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Breast Cancer Pink Ribbon Wedding Favours »

We get lots of emails here at Essex Wedding Services, we get a lot of junk too, but every now and then we get an email that we can’t wait to share with our readers on the blog, so today we’d like to tell you about the Breast Cancer Campaign, and their Pink Ribbon Wedding [...]

10 of the best Wedding Movies of all time »

10 of the best wedding movies of all time
OK, so we’re not professional movie reviewers, but if you’re in the middle of your wedding planning, there is nothing better then to chill out and watch a great wedding movie, so for those who are wondering which is the best, here’s a list of 10 if [...]

My Wedding Day Ruined my Life – DJ Mike Porter »

For those of you who have never heard of DJ Mike Porter then you probably aren’t really from Essex at all. Mike is a (now retired) wedding DJ and more well known for his shows on Southend Radio, Essex FM, Time FM and probably more radio shows around Essex that we can’t be bothered to [...]

Wedding Cans – Recycle to pay for your wedding »

This is our first post of 2010, and it’s been a crazy start to the year. After a fairly quiet December with not too much going on, 2010 has started with a huge bang, plenty of new businesses have already listed their services with us meaning we’re offering more and more options for the brides [...]

Facebook fancy dress wedding »

Facebook fancy dress wedding
After reporting possibly the first facebook status update at the alter last week , we thought it only right to tell you about a Facebook group setup to decide whether a couple get married in fancy dress or not.
The group was set up by Bec Miller who states “100,000 people join and [...]

Facebook Wedding Update »

During the most romantic moment of his entire life, a groom decided to interrupt his wedding ceremony to update his Facebook status from his mobile phone.
As soon as the minister pronounce the couple man and wife, the groom whipped out his phone immediately to update his Facebook page AND Twitter.
The minister was in on the [...]

Trash the wedding dress – wedding photo contest »

It’s become a bit of a new tradition in weddings, perhaps not a very popular one, but certainly one of the most fun.
The idea is simple, you spend your hard earned money on a beautiful wedding dress, take part in your dream ceremony, marry the man of your dreams surrounded by your nearest and dearest. [...]

Get married at a lap dance club in Essex »

Wedding in an Essex strip club anyone ?
We’ve long been saying that Essex is a fantastic place to get married, with over a hundred licensed wedding venues in Essex to choose from, coupled with some of the most historic and beautiful churches, we truly believe that getting married in Essex is the perfect start to [...]

Top 10 worst wedding photos »

Top 10 Worst Wedding Photos
Yesterday we blogged about the newlyweds who sued their wedding photographer over his pathetic attempt to capture their special day on film. But that article left us thinking, what are the worst wedding photos of all time ?
So here we’ve compiled our worst 10 wedding photographs for your amusement
Number 10 – [...]

The worst wedding photographs »

Having read this story in the papers this morning, we were scrambling to ensure it didn’t happen in Essex, and luckily for our Essex bridal parties, this awful wedding photographer appears to be from West Yorkshire.
For those of you who missed the story, newlyweds Sylvia and Mark paid Gareth Bowyers of Fresh Images a whopping [...]