Hi and welcome to "Real Weddings", we hope you will find lots of ideas tips and inspiration from the images and posts on this blog. Stuart Bebb has been photographing weddings for over 20 years and has a catalogue of some wonderful wedding images, we have delved into our archive and catagorised the images for you to make it easy for you to view. All the images are taken from real weddings so it gives you a great insight to what other couples have chosen for their BIG DAY. We will be inviting our past bride and grooms to offer some tips to our future bride and grooms, we will be talking to florists, cake makers, wedding car hire,dressmakers and posting lots of helpful information. We will, of course, be posting regular news updates and lots more images, so please enjoy looking through the galleries.
March 26, 2009
Emily London - Milliner
Emily - London is a London based boutique millinery business, offering exclusive hats and accessories for individual clients and retailers. Collections are either ready-to-wear or private order and each offer an array of bespoke styles; from classic to cocktail hats, hair accessories and bridal wear.
Having a bespoke hat or headpiece privately commissioned, particularly for your wedding day, is a wonderfully enjoyable process from the initial concept to the final stitch. It is a delightful and original way to have a unique and special piece designed and made exclusively for you. Emily Birch, the Creative Director of Emily-London says "As a milliner, private commissions are my most enjoyable pieces to make. They enable me creatively to interpret the client's concept and then engage with her throughout the making process so that the end result goes beyond even her first hopes and expectations. The feeling of a customer taking her hat or headpiece away, knowing that she absolutely adores it and that it will be privately treasured forever, brings with it for me a wonderful sense of pride and creative energy."
Hair Accessories afford a delightful alternative to the traditional etiquette of a hat and can be equally as bespoke, subtle and understated or elaborate and dramatic.
The Bridal Collection offers a luxurious range of beautiful, delicate designs for both brides and bridesmaids, special and unique pieces to be coveted and treasured.
February 26, 2009
February 18, 2009
Real Wedding Oxford
Ben and Caragh's Wedding Day ~ Christchurch Cathedral Oxford and Eynsham Hall, Eynsham, Oxfordshire. Having spent 3 years studying Modern History at Christchurch, Caragh knew that she wanted to get married there. Little did she know 8 years on that she would be living and working in Hong Kong !
Organising the wedding from Hong Kong was quite a challenge, the time difference meant that both Ben and Caragh would be doing a full days work and making the wedding arrangements at night. They did have the help of family and friends in the UK, Ben's parents helped to find the wedding venue and Caragh parents helped organise the stationary, cake and table decorations. They only had 2 visits to the UK during the planning process, so those trips were pretty intense. There were a few scary moments along the way, like when Caragh's shoes, which she had hand made in Hong Kong, took 2 weeks longer to make and she ended up collecting them on her way the the airport to fly back for the wedding!
The most important things to Ben and Caragh for their wedding day was the venue and the photographer as they wanted to throw a great party for family and friends and also to have wonderful photographs to remember the day by. Budget wise, these were expensive, but definitely made the day and worth every penny.
An added bonus for Ben and Caragh after their wedding was that one of their wedding images won the accolade of Traditional Wedding Image of the Year 2008
THE DRESS
Tailored at Brides To Be, Stanly Street Central, Hong Kong
SHOES
Hand made at Sauvignon Hong Kong
GROOMSMEN
Moss Bros Oxford
BRIDESMAID
Aubergine dress by Dessy, London
CAKE
Romantic Pearl Cake on Ivory, Marks and Spencer
CAR
Tumtumtiddly
RECEPTION
Eynsham Hall, Oxfordshire
ENTERTAINMENT
The Isis String Quartet and The Top Hat Band
PHOTOGRAPHER
Stuart Bebb
February 06, 2009
January 30, 2009
Make up for your wedding day
All brides want to look their best on their wedding day and a good make up artist can help to make you look amazing. Charlotte Elizabeth is a professional make up artist, based near Reading Berkshire, who believes that "the creation of beauty is art" Take a look at her web site Charlotte Elizabeth to view some more of her wonderful make up.
January 27, 2009
January 22, 2009
Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons
This beautiful hotel is situated in the picturesque village of Great Milton in Oxfordshire. Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons is owned by the world renowned restrauranteur Raymond Blanc.
Since opening in 1984, Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons has achieved the highest awards and accolades of any restaurant and country house hotel in Great Britain and is regarded as one of the very best in Europe. The menu at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons has been described as ‘a twist of imaginative genius’ and the cuisine is undoubtedly the focus of every guest’s visit.
The magnificent two acre vegetable and herb garden produces over 90 types of vegetables, many of which Raymond discovered within his mother's garden. Together with 70 types of herb, this garden supplies the restaurant's kitchen with its daily needs for eight months of the year. Over the last seventeen years almost every inch has been irrigated, re-planted, re-designed and re-seeded.
La Belle Epoque, with its terracotta reception lounge and secluded walled gardens, provides the most private location for both the formalities of your civil ceremony itself and the celebrations that follow. Every detail is anticipated, so that all you have to do is savour every moment.
January 20, 2009
Stuart Bebb wins top wedding award !
Photographer Stuart Bebb who is based in Bicester Oxfordshire, has won the title of "Traditional Wedding Photographer of the Year 2008" with this stunning image of Ben and Caragh on their wedding day and Christchurch cathedral Oxford. Stuart went on to be awarded runner up in the overall title of "Photographer of the Year 2008", he had the honour of winning "Photographer of the Year " and "Contemporary Photographer of the Year" last year.
Wedding Dress Inspiration
HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR WEDDING DRESS
It is probably one of the most important choices you will have to make for your wedding day....the dress. Most of you will have some idea on the style that appeals to you whether it be chic, romantic, lacey, off the shoulder, high neck line, plunging neck line, the options are endless. To give you some inspiration click on the wedding dress gallery to see what some of our beautiful brides wore on their big day.
Venue Galleries
- Blenheim Palace
- Buckinghamshire Golf Club
- Cannizaro House
- Charlecote Park
- Christ Church College Oxford
- Cotswold House Hotel
- Danesfield House
- Eynsham Hall
- Four Seasons
- Great Fosters
- Heythrop Park
- Highclere Castle
- Inner Temple
- Kiddington Hall
- Le Manoir aux Quat Saison
- Menzies Welcombe Hotel Stratford
- Micklefield Hall
- Notley Abbey
- Stowe House
- Stowe Landscape Gardens
- The Dairy Waddesdon
- The Great Barn Aynho
- The Grove
- The Oxfordshire Golf Club
- The Vineyard
- Weston Manor Hotel
