Wedding Season and Warm Spring Weather!

Hi Everyone!

Although I gave some Wedding Tips on many Wedding Venues which are very close to us, Wedding Dresses, Wedding Flowers - and for flowers we highly recommend Sue Cotterill - Sue's number is [01743] 353924and most certainly Wedding Photography last year - click on the highlighted words here and it will take you to the archived blog - I thought I would just give a tip at this stage as the Wedding Season kicks in for this year and also we seem to be enjoying some well earned warm weather!

We enjoyed a fabulous Wedding at Packington Moor Farm near Lichfield last Saturday [3/5/2008]- having also had a fabulous day at Rowton Castle the day before! Both gorgeous Brides had taken my advice about their hair! I do advise that there are not too many little curls or little strands of hair around your face! I know that it looks fabulous in the salon or at the hotel before the Wedding - however - generally much of your time will be spent outside with spring and summer weddings - and the smallest of breezes will blow the small curls over your face and will definitely irritate you. Whilst Martin and I take photographs we are always looking for these things and will always notice if the Bride's hair is across her face - of course! It is just so much more simple to have either no curls/straight pieces of hair or just a couple which will stay well away from your eyes! Both our beautiful Brides this last weekend had taken this advice and they were comfortable and - may I say - very classic and highly photogenic with their hair up and a sparkly tiara! Just a tip!

I highly recommend a great young guy called Ashley at SY1 Salon on Dogpole, Shrewsbury for your special Wedding Day hair. Have a consultation with Ashley and he will advise you about the way your hair will look best for your Wedding Day - look on our resources page for other suppliers you will need!

Well wishing you all happy Wedding Planning and do get in touch - email julia@spinningyourdreams.co.uk or phone 01938 570069 - about your Wedding be it this Autumn or next year or even 2010 - we are booking that far ahead!

Warm regards. Julia

www.spinningyourdreams.co.uk

Hi Everyone - 22 April - it finally seems to have decided to warm up and start Spring! Long may it last!

This is an excerpt from an email I sent to a Groom this morning who has taken the leap of faith and booked us following a phone call and emails - the couple live in London. The Wedding is a Church Wedding in Shropshire followed by a Reception at a local hotel and then there are further celebrations in Leicester the next day - we will photograph both days! They had been considering relying on friends and family taking photographs as they felt that a wedding photographer might detract from the day - these were some of thoughts I emailed the Groom:

"Let me say from the outset that we would be delighted to photograph both days' proceedings and you have a great deal going on that weekend! Our feedback about friends taking photographs is that it disappoints every time – they are not professionals and they photograph the people they know not everyone! It’s not worth taking that chance – investment in professional wedding photography really needs to be high on the list – although we do understand that it is not tangible until after the wedding – when everything else is tangible before and during the wedding – this is why we feel some people overlook the photography.

However - and this is the most important bit – friends do not know how to direct a wedding – especially a church wedding – it takes direction after your vicar has married you – we take over and make everything run like clockwork with care and consideration and empathy – your weekend needs this input and your fiancée would be incredibly disappointed if things did not go well and then she also did not have photographic memories either! Good wedding photographers are worth their weight in gold! We are both tall too so that is a lot of gold!

Martin and I will be part of your support system on the two days and we carry a little kit of everything you might need – down to sewing kit and safety pins and sellotape etc and you would not believe it but I use it every wedding. At a summer wedding we have a cool box of drinks as you are very dry in the mouth after the ceremony and also on a warm summer’s day! Bottom line – we care! We are very worth having there – I think you may well be getting what we are all about! More than just photographers – we are a husband and wife team who love to help couples and guests have the best time ever and we do not detract from the day but enhance it – we know that because we have been told!"

I am getting many phone calls now for weddings this year and it is quite frustrating to say we are already booked. I do think that in some cases photography is an after thought and not invested in at the outset of planning. If you are planning for 2009 onwards - please get in touch - have a chat - let me find out what you want from your wedding photography and Martin and I will make those dreams come true! Never too early to just give me a call!

Warm regards. Julia

http://www.spinningyourdreams.co.uk/

01938 570069

We work all over The Midlands, Cheshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Mid-Wales - in fact anywhere we are wanted!

The UK's Best Selling Book on Weddings!

Hi Everyone

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Easter!

Martin and I got married at Easter a few years ago.

Any couples booking us for 2009 and beyond are receiving either The Wedding Bible or The Wedding Bible Planner - signed by our friend Sarah Haywood. The advice in this best-selling book and planner is really the finest advice around covering all aspects of your Wedding and they would make wonderful mementos of such an important day!

We are busy working this Easter - so in closing - please get in touch if you are looking for a photogapher for 2008 - we have some Fridays and Sundays available and also do get in touch about 2009 and beyond - is not too early at all!

Wishing you all a Peaceful Easter!

Warm regards. Julia

LUDLOW WEDDING FAYRE 16.3.2008

Hi Everyone

LUDLOW WEDDING FAYRE AT LUDLOW CASTLE - SUNDAY 16 MARCH 2008
10 A.M. - 4 P.M.

Martin and I will be exhibiting at The Wedding Fayre at Ludlow Castle on Sunday, 16 March 2008 - hope to perhaps see you there? We will be in The Castle House Ballroom.

You can find out more about The Fayre at: www.ludlowweddings.co.uk

We are bringing with us The Wedding Bible and The Wedding Planner written by Sarah Haywood - a nationally renowned Wedding Co-Ordinator and friend of ours - one of which we are giving to all couples booking us for 2009 and beyond and if anyone books us having seen us at the Ludlow Wedding Fayre - they will get both!

If you are embarking on planning your Wedding - please get in touch to talk about your Wedding Photography ideas! Have a chat with me on the phone and I will briefly explain why we are more than just wedding photographers.

Warm regards. Julia

Something Special from Spinning Your Dreams!

Hi Everyone

Well we popped over to Liverpool to the Confetti Wedding Show to see Sarah Haywood - “Sarah Haywood is the Wedding Planner extraordinaire.” Matthew Wright, Channel 5 TV - last Sunday. Sarah was hosting a demonstration about aspects of wedding planning and her advice was much enjoyed by Brides embarking on planning their Weddings.

We also collected from her a number of her Wedding Bible Books and Wedding Planners which she had kindly signed for us. We are offering couples booking for 2009 and after the choice of The Wedding Bible or The Wedding Planner as a remarkable aid to planning your Wedding and something which will also become a treasured momento of the planning.

If you are planning your Wedding - come and see us for an hour or so [no obligation] and chat with us about your Wedding and your thoughts on your Wedding Photography. There are a few Saturdays left in 2008 and we are booking strongly for 2009 and even 2010!

Warm regards. Julia
julia@spinningyourdreams.co.uk
http://www.spinningyourdreams.co.uk/

My shortest blog!

Hi Everyone

A very short blog to say that if you subscribe to my blogs at the bottom of our home page [click this link] - you will get all my new blogs sent directly to your email address!

Warm regards. Julia
www.spinningyourdreams.co.uk
julia@spinningyourdreams.co.uk

Feedback!

Hi Everyone

I thought I would share something with you - the feedback we get from our couples is that they did not really notice the photography [it was not in their faces] - it did not hassle them - they were relaxed and happy all day and that they felt like we had looked after them and their guests as if they were the most important people to us.

Well there is a reason for all that feedback - we do care - you are important to us - we take time to get to know you - we care about your memories on that special day not just the photography. It all works - if our couples are happy - relaxed - having the time of their lives - result - fabulous photography!

Wedding Days are costing more and more - the news today is that the average cost is £21,000. We guarantee that we capture that expensive and momentous day for all time - it's got to be done - make sure your photographers deliver and know what you want from the biggest day of your lives! We take a full brief and as always it's all in the planning!

Warm regards. Julia
julia@spinningyourdreams.co.uk
http://www.spinningyourdreams.co.uk/
www.weddingsinshropshire.co.uk

Tips to all those Planning Weddings

Hi Everyone

Just a reminder to have a look at the new revamped www.weddingsinshropshire.co.uk

It launched on 28 January 2008 and soon will have the log in for brides, grooms and anyone planning a Wedding to download planning tools! Have a look!

This year seems to be a very busy one again - but what is great is those with 2009/2010 weddings are being pro-active and getting in touch if they have the date fixed. We are booking well for 2009 - please just email me with your date and I will email back with our Information Pack which includes pricing.

julia@spinningyourdreams.co.uk

www.spinningyourdreams.co.uk

Warm regards. Julia

New Supplier Directories for Shropshire and the UK

Hi Everyone

The very well established and highly respected Wedding Supplier Website www.weddingsinshropshire.co.uk is now under new ownership - the running of the Website has been taken over by Laura Clarke. It launched today and has some fantastic new features including wedding planning tools for Brides and Grooms and for anyone planning a Wedding. There is a free login for all those planning Weddings to access those planning tools.

Also the Website is very friendly towards Suppliers - who can also have a personal login to edit and change their ads whenever they like. www.weddingsinshropshire.co.uk is already a great place to start planning your Wedding and Laura expects it to become the premier interactive site in the County.

In fact she has a similar website for most counties in the UK and is also running www.weddingsingreatbritain.co.uk - the original format was so well established and very popular that Suppliers in other counties have asked for a weddingsin for their County!

Spinning Your Dreams is of course on the new http://www.weddingsinshropshire.co.uk/ as it was on the old one - and I wish Laura every success with this new Website. I think that this new revamped Website looks fabulous! It is easy to use and very contemporary and more than anything else very useful and effective for both people planning a Wedding and the Suppliers of Wedding Services.

I am very happy to endorse Laura's website and wish her every success - and I am happy to blog about the re-launch of www.weddingsinshropshire.co.uk today!

Happy Wedding Planning Everyone - Warm regards - Julia

THE START OF A GREAT YEAR!

Hi Everyone

A little late but Happy New Year!

Our new website has been live for about a month now and the feedback and response has been amazing!

We'd like to thank Laura and Mark at http://www.caffeinate-it.co.uk/ for creating such a terrific new website for us - we've loved working with you and are so happy that you will be maintaining the site for us too!

We are receiving so much interest and in fact have nearly booked all the Saturdays in summer 2008 and are fast booking up the Saturdays for 2009.

I would suggest that if you have firmed up your date – then just get in touch with us by email or phone – and I will within 24 hours send you our Information Pack with pricing. Then when you have both had a good look through all the information and the testimonials – you can come and see us if you would like. Evenings and some Sundays are OK as well as weekdays.

If you spent some time with us here at our home – informally with no obligation – then you would see that we are something very different in the Wedding Photography World!

I guarantee that you would have the day you are both dreaming of. That is always our aim and our pleasure!

I hope to hear from you soon and if you have any queries, please just ask. We will within about 2 weeks have the facility to pay online securely with cards – just being set up!

We now have a Client Management System on our new website and should you book us you would have a username and password just for your Wedding and post-Wedding your gallery would be hosted there. This is where friends and family can view your photographs and if they want buy prints securely online.

Although our Album Creator Partners are Queensberry of New Zealand [all our Albums are made from your approved draft in New Zealand] – and they are not far short of the best Albums in the world – you do not have to have an Album. You can have a print-ready DVD of all your photographs – high resolution files – and then you can handle your Wedding Photographs yourself. The DVD can be copied to pass to family and friends if you wish – your choice.

So we are – when all is said and done – led by what you want – we take a full brief from you about your Day and have a Briefing Meeting for an hour or two prior to your Wedding when we talk about timings – family dynamics – and the photographs you definitely want on the day. We do not say ‘this is what we do – this is what you have’ we say ‘what do you want’!

We will also have a site meeting at your venues if we all think that will help in the planning.

Again – wishing you all a fabulous 2008 and if your Wedding is this year – 2009 or in fact 2010 – it is not too early to get in touch – I assure you. Don't leave it - prioritise - Martin and I can make sure all those plans come to fruition and that you have fabulous memories of the best day of your lives!

Warmest regards. Julia

P.S. Over the last 2 years I have blogged about all aspects of planning a Wedding - if you have time - please look at my PREVIOUS POSTS AND THE ARCHIVES and you will find loads and loads of tips and advice about planning your Wedding!

New website is live!

Hi there

Our new website is live! We are thrilled! We hope that you enjoy having a look around it.

Please get in touch if you are planning your Wedding - your photography will be the lasting memory you have and is worth a high degree of investment!

We have a fabulous new gallery which will be updated regularly and also a few slide shows of our photographs at some favourite venues! All well worth a browse!

Our Website creators are www.caffeinate-it.co.uk - we highly recommend them!

We hope to hear from you soon!

Warm regards. Julia
http://www.spinningyourdreams.co.uk/

Hi Everyone

I have not bogged for a while and before we get on with a total revamp of our website [coming soon] - I thought I should blog now!

Firstly – if you are embarking on planning your Wedding please look back on my directory of blogs where I have given specific advice and even a time table of things to do.

We are booking quickly for 2008 and a quick – no obligation – call to me to check we are available on your Wedding Date would be time well spent. I say this as at our Wedding last Saturday, the Bride said to Martin and me that we were the best decision they had made about their Wedding Day. This is music to our ears – we adore being at Weddings and making sure all goes to plan – as the way the day pans out is mainly down to us – be it a civil or church wedding – and the hugs we get from the whole family when we leave after the first dance goes to prove that we are doing everything right!

We are based 15 minutes from Shrewsbury – on the Welshpool Road – and 8 minutes from Rowton Castle. We are 30 minutes from Oswestry and about an hour from Chester. We are 45 minutes from Telford and an hour from Birmingham. We love where we live in the Welsh Borders – beautiful countryside to come home to after a busy Wedding Day. We travel to Weddings all over The Midlands, Cheshire, The Borders and Mid-Wales and across the UK in fact.

We welcome couples to come and see us in Trewern [Post Code SY21 8DS] and often see couples in the evening and on some Sundays as well as weekdays. It’s easy and a couple of hours spent with Martin and myself talking about your Wedding – as the Bride said on Saturday – will be one of the best decisions you make about your Wedding Day – if you come to see us – we will tell you why!

Give me a ring or email me 01938 570069 or julia@spinningyourdreams.co.uk and let me know your thoughts on your Wedding Photography. We follow your Brief for your Wedding Day - we are not on our own agendas.

I will happily send you all our information with an email or post our folder to you – just get in touch and add our information to your Wedding Folder – which I know can get quite full!

We are dedicated to fabulous Wedding Days and timeless, perfect memories! What more can we guarantee?

We look forward to hearing from you – be your date in 2008 or 2009 or 2010 it will never be too soon to be in touch. Don’t miss out on having caring, supportive, fun, passionate, creative and lovely people photographing one of the most important days in your lives.

We’ve just been booked for 10 May 2008 by a London couple getting married in Shropshire – the Groom’s email to me today reads:

“From what we've seen from your emails Julia - we can't anticipate there being any problems and we don't want to risk you getting booked by someone else.”

They are coming to see us when they are next in Shropshire. This was in response to my email with all our information and reviews. If you email me I will send you the same information and we would hope that your response would be the same! Of course if you are more local you can come and see us straight away!

Warm regards. Julia Webb
www.spinningyourdreams.co.uk

WONDERFUL WEDDING VENUE IN SHROPSHIRE - IN A HURRY?

Hi Everyone

One of our favourite wedding venues in Shropshire has a few dates still available this year. I highly recommend this totally private venue - if you need a venue for a Civil Service this year in Shrophsire - consider Delbury Hall - if a Church Wedding - the Church at Diddlebury is just round the corner. Then of course consider us for the Wedding Photography - and you are what they call 'sorted'!

We photographed the first Civil Wedding at Delbury last year and we think you would have to go a long way to find such a romantic, exclusive and beautiful venue in Shropshire. We live 30 minutes from Delbury Hall - so it is very convenient indeed to meet couples there for a first meeting and talk about the Wedding in detail. We would always be happy to do that if it was more convenient for you when you are visiting Delbury.

What we are impressed about at Delbury is that - unlike some Private Venues who have temporary catering facilities - Delbury has a state-of-the-art professional kitchen for caterers to use - which is fabulous!

As a Wedding Venue it definitely has WOW factor! Don't overlook it!

Just a quick blog!

Warm regards. Julia
www.spinningyourdreams.co.uk

ARE YOU ABOUT TO PLAN YOUR WEDDING?

Hi Everyone

Yet another Friday – these weeks seem to go by so quickly during the busy Wedding Season!

I have mentioned before the great book the “Wedding Bible” by Sarah Haywood and you might be forgiven for thinking that I am on a commission arrangement with Sarah – but that is not the case! I just think that it is such a wonderful book to have by your side when you embark on planning a wedding and at £25 – it is a big book – it is worth its weight in gold really! Sarah has published her Wedding Planner now and it is worth buying to keep all your Wedding Documentation in order. Sarah has us on her 'people we like page' - have a look!

Sarah says that “there is no right or wrong way to plan a wedding. But it could be stressful and time-consuming when it doesn’t have to be”. Sarah has a Wedding Budget Checklist in her book and also these tips to ‘survive and thrive as a bride!’

Wise Money Management - plan only for the type of wedding you can afford

Be Organised – the biggest sanity saver

Present a United Front – create the day together and present a united front to families – leave a little room for family in-put

Respect and Compromise – be sensitive to the desires and expectations of your families and respect their views – even if you reject them. Be prepared to negotiate and compromise - especially if they are offering financial assistance! Delegate – behind every beautiful bride and gorgeous groom there is a fabulous and efficient team!

Bridesmaids and Best Man Selection – have a reliable Best Man and Chief Bridesmaid – if your closest friends are not reliable [!] – give them something else to do on the day!

Hiring and Firing – do not hire anyone or anything until you have seen or sampled their wares. Get every detail in writing – before signing a contract ask “is this your best price?”

Keep cool, calm and collected – be especially tolerant of your nearest and dearest. Don’t alienate anyone you’ll need later on!

Wedding Free Zones – have wedding free zones in your home and wedding-free evenings with your intended!

Planning Your Wedding - I have compiled below an outline list of things you need to do – there is a very comprehensive phase-line for each aspect of a Wedding in the “Wedding Bible”. If you are beginning to plan your Wedding - I hope that the list below will inspire you! Please get in touch with us to see is we are available on your Wedding Day - it is never to early to do that!

Have a great Bank Holiday weekend. Warm reegards. Julia

ACTION TO LIST TO GET YOUR STARTED!

12 months before or when you get engaged

• Decide upon your wedding date

• Decide on your budget

• If you are getting married in church you will need to agree on the arrangements with your local minister

• If you are getting married in a register office, you will need to give notice to the Registrar – only possible 12 months before your chosen Wedding Date

• Decide on the number of guests and make a list

• Book the wedding reception

• Book the marquee suppliers – if required

• Book the caterers – if required

• Book the photographer

• Book the florist

• Book musicians, band or DJ for the wedding reception

• Book the wedding transport

• Book the toastmaster if you intend on having one

• Book the honeymoon and apply for a new passport

• Order the cake

• Start looking for your wedding dress. Decide whether you want it to be a designer dress or an 'off the peg' dress

• Decide on your bridesmaids and ushers

• Decide on your ‘Best Man’

• Confirm all bookings in writing

6 months before

• Order the wedding invitations and other stationery

• Attend initial fitting for the wedding dress

• Choose the bride’s wedding shoes and accessories

• Choose the wedding attire for the groom, best man, bridesmaids, fathers, mothers and ushers

• Choose the bride’s and groom’s wedding rings

• Order your wedding favours

• Notify your bank, Building Society and relevant authorities that you intend on changing your name and as of what date it will take affect

• Take out wedding insurance, if required – check what the exclusions are

• Arrange to see your hairdresser or barber about what hairstyle you want on your big day. Brides should take along a picture of the dress and veil or headdress and other accessories to help the hairdresser create a hairstyle that will compliment and finish off the look• Book a beautician for your wedding day, if required

3 months before

• Send out the wedding invitations – you may have sent out ‘keep the day’ cards earlier

• Decide upon your wedding list, and make it available to all your wedding guests

• Advise your guests to book any overnight accommodation now while there is still availability• Confirm your ceremony details with either the registrar or the minister

• Decide upon your chosen wedding music or hymns

• Arrange for the ‘Order of Service’ sheets to be printed

• Buy gifts for the best man, ushers and bridesmaids

• Discuss the seating plan with the caterer/hotel

• Arrange to have any vaccinations done, if required

• Start to plan your hen and stag parties1 month before

• Arrange for a final fitting of your wedding dress

• Reconfirm the wedding arrangements with the reception venue

• Reconfirm the wedding arrangements with the caterer

• Reconfirm the wedding arrangements with the photographer

• Reconfirm the wedding arrangements with the florist

• Reconfirm the wedding arrangements with the company supplying the wedding transport

• Reconfirm the honeymoon arrangements

• Have the hen and stag nights

• Finalise the seating plan with the caterer/hotel

• Arrange a date for a wedding rehearsal, if required

• Telephone any guests who have not yet responded to your invitation

• Organise a date when you can pick up your wedding outfits

• Write the wedding speeches (groom, best man, father of the bride)

• Collect Orders of Service, menu and place cards

7 days before

• Have the wedding rehearsal

• Pack for your honeymoon

• Wear-in your wedding shoes. It will give brides who are not used to walking in high heels a chance to practice

• Organise with a close friend to have an emergency wedding kit, just for the bride, containing makeup and a repair kit for the wedding dress, so you can be ready for any minor hiccups through the day

• Order your foreign currency and /or travellers cheques

• Give the best man a list of all the wedding services involved in your wedding day, in case they need to be contacted

A RECENT REVIEW FROM A GROOM!

Hi Everyone

One of our Groom's Shaun has very kindly written this review for us - thank you Shaun!

In a word? Truelyfantasticallybrilliant!! Reviewer: shaun from Shrops

Jacqui and I were astounded by the brilliant photographs Julia and Martin took of our special day, they truly are fantastic! When we first saw Julia and Martin at the Shrewsbury wedding fayre, we both thought that they seemed very professional, yet very personal too. We both looked at other photographers at the fayre, yet once we met, Spinning Your Dreams were the only photographers that both Jacqui and I were going to be happy with, putting together memories of our special day in an album.

From the first meeting with them, we had no hesitation in booking them to do our wedding album, as it was then that we realised just how passionate they both were about making the day a very happy, memorable and stress free one. On the day itself, what can we say! It was a lovely warm day. They both showed just how much they love their work, and how much they care about their main couple. Julia and Martin weren't at all intrusive, bossy neither did they rush us about like a lot of other photographers we've seen.

The after care they both give their couples is second to none. We must say the mints and water as soon as we came out of the church took us both aback! That was just what we needed - we were parched! The whole day was a memorable one, and one of the most precious memories Jacqui and I will never forget is the kindness, professionalism, and complete understanding of our requirements they both showed us, this also goes for the after care with the utter patience they showed us.

The album was second to none! We are continually getting comments from people on how good it is. We recommend all who ask to Spinning Your Dreams. We also regularly look through the album, can’t get enough of it really!

If you are planning your Wedding - be it 2007 or 2008 or 2009 and we are getting enquiries for 2009! Please just give me a ring or email me! julia@spinningyourdreams.co.uk 01938 570069
Hoping to hear from you soon for a chat about your Wedding.

Warm regards. Julia
www.spinningyourdreams.co.uk

BESPOKE BRIDAL/WEDDING DRESS DESIGNER LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

Hi Everyone

Small reminder that we are booking fast for 2008 and if you do not want to miss out on having Spinning Your Dreams photograph your Wedding - Martin and I would suggest a quick call - just to see if we are available - we are disappointing couples already - especially for 8 August 2008 which is a hot spot! I am afraid that we do not have that date available. Don't leave it to the last minute or even to later this year - if you have your Wedding Date - ring me!

NEWS RELEASE - Hayley J - the Shrewsbury based bespoke bridal designer - has launched a fabulous new website - well worth a look. I have blogged about Hayley before and I have no hesitation in blogging again about Hayley!

How Brides want to feel on their Wedding Day has to be one of the 'dreams that must come true'. I can confirm that Hayley does deliver this dream as she designed my Wedding Gown back in 2003. Total perfection! What more can I say!

Make an appointment and go and experience that feeling all Brides relish - knowing that you will be wearing a unique - exclusively designed and beautifully made Wedding Dress on their Wedding Day. Worth any Bride's time to see what Hayley would suggest for your figure and colouring and make real your dream for how you would like to look on that Perfect Wedding Day!

Well, Easter approaches - Martin and I got married on Easter Sunday in 2003 so it is an anniversary for us but so is 20 April when we did get married!! Any excuse for a celebration!

Martin and I both hope that you have a peaceful and happy Easter - and although we have a Wedding on Saturday - you can always email me about your Wedding Photography and I will reply after Easter - or please give us a phone call and leave a message - I will phone you back!

All the best. Warm regards. Julia and Martin Webb

FABULOUS WEDDING VENUE

IF YOU HAVE TIME CHECK OUT THE DIRECTORY OF WEDDING BLOGS I HAVE PUBLISHED IN THE PAST FROM THE LIST OF ARCHIVED BLOGS. IF YOU CANNOT SEE THE LIST THEN PLEASE LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE AND THE LIST IS AVAILABLE IF YOU CLICK ON WEDDING BLOG

THE POST BEFORE THIS ONE WAS ABOUT OUR NEW ROWTON CASTLE ALBUM!

www.spinningyourdreams.co.uk

- IF YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THE ARCHIVED LIST ON THIS PAGE

- CLICK ON THEM!

ADVICE AND SUGGESTIONS FROM SOMEONE WHO IS

PASSIONATE ABOUT WEDDINGS!

Hi everyone

We are very pleased indeed to recommend a very lovely Wedding Venue to you. We are about a 30 minute drive from Delbury Hall and once booked always meet our couples there for the in-depth Briefing Meeting nearer the Wedding.

We photographed the first Wedding in The Coach House at Delbury Hall back in June 2006 and found it to be a really great place and a very private venue for a Wedding.


WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHS: The photographs on the flyer - which is used for the venue - are ours!

MORE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHS: More of our photographs are included in the downloadable brochure on the Country House Wedding Venues website.


We know that any couple choosing this venue would be very pleased indeed with the whole atmosphere and we know that guests are impressed because they have told us!

If you are still at the stage of looking at venues - don't miss out Delbury Hall. The first Wedding we photographed there was for a London couple and I know that they adored the place!

Phone the contact number 0845 200 5243 and go and see it. There is a lovely Church close by in Diddlebury!

Warm regards. Julia Webb part of the photographic team called Spinning Your Dreams - other part is husband Martin Webb!

www.spinningyourdreams.co.uk

NEW ROWTON CASTLE ALBUM - NEWS RELEASE!

Hi Everyone!

As I write this new blog the snow outside is deep and from the window today it was very pretty indeed!

I have two pieces of great news!

NUMBER ONE - OUR NEW SHOW ALBUM WHICH FEATURES ROWTON CASTLE, SHREWSBURY - THE 7TH MOST POPULAR CIVIL SERVICE VENUE IN THE UK!

Our new Show Album for Rowton Castle has arrived from New Zealand from our Album Creators - Queensberry [click on Queensberry to go to their website]. It is beautiful and if you are considering Rowton Castle please come and see us and we will show you this Album which is 15" x 12" and its cute total half copy. They both have a photographic cover of Rowton Castle in sepia. If your Venues are else where please still come and see this new Album as it gives the best possible idea of how we can draft and have created a totally bespoke designed Album which - if the feedback is anything to go by so far - has the WOW FACTOR! Come and see us - no obligation at all - to have a chat about your Wedding - and if you are considering Rowton Castle - which is so popular - you may be looking at 2008/2009 - don't leave it though come and see us. We live only about 15 minutes from Rowton Castle.

NUMBER TWO - The Author of the "WEDDING BIBLE" Sarah Haywood - whom I have quoted many times in my blog - with her full approval click on this link to go to her website - has just published THE WEDDING PLANNER - these 2 publications would be a marvellous addition to any Bride's preparation and planning filing system! The Wedding Bible is so packed with the best advice I have ever read about planning a wedding and The Wedding Planner lets you organise all your bits of paper and lists etc. All great mementos of your Wedding too! [by-the-way this is nothing more than me wanting to recommend the very best in my wedding blogs - which I aim to do all the time!]

Before I finish - I would like to post this testimonial from one of our Brides - these words are wonderful for us to read - if you have time please read Helen's words:

The photos made me cry...again and again!! Reviewer: Helen from Worcs

I have to say that the thing I was most nervous about when planning my wedding was choosing a photographer I felt that I could really trust with the most important part of the day (next to the ceremony that is). From the moment we met Julia and Martin I felt totally at ease and comfortable with them both, they understood what we wanted from our photos and I was so confident that I gave them our booking immediately, we didn't see anyone else, I didn't need to.

Julia was in constant contact with me on the run up to the wedding, organising a photo session at their home because I wanted a signature frame for our guests to sign, emailing to check I hadn't lost my mind and offering tons of advice, nothing was too much trouble for them.

On the big day, Julia and Martin were there from the start; Julia was on hand with her emergency kit, in case of any emergencies!! Throughout the 'before' photos, Julia was very calming and Martin was very funny, keeping us amused, proved by the numerous shots of me laughing my head off. During the ceremony, you would not have known they were there and the posed photos were done quickly and painlessly. The rest of the shots were reportage style as we had requested.

They stayed up until the first dance, and we genuinely were sorry to see them leave, they were so much a part of our day!! The photos were ready to review when we got back from our honeymoon, amazingly fast!! We were not prepared for the volume of shots that they had taken between them, over 800 pictures!! They were all amazing and it was hard to choose but we managed to select our favourites. 3 weeks later we met with Julia and Martin at home to view the layout of the album and it was beautiful, they let us have a say in how it was set out so it would be really personal.

We were so happy with it; I didn't think I could be happier.I was wrong. The album was ready for collection the week before Christmas and I travelled to Julia and Martins to see it. Martin was so excited; I swear he likes it more than me!!! When I opened the Queensberry case I was amazed by the photo cover, the tears came almost immediately!! The album really did tell our story, page by page, it captured the emotion, the happiness, the fun and lots of laughter!! We had a canvas wrap done too of our favourite photo, it sits on our wall and makes me smile every time I look at it!!

If I was asked to recommend one service to get right it would be the photos. You could not go wrong with Julia and Martin. They have become true friends to us and 3 months later I still email Julia nearly every day. Spinning Your Dreams really did create the album of our dreams, something to really cherish forever. Book them, it will be the best decision you make!!!
Helen & Jon Dolphin – The Albright Hussey 8th September 2006

I hope the snow is not causing you any problems - wishing you all a great weekend.

I hope to post blogs regularly as we approach the Wedding Season - please subscribe to the RSS FEED and they will come through to you automatically - I didn't know what a RSS FEED was before I started blogging 6 months ago! I don't see who is subscribing just how many are! :-) You can click on this as a link to the RSS FEED or go to our website and go to RSS FEED!

Warmest regards. Julia :-)

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

WISHING YOU ALL A FABULOUS 2007!

I hope that you all had a great Christmas. We had Weddings right up to Christmas and two between Christmas and New Year which was lovely – it was so enjoyable to be in the hotels all decked out for the festive season.

For those of you who have a Wedding in 2007 and perhaps planning one for 2008 or even 2009 – I hope that you feel energised to continue or embark on the massive planning. Since having an advertisment in Bride and Vogue - we now have Weddings booked all over the Midlands and further a field too. Don't give our location [20 mins from Shrewsbury] a second thought - we travel where ever we are wanted! We are 10 minutes from Rowton Castle - where we love working and also 25 minutes from the Albright Hussey - again a very favourite venue of ours - as we got married there in 2003! Last year we found ourselves in Essex and Cheshire and on the Welsh Coast too!

TO HELP WITH YOUR PLANNING:

I would like to recommend two publications to you which would help you so much - The Wedding Bible [£25] and The Wedding Bible Planner [£25] both written by Sarah Haywood. I would say that the money invested in these two publications would be very well spent indeed. The Wedding Bible and the Planner would make great mementos of your Wedding Planning months – I didn’t have the Wedding Bible for Martin’s and my Wedding in 2003 – I wish I had. I have now bought it and I regularly quote it in my blogs.

Wedding Bible author Sarah Haywood is the ‘Wedding Doctor’. She regularly appears on television and radio in the UK and abroad and her weddings are featured in bridal and celebrity magazines. Her clients range from high-spend celebrities and aristocrats to those looking for glamour and style on a limited budget.

A former journalist and TV news presenter Sarah now works alongside some of the best known names and companies in the wedding business; bridal designers, couture houses and the fashion famous, celebrity hairdressers and make-up artists, top photographers and videographers, leading hotels and country houses and florists to royalty and the stars. Many of them are featured in her books.

Sarah has very kindly added us to her Website Links as ‘People She Likes’.

PRIORITIES:

You may have a top six priorities which you would like to get booked or confirmed as soon as possible for your Wedding. I hope that one of them is your Wedding Photographers! Hopefully your list looks like this:

Wedding Date
Wedding Venues
Wedding Photographers
Wedding Dress
Wedding Party – bestman, bridesmaids and ushers
Wedding Flowers

During January and February - which are a little less busy for us - we would be delighted to meet you here informally at our home - just as a fact finding meeting for you both. We can talk about your Wedding and your Wedding Photography and show you our fabulous Queensberry Albums.

OUR EXCLUSIVE AND UNIQUE ALBUMS:

Our Album Partners are Queensberry of New Zealand and they are virtually the best in the world. The options are so wide ranging - that you can have what you want. Traditionally, Digital or both within your own unique Album.

We have a display album at The Albright Hussey and one will be in Rowton Castle by the end of January.

Give me a ring [01938] 580055 – check with me that we are available on your Wedding Date - tell me your thoughts for your Wedding Photography and we can make a time for you to come and spend an hour or so with us - we will give you a package of information to take away and consider in your own time.

If you have time - please read my blogs from 2006 - full of tips and advice on planning your Wedding. If Martin and I were not called SPINNING YOUR DREAMS I think we would be called WEDDINGS R US! We are passionate about Weddings.

Again, Happy New Year to you all. Very best wishes,

Julia - one half of the duo - Julia and Martin Webb aka Spinning Your Dreams!

Words we love to hear!

I haven't got to grips with Dreamweaver yet to publish on our site - it is a January project! So I am posting 2 messages from Claire & John and Teresa and Will [Mr and Mrs Whitfield] because the words mean so much to us!

Hi Julia and Martin

We just wanted to say a massive thank you for our Wedding Album. We cannot put in words how pleased we both are with it. You have captured our day perfectly. We are so proud to show people, they all comment on how different it is and are blown away by the quality and everybody, including us are so impressed. Your passion for what you do makes you perfect for wedding photography, you wanted everything to be as perfect as we did!

We wish you both every success in the future, not that you will need it, your pure hard work and dedication will ensure that!

Thank you once again for everything.

Claire & John xxxx
Albrighton Hall Hotel 5 August 2006

Hi both

We got back today and the first thing we did was look at the photos. They are wonderful. The more you look at them, they just get better and better. We love them.

I have copied them over to my computer so we can go through and pick out our favourites.....where do we start????

You captured our day perfectly and I think we may need your help with the final choices for our album. I have turned a few of them into black and white and they are just stunning!!!

I'm off to look at them again.

Lots of love

Mr & Mrs Whitfield xxxx
Skenfirth Near Abergavenny 25 November 2006

I've had many more over the last months but been a bit busy to publish - they will find themselves on our website soon! Warm regards. Julia

What are you doing in January?

Hi there!

If you are planning your Wedding - be it for 2007 - 2008 or 2009 you may be buying the Bridal Magazines out there for inspiration! Catch our advert in Bride and also in Vogue in January's issue.

Martin and I know it can be a little anticlimactic after Christmas - it is also a great chance to start getting all your boxes ticked and organising all your suppliers for your 2007 Wedding - even your 2008/9 Wedding - look at our Venues pages for ideas.

We are not as busy in January as we are during the rest of the year and it would be a really wonderful opportunity to use those free Saturdays and Sundays to welcome couples to our home and have a good chat about their Weddings and show them our truly beautiful display Albums from Queensberry - New Zealand.

We have just put a new fabulous display album in The Albright Hussey Manor Hotel in Shrewsbury [25 mins from us] - if you have a chance over Christmas and the New Year - go and have a look - it is in the lounge. You may consider the Albright Hussey for your Wedding Venue!

We will also have a great new display Album in Rowton Castle Hotel near Shrewsbury [and 15 mins from us] maybe before Christmas but definitely in the New Year. Again - go and have a look - it will be in the lounge. Rowton Castle - a wonderful Wedding Venue too!

So we believe January can be a time for getting things moving with your 2007 or 2008 or 2009 Wedding. We are getting booked up for 2007 and a quick ring to me will see if we are available on your date. We could put a date in our diaries for a meeting when we could all have a chat for an hour or so about your Wedding. No obligation - just to meet and see what your ideas are for your Big Day!

We'd love to hear from you - please ring any time - if you don't get us leave a message and we will ring you back. Or please email julia@spinningyourdreams.co.uk

Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Fantastic 2007!

Warm regards. Julia and Martin Webb - Spinning Your Dreams - "the best way to remember!"

Words from a Groom

Hi everyone - I haven't been blogging of late - Martin and I have had a very busy summer season which has been great! We are now going into our Autumn/Winter Season and I just thought I would post a blog!

We were pleased to be the first photographers to shoot a Wedding at The Coach House at Delbury Hall near Craven Arms, Shropshire back in June. It is a beautiful setting and such a fabulous private venue for a Wedding. We had a wonderful day with Sarah and Fraser and Fraser has very kindly written these words which I thought I would share with you as we have not scheduled an update of our website yet and this testimonial will go on the website then! Fraser - we are sure - would be pleased to talk to any prospective couples on the phone if they wanted to speak to him!

Martin and Julia of Spinning Your Dreams provide one of the best services I have ever experienced in any industry. I cannot recommend them highly enough as wedding photographers. They provided a product that stands out from other photographers, they provided it with a professional attitude, their attitude was extraordinarily supportive, and they demonstrated commitment to ensuring that our wedding day was how we wanted it.

In terms of product, we were offered full day coverage, with reportage and formal photographs, from the start of the day until the first dance. It is important to note that you get two photographers with Spinning Your Dreams. This gives you a much better chance of collecting great candid shots from even the most camera shy guest , as the guests relax once the most obvious photographer has shot a photo, and the second photographer gets a great shot from another angle. We had a huge number of photographs to choose from.

The album choice is phenomenal. There are a huge variety of album covers, formats, and options for each page of the album.

Professionally, all our queries were responded to quickly, and we had every confidence at every stage in the performance of Spinning Your Dreams. In a marked difference form many wedding contractors, the original prices are clear and do not hide any VAT or other costs that can blow your budget.

One striking aspect was that Martin and Julia encouraged other photographers amongst the guests to get any shots they wanted. Martin's explanation for this - offered before the wedding - is his confidence that Spinning Your Dreams can offer photographs that amateur photographers will not have the skills to capture. This meant that all the guests were able to participate. In one or two incidents, Martin even agreed to snap a group shot with other people's cameras. While this was a slightly cheeky request from our guests, it shows just how friendly and accommodating Martin and Julia are.

Finally, Martin and Julia make you feel very special. That is difficult to explain - but if you meet them, you will understand how they can help you feel like the most important people in the world on your wedding day.

Sarah and Fraser - 15 June 2006 - Delbury Hall, Shropshire

Sarah and Fraser wanted a very relaxed day and photojournalistic coverage where their photographs were concerned. They fully briefed us and that is indeed what we did for them.

If you have booked your Wedding Date and Venue for 2007-2008. I would encourage you to get in touch with us if you would like us to be there on your Wedding Day and on your Team for that day!

Between June and September next year we only have five Saturdays left!