Wednesday 22 June 2011

Vintage Wedding Styled Photo Shoot - A Day to Remember!

Finally, THE shoot we did recently is featured on Rock 'n Roll Bride today! We are doing the happy dance. Thank you Kat for having us!!!!



I always call the day  Mandy from Saddleworth Shindigs convoed me on Etsy my lucky day!!! And it was!!! And I always thank my lucky star to let her found me on Etsy. Back in March Mandy told me she was in the process of arranging a vintage style photoshoot with a mega talented photographer, which is hopefully going to take place in April/May and asked if I would like to join in on the party and bring some of my bouquets to the shoot. Of course I said yes...pretty please...it was my first time and I was so excited. Mandy told me she has a vintage china and props hire company in Saddleworth near Oldham  and she send me the links of other members, too, so I can have a peek.  I was totally impressed with what I saw. I love Mandy's stuff and she has such a good taste. Her styling is second to none and her photos are just as good. I think she can be a great photographer herself! 

Then I saw Andrea's  ( from Andrea Ellison Photography ) Blog. I was not only in love with her photos but her beautiful wordings often made my eyes watery. Finding Claire's Etsy shop
was a great experience for me. I was mermerized by her fine art photography and indeed am now saving for one of her print. But later on, looking at her blog, I was not less impressed at all with her portraits. And now she's officially a wedding photographer! Can't be any better!!!

I love cakes, but I must say after seeing and tasting Helen's cupcakes, I am now officially addicted.  It tasted as great as it looked so we were fighting ourself miserably to decide - to eat, or to keep! Love her miniature cakes and overall adore her sugar flowers. They are so real. If I didn't tell you you'd say these roses are real! Helen has far more wonderful stuff on her Website but I will leave you the joy and excitement to find out yourself.


I met our make up artist Hannah and our model Amelia on the day of the shoot. Beautiful, gorgeous figures and sparkling characters! Charming! Just charming! Hannah runs her own make up business and I am sure, wedding or special occasion,  you will feel totally relaxed with lovely Hannah and you will look great and be the centre of attention. Amelia was just as lovely and she modelled as a fish in the water. Just looking at her was so joyful. Amelia just opened her Blue Velvet Vintage Store in Frodsham packed with lovely things and her online store is coming soon. I wish her much success (not that she needs my wishes - she'll be very successful anyway :)
So we started to plan this photoshoot since March and in late April we still haven't sorted out the venue and the dresses. Just a few days before the day we decided to shoot, stepped out Simon from Willington Hall and Amy from Honey Pie Boutique . Isn't it just like in 'Cinderella' with a happy ending? We then had gorgeous dresses, exploding red petitcoats, sashes and a heaven on earth. Willington Hall was just a dream. Beautiful and romantique, full of vintage flair. Just an hour drive from busy Manchester it's another life. I had fresh air enough for a month long!!!

And there I met Jo from Jo Rutherford Photography . Broad, warm smile and helpful hands! Later I took a proper look at her page and I absolutely adored the way she played with the light in her photos. They're ALL stunning! Jo offered photograph lessons for beginners, too, and you better check out her fan page often to see if she offers a next time! I bet it'll be fab!!!.
We had a lovely day at Willington Hall, working hard, laughing hard, and feeling a lot! Sun, Rain and Wind took turns to visit us - funny we had everything in one day. For me it was a great experience to meet the people I admired in flesh and to work together. Yes, it WAS a happy day!!!

Thank you so much, my friends for making this happen and I hope we'll do another shoot together again, sometimes?!!!

Thank you my blog readers for reading this far. This is MY story and below is a slideshow of the photos we did. If you want, please drop by Claire's blog, Andrea's blog, Mandy's blog or Helen's blog to read their sides of the story! I am the worst with words here so I am sure you'll have much more fun reading theirs!
Full set of photos are in my facebook page!


Still can't believe it we are now

Saturday 18 June 2011

Playing with my new camera :)

Just bought my first SLR camera yesterday and it's so exciting. I started on Kim's order which includes a bouquet of cotton fabric roses and ranuncula in deep pink deep purple and burgundy and here are the first flowers - I am so happy playing with my new camera :) Woohoo!




Friday 17 June 2011

GINA & JOE Wedding

I posted this in my Facebook Fan Page a while ago but I'd like to share this with my blog readers, too. I simply love this wedding so much.
Gina came across my brooch bouquet GARDEN OF HAPPINESS #5 last year in August and she found it matched perfectly with a vintage button she'll use for her dress. She told me she have a spring wedding and her bridesmaids have dresses from Anthropologie and they are a mix of color combos: yellow, black, green, purple, pink and yellow. The only thing she'd like to change is the colour of the backing and handle wrap and I said yes I'll do it. So the light rainbow colour sheer ribbon was replaced with green polka dot ribbon and cream sheer ribbon with gold tiny dots. The bouquet travelled well over the pond  and Gina was happy. She said in her feedback left for the transaction
" Lynn was wonderful to work with! She was very open to making slight adjustments and willing to give me various ribbon options. She was also prompt in providing me with photos in order to make the best decision. The bouquet is the perfect size, colorful, tons of fun, and will add so my charm to my vintage inspired wedding next spring. Thank you for making my day even that much more special ;)"


She told me she'll send me some pictures of her wedding in April this year. And here are what she sent (see below). I was kind of 'gasp' when I saw these beautiful photos.  JenniGracePhotography did a wonderful job capturing all the magical moments. 










Here is her wonderful slideshow

Thank you so much, Gina and Joe, for sharing with us your priceless images and thank you so much, JenniGracePhotography for taking these fantastic pictures.
Wish you all the best!
XX

ROCK N ROLL BRIDE

This is unreal but I am so excited I need to share...
Rock 'n Roll Bride - the huge,special, brilliant and unique UK wedding blog which I have admired for quite a while - used one of the photos of a shoot we did recently in their blogpost today Post It Notes – 17th June 2011: Posing and Poise


The whole shoot will be featured on Rock 'n Roll Bride next week!!!! Yay!
Thank you Rock 'n Roll Bride!!!!

I am also grateful I had a chance to get to know and work with these lovely and talented members of the Team:
Helen from Cats Whiskers Cake Design
Andrea from Andrea Ellison Photography
Mandy from Saddleworth Shindigs
Claire from Claire Penn Photography
Jo from Jo Rutherford Photography
Hannah from Makeup by Indi
Amelia from Blue Velvet Vintage Store
Simon from Willington Hall (Venue)
Amy from Honey Pie Boutique (Dresses)

Thank you all for your hard work and brilliant collaboration to make this shoot come true! Love you all
xx

PS: Please come back to my blog to check out upcoming features on each team member. All are so amazing and I must thank to my lucky star that put me on their path the other day!

Thursday 9 June 2011

Nostalgia ...There's been a Rose...

I came across this album while tidying up my photobucket account. It made me smile and I can't help but sharing it... Those are photos from 2007 when I still designed hair accessories for children. Oh my there are so many photos. These were all rose boutique hair bows and clips I made using my signature rose fold.

Will be back soon ...

I am so sorry I have been sort of MIA here. There have been some problems with the layout of my blog and I am working on it. I have so many new things to share here and I will be back soon! See you all in a while...