Scott and Adele's wedding at St Michael's Kirkham/ The Villa, Wrea Green

This was one wedding we really enjoyed. from the moment we arrived at St Michael's Church in Kirkham, we where greeted warmly by the verger and Vicar. to the welcome and help offered by Stuart and his staff at The Villa, Wrea Green.
The lovely  cheerful bright Sunshine Yellow of the flowers and bridesmaid dress lifted our spirits, despite the sun keeping its hat on and sending Mr Wind , amazingly the bride, Adele never once mentioned feeling cold throughout the afternoon.

Venice is where Scott and Adele  are this week, but  when they return we have lots of photos to show them.  so keep an eye on this blog for the release date of the images being available on the Internet for family and friends to view.
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Michael and Rachel's wedding at Barton Grange Hotel

Rachel and Michael are back from their holiday and  we are now able to release all their lovely photographs  for  family and friends to view from their lovely wedding at Barton Grange Hotel .
Access is by clicking here and inserting the password.

After this blog has passed access can still be made for a little while through  "Clients Area" of our web site--- enjoy
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Sarah and Johns lovely report in the Gazette

Rachel and Michaels wedding day

Lucky, Rachel and Michael, they choose one of the hottest days of the year so far, for their wedding at The Barton Grange Hotel last Saturday.
Rachel choose  Cadbury Purple and ivory, as her colour theme for the day.and it looked spectacular, gracing the 2 bridesmaids,and carried forward into the ... wedding room and The Barton Grange suite, for the celebration dinner.
The Barton Grange Hotel offers a  private sheltered garden at the rear, for a celebration drink , this private secluded gardens ,always surprises the guests each time we visit as it is just perfect for wedding  day photography.

Here is a little glimpse of two photographs from the day,  there are many more to come,

 

 

 but we have to wait for Rachel and Michael to come back from their honeymoon in Mexico before we can release for all to see.

Bere with us and check back on this blog in a week or so for the release date.

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John and Sarah's wedding in Boracay, Philippines

It is hard to believe that this is the 3rd  overseas wedding in less than 12 months that we have been invited to.
This wedding I have to say was amazing, Sarah had planned the whole of the day and what a day.....
To summise Sarah suprised everybody ( even the groom) by not being traditional and walking down to the beach, but graced in an exclusive  Vera Wang dress  which fitted her like a glove, arriving from the sea in a yacht and landing on the beach- this was just the start of the surprises ....

Another surprise was a fan very useful  as the temperature was close to 35 but with a twist,  having the story of there first meeting, quirky details of planning of this event and a word search- with pencil..

So much was packed into this day, an after dinner  show followed the meal

 and to round up the evening at midnight all the guests jumped into the pool

It was truly an amazing  wonderful day that I would not have missed for the world

A Real Indian Wedding- Aakash and Sruthi's day in Chennai

On arrival at Chennai a little happy face of Aakash was beaming through the windows of the arrival hall wearing a " Love is in the air T Shirt we had finally arrived. There was so many weddings going on the "The Wedding District" that it took us three attempt to find the correct venue.and that was with the groom in the car with us.....tucked away down a busy lane was the wedding hall. with a grand entrance all decorated with flowers, Aakash and Sruthi names on the entrance flagged with Banana trees. once inside it was a massive 2 story hall with a stage at the end equally decorated with masses of flowers

Upstairs the restaurant, about 20 people ( sitting on the floor) busy preparing the food, masses and masses of vegetables. being chopped and diced , 1000 guests being expected for this evening.

The 3 men strong band, sitting on the floor played all evening very loud, lots of drumming and weird sounds from unfamiliar instruments .

Not having a programme / itinerary it was a little confusing to try to follow the proceedings, but we understood that both families ( ex bride and groom) go on the stage, a lot of talking takes place then the grooms family had over gifts including a blue sari to the brides family- which is taken to the bride to wear.

 The bride appears in the blue sari for a short time before changing again into another beautiful red sari and lots of jewellery and joins the groom on the stage, they adorn each other with flower garlands and the giving of rings takes place. with more chattering. Then its photo time this is unbelievable,  all the guests want to be photographed with the B&G, no persuasion necessary they line patiently and willingly  to have there photograph with the bride and groom

and this lasts for hours. literally about 3 -4 in the meantime the restaurant is open and you can just go and eat as much as you wish.

The meal is a traditional Indian balanced meal of 6 items served on a banana leaf, eaten with the hands, finding this a little awkward the grooms father found us 2 spoons. this attracted an audience of guests nudges each others and tittering as they looked our way. being the only Europeans at the wedding we did attract a lot of attention.but the family greeted us warmly.and with their broken English we did manage to converse with quite a number of guests.

The reception concluded around  10pm ,
The next day the wedding day starts at 8am

how much better could the wedding day be...........

Day 2 To start the day  a ceremony takes place at the local Temple a procession of B&G, immediate family and us to the nearby temple ( 8.15) lead by the  band where a small ceremony.blessing takes place , all the statues got a garland. salvers of food, flowers and charms got blessed.- with us all standing bare foot on the earth. we returned to the hall in procession ( now with dirty feet)

The stage now has various members of the families present and 4 priest  chanting in Sanskrit over a small fire.

When the B ( gold sari ) &G( in an ivory number) join them, they are once again decked with garlands ,and kneel at the fire, The ceremony is quite long. I think it was Aakashs father who got his feet washed( lucky him mine are filthy) The hall was quiet only when the vows where spoken.

finally they parade around the fire on and off the stage and are showered with petals and the yellow rice (which having held for 2 hours in our sweaty hands has now stained our hands yellow). then low and behold the photographs start again.

The wedding ended around lunchtime. 

Overall it was an experience I would not have missed and gave us the excuse we needed to return to India and enjoy  this incredible country.

Our congratulations to Aakash and Sruthi, they make a lovely couple and we wish them  a wonderful life together, . Please keep in touch- Mike and Caroline

Aakash and Sruthi Indian wedding- this Friday

Really looking forward to the wedding of Aakash and Sruthi this Friday, we have never attended a REAL Indian wedding before. so we are in for quite an experience, will blog later how the day went.....

Christopher and Laura's wedding at St Cuthberts Church Lytham

Christopher and Laura have waited a long time for this day, and well worth the wait,  after  the wettest summer on record they choose well with a lovely sunny day in September for their wedding  at  St Cuthberts church Lytham.
All the photographs from the day on now on line - but only if you know the password to access.
but here are a few of our favourites...

Access to all the photographs will be available for 3 months via our main site
in the clients area
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Sam and Becky's wedding party.

Following the wonderful wedding in Rhodes, Becky and Sam had another big party for friends  last weekend.
Becky and Sam both prepared just as on their on their big day

arriving at the venue in style in an lovely white car.

guest arrived throughout the evening  enjoyed the chocolate fountain, sweets buffet...

 the wonderful cup cakes and ultimately the dancing

all the photographs are available to view  click here  or via our web site

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Ian and Hannah's wedding at Elswick U.R Church .

Leaving her parents farm in Gt Eccleston, Hannah arrived at  the little county church  in Elswick by horse drawn carriage,.with a little prince  (Daniel) and three little princesses( Emma, Ruby and Lilly)  at her side,  to met her prince charming Ian , after exchanging  rings and vows. becoming Mrs  Hannah Woodward.
Returning in the sunshine to the wonderfully decorated marquee in the family grounds for the lavish reception - Just a perfect day.

Here is a little taster but ( If you have the password) you too can enjoy all the photographs     click  to view   images of the day

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Aimee and James' wedding photographs from TGHM

Aimee and James have how returned from their hols, collected the photos and viewed, but only  special  friends and family  can view who have the password.        To access the photographs CLICK HERE

when this blog has passed access can still be made through  "Clients Area" of our main site
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A taster of Aimee and James' wedding at The Great Hall at Mains

Shard Riverside Inn over Wyre gave us a lovely welcome offering us Tea/coffee on arrival that is a first for  us from a hotel at the start of the wedding day.
And what a day is continued to be Aimee looked fantastic in her  Maggie Sattero dress . her four bridesmaids  dressed in fusia pink.
The Great Hall at Mains the wedding venue carried the theme of yellow and pink through beautfully.
All the photographs are ready but Aimee and James are not going to view until they return  from their travels so afraid I cannot release just yet- sorry
Here's a little taster

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