Date for your diary - The Wave...

Stop Climate Chaos are organising a special train to take over 500 people down to London to march peacefully in the lead up to the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen. It's so important that as many people as possible take a stand to show the world leaders that they need to take urgent action... The key messages of the march are to quit dirty coal, protect the poorest and act fair and fast... Please visit the Stop Climate Chaos Website for more information. I'll post details about train bookings as soon as the payment system is available. The train is due to visit various stations in the North including Leeds, Bradford & Doncaster. I'll be there with lots of friends - it would be amazing if you could join us...

Claire & Jon's wedding at the Courtyard, Harewood House

A wonderful day with Claire & Jon at The Courtyard at Harewood House in Leeds following their church ceremony at St. Marys in Whitkirk. We had a little bit of wind to contend with but the rain managed to stay away leaving us with some stunning light to work with.

Catherine & Mark's wedding at Rudding Park

Perfect blue skies and lovely fluffy clouds created a beautiful backdrop to Catherine & Mark's beautiful day at Rudding Park Hotel in Harrogate.








I love it when the "small world" syndrome strikes - Adam (pictured with his wife Rachel below) is the son of an old nursing friend of my Mum's and as it turned out very good friends of Catherine & Mark. It was complete co-incidence that two and two were put together before the wedding and so it was lovely to be able to say hi in person on the day. The last time I saw Adam was on a family trip to Beningbrough Hall near York when we were all under 10!





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Rudding Park Fashion shoot with Platinum Bridal

I enjoyed a wonderful shoot recently at Rudding Park in Harrogate to create some fab fashion bridal shots for Platinum Bridal Boutique of Yeadon. A big thank you to Rudding Park for allowing us to use their beautiful venue as a location and to all the models involved who were great fun to work with. I was also thrilled to be working side by side with one of my photography buddies - Nicky Chadwick...

Here are some of my favourites from the day...

Katharine & Keith's Wedding - The Devonshire Fell

I'm looking forward to seeing Katharine & Keith tomorrow night for an album planning session and so thought I must pop some images of their lovely day on my blog. It was a stunning day - again the Devonshire Fell provided a beautiful backdrop to lots of love and laughter. The fab flowers were by the very talented Joanna at Twisted Willow.















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UK Wedding Shows - Harrogate

It's a long time since I've exhibited at a wedding event so I'm delighted to be part of the UK Wedding Shows event in Harrogate 26th & 27th September. This is the first time one of the national wedding shows has come to Harrogate so it's set to be a fantastic event and a perfect way to find Yorkshire's best wedding suppliers and pick up lots of top planning tips.

I have lots of fab plans for my stand so do come by and say hi if you're visiting. I'm also really pleased to be sharing my space with 'The Vintage China Cupboard' which will be launching it's vintage china and prop hire services.

Save the Honeybee - Soil Association petition

I think the plight of the honeybee has become an important issue to a lot of people - please do take a couple of moments to visit the Soil Association website to find out more about the petition they have just launched calling for Hilary Benn to bring about a ban on a class of harmful agricultural pesticides called neonicotinoids - research has shown them to be a contributing factor in the alarming death rates within the honeybee population - France, Germany & Slovenia have already banned them - let's put the pressure on to make the UK next in line...

SAVE THE HONEYBEE PETITION

My big British adventure!

For those not in the know I'm just back from my holidays. Rather than clock up nasty polluting air miles we decided this year to enjoy the best of British and have had a fab time down in beautiful Cornwall. We've enjoyed lots of adventures in our wonderful new Soul Pad Tent - who said camping has to be a torturous experience !? From long lazy days on the beach in baking sun, stunning cliff top walks, pottering in vintage shops, yummy cream teas and one or two pints of local cider - it's been ACE ! Our favourite campsite was Henry's in Lizard - so basically as far South as you can go! Really unique site with lots of like minded hippy at heart souls!



Good to be back at work though- or it will be once I've got through my e-mail inbox - 1865 messages! Apologies to all of the new enquiries that have come through - I'll be in touch asap!