the introducing page..

So.. I decided to start a new feature.. The Introducing Page.. where I would shout from the rooftops about peeps oozing with talent.. well.. my second post in this series is all about one of my gorgeous brides... Ms Veronica Dearly!  This lady blew me away with her beautifully colourful and individual wedding and her and her husband Craig have become good friends.. so much so that they call our house their 'Birmingham Holiday Home' and we've had many a good nights with the pair of them.. but what is this girl's talent I hear you ask.. well.. feast your eyes on this yummy lot..

I am a self taught illustrator and designer living near Windsor. I love handwriting and sweet drawings and use them to create light-hearted wedding stationery and greetings cards that I hope will make people smile. 

I love creating fun illustrated works that make you want to keep reading, and have been inspired by tonnes of things from old-fashion fortune telling to modern infographics. 

I use ink on paper to draw and hand-letter wedding stationery from my own "off the peg" ranges and also offer a bespoke service for couples who have their own idea of what they want. 

Creating a "Wedding Planning" booklet to give out at wedding fairs gave me the idea to create "helpful greetings" cards for the newly engaged, as well as newlyweds and new parents, containing useful, friendly and hopefully vaguely amusing information inside that they may be in need of. 

Ronnie sent me a Birthday pressie recently and it is now most definitely my favourite mug ever.. combining eggs and tea is the way to this girl's heart.. :)

She also has the loveliest prints and iPhone covers too!

 ..and if you're recently engaged then I'm sure this will come in pretty handy!!

I love this lady to bits.. even more than unicorns and rainbows...

Go check Ronnie's shop out now.. and Ronnie has kindly offered all you lovely lot 15% off until the end of April using the code SUPERNEWFRIEND.. wahooo!  You definitely need that 'You are a very good egg' mug in your life.

bridal flair... {hayley restall}

This is my first post (of hopefully many) where I introduce the wonderful talents that my beautiful brides (and handsome grooms) have which I think would be a shame not to shout about. I've been so lucky to photograph the most wonderful couples and more often than not they have amazingly creative talents so first up is the most gorgeous illustrator... Ms Hayley Restall (now Mrs Lockyer).... :)

I love to scribble. And I do mean scribble as I like my drawings to be messy and a bit weird. My favourite things to draw are quirky situations and slightly odd looking people, closely followed by children and trees. Inspiration can come from anywhere but I do think that the best things are right under your nose. The mum in the high street using a multipack of crisps for her baby's pillow. The lady in the train station, hell bent on telling you how many times her husband goes to the toilet. Drunk people, show offs, and expressionless children. You just have to have your radar tuned to the right frequency.

I have a particular fondness for newsprint and coloured pens. No magazine is safe from the enthusiasm of my scissors and I am constantly adding to my towering pile of pretty patterns. It's the best feeling when you're hunched over a piece of paper, scribbling away, cutting, gluing, sticking, and finally you sit back and look at what you've done and there it is, blinking back at you, saying "Oh, hi. What now?".

I live in Kent with my husband, my daughter, my cat and my coffee habit.

www.hayleyrestall.com