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Alternative Bridal Shrugs For Tattooed Brides – ETSY

Posted on December 8, 2015 | 1 comment

Today on Marry Me Ink, I get to share my favourite bridal shrugs that I’ve been searching for on Etsy – They’re great for weddings during the cooler months or if you want to make you beautiful dress stand out even more on your wedding day!

Tulle Cape Wrap – Carroll Bridal

This beautiful cape is made with soft tulle and hand sewn rhinestone, pearls, beads – Perfect for a glamorous bride wanting that add vintage look to their dress!

Wearable Wings Feather Bolero – Firefly Path

These casual angel wings are an elegant addition to any ensemble! Plumes of dark iridescent feathers cascade down the front and back of your shoulders. Each black rooster feather has been trimmed and individually layered. The feathers are secured to a sheer netting bolero.

Long Hooded Cloak – Lorigami

This is the extra long version of Lorigami’s snow queen capes and can be made in any colour combination. There are also three different fabrics that the hooded cloak can be purchased in – 100% wool is thicker and great for winter weddings. Gabardine is a wool/poly blend and thinner – more suitable for summer weddings or warm climates. The cashmere/Alpaca cloak is amazingly soft and has a deep nap on one side. It is also very warm.

Tulip Applique Bridal Capelet – Mamma Mia Bridal

A sheer tulle bridal capelet with thin satin ribbon lacing ties. Also available in misty powder pink.

Ivory Feather Cape – RoguePony

Beautiful opulent and romantic Rouge Pony cape. The shrug is made from an soft ivory duck feather trim with a cream satin lining. This delicate piece is perfect for romance and a touch of decadence – Hand crafted in the UK.

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Tagged Alternative Bridal Accessories, Alternative Bridal Fashion, Bridal Capes, bridal fashion, Bridal Shrug, Etsy Wedding

MISS JO BLACK’S TATTOOED TALES – ONE MONTH UNTIL THE BIG DAY

Posted on December 3, 2015 | Comments Off

Oh my word! It’s so exciting!! After only hearing snippets of Jo’s antics since her last post in August, her next post is here with all the bits leading up to her and Leigh’s big day.. Which is just this month!! I’ll hand straight over shall I?

Since the last time I posted we have arranged SO many things and the weeks have flown by with barely a second to spare a moment to ourselves! We booked our band, The Hammervilles who perform rocked up versions of classic songs everyone knows which should keep the mood boosted… we have arranged some performers including fire breathers, burlesque, contortionists and a drag act as well as the incredible poet and comedy performer “Muriel Lavender” who is going to act as out circus ringmaster for the entertainment portion of the evening!

The biggest hiccup so far has been the caterer we booked. As well as being utterly useless at responding to messages and calls, After he saw our venue he declared that the terrace was ‘unsafe’ to serve food from and demanded his garish blue and white marquees be set up either side of the entrance to the venue. I couldn’t have that! The main reason we chose Cleeve House was for its beauty and the main approach down the drive has massive impact! As it turned out he just wanted maximum exposure for his business… so we sacked him. Or rather Leigh took great pleasure in sacking him!

Shortly after that we met with a chef called Peter Vaughn who had minor celebrity success with his own TV show a few years ago, he was so enthusiastic about creating a theatrical meal for our wedding by making posh kebabs and exciting finger foods people would enjoy experiencing as much as they would eating… he proposed dry ice and a theatrical presentation as well as the clincher for me… A CHEESE GROTTO TO FINISH! SOLD! As just over twice the price my incredible parents offered to help out and chip in for two thirds of the cost which meant we could afford to have Peter!

Around the same time, we also needed to get our official invites sent out, which I had been hand making for weeks… My computer had lost all its data and I lost our address list so we had to re-contact everyone and ask for addresses again! A bit of a ball ache but it came together easily.

A close friend of mine was getting married on Halloween and she had asked me to be a bridesmaid so it has been really useful to see her approach to everything and how organised she has been throughout this process. She had found an app called Appy Couple and had used it to provide all the guests with info such as times, where to stay and how to find the venues. I had a look and it was amazing, I could create a personalised website for people to visit using our unique wedding code and find all the info they needed on there! I put info on hotels, travel, on our registry, the guest list, a bit of info on the days events and loads of useful things for guests to help things go smoothly!

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A Outdoor Wedding Featuring A Tattooed Vera Wang Bride – Laura & Lee

Posted on November 30, 2015 | Comments Off

Today I get to share with you the beautifully tattooed Laura and husband Lee’s outdoor ceremony at Eshott Hall Boutique Hotel in Northumberland from Helen Russell Photography. Laura told me that her and Lee have matching tattoos which they got early on in their relationship..

Lee already had a full back piece and his arms covered and I already had a few. I was kind of testing the waters and joking and said “Ha, we should get matching tattoos!”. To which Lee responded, “Okay, what do you want to get?” I was a little shocked but totally up for it, we were in Edinburgh on a spur of the moment weekend away and we googled the closest tattoo shop, walked in and came out with matching rose tattoos! Good job we are married now!

We had known of each other for quite some time but neither of us had the courage to take the plunge and ask. Eventually, we decided to have a first date. We skipped all of the awkwardness and just decided this day would be the first date! It was a day that ended up being special for other reasons. My Mam, who has now passed, never got to meet Lee but I remember sitting on her hospital bed with her and telling her about him.. We spent that evening in the hospital giggling about boys and browsing ASOS trying to find me a dress for this date! She picked out “THE” dress and shoes. So even though she never got to meet Lee, Lee always says if it wasn’t for the dress (which he refers to as the “Slamming Black Dress”), he isn’t sure there would have been a second date.

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Love In The Woods – Katie & Mathew

Posted on November 23, 2015 | 1 comment

Today I get to share with you Katie (who has the most gorgeous purple locks – I have serious hair envy) and Mathew’s post-wedding portraits from Carla Blain Photography. As a busy mum of four, Katie talks about how lovely it was to take time out and be pampered. They were both pleased to finally have beautiful wedding images that they could treasure forever.

Our story is a bit of a crazy, busy whirlwind. I met Mathew at work 3 years ago when I began working as a staff nurse. We both work within the operating theatres at our local hospital so our eyes actually met over an open abdomen! Our first meeting was him teaching me how to mop up blood properly and him mocking my cleaning skills (which continue to this day!) For me, it was an instant attraction. He was funny, tall, sexy, tattooed and at the time, he had an awesome Mohican hair cut and a large spacer/plug in his ear. I was instantly hooked.

You’d think he would be quite an intimidating figure for the elderly patients coming into theatre, but the older ladies absolutely loved him. And so did I! Unfortunately he was completely oblivious to my attempts at flirting for quite some time. Put it this way, he had plenty of attention from the ladies in the hospital and broke quite a few hearts along the way. Being 5 years older than him, and a mother of two young children already, I never really thought we could have a future together as we had completely different life styles, but I still couldn’t get him out of my mind. I knew I wanted him. Long and messy story short…. He finally saw sense when he almost lost me and we started seeing each other in May 2013.

We went on our first holiday together in the July where we had a lot of fun and drank a LOT of pina colada…. We stayed in an awful apartment but we still had an amazing time and laughed non stop. We grew close very quickly and before we knew it, talks of the future and possible babies were in the air already, but what we didn’t know is that a little person had already been in the making since our pina colada filled holiday! Once we found out I was pregnant, we decided to fast forward our plans and just get married.

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