Kat and Chris

This was probably one of our slightly more unusual weddings as in the fact we were hired by my step father-in-law to take some pictures of his nephews wedding. They were not going to get professional photographers but my father in law wanted to get them some real photos to last as their present.

It was a lovely relaxed do- they had already got married before anyone arrived with just their son and immediate family. They then went through all their vows again when all their guests arrived.

They had marquees and tents in Kat's brothers field and lots of toys and games for all the children invited. With ice cream stands and coconut shy's. It goes to show what you can do when you put your wedding together yourself- a great day and atmosphere! The whole day had a vintage feel with an almost village fayre feel. It truley was a pleasure to be at.

A real pleasure to photograph and spend some day with this lovely couple!



 

The gorgeous Kat and Jack

The walk to her second set of Vows

The Very popular ice cream stall

Kat's beautiful dress was vintage from America

Ooops

Well what can i say- it has been a while!!

 I can only say that i have let the blog slip not due to my inherent laziness but due to the fact that we have been very busy- Honest!!!

I think i will probably break all the things we have been doing down into a few blogs or it might become a bit too wordy.

On a business note- a few business's in Frodsham have all got together to create a Wedding fayre based on Frodsham high street suppliers as there are quite a few of us all in the wedding business together. It feels like a really productive thing to do. We are starting off with a Wedding fayre in 'The Old Hall Hotel' on the 22nd September between 6pm til 9pm. So come on down to meet all of Frodshams very friendly wedding suppliers and then know that if you need to find them again they are all here on the high street too! 

We are then going to talk about all opening late one night a month so people can come and sort out wedding jobs after work rather that using all their weekends up!

Will keep posting more info on the late nights as they are set in stone!

Bye for now
xxx

The end of an era

Well, i am now officially working my notice, and to be honest i am pretty bored. I've been off for over a year and need retraining in just about everything, but now they know i am leaving that is not happening (fair enough) So i am kind of sat here ( typing my blog) with nothing to do. I have changed my google places to reflect the new shop address, i have read  a few other blogs and i have only been in for a few hours, 6.5 hrs to go :-(
I have had a fairly boring weekend (with too many takeaways!!)- i think i need a good kick up the backside and do something a bit more exciting or productive.
I am planning on ordering some new flyers and brochures for the shop and will get these delivered but not sure that it is strictly 'correct' to be doing this on work hours!!
Think i will sit here and look at holidays i dont currently have the time or money to go on- we all have to dream!!!!!
Bye for now x

A strange week

Its been a bad week for attendance at Felicitations this week, every thing seems to be fighting against us;
 
Last week my dad snapped his Achilles tendon playing football so i going to be in plaster for a long time, My mum had gone away on a girls weekend so he was on his own and somewhat stuck, so i spent the day with him. Early Saturday evening i get a call from Mark, the lock on the door had broke and he was locked in the shop. Mad dash down with Rufus and my Dad with a bunch of tools. It is proving fairly difficlut to get him out. How thieves manage to break locks so quickly is a mistery to me. Their skills really would be better off used more productivly. We call a locksmith and they quote £175 not inc VAT just to break in, so i decided to leave it much to the womans amusement!! After an hour or so we finally break in and free Mark. Who is fairly peed off by this point. A new lock is purchased and fitted! Enough drama one would think. My Mum has other ideas!!

 A few days later my mum only bloody goes and slips over and thinks she has sprained her ankle at work. After much persuasion she finally allows me to take her to A and E 3 days after she fell and she has broke it!! so that is both parents in plaster! Friday day and evening sat in A and E with a baby is not fun!
Saturday has been and gone without being able to be in the shop as i had an 11 month old and 2 very annoying parents to look after. My Dad thinks he can carry on as normal- and tried to re-grout the patio, and my mum is less than useless on her crutches so is a real nightmare. There i am telling my parents off- how the tables have turned. Mark is off photographing a first holy communion for a friend of ours so we were not able to open the shop at all. 

I have also finally gone back to the day job after over a year off on Maternity leave, it did not feel good :-( i have stuck at the job for 5 and half years as the money was good and it enabled us to achieve a lot, but there is so much more going on in my life that requires a lot of my time so i decided it was time to move on. So I have handed in my notice this week. I am pretty terrified if i am truly honest. Although we really have to put all our efforts into 'felicitations' or it just wont be worth it. If i dont we will always look back and wish we had tried harder. As Mark always says ' we slog our guts out for other companies, well it is time to do that for ours, at least we will gain directly from all our hard work'
So only a few more weeks working for someone else and then it is all down to us- exciting and terrifying all at the same time.

I am looking forward to a slightly more drama free weekend and maybe even a glass of wine and an open shop!!!!!

Shop Images

The Beginning of the end- We had taken everything out and started to clean before we decorated.

The outside of the shop, it is one of the 1600th century shops on Frodsham high Street.

Felt good to be finally able to turn this around to OPEN

Shop interior finished

A Place to meet our couples to view and discuss their photography needs.

Felicitations is Open!

Well as it turns out i am pretty useless at keeping up to date with my blog, but in my defense i have had a very busy month. As i was saying in my last blog we were looking at a shop, which we now lease!! It is all very exciting if a little daunting.
It is a little bit different as it is not a Studio, but more of a gallery. It is so couples can just drop in for a brew and have a look through the albums and pictures, or make an appointment. Online advertising is amazing but sometimes you need to view a product in the flesh to get a real idea of quality so we are taking it back to the high street.
 We completely gutted it and have redecorated, and it now looks fab even if i do say so myself, I will add pictures soon.
 Juggling being a mum, wife and setting up shop makes for a busy life but i wouldn't change any of it, just need a few more hours in the day, as the main thing that seems to be suffering is the house work (and the hubby's sanity) A very clingy baby does not help either.
Will at some point get round to adding some more weddings on and photos of before and after of the shop as well.
Bye for now xx

Busy week

We have had a busy week! We are looking at getting a shop in our local town in Frodsham to base our wedding photography. Its not a definite yet but is certainly exciting.  It would be fab as it would give us a base for couples to see all our work and products. I think it is important for people to have look at your work in person as i don't think you can always get a true idea just online. Me and Mark (my husband) have been looking at decorating ideas for the shop already and nothing is even finalised yet- im far too giddy!!
With the hubby not only working on his stock photography he has also been busy finishing his teacher training. The sooner that is finished the better! he is not happiest when being a student again. He lives and breaths photography, he has his own advertising photography business ( www.markitecture.co.uk ), teaches photography and we work together on the wedding photography. It is not as hectic as it sounds- honestly!
Hopefully it will all work out will keep you posted!!