Back in January, I worked on a shoot with a fab range of people from the Teeside/North Yorkshire area, the shoot was organised by Vicky Trainor, owner of the Vintage Drawer, and Becky Mitchell, fellow photographer. I had a great time and met some great people there.
So when Vicky announced she was holding a charity garden party aka business networking event at her home in Redcar, I jumped at the chance to attend. The event raised money for The Holistic Cancer Centre at the James Cook University Hospital in Teeside. Around 35 lovely ladies donned their summery outfits and made their way to Vicky's beautiful house. Vicky's house is an art in itself, her studio is amazing!!!
The garden was all decked out in bunting, a gazebo and some lovely little tables. Everything was so beautifully decorated and thought out. There was a table creaking under the weight of so many generous donations of raffle prizes, and an equally full table of food and a whole cake table.
It was a great afternoon, and I caught up with some fellow business folk, including Jo Leversuch (Make Up By Jo), Debbie Stogden (Photographer), Karen (Sweet Pea Events),
I also met some new faces, some who i've tweeted for a while and not yet met! Rachel (Little Darling Cake Company), Karen (King's Celebrant Services), Katy & Kirsty from Darling and Green Flowers.
The raffle was much anticipated, and people became rather competitive. Much laughs were had when some people won their own prizes, people supposed to be following Slimming World won a big cake, I won a bottle of brandy and I don't drink... I actually won two prizes (they let me swap the Brandy kindly!) A voucher for a handmade headband in the colour of my choice from What Katy Did Next and a china trio from Mrs Leaney's Vintage China Hire.
Thank you so much to Vicky and her helpers for organising such a great event, and thank you to everyone who donated prizes and made cake etc. It was a great day to remember and a real treat.
All photographs (C) Katie Byram Photography 2012. Please do not use without permission.
I have just squealed with excitement - thank you so much for documenting the day in such a wonderful way and for helping me treasure the memories!!! Here's to next years!... xxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteAwww thank you lovely thank you for such a fab day. I only decided last minute to bring my camera so glad I did! x
ReplyDeleteA wonderful day yesterday, the sun shone and plenty of cake was eaten. The images are just how the day was fun laughter and plenty of prizes to win. Excellent photos Katie.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jo! It was so nice to see you x
DeleteA really nice day yesterday...can't wait for next year! Next year I will realise we're being photographed and sit more elegantly! haha. Lovely pics. XX
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ReplyDeleteVery pleased to hear you were one of the winners of a trio from us (Mrs Leaney's Vintage China Hire)- if there's any colour you particularly like, just let me know- will send you an email in a mo to get your address etc xx
Looking forward to it :-)
DeleteHi Katie, great blog and lovely to meet you. Is it ok to share this on my facebook Page please! thanks Karen (King's Celebrant Services) xx
ReplyDeleteHi Karen, it was lovely to meet you. Feel free to share the link! :-) Thank you x
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