Rock n Roll Bride x Crown and Glory: The Veil Collection!

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Camera Hannah

January 4, 2016

Happy New Year & A Welcome to New Readers

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June Cochran

January 1, 2016

The festive period is one of the most popular times of year for engagements, so I figured that the first day of a new year was the perfect opportunity to take some time to say a big fat "HELLO!" to any new readers. Even if you've been reading for a while, maybe you'll learn something about how Rock n Roll Bride operates!

Coming Soon…

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Camera Hannah

December 31, 2015

I've been teasing you relentlessly for months, but on Monday morning at 8am GMT we are finally launching the veil collection that I've designed with Crown and Glory!! Stand by for glitter, gems, and rainbow poms... in other words veils like you have never seen before. I promise it will have been worth the wait!

20 Articles To Help You Plan Your Alternative Wedding

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Patricia Haas

December 30, 2015

My favourite kinds of articles to publish are the ones where I can give some really practice wedding planning advice. It was the kind of content I really craved when I was organising our own wedding because wedding magazines didn't ever seem to delve any deeper than "How to choose the right wedding dress for your shape" and "10 things he does that proves he really loves you" (give me strength!)

Needle & Thread’s Debut Bridal Range!

Kat

December 29, 2015

British clothing brand Needle & Thread, known for their elegant embellishments and flowing tulle skirts, has just launched its very first bridal collection... And with prices starting at just £105 I don't see them being available for very long! If any collection is sure to sell out lighting-fast it's this one.

Weddings of the Year, 2015

Kat

December 28, 2015

I love looking back at the weddings I've shared at the end of each year (you can see the lists from 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 here!) It's like a mini time capsule of wedding awesome. I shared a mammoth 331 real weddings this year (woah!) so if you're bored over the festive period there's plenty of pretty things to entertain you.

Issue 6 Pre-Sale and Magazine Subscriptions Available!

Kat

December 26, 2015

Put down that mince pie for one second because issue 6 (officially on sale January 7th) is available for pre-order TODAY! Alternatively, you can can subscribe and get every new issue effortlessly delivered to your door. All payments are processed securely through PayPal on a rolling basis which means there’s no big upfront fee, just £4.99 (plus shipping if you are outside the UK) every other month*.

Happy Christmas (& Issue 6 Sneak Peek!)

Kat

December 24, 2015

Disney, Pokemon and Star Wars Wedding in Israel

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Noa Magger

December 23, 2015

Ravid and Avishai were married in Tel Aviv, Israel. They wanted the day to represent them so that meant Star Wars, Disney, Pokemon, Cats and J-pop!

Retro Kitsch Summer Wedding

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Johnny Dent

December 22, 2015

Ben and Rosie's fun-filled July wedding has a summer festival and retro kitsch vibe. "Above everything, we wanted our day to be fun," said the bride. "It hard to pick one theme because it just turned out being everything that was rattling around in my brain! However we were inspired by the 1950s and 60s and anything cute and handmade."

2015: Triumphs, Failures and Lessons Learned

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Shell de Mar

December 21, 2015

The last twelve months have been HUGE for Rock n Roll Bride. We saw the magazine in physical stores, we worked with (and then ditched!) a external publishing company, and then we starting our own! It also saw the last in-person class of The Blogcademy, and signing up for massively exciting collaboration with the National Wedding Show! PHEW.

DIY Back Garden Wedding Inspired by Africa

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Matt Badenoch

December 20, 2015

Emma and Leigh had their wedding in their own back garden. They wanted something relaxed and colourful, and inspired by some of their favourite places.

The Flying Kiss: An Amusement Park Engagement

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Zonzo

December 19, 2015

If you've just got engaged, then you might be thinking about doing an engagement shoot with your photographer. They are a fantastic way to get to know the person who will be there on your wedding day, but also to practice in front of the camera and get some fabulous images to boot! (You can read more of my advice for getting great engagement pictures here).

Pretty in Pink: A Vintage Village Hall Wedding

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Photography by Vicki

December 18, 2015

Oh 
Danni and Ben, your wedding gives me LIFE. I am so excited to share it on the blog today. This gorgeous heavily-tattooed pair were hitched in Maidstone, at a venue called Kent Life. "Our wedding theme was a bit of a mixture of 1950s, rural farm life and a tea party!" said Danni. "We love the 1950s anyway, I have a huge collection of dresses already and we just love the music and the dancing. I really love that our wedding was personal to us and wasn't generic."

Bohemian Festival Wedding with African Roots

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Millie Benbow

December 17, 2015

Chris and Jen wanted a bohemian, outdoor wedding inspired by their love of festivals and each other. "We're lucky to be able to have a pretty bohemian lifestyle", the bride said. "We like to travel and we like to let our hair down at festivals. Many of our friends come from theses and other creative pools. Chris has African roots and we both wanted to acknowledge this in the symbolism and ceremony of our day. So I guess our theme was... us?"

Science, Stars and Everything We Love

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Hazelwood Photo

December 17, 2015

Lulu and Alex's June wedding was held at The Historic Overlook House in Portland. Their wedding theme was based on a sentence that they came up with on early in the planning process. "Science, Stars, and everything we love", Lula said, "and we only picked things we really loved. We obviously had our favourite colours but also dinosaurs riding pine cones, temporary star tattoos (our son loves temporary tattoos), food from our favourite restaurant, Erlenmeyer flasks, wood tables and chairs, paper crafts, mercury glass, and all the weird beautiful flowers and eucalyptus I could have asked for."

Alternative Beach Elopement in Lisbon

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Adriana Morais

December 16, 2015

Anja and Almir eloped in Lisbon, Portugal. They started the day with a legal ceremony, followed by some photographs around the city. However their second ceremony, on a beach in Bafureira was the one they felt most connected too.

Non-Traditonal Henna Bridal Shoot

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Lena Larsson

December 16, 2015

As someone who loves tattoos, its probably not that surprising to you that I'm also pretty obsessed with henna. In fact after getting some really great artwork done in Marrakech last month, its my new favourite thing!

The Little Mermaid Girls

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I Heart Weddings

December 15, 2015

There's been all sorts of uproar in the press about Ariel having given blonde hair (shock horror!) in the Little Mermaid reboot that's set to hit the silver screen in 2017... but imagine if they made Eric a girl! How amazing would that be!? OK so that'd probably not going to happen in Hollywood, but it did at Fremantle’s South Beach, Western Australia!

Maps & Metallics: A Three-Day House Party Wedding in Somerset

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Ellie Gillard

December 15, 2015

I often say that the weddings I blog are like my children, and to choose a favourite just wouldn't be possible or fair. But Carly and Tom's is definitely way up there. Not only because I've known Carly for ten years (she was the first person I met at University and we've been BFFs ever since), not only because I was maid of honour (my first time being a bridesmaid no less!) but because it was such a wonderful and special three days and I just know you guys are going to love nosing at their beautiful pictures just as much as I did.