Scrappy friends.....are ace!

Over the past few years my scrapbook journey has been amazing, I've learned many techniques, shared them on my blog and all over the world. Through social media, I have made friends with the most amazing scrapbookers and project lifers from across the globe! What is even more exciting is, I have made some truly amazing friends. Through this cool hobby I have met several scrapbookers, many times, I had the pleasure of having some of these awesome girls be a part of our wedding!

 

The best thing about 'scrappers' is we ARE NOT camera shy! Hahaha! Jo, Nancy & Jackie were part of our amazing day and we were blessed they had travelled so far! 

 

 Today I want to share some of their awesome layouts! Wowsers! I feel famous!  Here's a look at one of Nancy's ace Mrs & Mrs layout process videos. Now we are practically related! Haha! Everyone looked beautiful in their dresses! I had a few emotional tears!

 

Another beautiful scrapper, Sheena blogged about us too! It seems very strange, yet brilliant being part of someone elses project life.

Sheena couldn't be there in person but she was there in spirit! Her gift was just beautiful! Thanks sweetie xx We will treasure it forever!  Another ace layout by Nancy includes one of her famous selfies!

 I love the bright colours in this layout by Nancy, she really is the 'selfie queen'! #loveit

 

Jo talks about us here, I love it that she also scrapped the same photograph! Ace layouts! So colourful and bright!

I wonder if Jackie will scrap the same one? Hmmm! Could this be our challenge? I'll scrap it too?

 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out some of my scrappy friends... I secretly hope that they made two of the same and send me a layout! haha!

I'll be back soon with more wedding quirkiness xo

P.S. Here's a look at a recent layout I made ....

Special thanks to Nancy who sent me some fabulous cut outs! I don't have the machine... {Don't forget I'm a student nowadays!} lol xo

 



Getting married.... the secret parts!

After starting work at the Hospital, a harsh reality of what is REALLY IMPORTANT struck me! My years of worrying about what other people thought were over! You only get one shot at life and since my Mam passed away so very young, I am very surprised it has taken me so long to realise!

One shot to be happy! One shot to be who you want to be, one shot at trying your best! I feel I have always tried my best at whatever I've set my mind to but sometimes you're best isn't good enough for some people, which is a real shame! One thing I was sure of, was the love felt within our four walls, we love each other unconditionally and will always be there for each other.

The wedding plans began, we firstly looked at themes.... as we are both curvy girls we thought 50's dresses would be perfect and they really were!

Pout face!

We tried on lots and lots of dresses, varying colours, styles, matching, not matching, flowery, plain, dotty.... we visited London, Brighton, Frome... many awesome places! Our two favourite shops were Deadly Is The Female & Vivien of Holloway, we have met some amazing people on this journey, people who will be friends forever! Our Chief Bridesmaid loved dress shopping too!

We got a lil bit crafty, ordered some Moo cards and made our own wedding Save the Dates, from an idea on Pinterest! We had secret Pinterest boards for our bridal party and photography ideas, I've gotta say....that was the worst thing....not taking pics! Hahaha!

 

We thought it would be a great idea to learn a 'secret dance', none of us are great dancers and it would be great to see everyones faces, we really aren't into PDA and the thought of everyone staring at us for a 'smooch'! Bleurgh! hahaha! We're all about the fun factor! We started going to Lindy Hop lessons, it was great fun, one of our bridesmaids came too, as did one of my college friends, we made some great friends and started to visit some fabulous places. We danced at Newbury Ballrooms, whilst watching the fabulous Jive Aces! Our World had turned upside down.....and very vintage!

Dancing to Rockin Robin!

We kept everything low key & quiet, wanting to surprise our guests, we hired the most amazing singers, The Decibelles were amazing! We hired a 50's Ice Cream van, got a candy cart & photobooth and were all stylied by the most amazing vintage stylist. It was the BEST DAY EVER! Friends and family travelled from up & down, and across the country it was truly memorable!

Here are a few piccies!  

Our awesome Bridal Party!

Our Chief Bridesmaid & Best Man aka Top Dog 

It was laugh after laugh!

Even cutting the cake was a laugh!

The photo booth was a massive hit!

We felt loved all day! It was amazing!

The heels came off! hahaha!

I hope you've enjoyed some of our 'secret parts' the guests seemed to love it as much as we did! I will scrap this for many more months to come!  

Thanks for stopping by xo

PS Wedding Layouts soon......but first....scrappy friends!

Retro festival!

Since our awesome 50's style wedding we have really gotten into it, we just love it! We've started going to loads of ace shows and festivals 

The most recent we went to was in Newbury

The cars were amazing

The sno cones were delish!

The company was ace! We had such a great laugh! 

The fairground was just brilliant! The bands were really talented! All in all a great weekend! The next day I was a hair model for Raye! 

It was great fun! I'll be back soon with some wedding secrets! xo

P.S. I have to tell you all about my talented friends....!

What's on your work desk Wednesday

#woyww today..... It's not a lot! As I clear the space ready for my degree it seems soooooo strange no scrapping! I feel I may need to 'mess it up' a bit! Haha! 

I'm gonna get my 'scrap on!' Catch up soon x

P.S we had a great weekend at the retro festival... Pics to follow!

I'm back!!! ***waves frantically***

Hey bloggers!

Have I missed you!?!?! Yes! I have! I've missed blogging, scrapping & project life....what's been going on?

My last post was September last year, there is a good reason for this.... my life changed massively!

My view changed from the classroom teaching to learning!

 For those of you that don't follow my Instagram or Facebook....wow! You have so much to catch up with! Hahaha! In a nutshell, I quit my full time job at the School to follow my dream and start my journey to become a NURSE! It was a massive gamble, so far it's going good!

When I left school I wanted to be a Nurse!

I got a job at the local Hospital as an Auxiliary Nurse, hoping to gain as much experience as possible.

I'm soooo excited! I LOVE THIS!

 I started a course at college and studied intensively!

Obs...I had the coolest stationery! haha

I applied to University, with lots of hard work, I gained the qualification  I needed to get a place!

 

My new classroom.... simulation suite!

Roll on September, my student Nurse life begins....

My friends blood though a microscope in Biology

I hope you will continue to read my blog as I capture, the reality of student life as a 'mature student' ...... I had a dream many years ago, I gave up on that dream to help others and always put myself to the back of the queue... now it's my turn!
Wish me luck xo

P.S. ... not only did I go to college, I also played a massive part in arranging our wedding after deciding we would set a date and get married! Woohoo!

 

16/31 If I won the lottery

It would be a miracle in itself as I never play the lottery, I never win anything, tombolas, competitions, bingo, school fete games! I'm pants! So in my dreamy world....hmmm! 

Obviously it depends how much you win but I'd probably take loads of friends/family to Disney World, Florida. I'd meet up with some scrapbook friends too and they could show me all the awesome shops! Haha!

Or maybe I would move house, I love the Coast, so maybe nearer the seaside. Or buy a barge, I reckon that would be a pretty chilled kinda lifestyle, I could have a pet duck! Haha!

I would buy the Special Care Baby Unit new equipment, to help them save more lives, without their help Lolly wouldn't be here so maybe that would be one of the first things I'd do. I'd like to do charity work but rather than give cash be involved, eg help teach in a 3rd World School or rehabilitate poorly animals.

Catch up soon everyone xo

15/31 Top of my wander list

Where in the World do I want to go? Hmm, I'd love to go to so many different places but I'm more of a 'keeping busy, discovering places' kinda traveller as opposed to the 'chill by the beach' kind of traveller but for me there is only One number One destination

The Happiest Place on Earth

Disney Land California

I'd love to go to California! {source} I'd love to go back to Florida too!

Canada

{source} I'd love to explore Canada, the Rockies but also some Ice Hockey cities too! We LOVE Ice Hockey, so I guess we'd have to visit during the Hockey season.

Route 66 

I guess we could go here from Disney! haha! {source} 'In my dreams!'  I'd love to see all of 'old style' America! I just LOVE America! This is the Harley tour, my Dad has a Harley so this would be an amazing trip!

Where else would I like to go? I'd love to visit a German Christmas market, I'd love to go to Italy, I'd love to go back to Scotland and show my kids where I went on holiday when I was young. I'd love to visit Southern Ireland too! Where would you love to go?

Catch up soon xo