister’s house where the reception was held in a marquee in the fabulous garden.bride and bridesmaidbride and flowergirlsHannah got ready with her 2 bridesmaids in a little cottage in the garden, renovated specifcially for the wedding. Her Ian Stewart dress was stunning & the bridesmaids dresses had a grecian feel to them which were worn with flat gladiator style sandals. Don’t those flowergirls look so cute in their little dresses (I think that they might be from Monsoon as I saw something very similar last time I was in there)
Because it was Easter Saturday, Hannah had lots of ‘easter’ touches in the table decorations – Little bird eggs nesting at the bottom of floral displays & chocolate egg favours.
easter egg favoursfloral table decorationsflowers in hanging vasesThe top table had completely different decorations than all the other tables, pretty floral displays of roses and tea lights in silver sparkly pots. And don’t you just love the chocolate cupcakes in butterfly cases??chocolate cupcakes in butterfly casesThe views from the road outside the venue were amazing and Sam managed to get some lovely photos there, as well as using different parts of the large garden. Friends & family had spent many weekends leading up to the wedding helping to get the garden in order.bride and groom kissingbride and groom landscape shot
I asked Sam what she particularly enjoyed about shooting Hannah and Stephen’s wedding…
“I remember that the weather forecast for the day was not good, yet we ended up with a lovely day, perfect for dramatic photos across the valley. I absolutely loved Hannah’s huge bow on the back of her dress. A great detail to photograph, providing interest on the back of her dress and I just love bows!”

If like me you have fallen in love with some of these photos then make sure that you check out her site Sam Clayton Photography and her blog where you can see more piccies and find out more info about hiring her for your wedding.

Don’t you just love the dresses, the big bow on Hannah’s dress, the bridesmaids and the flowergirls all look gorgeous don’t they?

Birdcage table pieces at wedding

Spring wedding photos – Lucy Davenport

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I’m always happy when I get fabulous photos in my inbox such as these from Lucy Davenport. Its the way that she photographs those special touches so beautifully that make me smile (and makes me want to include every one of her photos in this post). The style, decor and flowers at a wedding are the photos that I love to look at as these are things that give me inspiration. These photos are from the wedding of Ross and Katrina at Clearwell Castle in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire in late February (they organised their wedding in 6 weeks!!)

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How cool are those shoes? I am loving the personalisation (and the fact that Lucy bothered to photograph these little details).
And here are some more of the gorgeous bride and groom with some of their wedding party – the little bridesmaid is just the cutest.
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There are many more gorgeous photos from this wedding on Lucy Davenports blog so keep on reading over there or check out her website, Lucy Davenport Photography . Thanks Lucy for sharing this wedding with us on LMW. Oh and I will leave you with a few more because I can’t bear to leave the rest of them out!
Wedding Collage by Laura Davenport

A few words from Lucy on why she enjoyed shooting this wedding….
“The wedding was actually planned in 6 weeks as the couple accepted a last minute date at their dream venue to save having to wait. The detail and thought that had gone into the wedding was very noticeable. The bride had gone to every effort to make sure even the smallest of details were considered, this makes for great photographs. 6 weeks was a real challenge and they definitely pulled it off.
It was my first time at this venue and the weather was perfect so it was great to explore the grounds to get some bridal couple shots”
Oh and by the way if you love the make up its by Ruth Talbot from Cotswold Brides who specialises in hair and make up in the Cotswolds and Gloucestershire. I can defo vouch for her as she did my hair when at my best friend’s wedding when I was a bridesmaid – she is great value and I was over the moon with the result as was the bride!

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Spring Wedding Flowers

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As I keep saying I love spring weddings – the flowers are always so fresh and blooming in Spring. For those of you planning a spring wedding you are so lucky as there so many fabulous seasonal flowers to choose from like cream and pink hyacinths.
Spring Wedding Flowers Collage
These photos are from 2 different shoots, taken at Great Fosters Hotel, Surrey – I’m quite impressed that Juliet, the photographer and her assistant, Debbie, arranged all the bouquets as the flowers are gorgeous. Have a look at the Sugar and Spice Photography site and click through to the blog to see more photos from these bridal shoots.

Spring Wedding Bouquet

Spring Wedding Flowers – Hyacinths all the way.

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There aren’t nearly enough spring weddings flowers around – I regularly get pictures of lovely bright summery wedding bouquets, but the autumn and spring arrangements don’t get nearly as much air time. So I thought I’d change that by posting this beautiful spring bridal bouquet, sent to me (and photographed) by Planet Flowers.
There must be lots of you getting married in Spring that are looking for inspiration and ideas for your flowers. Well, if you’re anything like me, and don’t even have a clue what will be in season its definitely worth thinking about including hyacinths in the mix – fresh, seasonal and smell Amazing.

Spring Wedding Bouquet

and here are the names for those of you wondering (I was)
Blue Grape Hyacinths, Paperwhites, Roses, White Lilac, Ranunculus

The couple, who got married at Inveraray Castle, last Spring, chose hyacinths all the way – so fresh, so simple and the venue must have smelt divine! Its all about choosing local and seasonal flowers – you can’t have peonies all year round!. It seems that Planet Flowers always help their brides to choose flowers that fill the bill and hence looks fresh and gorgeous, whatever the time of year. Spring is a great time for scented flowers so don’t forget that these will be in bloom too : snowdrops, blossom, tulips, daffodils and anemones.

Are you planning a spring wedding? If so what flowers are you going for?