Christmas comes but once each year and dear reader it's almost within touching distance isn't it, can you feel the magic and the wonder just around the corner, it's actually Christmas next week, I can't quite believe that.

I'm in that lovely phase of my business now where it's all about getting those last orders out there and winding down so that I too can enjoy that precious family moments with my friends and children.  I can't wait to go to Edinburgh next week, going on the 23rd means we'll see Edinburgh at it's most festive and I can't wait to have afternoon tea at the Dome.

So it's my time to say thank you, my time to give out a little festive treat so for 72 hours just call me Santa...

For 72 hours only you can buy a gift certificate (or multiple gift certificates) for a £75 session for only £35, that's better than half price!!

You can use the voucher for a session on location or at home, for newborn, maternity, kids, family, whatever you like really, the only stipulation is that if you are more than 10 miles away and live somewhere that's tricky to get to you may incur a little in the way of travel expenses but if you think that's you get in touch and I can give you a clearer idea.  In most cases it's not going to happen but if you live in a village at the top of a hill in the middle of Northumberland it might just be a teeny bit more!!

The vouchers are valid until January 2017 so that's loads of time to use them and if you've just had this years photo shoot and loved it why not buy one and then that's next years spring/summer/autumn/winter photo shoots all sorted and it's not even Christmas!!

I'm also giving one lucky person a voucher to use as and when they wish, all you need to do is share this facebook post with friends and family and leave me a comment and I'll draw one person at random tomorrow just after 8am.

To buy a voucher all you need to do is email me and I can sort that out for you, it's the best last minute gift to yourself or others and it's all done by email, it's an E Voucher so no worrying about Christmas post, it can be sorted out in less than 5 minutes which I think you'll agree that at Christmas we all need a time saving activity.

Husbands, your wife wants one, mommas, point your other halves at this page and just drop a few hints and this year you might just get the best present ever!!  Because beautiful photos of your family, well that really is the best present and it lasts forever, unlike socks, a Susan Boyle CD or smelly things that bring you out in a rash!

To buy your voucher now send me an email

Groceries, Business, Christmas and Facebook Unfriending

Well good morning to you dear reader, it's Wednesday again, aka hump day (fnar fnar) and what do I have in my schedule?  A photo shoot with an adorable little one in Jesmond Dene and I will be awaiting with eager anticipation my grocery order, my Waitrose driver was so delighted to see me last week "Mrs Charlton, I haven't seen you for ages" he said and that dear reader is why I get my shopping delivered by them.  I was going to sample another supermarket but what a faff it is to actually set up your shopping from the beginning whereas because I'd used Waitrose before I could just go into an old order click everything I wanted and then add other things, I did my Christmas grocery order at the same time, just a warning if you are thinking you might want to do the same, the Christmas delivery slots were already gone, the latest I could get was the 22nd but that's ok, we'll cope I'm sure!

Not wanting to spend an entire blog post talking about my grocery shopping habits, it's well, erm, a bit boring but if I'm honest there's not really a lot going on apart from hard work and enjoying being with the kids when they're around, it's become a quiet period of my life and I for one couldn't be more delighted about that, seriously a few years without any drama whatsoever will be just what the doctor ordered.

Business is incredibly busy and you should note if you want to book a photo shoot that the last order date to guarantee your prints arrive before Santa does is the 15th of December, any orders placed after that date will be available for collection from me in Heaton so there's always the chance you could have a photo shoot on the 20/21st of December and still have prints as long as you can pop down to collect them, I promise to give you some festive sweeties or a mince pie, it is the loveliest time of the year after all.

I realise of course that Christmas is the time of year when many families are together for maybe the only time that year so if you would like to book a photo shoot during my Christmas break please do get in touch, all photo shoots during this time will be from £40 depending on the location you choose.

Finally, I was on my iPad last night when I stumbled across the fact that it's much easier to have a Facebook clearout than ever before, it's literally one click and so I had the biggest clearout ever, I noticed this morning that I'm still on about 750 friends but that's a marked improvement, tidy Facebook, tidy mind people!!

So off you go dear reader, skip and hop all of the way through Wednesday and whatever you do make sure that it's a wonderful thing indeed!