I first met Donna and Andrew back in November when I shot their pre wedding shoot down on the Quayside in Newcastle upon Tyne and I knew after that first meeting that we were going to have a lot of fun together.

The thing is that Donna and Andrew are gigglers, they laugh all the time and I think thats probably what makes their relationship so special. So on with todays photos...



See, I told you she was a giggler!



A beautiful and very cute flowergirl.
No photos were allowed inside the chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latterday Saints so I'm skipping quickly onwards to...


Married and confetti everywhere, seriously these guys brought the most confetti I've ever seen!


In front of the Wedding car which incidentally was the same gorgeous wedding car as last week, I adore this car, I wish I could have a drive around in it!


Driving behind the wedding car on the way to the Elephant on the Tyne


The cake was completely unique and made by the lady who's husband drives the wedding car!



Looking gorgeous in the gown which she was fated to wear, she knew instantly when she saw it that it was the one she had to have.



Dancing down by the river Tyne


Sharing a moment of true love.


Looking out over a very cold river tyne, it was seriously chilly today.


In love and Happy, what more could you ask for.

If you want to be notified when Donna and Andrews wedding gallery is live and online please send an email to mandycharlton@aol.com

Donna and Andrew, may you have a wonderful time in Egypt and may your life together always be as joyous and fun as it is now.

Blackpool - The Return of the Charltons

We had an absolutely brilliant day, spent a fortune, spoilt the children rotten and partook in pretty much everything that is Blackpool.

More tommorrow, just wanted to post a quintisentially british Seaside photo!

Oh and yes it is 2am, we didn't get home until just after 12.30am, thank goodness Tommorrow is Sunday!!!

Why So Sad?

After 3 months of no scrapping it was nice to have a spare couple of hours this afternoon to enjoy the thing which lead me to where I am today :) Yes it's that photo I was showing the other day which I texturised. I know she looks sad and that of course is the name of the layout but in actuality and if you read the journalling, she was actually just distracted watching TV, LOL thats children for you :D

It feels good to have scrapped this afternoon!!

One of the nicest things about being a wedding photographer...

Is meeting so many wonderful couples and getting to enjoy the celebration of their love, I love this moment from Stuart and Michelles wedding where she was looking on as he made his speech.

I have a little downtime today whilst I prepare for tommorrows wedding so I'm catching up on getting ready some photos for despatch and another batch edited also! I also need to go to the local organic shop to get some more groceries as my husband would have us beleive that we have no food in the house even though the fridge is full of organic vegetables, in the next sentence he says he needs to eat better and I lovingly remind him that if he didn't complain say there was nothing in the fridge and then ask for take-away pizza (which BTW he didn't get, I made him Pitta pockets with tuna and organic gubbins)this wouldn't even be an issue. I'm really clamping down on proper eating this week as I want to get the children back on track for starting school next week. I have to say I let it slip a little during the holidays and didn't complain too much when they asked for sweets and constant ice-pops but this week it's back to fruit, vegetables and plenty of organic rice, pasta and other lovely gubbins. We are lucky to have an award winning organic far shop literally just around the corner. We've been shopping at The Honey Tree since we moved here and it's really the best reason I have for not moving away in the near future, also we now get an organic grocery box every friday from North country organics, this little wonder comes with all the vegetables and fruit you need (to feed an army) for a week plus meat, milk, eggs and bread and all for a bargain £39.99, mmmmmm, I love it!!

One of the nicest couples

I've met so far on my journey as a wedding photographer up here in Newcastle is these two, I was at their house yesterday doing a few extra photos for the wedding album, it's quite normal these days to have a bridal shoot which gives brides (and grooms) a chance to get dressed up again but in a much more relaxed setting. Some people even go so far as to Trash the Dress! If you're interested in a wedding photography package or bridal shoot don't forget to check out the website. Oh and don't forget there's also that chance to win your wedding album if you book a wedding photography package before the 30th of September.

So after that packed day with no less than 3 photoshoots yesterday what am I up to today I hear you ask? Well sadly it's not even half as exciting though would you think me strange if I said that my new Bissell deep cleaning carpet cleaner arrived and today I plan to wash all the carpets!!!