Archive for March, 2012
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The Anonymous Bride #6
30 Mar 2012She bowed her head beneath a beautifully embroidered scarf, wilfully oblivious to the commotion as the flashes of rainbow colours surrounded her. Together, like a gloriously multicoloured shoal, the Sikh wedding party made their way up the steps of the hotel.
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Wonderful Wednesday Words
28 Mar 2012“Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.” - Joanne Harris
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On the subject of experience
26 Mar 2012This is the long version of the story that I tell people when they ask me, "So what did you used to do before you became The Wedding Reporter?"
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Wonderful Wednesday Words
21 Mar 2012“The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.” - Victor Hugo
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Discussion: How did you preserve your wedding memories?
19 Mar 2012My job is obviously to try and transcribe as many moments from your day that will later become the memories of your wedding. But I'm intrigued to know, what other methods have you or will you employ in order to preserve and cherish the memories of your wedding day?
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On the subject of criticism
16 Mar 2012It's ok, I get it. You hear the word 'report' and even though it has the softening prefix of 'wedding', your blood runs a little cold and a tiny shudder shakes your bones.
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Wonderful Wednesday Words
14 Mar 2012“Although we read with our minds, the seat of artistic delight is between the shoulder blades. That little shiver behind is quite certainly the highest form of emotion that humanity has attained when evolving pure art and pure science. Let us worship the spine and its tingle.” - Vladimir Nabokov
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The White Rose Photo Shoot at Ettington Park
12 Mar 2012An explosion of bridal glamour appeared to have covered every surface within the walls of the suite; a table covered in glittering trinkets, a team of hair stylists commandeering the centre of the room and a make up artist working intricately from the light of a window in the corner. Two models sank deep into cushioned armchairs whilst being patiently painted and coiffed into creatures of glamour and style. In the midst of the organised chaos, one woman coordinated the many different facets of the day with an inexhaustible smile.
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The Wedding Reporter: One Year On
09 Mar 2012It took an hour for my lightbulb moment to come to fruition... It's taken a little longer for my business to flourish and now here I am, with a year of being in business tucked under my belt .Every single one of the last 368 days has been a learning curve that I have thoroughly relished. I'd estimate that in the last year I've penned over 60,000 words on weddings alone.
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Wonderful Wednesday Words
07 Mar 2012“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.” - Joan Crawford
