Author: Becky

If you would like photographs for the holidays (think Christmas gifts!), we need to plan your sessions now! Ideally, you should schedule family portrait sessions for August, September or early October. This would allow you time to get your photographs, frames and Christmas cards back in time for the holiday season. No orders placed in December can be guaranteed for holiday delivery.
We are also full for 2007 weddings and booking 2008 weddings!

Since our photography style encourages variety, we decided our albums should, too! We have expanded our current album options for clients. We had been offering three different styles, in various sizes. We have broadened that to include three all new album lines. We want each and every album to showcase the personality of the people that are in it, and there is no better way than to give people the choice in how the photographs are shown! We’ll show you all the options the next time you come in!

Becky is part of the Women at Work feature in the July issue of local Madison-based Brava magazine. This is the second time she has been in the feature, first in June of 2005 for ‘women in the wedding business’, and now for ‘women in photography’. Check out the feature on page 72!

We will be at the Wedding Planner and Guide summer bridal show this week. The summer show is on Thursday, June 7th, at the Marriott Madison West. The show runs from 4:00pm to 9:00pm. Ticket information and details can be found on the WP&G website, wedplan.com. Come see us at our booths #202, by the front entrance, or at #417, near the fashion show. We would love to meet you and chat about your upcoming wedding! We will have albums to show the style of work that we do and will be offering an incentive to those that book their wedding date on Thursday. If you have already chosen Appleby Photography to capture your day, feel free to stop by and say hi!

My grandmother is an amazing baker. There have been plenty of blue ribbons at the local fair. She often doesn’t even use a recipe, just going by “feel.” Her apple pie is no different.

Chris has declared her pie as the best he’s ever had. And since there is no one else that knows how to make it, it was decided that I needed to learn how to carry on her tradition.

This weekend, I learned how to make Grandma Appleby’s homemade apple pie. (Of course, the true test will be making it at home, alone!) Grandma has been making, and perfecting, her pie and pie crust for 60 years. There is no recipe and Grandma does not use measuring cups or spoons. When Grandma says, “a smidge,” she means a “coffee cup full.” It is all done by feel and by memory. I tried to write down the “recipe” as we prepped and baked, but there will probably need to be adjustments.

We will be having a lot of dessert as practice!