Hey Guys & Dolls,
Ok so the heading is a little misleading as there isn't actually a winter wedding at the moment but I am hoping and keeping everything crossed that within the next couple of years I will get to be a bridesmaid at a winter wedding!
Much of the weekend was spent discussing clothing options for said fantasy nuptials and I have narrowed down my potential frock to two numbers. I know I am a little crazy in doing this but I love planning weddings and it's an excuse to look at pretty dresses.
My criteria for the potential bridesmaid dress was that it had to have a 1940's/1950's silhouette, the dress must be calf length and the colour a rich jewel tone. The suitors are as follows, the stunning Wicked Lady dress in the Kingfisher colour http://www.ablegrable.com/dress/category/custom (Check out the Miss Ann Darrow dress for the colours I mean) and the Vivien of Holloway 1950's swing dress in Dark Green. http://www.vivienofholloway.com/1950s-Halterneck-Satin/1950s-Halterneck-Dark-Green-Satin-Dress.html
Decisions decisions, ultimately I will probably end up buying both and choose something completely different by the time the nuptials come round!
Until next time
VDB xx
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Photoshoot Hell
Hey Guys & Dolls,
If any of you ready my blog prior to me deleting it you may recall that I had bought my friend a photo shoot for her birthday and I was to accompany her for the experience.
Unfortunately the experiance was not one that was happy. I wasn't partiuclarly enamoured at the thought of having my photo taken anyway and my thoughts on the whole debacle now are not particularly savoury!
It started off bad (customer service was shocking!) and had rapidly declined by the time it came to having my hair "styled" by the stylist. I don't mean to be rude and those of you that know me personally will know that I am actually quite shy but I was horrified at what the woman had done my hair, and I told her so. She didn't even brush it for god's sake, just randomly started curling sections of hair (those of you with baby fine hair like myself will know that those curls will never last!). She was most put out that I had said that I didn't like what she had done and proceeded to sulk. I ended up styling my own hair!
The photoshoot itself wasn't all bad except that the memory card lost a set of photos half way through and when we came to re-shoot the missing photos the photographer got the outfits and setting wrong so we ended up with duplicates and none of the actual studio photos.
The clincher was when we came to "purchase" said photos. I got home after making my selection to discover that the photos I had paid for were non-exsistent! To say I was furious was an understatment.
I have now spent 3 days trying to resolve the issue. The company have admitted they messed up and when I asked for my money back they turned around and had the cheek to say that the company doesn't offer refunds and you can never prove that we overcharged you anyway! Are all photographers this down right rude? It has seriously put me off ever having anything like this done again if this is the attitude we can expect.
Needless to say I think I have now resolved the issue and I should be in posession of my missing prints by the end of this week however I will never recommend this company to anyone.
On a positive note the rest of the weekend was a blast! Champagne and cocktails all the way plus a fantastic evening spent at the Cellar Door (in it's previous inacranation the bar was a gentleman's public toilet in theatreland and a reputed haunt of Oscar Wilde among many!) with the fabulous Little Beau Peep and Pete Saunders for entertainment.
That's it for now
VDB xx
If any of you ready my blog prior to me deleting it you may recall that I had bought my friend a photo shoot for her birthday and I was to accompany her for the experience.
Unfortunately the experiance was not one that was happy. I wasn't partiuclarly enamoured at the thought of having my photo taken anyway and my thoughts on the whole debacle now are not particularly savoury!
It started off bad (customer service was shocking!) and had rapidly declined by the time it came to having my hair "styled" by the stylist. I don't mean to be rude and those of you that know me personally will know that I am actually quite shy but I was horrified at what the woman had done my hair, and I told her so. She didn't even brush it for god's sake, just randomly started curling sections of hair (those of you with baby fine hair like myself will know that those curls will never last!). She was most put out that I had said that I didn't like what she had done and proceeded to sulk. I ended up styling my own hair!
The photoshoot itself wasn't all bad except that the memory card lost a set of photos half way through and when we came to re-shoot the missing photos the photographer got the outfits and setting wrong so we ended up with duplicates and none of the actual studio photos.
The clincher was when we came to "purchase" said photos. I got home after making my selection to discover that the photos I had paid for were non-exsistent! To say I was furious was an understatment.
I have now spent 3 days trying to resolve the issue. The company have admitted they messed up and when I asked for my money back they turned around and had the cheek to say that the company doesn't offer refunds and you can never prove that we overcharged you anyway! Are all photographers this down right rude? It has seriously put me off ever having anything like this done again if this is the attitude we can expect.
Needless to say I think I have now resolved the issue and I should be in posession of my missing prints by the end of this week however I will never recommend this company to anyone.
On a positive note the rest of the weekend was a blast! Champagne and cocktails all the way plus a fantastic evening spent at the Cellar Door (in it's previous inacranation the bar was a gentleman's public toilet in theatreland and a reputed haunt of Oscar Wilde among many!) with the fabulous Little Beau Peep and Pete Saunders for entertainment.
That's it for now
VDB xx
Back Again!
Hey Guys and Dolls,
I deleted my blog last week as I was struggling to find time to update it every week but was missing having a space to vent about my daily life so have decided to come back for round 2!
Unfortunately I lost all my previous postings so I'm starting again from scratch.
For now...
VDB (Vintage Dolly Bird) xx
I deleted my blog last week as I was struggling to find time to update it every week but was missing having a space to vent about my daily life so have decided to come back for round 2!
Unfortunately I lost all my previous postings so I'm starting again from scratch.
For now...
VDB (Vintage Dolly Bird) xx
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