Vintage inspired

I loved photographing Nell and Ben! They are so laid back, relaxed and lovely to be with.

Nell and Ben got married on 5th November at the beautiful Patshull Hall in South Staffordshire, so not too far for me either and plenty of gorgeous surroundings to match my gorgeous couple. Nell wore a super sleek and stunning Jenny Packham dress and for those of you who know Nell, knows that she is always smiling and looking radiant! So lovely day for me too.

Despite this being a winter wedding, we had great weather and although it was a little chilly, the open fires and warmth of great company kept everyone’s spirits high!  I am told they partied on until the small hours of the next day, so that kept them warm too!

Nell and Ben have ordered a gorgeous Duo Album by Queensberry and I am enjoying getting that designed no end, as you will see.

Here are some of my favourites from the day.

Congratulations to Nell and Ben!

Richard is a farmer! Alison is now a farmer’s wife!

This wedding was fantastic!

It was arranged in just over 5 months and every detail was carefully planned by them both…well Alison mainly! Having a beautiful farm to host your wedding reception is a fabulous advantage and being able to select the date around harvest time is just heaven for these two, and so it all came together. Even the tractor had a good polish before the big day and it felt as if everyone in Grimscote had been involved in some way. Wonderful.

Alison had a true desire for a typically English wedding with a real vintage feel. This was beautifully achieved. Her Sophia Tolli dress with the lace detailing and a semi-cathedral train was stunning and her brand new red wellington boots really set it off in the shot with the tractor!

With just shy of 200 guests, their paddock and marquee bustled with guests all having a wonderful time. To get the group shot I had the pleasure of going up on a flat bed sissor lift, when the guests started shouting ‘higher higher’ as I was going up I knew I get a fab shot!

Wonderful couple, beautiful church, great vicar, vintage details, vintage car, great fun guests, an amazing marquee, amazing flowers and funny yet touching speeches all really made my job very easy on this day. I was with them for almost 12 hours and it just flew by!

Alison and Richard are complete stars, so very much in love and I was honoured to be a part of their day. I left after the sun had gone down and their band Soul Matters were really getting the party going.

Here are some of my favourite shots from the day, I love the last shot, they look so happy and relaxed, with the marquee all lit up and the guests in the background having a great time.  A beautiful finish for their Queensberry Album!

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I don’t do too many commercial product shoots really as it’s people I love to photograph, rather than product alone, but when LottyBlue got in touch and asked if I’d do some product shots, we got chatting and discovered there was some fun to be had with this shoot and so I agreed.

Lotty Blue sells mid-century, modern retro and vintage furniture and homewear. It was the homewear we were focussing on bringing the fabulous aprons, oven gloves, cake tins, clocks, teapots and mugs alive with a vintage feel.  Kelly Middleton owner of The Cupcake Queen in Stafford provided beautiful vintage style cupcakes and the wonderful Sarah Lyndsey modelled for us – she had the perfect look we wanted.

So prepare yourself for a little ‘Stepford Wives’ meets vintage inspired products and away we go!

Here are some of my favourites from the shoot and for further info on Lotty Blue and Lisa who is behind it all please see below.

A few words from Lisa, ‘I live in Stafford I am married with two children I have theatre /fashion background and have  a BA in Theatre Design where I specialised in scenic and prop design. I now use these skills in my restoring and upcycling of vintage furniture .

LottyBlue (http://lottyblue.co.uk) specialises in mid-century modern furniture (mainly 1950′s through to the 1970′s), but I must admit I have soft spot for G Plan – I so adore the early G-Plan pieces. I think the ‘Brandon Range’ is particularly iconic with it’s unique style and is still practical for today’s modern home.

As well as sourcing classic vintage furniture I also stock modern contemporary items with a nostalgic influence that have a mid century feel. During 2011 LottyBlue will be adding many new items to our shop but just to give you a taste of things to come I will mention just some of our new suppliers:

One of this years new additions is a new range of fabrics and oil clothes from the Betty Boyns vintage inspired collection .The vintage inspired fabrics are just beautiful and so very stylish but also contemporary in there look for today’s modern home. I have blogged further about Betty Boyns here

Martin Wiscombe is well known for his nostalgic painting and his work depicts images of life of the 1950 onwards and we have many items of homeware with pictures of his art. I am particularly fond of his images of split screen camper vans as I have written about on my blog

Also I am  delighted to be stocking a new range of vintage themed homeware by Ulster Weavers, the range includes Vintage Aprons and delightful homeware

All in all LottyBlue has something for everyone who loves vintage and traditional items.’