Real Seersucker & Pink Themed Wedding: Amber & Teddy

Start with ruffles, add a flurry of pink florals, a vintage broach and a bevvy of beautiful bridesmaids, and you've got a wedding made in heaven. Pink was the colour palette at Amber and Teddy's big day, and it made for a gorgeous feminine day, with plenty of stealworthy ideas. Top of the pops has to be Teddy's super-cool seersucker striped suit, teamed with a very dapper white shirt and tie combo. But he couldn't out do Amber, who looked gorgeous in her full-skirted gown and ruffled heels, which she swapped for flip-flops later in the night. Sensible girl! Loving their garden themed wedding stationery and illustrated fan programmes, plus the cute cake topper and bow cupcakes, and of course, my fav end to a wedding, the giant sparkler send-off. Gorgeous photographs, as ever, from the massively talented team at Simply Bloom Photography.

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Introducing Beautiful Custom Muujee Wedding Albums

It's now been over a year since our wedding day and I still haven't created a wedding album of my favourite pictures. It's my biggest regret post-wedding, because it means we haven't got a solid reminder of our big day. As I was looking for possible album options, I stumbled upon these beautiful, hardback, Muujee wedding albums. They look fantastic, and they provide professional quality wedding albums which are perfect for brides and grooms who didn't choose an album in their wedding photography package - like us! It's a super-easy process - instead of having to design the wedding album and the position of the photographs {exhausting}, all you do is submit your images, and their graphic designers take care of the rest. They even provide color correction and retouching services {I'll be 20% more tanned then please!}. Muujee are even offering 15% off their 'Modern' and 'Magazine' album lines with the code 15OFF-BIGDAY {insert on the order form, expires August 31, 2012}. So if you've already had your engagement photographs taken, why not try out their albums? Test the service first by submitting a handful of your images, and they'll design some sample layouts based on their images. Right, I'm off to pick my favourite wedding shots!

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What Will Be Your Wedding Mood?

So I'm not really that big on beauty products. I tend to stick to my Clarins and add a splash of Jo Malone occasionally, but my make-up bag's been the same for ten years {...unhygynic I know....}. But then I discovered In The Mood polish. It's nail varnish that changes colour according to your mood!!! I don't think I've been this excited since my husband found me a vintage hyper-colour T-shirt in American Apparel. Check out their website here, buy all the colours, and make them rich - they deserve a reward for such a fabulous idea. P.S. For more fabulous beauty ideas, don't miss the posts by our Wedding Blog Beauty Expert, Julia Bowden.

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Celebrity English Wedding: Jacquetta Wheeler & James Allsopp

Celebrity weddings are always a fabulous source of wedding inspiration, and none more than Jacquetta Wheeler's stunning wedding to James Allsopp. Just take a look at her incredible bespoke Alice Temperley wedding gown, the grandeur of the historic Chilham Castle wedding venue, and the beautiful flowers by Vic Brotherson of Scarlet & Violet. Every detail is picture perfect, and captured exquisitely by photographer-to-the-stars Robert Fairer. For more details and more wedding pictures, don't miss the Vogue article.

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Real Gold Luxe Barn Wedding: Casey & Paul - Part 2

Barn weddings will never be the same again! Just take a look at the incredible luxe wedding details at Casey and Paul's wonderful wedding reception. With Amy Osaba on side as event designer and florist, it was always going to be amazing, but it's the DIY-able details you're going to love. Take a look at the contrast between the wooden beams and tables, and the fabric chandeliers and tassel banners. I'm loving the table runners hand-sewn with gold numbers, the burlap tablecloths and the vintage mismatched vases. Guests picked a gold bauble to find out their table number, and rustic logs added height to the floral displays. Every detail beautifully captured by the fabulous Simply Bloom Photography.

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Real Gold Luxe Barn Wedding: Casey & Paul

Imagine a barn wedding, and give it a gold luxe spin, and you've got the look for this beautiful big day, plus a huge wedding trend for the brides of 2013. Casey and Paul chose the fabulous Amy Osaba as their event designer and florist, and she totally rocked their wedding out of the park. There's so many incredible wedding details, you're going to want to save every single picture in your wedding inspiration file. I've split the wedding into two, so be sure to click back tomorrow for the wedding reception details. First we have the amazing whiter-than-white ceremony space. Take a look at Casey's amazing glittery Kate Spade shoes, her charming Southern-belle wedding gown and her incredible giant pink peony bouquet. I love how the hot pinks, oranges and yellows pop against Paul's elegant three-piece suit, and the bridesmaids soft grey dresses. I love the new take on the tissue paper pompoms, remade in fabric, with the off-cuts as confetti. Wow! Stunning wedding pictures published with thanks to Simply Bloom Photography.

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Introducing Jon Rouston Wedding Photography

Have you chosen your wedding photographer yet? As soon as you have picked your wedding date, pick up the phone to book your photographer. The best are always reserved at least a year in advance, and you'll be surprised how popular certain weekends are for weddings! Not booked yet? If you're getting married in the Nottingham area, or anywhere else in the UK, take a look at the fabulous Jon Rouston Photography. His wedding work is the perfect blend of unobtrusive reportage, combined with relaxed contemporary portraits. Jon Rouston's aim is to focus on the real story behind a wedding - the people. From the brides excited then nervous preparations, and the groom's anxious wait at the top of the aisle, to your crazy uncles dominating the dance floor. If you take a look at Jon Rouston's blog, you'll see picture after picture of laughing brides and grooms, a sure sign they're relaxed and happy in front of his camera. Jon's reasonable prices include a disc with all your pictures, and a beautiful album, but book him soon - he's already busy for 2013!

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