ANNIE KENNEDY

Melanie and Joseph - Wedding - pt2

Here are some portraits we took after the ceremony. I couldn't have wished for a better location:

Part 3 is coming soon! :)

Melanie and Joseph - Wedding - pt1

So I've been waiting a long time to post this one!!! :)

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31.10.2006

Melanie was featured by Myspace.com as a "Cool New Person"

The Australian beauty captured Joseph's attention.

And so begins the story of...

Joseph and Melanie

Since then they have flown more than

176,000

kilometres to share a kiss here and there.

They've run up phone bills with more than

3000

hours of international talk time.

They've worn out at least

computers.

And after

years

months

and

days

they will be...

MARRIED

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(That was from their video invitation:)) Joseph contacted me about being their photographer while he was still living in Arizona, trying to move half way around the world to be with Melanie and her two daughters Malia and Angela.

They were married 20.10.2010 at Fingal Head lighthouse with just me and my Dad as witnesses. It was sweet and lovely, and I took so many photos that I want to share that I will have to put them into two or three posts. :)

The day started at the Mantra on Salt Beach resort. I had so many photos I decided to try my hand at collages. I like what I came up with :) I'll start with a bit of bling. The weddings rings are from Israel and engraved in Hebrew with "I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine." (From Song of Songs 2:16)

Melanie got herself and the girls ready:

These next two of the girls getting their earrings are probably my favourite of the day. I fell in love with black and white photos over again and again with this shoot. This is Angela:

And this is Malia:

While the girls kept getting ready, I ducked next door to see how Joseph was going and did some portraits of him:

Then I went back and found the girls all ready to pose :) (Melanie's mother made all three dresses! And Melanie made the beaded tie around her dress:))

They had helped Melanie make this ribbon:

At this point we were running out of time and needed to get to the lighthouse, so I snapped a couple of Melanie and we got going:

Arrival:

This location was priceless. Quickly before we started I took a few more portraits of Melanie:

Getting married:

Married!:

These next two are also my favourties :)

And I'll be back soon with more! :) :) :)

WE HAVE A WINNER

The winner of the Such Delights giveaway is...

...

STEPHANIE!!! :) :) :)

Congratulations!!!

Stephanie is a wonderful artist and also has a blog about her adventures as an artist, wife and mum :) Go on and check out her work and say hi and congratulations to her!!! :)

To everyone who entered thank you so much for all your lovely comments. I have found a lot of new blogs that I love and will be checking regularly - and I hope you will come back and visit me again soon! I hope to do many more giveaways because this one was SO MUCH FUN!!! :)

Don't forget there are still many delights for sale so please email me if you are interested in purchasing one or many!!! I made special page for them in my top menu bar so they will be here until they've all found lovely homes :)

Stephanie I will be in touch to find out which delight is going where! :)

Thanks so much again to everyone for commenting, and thank you again to Mandy for reviewing me on her beautiful blog - She Breathes Deeply. :) :) :)

xo

GIVEAWAY

***THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED***

There's still a chance to get your entries in! Anyone and everyone from anywhere and everywhere can enter so don't be shy! :) I have appreciated all the lovely comments so far and it has been fun reading all of your blogs!

Don't forget you can also purchase any of the necklaces featured in this giveaway. They come sweetly packaged and would make lovely little Christmas gifts or stocking stuffers! :) :) :)

Once the giveaway is over and the winner is announced I have an awesome wedding that I can't wait to post!

Good luck to everyone who has or is going to enter! I can't wait until Friday! :) :) :)

Such Delights and a GIVEAWAY!!!

***THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED***

Hi everyone! :)

I have been planning this for a LONG time, and I'm so excited for today!!!

As many of you may already know, I love to make jewellery. I used to do it a lot more often (back when I could afford it! :)), but this past year has been dedicated to my photography, so I had to put jewellery on the back burner, or, more literally, in a drawer where I can't see the mess! :)

It made me a little sad to think of all my beautiful beads and charms being stored away, waiting for the day when I can afford to completely set myself up a silversmithing studio workspace, so I decided to clean out the drawer -- and this is where you can benefit!

I bought a bunch of beautiful, delicate sterling silver chains and strung up every sterling silver charm I had left and a few special beads just crying for a home and named the line Such Delights (from Song of Songs 7:6) :)

Each beaded delight I am selling for $10, and each charm necklace I am selling for $15. Payments can be made safely through PayPal, and prices are in Australian dollars. If you are interested in purchasing a necklace please email me your location and I will let you know postage costs, which shouldn't be more (or much more) than $3.

The money will help me send off a Christmas gift package to the girls at the She Dances house in Honduras. Please go to their website and have a look around. If you are interested, you can donate to them in many different ways, through finances, gifts, and helping to spread the word! :)

Right, now to the

***GIVEAWAY***

part!!! :)

Everyone who leaves a comment here will go into the draw to win a necklace of your choice, shipped anywhere in the world! :) I love to meet new people and bloggers so don't be shy, say hello and be sure to leave me your email address in case you win! One entry per person is allowed, and I will pick a random name in 10 days, so 12 noon on the 12th of November (Australian Eastern Standard Time).

I will also be featured on my friend Mandy's blog: She Breathes Deeply, so be sure to go on over and say hi, because she is a lovely person and has an amazing blog. Thanks so much for reviewing my work Mandy! :)

So, here they are! :) :) :)

(Click on each image for a larger version -- I also apologise that some of the charms seem pinkish: I was wearing a red shirt while photographing them. Not a good idea!)