The Wedding Affair 'Rule Britannia'

So - the first real Wedding Affair blog. It feels quite monumental really and almost as if nothing I write will be worthy! Anyway, this will be the first of many posts where we share insights into our fabulous world of weddings.

I thought i'd start by showing you the results of a recent photoshoot held at Newburgh Priory, near York. Royal Wedding fever has been gripping the country since the date was announced and here at Wedding Affair Mansions it's no different. When we needed some photographs of a venue for promotional purposes we decided to push the boat out and have a Rule Britannia themed shoot, giving us the opportunity to showcase some of the fantastic suppliers we work with, whilst still indulging in our passion for all things Royal right now!

We turned up en masse at the very stunning Newburgh Priory and were blessed with beautiful sunshine and blue skies (despite it raining the days before and after the shoot). Photographers Jim Poyner and Joe Dodsworth were on hand to shoot anything that moved and boy, did they do this in style. What do you think? It's an impressive roll call of lovely suppliers involved on the day so here goes - Plush Bridal Boutique (beautiful dresses of course and suits!), Beauty Call Hair and Make-Up (making everyone look more gorgeous than they already were), HF Couture (lovely, pretty, sparkly jewellery), Ragdoll of Pudsey (wow MOTB wear), Homebaked Heaven (the most delicious Rule Britannia cupcakes), Superior Motor Cars (fab cars that we love!) and Alison Massingham Flowers (gorgeous bouquets).

Thank you also to Helen Jackson (Miss York 2008), Henry Richardson and Sean and Kim from The Model Experience for looking fabulous and helping to bring our ideas to life.

It is impossible to finish, of course, without sending Newburgh Priory a huge amount of Wedding Affair love for allowing us to run riot at this amazing venue. (They also let us borrow Widget, the rather handsome black labrador who was a bit of a superstar whenever a camera was pointed in his direction!).

I hope you've enjoyed this snippet of life at The Wedding Affair. Thank you to everyone who made this day possible for us - it was a huge amount of fun and Lisa, Chris and I can't wait to do it again. We'll let you know the details of our next photoshoot very soon but in the meantime, why don't you visit our website - www.theweddingaffair.co.uk where you can see more photo's from the day as well as bucketloads of useful information, tips and ideas! Oh, and I think I may just have been bitten by the blogging bug now - so watch out for more coming very soon.

Photo's used here are courtesy of Jim Poyner Photography.