A very Merry Christmas to you

Merry Christmas to you all.


 Bob and me hope you have a lovely Christmas and that the new year brings you health, wealth but above all happiness.


MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

It's Christmas!!

It's been Christmas for the last month really at the studio with a steady stream of elves and fairies passing through. 


Yesterday we had a gorgeous little elf who goes by the name of Jangles. here she is in her elf outfit.

Christmas Photographs for all the family

Wow! Christmas is Coming!

can you believe it's November already? 


Can you believe it's November and the temperature is still in the teens?


 I love it! 


The ideal scenario for me would be if it stayed warmish till Christmas week and then heaved it down with snow over Christmas and new year till we all had to go back to work and then get warm again. Asking too much? Ok then. 


This years wedding are all finished now as are all the wedding fairs. Time to relax for a while then, maybe? 


Nah! This is the time of year for album design. All the people who got married this year are jut coming back now to get their albums so I'm busily working on them at the moment. 






I've been scratching my head over the last week or two wondering what to get friends and family for Christmas. It's such an expensive time of year and if you're anything like us you'll find most people you get presents for don't really want or need anything in particular and you end up spending loads of money for something that they aren't really that fussed about. 


Then I had a brainwave! 


I'll do a family portrait for my daughter's MIL, she'll love it!


Then I had an even better brainwave!


Well if I'm struggling to come up with nice, personal Christmas pressies for family and friends, so are other people. What about putting together a really good value offer on a set of children's portraits and  make a nice little themed set? That could sort out all your parent's. grandparent's, pressies in one go! I was so excited!


In between the album designing I've been building a little Christmas grotto in the studio. Any excuse to get the toys out and have a play......Ahem...no, what I meant there was that I've been working really hard on serious business stuff. (Phew, think I got away with that).


I tested the set out on my own granddaughter. What do you think?

 Hang on! How did the daughter manage to get herself on the shot? It's meant to be for kids!

She was so excited to be surrounded by all the lovely Christmas toys, we had a lovely time!

So. Here's the offer:


For only £50 I'll photograph your  little elf (or elves) and you'll receive two 6 x 9 and two 7 x 5 inch prints.


That's an amazing offer, even if I do say so myself!!


The set will be up till the beginning of december so you need to book early as it's already proving to be quite popular. 


Just drop me a line to book.


Ho! Ho! Ho!

Merry Christmas to one and all

Bob and me would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas

and

a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year

Now it's time to play in the snow!!!!! YIPPPEEE!!!!

 (sings) Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock...........

Christmas Buddies

Ove the years Bob and me have amassed many a Christmas decoration. I usually pick something up from any holidays and I seem to be totally incapable of walking past a Christmas shop without going in to it, no matter what time of year it is. Of course I still have all the ones the kids made when they were little all of which bring back lovely memories.


Of all our I'd have to say that these little chaps are my absolute favourites, my Christmas buddies.  We saw them while we were on a weekend away in the Peak District a couple of years ago and I instantly fell in love with them.  I can't look at them without smiling - and that can only be a good thing, eh?

Santa's little helper

Aaaaaaahhhh, it warms the cockles of your heart, doesn't it?  

This little cutie came for a photo shoot on Sunday. As well as doing the booked portrait shoot we decided to let her have a little play in the Christmas set that I'd put together for our family Christmas photos.  While she just played away with the toys and clothes I just kept on shooting and getting some lovely, natural shots Besides, there's no point in trying to pose a baby on a mission, and this baby was on a mission!  

I don't think she knows that her backside's for sitting on, she was all over the place having a lovely time as me, Bob and her Mum and Dad, just kept saying "aaaahhhh, isn't she sweet?"

This is my favourite pic of the day

Now that the wedding season is over for this year I'm spending most of my time on my computer getting all the albums and reprint orders out in time for Christmas.  I'll be posting  a few of the album pages for you to have a look at in the next few days.  In the meantime, here's advance warning of a couple of wedding fairs we're exhibiting at next year.

Early start for this year - 6th January at Haighton Manor in Preston.  

After that we are at the Dunkenhalgh in Clayton le Moors on the 7th March.

I'll post details of our other wedding fairs as we book them.

Whalley Abbey

As promised here is a pic from Mike and Vicky's Christmas wedding at Whalley Abbey a couple of years ago.  I'll post a few more for you when I dig them out of the crypt.

Ok, I know you have to take my word for it that it's at Whalley Abbey but it is- honest!  The sun was very low in the sky at this point and it was starting to get really, really cold but it was worth it. Look at that wonderful light.   More later.