Category Archives: Inspirational

A Bright Blue & Tattoo Themed Couple Shoot – Gerard & Christine

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I love bright hair colours, and Christine’s is fabulous (I’m getting quite a few brides with awesome hair recently). Honey & The Moon Photography put a call out on Twitter with some quite detailed specifications:

“Do you live in Belfast? Do you have electric blue hair? Do you have a lot of tattoos? Do you have a bf? Is he bearded? We need YOU!”

With a number of replies, married couple Gerard & Christine were chosen for this amazing supplier-filled shoot!

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Honey and the Moon Photography’s ethos is to treat every single customer the same! We are everyone friendly, so no matter who you are, where you live or who you love, we love you! You do you and we’ll photograph you doing it!

We’ve always been of the opinion that styled photo shoots should be the most extreme example of what wedding vendors can do, because they are the catwalk of the wedding industry. The international fashion shows tend to inspire what is seen on the high street and don’t usually sell their outlandish designs to the general public, so we believe that is what wedding vendors should be doing! They should be inspiring their potential customers, showing their most creative side and selling their skills!  

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In September last year, we were to exhibit at the Quirky Wedding Fair at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast and after getting to know some of the exhibitors we decided to organise a collaborative effort and create something truly unique and well, quirky!

“Inspired by tattoos and all things alternative we asked the suppliers to go as nuts as they wanted as long as it had some relation to tattoos.”

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Sagas Of A Tattooed Bride – Swamps & Matt Got Married

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It finally happened! Swamps & Matt got married! I’ve been waiting for the perfect time to share this with you all, and if you’ve been following Swamps’ Sagas Of A Tattooed Bride, then you’ll understand that it had to wait and be the first wedding on Marry Me Ink for 2014!

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I’ve absolutely loved sharing Swamps’ journey with you all, and I hope you’ve enjoyed it too! Here’s the final instalment!

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Firstly, I would like to apologise for how long it has taken me to share my pictures from our big day. I swear I have only just about gotten over my jet lag, and 24 hour fight from our honeymoon. So, now that’s out of the way, let’s talk about the bit fat ‘W’. Wedding. Wife. That’s right. I am a WIFE! That is taking some serious getting used to.

When you first get wed, every body you see asks you “How’s married life treating you?” In all honesty, it is exactly the same as boyfriend/girlfriend life, only we are about 12k poorer. Nothing changes, and hey, why would you want it to? Things were great before, and they’re great now!

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Romantic Getaways For The Adrenaline Junkies.

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This year, I’ve hardly taken any holidays. Just a few days here and there for a break, but we’ve not actually been away. To say I was in desperate need of one was an understatement! As mentioned in a previous post, Rob & I took a short break up to Northumberland for a bit of coasteering. Now, I love a good adventure weekend, but at the same time, I wanted something cosy and cute to come back to after throwing ourselves off cliffs.

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For those who don’t know what coasteering is, it’s basically a few hours in a wetsuit climbing, swimming, jumping off and scrambling across a dramatic coastline (with professionals) and is so much fun if you’re adventurous or just silly adrenaline junkies like us! 

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I highly recommend Adventure Northumberland who we went coasterring with. Zoe, our expert for the day, took plenty of pictures of our fun afternoon.

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Peachy Slices Of Perfection – Friday 4th October

So, this week has been super crazy going back into work and also getting the finishing touches done on the house. Also, Marry Me Ink turned TWO on Tuesday! If you missed it, you can check out my highlights from the past year here and also a bride who wore a gorgeous blue Betsey Johnson dress on her wedding day here! Marry Me Ink also welcomed the wonderful Kat Forsyth Photography to the blog too! So I’m here to celebrate the fact that it’s Friday with lots of favourites of the week!

*PIN UP OF THE WEEK*

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*COSPLAY OF THE WEEK*

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*CAKE OF THE WEEK*

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It was my sister’s baby shower on Sunday and I spent all weekend baking and icing this violet ombre cake! It was yummy!

*HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK*

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On Sunday, we went to see the hilarious Daniel Sloss and Kai Humphries at The Lowry. We’ve seen them before and bought the tickets last minute. They’re definitely worth going seeing if you like to laugh. A LOT.