Tuesday, 9th February 2010
I love family photographs, and that’s probably not surprising given my occupation. This love of photographs means I like to have them all around me in my home, and I like to have lots of them. However this means that surface space in my home can get limited and then I have to pfaff around changing them in frames when I want to up date them. Or have so many out that dusting becomes a nightmare! Then there is always the question of how to store those images that have been taken out of the frame, somewhere safe, as they were special enough to be in frame they need to be cherished, and a random shoe box is probably not the best or safest place for them.
I have therefore spent a long time looking for a solution, not only for me, but one that I can also offer to my clients.
With much excitement and fanfare, (hear those trumpets) today I am launching my signature portrait box. This beautiful box, is personalised with up to 3 images, comes with a padded lid, and can hold safely, forever, up to 20 of your images. Mounted and ready for display, your images can live in the box and then when you want to change an image, open it up take out the one you want, pop away the one you had out and bingo, a fresh new look is as easy as that. In the meantime the box looks super fabulous on your book shelf or coffee table and means you can still show off your other fabulous images whenever you like.
How to display those images? Don’t panic this has been taken care of too. The signature portrait box comes with a beautiful wooden easel so your mounted images are displayed simply and will fit into any style of home.
Using my new blog templates again here is the fabulous signature portrait box.
I had a little help taking these, Lily wanted to see what I was doing, and got between me and portrait box to look down the lens. Boy, she is getting more and more nosey all the time.
Friday, 20th November 2009
On Wednesday evening in the cold wet windy weather I set off to walk to the local village hall, camera in hand.
I was off to meet The 33 Bombshells, 33 Engineer Regiment (EOD). They are the Wives and girlfriends of serving soldiers and are an integral part of the community at Wimbish. At Christmas each year they arrange for a collection of items to parcel up and send out to our troops who are currently deployed overseas. Wednesday night was all about packing up the boxes, getting them weighed, addressed and ready to go.
I was so excited to see that the grim winter weather hadn’t put people off coming to help, in fact the village hall was so busy it was hard at times to move around and capture everything that was going on.
This year they were very well supported by our local community with donations from the Saffron Walden Inner Wheel, the Little Walden WI, the British Legion, Saffron Walden Building Society and many individuals from the Debden and Wimbish Parish. The Saffron Walden Rugby Club turned up with some 40 boxes, and the local cadet group also donated and helped out very ably on the night. Waitrose and Tesco again donated goods to the value of £80. Not forgetting everyone who donated gifts to go into the boxes.
This year they smashed their previous years record of 95 boxes and packed ready for dispatch a massive 240 boxes.
These gifts at Christmas make a real difference to the troops, who are miles away from home and with few home comforts, they provide a reminder that there are lots of people back home supporting them and thinking about them often.
Here’s a quick peek at the fantastic production line it takes to get this boxes ready to go.
Take some Shoe boxes
Some good books, magazines, Cd’s, DVD’s and novelty socks
Some nice smellies, tooth brushes and toothpaste
And very important, some nice things to eat, lots of them!
Now encourage your ‘army’ of volunteers to fill up those boxes with a variety of goodies remembering to stay just below 2kg.
Queue patiently to make sure they are the correct weight, you want to get as many goodies in a box as you can!
Add a little love
Tape it up to make sure all those precious goodies arrive safely
Don’t forget the address and customs labels
And now the parcels are ready to go to the post office for posting!
These simple gestures make all the difference to serving soliders who are away from home, their families and loved ones at Christmas and it’s amazing that the effots of The 33 Bombshells has resulted in 240 parcels packed with love and goodies making their way to our brave troops.
I wish them all a safe Christmas.
Monday, 6th July 2009
I know that I have been a little absent from blogging in the last couple of weeks so I thought I would update you on why I have been so ‘quiet’ and why there will be lots coming in the next few weeks.
There has been a secret project going on in this house, my new logo and branding. It’s nearing completion, so you won’t have to wait much longer to have a peek.
This means my website will be getting a bit of a new look too. In the next few days the pages will be changing and I have lots more to add on there as well as some new gallery pictures. It’s changing everyday in little ways, as I pull it all together. Then in a few weeks it should have a complete make over with the new logo. So keep your eyes peeled!
In the same vein my blog will be getting a new make over and new address, all will be revealed on here, and all your favourites from this site will move to the new blog.
Why you might ask? Well this one is really restricting the size of the photos that I can post on it and I need something that I can customise in my new style. I also want to develop the information of fantastic suppliers that I know and trust to provide you with exceptional service and quality.
In addition to all of these changes, I will be ordering new stationary, and new products to offer my clients so there will be lots to show here.
As if all this wasn’t enough I have also been meeting with a local poet, who writes bespoke poetry for any ocassion and we are developing an exciting new wedding poetry service, so that you can say all that you want to, in a really special and personal way. While we get the website up and running, if you are interested in the poetry, please drop me a line.
So as you can it’s been really busy here and in the next few weeks I have 6 weddings and 2 portraits sessions so I won’t be quiet on here for much longer!
In the meantime because you all know by now I don’t post without a picture I would like to re introduce you to Edward. You might remember him from one of the early posts on the blog, he wears the coolest rattle shoes. Well check him out now! HOW much has he grown and just how cheeky is that face!!
Thursday, 2nd July 2009
I’m really excited this week, there is so much going on here! (more of that to come later)
Murray Newlands, famous blogger and affiliate marketer, has just published his interview with me, as a Cambridge Wedding Photographer, over at his website MurrayNewlands.com.
Murray is taking the blogging and Twitter world by storm, you can read more about Murray in Clickbooths interview with Murray Newlands.
Read the full interview where I talk about my blogging as one of the Cambridge Wedding Photographers.
Because I just can’t bring myself to blog without a picture, here is just a little sneaky peek preview of a STUNNING Cambridge Wedding Venue where I will be shooting a wedding in a few weeks.
