Emma and Jamie, Orton Hall, Nr. Peterborough, Sunday 30th August 2009

A fantastic day for all, it was a real pleasure to meet the families of Emma and Jamie, and we want to Thank them all for their hospitality and making us fell so very welcome. Again, we were blessed by the weather, a few clouds in the sky and good breeze, but no rain, well not until later - by then it didn't matter anyway.

This was our first visit to that part of the country and Orton Hall. Only an hour or so away from home, it quite surprising that after nearly 10 years in the business of weddings, we have never been asked before to travel to Peterborough!

We were impressed with the beautiful building/conservatory and Great Hall, where the wedding breakfast was held - and this was down to the fantastic decoration and flowers - They were incredible - we have never seen such beautiful floral creations. They were created by www.byappointmentonlydesign.com, again, only in Lincolnshire, and we have never come across these guys before - well impressed! You really can tell they love what they do, it was a pleasure to meet them, and hope to again soon. Likewise, Katie from www.couture-cakes.co.uk, absolutely fantastic! Her cake creation was a real centrepiece and talking point, we were dying to try a bit, but unfortunately, it hadn't been put out by the time we left at 9.45pm! So we left with out some - booooo! All the very best To Emma and Jamie, hope you enjoy Hawaii......

Laura and Matt, Coombe Abbey, Saturday 29th August 2009

The weather was perfect for us, though a bit windy, we took some great pictures as usual throughout the Abbey. We photograph weddings at Coombe Abbey fairly regularly, but without fail, we always come up with new locations for portraits.

Laura and Matt were great, they enjoyed walking around the Abbey with us, creating some wonderful images. Stunning flowers were created by Michelle Lines, as always. We want to say a huge Thank you to John Woodford, the Master of Ceremonies, for making our job run smoothly, and Jo Evans, the wedding Co-ordinator, well, for being Jo. Her enthusiasm and attention to detail is second to none. This morning, Laura and Matt will be flying off to The Seychelles for a well earned rest - Enjoy it guys, and if you get a sneaky chance, here are few pictures of your special day....

Awards News just announced today!

Ian has won the Mario Acerboni Wedding Portfolio Competition for the Midlands region. Ian has won this for the fifth time now, and we have a great collection of plates to prove it! This Portfolio will go through to the final judging, and winners will be announced at the Awards Dinner on 11^th October – Watch this space……

Our new updated website

Welcome to our first blog on our wonderful new website - Thank you for reading.

We are currently in the midst of our very busy wedding season, and are really enjoying every single one....

We are going to be adding pictures and descriptions of all the wonderful weddings we are currently attending. Lets begin with last weekend...14th and 15th August.

Jemima and Phil, Notley Abbey, 14th August 2009.

We spent Friday at Notley Abbey, near Aylesbury in Oxfordshire at the very special wedding of Jemima Fitzgerald and Phil Morris - WOW, WOW, WOW.... What a stunning location, this was our first visit to Notley Abbey, we believe it is a fairly new venue, and absolutely perfect. The staff were excellent and happy to help. The couple both got ready there, along with close family and friends. Jemima and Phil got married outside, in the very romantic gardens; the day continued to be romantic and fun celebrations with some stunning opportunities for beautiful photography. We got on very well with the videographers, Mark Shipperley of Spinning Wheel productions, they worked in a similar and creative way as us. It was a truly beautiful and fun wedding day, and we were delighted to be chosen as their photographers.

We're very much looking forward to designing their Queensberry Albums, and wish Phil and Jemima all the happiness in the world in their future lives together. We understand they will be travelling the world and starting their own photographic business in new Zealand - so good luck guys, all the best x

Here is just a small selection of pictures from their wedding day.....

Leigh and Chris, Belvoir Castle, August 15th 2009

A Fantastic Day, and the sun shone for most of the day. This was our second visit to Belvoir Castle, we were there a good 7 years ago for a Winter wedding. This was something very different being summer. It was a super day, the bride, Leigh, was dressed in a beautiful and very elegant gown, with a choice of Gina and Christian Laboutin Shoes (she had a bit of a shoe fettish). Every detail had been very well thought about, and we were very impressed with Helen, the wedding co-ordinator, and Harvey, the Master of Ceremonies. For us, it was a real pleasure to be there. From the bridal preparations in the Kings Rooms, the civil ceremony, the drinks reception in the delightful Rose Garden with background music supplied by the string Quartet, Arioso, it was truly a perfect setting. The champagne was flowing, the guests, as you'd expect were having a great time. They had a blessing within the Castles Chapel, accompanied by a Gospel Choir - totally amazing - I had goosebumps! The reception continued with a sumptuous meal and yet more champagne, and some of the best and most entertaining speeches we'd heard for a while! the evening continued with yet more music by a steel band, a disco, a hog roast, and to finish off, the most Magnificent musical firework display we have ever seen! WOW... what a day! Thank you so much to everyone involved, we can't wait to get your albums designed and show off the fabulous pictures to you.