A UK wedding blog with the aim of inspiring brides to create a day which will make them and their guests beam with delight.....whilst of course with a glass of champagne in hand.My Favourite Vespa - Anna & James
I do love an inspiring engagement shoot and today’s shoot from By Cherry Photography is exactly that.
The shoot is centred around Anna and James’ home which makes it lovely and personal.
Posing on the Vespa gives the whole shoot has a real vintage feel about it…I love it!
Engagement Shoot in the Autumn Leaves - Stephanie & Daniel
These stunning pictures of Stephanie and Dan’s engagement shoot come from FlickFoto Photography via Two Bright Lights. They were captured in the beautiful Valley Forge National Park and they make me want to go and run through piles of yellow autumn leaves (whilst attempting to be as photogenic as this couple) …I will of course have to wait quite a few months before that is even possible, so for now, I will just have to enjoy these photos!
Full of Engagement Laughter - Clarissa & Tyson
This engagement shoot was submitted by FlickFoto Photgraphy and is one of the happiest shoots I have seen. Sarah from FlickFoto describes the day as, ”I have never worked with clients who smiled as much as Clarissa & Tyson. It made it ever more fun for me as their engagement session photographer, to work with them. There were no cheesy or fake smiles—just laughter and love. The session was photographed at Temple University’s Ambler Campus’ Arboretum and ended with water ice at Rita’s.”
This is definitely a smile infectious shoot and I love it.
War Paint Engagement Shoot
This has to be up there as one of the best and original engagement shoots ever! I am lucky enough to have been submitted it by DwJohnson Studio.
A few words from the groom on their inspiration, “We were sitting around one day talking about movies and realized we both love the movie “Ten things I hate about you”. We talked about the scene where the 2 main characters are running around and throwing paint filled water balloons at each other. At the end of the scene they are kissing with paint covered faces and laughing with each other. We both looked at each other and agreed that would be fun to do… We ended up ordering color powder from India based off the traditional Indian Festival of Color called Holi. The paint arrived and we had a lovely color fight and DwJohnson photography was ready and willing to help capture the moment.”
I am also lucky enough to be able to share their proposal story as well, “On December 28th, 2011 I surprised Samantha with a day trip to New York City. Neither one of us had ever been to New York, so this was a new adventure for us both and it was symbolic of the new adventure of our marriage that’s to come! I took her to see a Broadway musical (something she always wanted to do). We walked around Time Square.
Then we walked down to Rockefeller Center where I had gotten VIP tickets to go ice skating in front of the giant Christmas tree. We skated for a short while and then I pulled her into the center of the ice rink and told her I loved her for the very first time (I promised myself I would never say “I love you” to a girl unless I was going to marry her), and then got down one knee and asked her to marry me.
Everyone in the place stopped skating and started cheering when she said YES! Then I surprised her again because I had flown out her best friend along with my roommate to spend the night with us in New York City. We stayed up half the night running around enjoying New York City. Oh and my roommate is David Johnson of DwJohnson photography so we got some cool photos of the proposal too!”
So without further ado, here is the awesome engagement shoot….it will get you in the mood for a paint fight! I can only imagine how brilliant the wedding day will be!
Vintage wedding rings
I am lucky enough to have chosen my sapphire in Sri Lanka (place of proposal) and create essentially my dream ring and my very own history. However, if we were so lucky to have a family heirloom like any of the above then a vintage ring it would have been.There is something about the combination of history and detailing which makes a vintage ring so special. Auction houses are a great place to pick up pieces with history, especially if you can afford to browse in the famous Sotheby’s.
I just hope that my ring is timeless enough for my grandchildren to want to inherit. After all, it does come with a pretty good story…..
Bought in Galle, Sri Lanka (post engagement champagne and dinner), we spent hours inspecting and haggling with local jewellers until I saw ‘the one’. Perfect size, perfect shape, perfect Ceylon blue colour. Done. And we even bartered for two ‘free’ diamonds. It stayed in a little straw woven box for the rest of the blissful holiday - peeped at almost every hour with sheer delight.
In Dubai it was fitted into the style and clasp and finally I could wear it on my finger (I had on occasions supplemented the stones with a hair-band…doesn’t have quite the same effect on people).
Back in England a country walk proved to be quite eventful after we returned home I noticed that there was a hole where the sapphire used to sit. Panicked, we retraced our steps and after an hour long search we gave up. Tears began to make themselves known whilst HTB remained calm, and on the defeated walk home, HTB noticed a small sparkle in a muddy puddle. All that IED training has served him well!
So now there is a triumphant story of the lost-and-found sapphire on my finger, re-fitted into a sturdier clasp, and long may it stay there.
