Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Jo & Gus got married- Kingscote Barn, Gloucestershire

Well...we're on our last day of January already...where does the time go to???? So anyway I thought this would be the perfect day to share the wedding of Jo & Gus with you as they were my first wedding of 2012. 

On the 7th January...when you would imagine it would be cold, damp & a little bit grey it was actually the complete opposite! The sun shone...it was fairly warm.. a really beautiful day for a really beautiful wedding. 

The day began at Kingscote Barn, Gloucestershire where  I found the very talented Chris from Fordham Hair Design already at work & totally un-phased by having 5 different hairstyles to do...the man is a legend!  Jo's hair was inspired by Downton Abbey & suited her perfectly. 









The Groom & Groomsmen were also at Kingscote Barn getting ready in the lovely cottage there. I'd like to give a massive thanks to my second shooter for the day Lucy Stendall for grabbing some fantastic images of them. 



The ceremony took place at Kingscote Church...possibly the smallest, cutest church I have ever had the pleasure to be in. 


















Then it was back to Kingscote Barn for some formal photos before the stunning food prepared by Strawberry Field Catering. I highly recommend them & make to sure you ask to the the cake made out of a tower of cheese!!!!












One of the very clever Bridemaids also made this totally stunning sweetie table...by far the best I've ever seen!



The evening came to a close with the speeches followed by my first ever Ceilidh Band...what a great way to get everyone up dancing!!!!








So....what a great start to the year! 

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Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Matt & Sarah - Engagement Shoot - Baggaridge Country Park

OK...so anyone that knows me knows what an unbelievable chatterbox I am so it may not surprise you to know that when I first met Sarah & Matt at their home to discuss their wedding day..I ended up there for 4 hours!!!!

The chit chat was fuelled by the fact we have a few mutual friends & a HUGE love of music...by the end of the evening I'd been invited along to one of Matt's charity gigs where he was performing his Robbie Williams tribute show alongside his brother who does a mean Michael Buble (of who I am a massive fan!!!!!!!!!)

So you can imagine that when we met just after Christmas for their engagement shoot...it was par for the course that we would be there a while..we were...we got lost!!!

So here are a few of their photos from what was a really enjoyable day....and I so can't wait till their wedding in April!