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February 10, 2013
I don't know if you've heard, but these little colourful balls of joy have been getting a slightly bad rep of late. Brides love them, bloggers love them, but some wedding suppliers are (so I've been told) a little over them. We've all seen them styled in the same old same old way over and over so I can see their point. It can be slightly tiresome.Read more...
December 9, 2012
There are Christmas gift guides a-plenty around the interwebz at this time of year. But that hasn't stopped me getting in on the action! We're planning on decorating our living room a tealy greeny colour (once we can finally agree on some wallpaper - seriously, this is testing our relationship!) so needless to say I'm having a moment with it all...Read more...
November 25, 2012
I don't wish to alarm you, but Christmas is one month today!! Argh! And nope, I haven't started my shopping yet either. So today, I thought I'd share with you some of the things on my Christmas list this year, as well as some other gift ideas that I've fallen in love with during my self-indulgent internet searches...Read more...
November 18, 2012
"Jeez, is she still banging on about The Blogcademy?" I hear you wail... Well yes actually because I. am. excited! It is by far one of the biggest and most rewarding projects I've been involved in and I just can't stop smiling about the whole thing! And of course I don't want you to miss it!Read more...
November 11, 2012
Don't feel like you soaked up enough Blogcademy goodness already!? Well fret not my dear... we have some behind the scenes video action for you right now. Big love to Ben Vogel for following us around all weekend and making us feel all famous and stuff...Read more...
November 4, 2012
It may not come as a huge shock to you but I love being in front of the camera, you could say I'm a bit of a poser. Well, I do have pink hair but, whatever the reason, I tend to get asked to model at workshops pretty regularly. Which is fine and dandy by me - I'm also an unapologetic workshop-whore. Double win!Read more...
October 14, 2012
Its been five months since I was here last but as soon as we landed in JFK I felt like it was only yesterday. Everything was so familiar, so comfortable but also so exciting! I've fallen head over heels pretty quickly again and I'm so thrilled to be back here.Read more...
October 7, 2012
I was proper thrilled when they guys at The Photo Emporium offered to lend us their - wait for it - airstream photo booth (!!!!) for the last Photography Farm. Anyone that knows me knows that I am a serious photo booth junkie and the fact that it was inside an actual airstream made me even more excited! In fact we basically planned the whole damn shoot around it.Read more...
September 23, 2012
My love affair with Crown & Glory Accessories has reached new heights. Designer Sophie somehow always seems to bring out new pieces that are so 100% ME. My collection has recently become a little out of control...Read more...
September 2, 2012
On Friday Gareth & I packed up the car (again!) and drove down to Brighton (again!) for another School of Rock blogging workshop. The event was fabulous, my class were ace, and the whole thing left me with a warm n fuzzy feeling inside. As we drove away that night (slightly topped up with the celebratory after-workshop-wines - don't worry Gareth was driving!) I turned to him and gushed away about how incredibly blessed I feel. Like, how is this my life? As someone who tentatively dipped her little toe into the blogosphere all those years ago, I can't quite believe that people now line up to come and hear me speak about my journey. Like seriously... this is nutso. Even Darren Rowse of Problogger is singing my praises. Yeah no big deal or anything...Read more...
August 26, 2012
I have so much Sunday Kind of Love for my new Vivienne Westwood LOVE necklace. Isn't it amazing? I was in London this week with Lisa and I cracked... I'm pretty sure it's the most perfect necklace ever. Expect to see many instagrams of me wearing the hell out of this baby over the coming months.Read more...
August 19, 2012
There are so many awards around for people in the wedding industry these days - in fact I've been asked to join the juding panels of some of them. But honestly, before this, none of them really interested to me. Bridal NEXT! is different.Read more...
August 5, 2012
It's been such an exciting week, not least of all because the photos of you lot with your Rock n Roll Bride magazines have been coming in thick and fast! I know not everyone will have got there's yet (we're packing and shipping every single one ourselves - eeek - we are getting through the orders as fast as we can!) but my inbox and twitter stream have been awash with Rock n Roll awesomeness all week! Keep your photos coming in, I'll share some more of them over the coming weeks. Here are some of my favourites from the last 7 days...Read more...
July 29, 2012
Be here, Monday morning, 9am (BST) to find out how to get your grubby mitts on a copy. Being sold exclusively through Rock n Roll Bride and shipping worldwide, I am very excited that we've finally wrapped this incredible project. The only thing I ask is that if you get one that you post silly pictures of your excited face all over the internet too. Mkay?Read more...
July 22, 2012
Ever since I blogged that shocking video that LUSH put together to raise awareness of animal testing in the cosmetics industry, I haven't been able to get it out of my mind. Every morning I've been worrying whether the things I'm putting on my face have somehow played a part in keeping this awful practice the norm. So you can imagine my elation when I found out LUSH were bringing out a make up range! It launched worldwide yesterday and I was up bright and early to head into town to get some first hand experience of it. "You're mad", Gareth said, "going into town on a Saturday. It will be mental", "It will be worth braving the crowds for..." I responded, "I'm doing my bit for the bunnies."Read more...
July 15, 2012
Tomorrow I'm off to the Photography Farm, Lisa Devlin's epic 3 day wedding photographers workshop, for the third time. You might say I'm a bit addicted to it! I'm not just there to hang out and learn though (although that ineviablly happens at each one too!) I'm on board to help style the shoots and impart some of my bloggy and wedding industry knowledge to those lucky farmers.Read more...
July 8, 2012
So I tweeted & facebooked about this as soon as I saw it on Friday (I was in the middle of writing up a wedding that's going up tomorrow, and the bride was in a BHLDN dress so I popped by the website to link to it and BAM! OMG "SAAAALE SAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE!" I squealed). So yes, I already shared this via my social media but I couldn't resist adding it to the blog today too. If this isn't worth A Sunday Kind of Lovin' I quite frankly don't know what is.Read more...
July 1, 2012
On Thursday Gareth & I packed up our bags and heading northward to the West Midlands for our next School of Rock Blogging workshop. It's the forth one we've done together but it doesn't get any easier. I'm still an annoying nervous wreck in the morning "Gaaareth have you got the cables? Did you save the slideshow? Is there petrol in the car? Oh hurry up we're gonna be laaaaaate!" I don't know how he copes with me actually!Read more...
June 24, 2012
Oh it's all too easy to focus on the bad things that happen to us and ignore (or more likely not notice) all the simple and beautiful things around us. Which is why I'm thrilled that Charis has started a cute new blog to celebrate all things beautiful. I was thrilled when she asked me if I'd like to take part (you can see my entry here) and you can too! "To me, this concept is a simple gallery of positivity". Charis writes. "Life is Beautiful. There is so much beauty in life and so much joy to be had and shared. This blog is just that. A place to share your beautiful life. What makes you smile? What lifts your spirits? What makes you stop and be glad you're alive? Please share you beautiful life with us."Read more...
June 17, 2012
Well I couldn't let today pass without a nod to those Daddy's of ours could I? And as I'm a terrible daughter who didn't so much as get her Dad a card (I know, I know...but I did give him a bottle of absinthe from Prague so I hope I'm forgiven) I thought today I'd use the blog to celebrate all Dad's everywhere...Read more...