THE WHAT I SEE PROJECT LAUNCH

Today I am SO excited to share what an amazing thing the What I See Project is.

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I am so privileged to be one of many influential women to be kick starting this project today to show you that you are awesome!

The What I See Project embarks on a five week awareness campaign, where over 100 female voices (me being one of them!) will share their answer to the question “What do you see when you look in the mirror?”.

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“The project aims to provide a safe environment where women can share their struggles, achievements and inner thoughts, and express themselves freely through a website that appreciates them for who they really are. Throughout a year, The What I See Project aims to reach out to as many women as possible, from as diverse a range of locations and walks of life as possible.

A diverse group of writers, editors, bloggers and communicators from fashion, science, business, politics, art, sport, feminism and motherhood will tell their inspiring stories within the next five weeks on the What I See Project Campaign site.”

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A Steampunk, Video Game, Lego, Lord Of The Rings Filled Wedding – Emily & Daryl

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“I think our wedding was so different because it was so much of me and Daryl, everyone who came said it was definitely the best and most unique wedding they had ever been part of.”

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Today I get to share with you Emily & Daryl’s super cool wedding, filled with little hints of awesomeness based on their love for Lego, videos games, Lord Of The Rings and so much more! There’s even a ring bearing owl – everyone loves an owl! With stunning photography from Helen Russell.

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We wanted our wedding to reflect us as a couple. We are both pretty unique people, We tried to bring in a little bit of ourselves in everything that we did. The wedding cake Lego base was inspired by Daryls love of Lego although we had originally toyed with the idea of zombie apocalypse on the Tyne bridge during the great north run. The music we chose for the service was all from our favourite video games and Daryl’s hat reflected his interest in steam punk. 

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Tattoo Tuesday – 20th August 2013

For this week’s edition of Tattoo Tuesday, I bring you a wonderful artist who is based here in Manchester at Loaded Forty Four Tattoo Studio.

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This is the work of Beau. I follow Beau on her Instagram @beautattoo and I love seeing her work every day on there – it fills the feed up with cute Disney tattoos (Seriously, they’re awesome), her gorgeous barn owl and a pretty puppy! 

Be sure to leave Beau some love and to check out more of her amazing work!

Love Letters – Abandoned Train Lines, Colour & Smoke Bombs

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In a hope to bring back the sunshine for this weekend, I’m bringing you a beautiful couple shoot from Daniel Hough Photography of the gorgeous Matt & Lou.

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