Alton castle is in the village of Alton, Staffordshire. The castle is also known as or referred to in historical documents as Alverton or Aulton. The remains of the castle have been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. It is also a scheduled ancient monument.

Alton Castle was founded by Bertram de Verdon and built on a rocky precipice overlooking the River Churnet in the 12th century. It was substantially reconstructed during the 15th century and subsequently was damaged during the Civil War. In 1847 it was significantly reconstructed by the Catholic architect Augustus Pugin as a Gothic country house for the 16th Earl of Shrewsbury

It's an amazing venue with beautiful surroundings.

Let's hope for some lovely weather!

Now and Forever wedding cars, L.A.Collections Photography will be there.

Steve and I will be there representing our sister company The Guild of Photographers. Our day will be spent training photographers in different aspects of the photographic scene along with Paul Hayley & Phil Drinkwater. I hope the weather stays fine?

You only have to walk down the high street to witness this – clothes, furniture, jewellery and many more. So it doesn't come to much of a shock to know more and more brides have used it to be the theme of their up and coming wedding. 

www.myvintagevwwedding.co.uk  offer a stylish, vintage ride for your big day with their 1954 and 1965 VW Beetles. If you love all things vintage, their range of pretty, mismatched china, available for hire, may also be perfect for your wedding day!

 www.vwoccasion.co.uk  – have a fantastic VW campervan to hire for any vintage wedding.

We had a great day at the www.thestaffordshireweddingshow.co.uk last weekend. We met some lovely couples over the two days we were at Bridegmere and our very best wishes in the coming year to all of you who are getting hitched.

Kerry & Russ Lunn will celebrating their first anniversary this weekend. Have a great celebration!! Lesley x

I was there capturing photographs of our models. Rachel & Nik and their son Alfie,  Kerry with her son George, Ananstasia and Charlotte along with several members of  The Guild of Photographers who were there on a training day.

We had a great meal at lunch together, and is was good to network with everyone.

Thank you to every one, exhibitors, models and photographers who helped out on the day. Lesley ! x

Table dressing:-   www.poshfrock4chairs.co.uk     www.maileysevents.co.uk        www.wedding-rooms.co.uk     Disco/entertainment   www.cmsentertainments.com   Flowers:-  www.bloominwonderful.co.uk     www.floristsstokeontrent.com  Cars:-    www.aperfectdaywedcars.com  Cakes -  www.mandysweddingcakes.co.uk       www.thatspecialcake.co.uk  &     www.amertoncakes.co.uk    and the lovely Jessica Sutton will be playing her beautiful Harp www.jessicasutton.co.uk   and of course –  Lesley Ann of L.A.Collections

See you there!   Lesley x

We were discussing the importance of choosing a professional, qualified photographer to capture your wonderful wedding day. I am the director of www.photoguild.co.uk  which is a photographic association which is all about delivering quality to the customer.

We hold training days and we linked one of these days in with www.theupperhouse.com and www.thestaffordshireweddingshow.co.uk  to hold a informal photo shoot with a bride and groom on March 11th between 11am-3pm. It will be a chance for those brides and grooms who haven't yet booked their venue or other wedding suppliers including my good self to come along and have a look round.

Don't forget to put the date on your calendar!

Lesley x

The Upper House Hotel is steeped in local history, built in 1845 for Josiah Wedgwood’s grandson Francis it has been lovingly converted into a luxury character property.

An idealistic place for your wonderful wedding. The Upper House will be dressed for a wedding day with flowers, wedding cars, table settings. music and I will be there – so why not pop in and have a look round and if you want your photograph taken, just ask!

Free admission