More than a Memory

My fashion World

2011-06-26T08:34:00.000-07:00

My fashion world has suddenly become real not just a fantasy. I started my summer with 5 months ahead of me with nothing planned. Which for someone like me; who like to organise every second of life was terrifying.

I searched the internet to see what was happening fashion wise near me, Manchester being my best bet (1 hour on the train from my sleepy country town). I found out about the 'Making it series' run my the Manchester Fashion Network. The series of talks consisted of:

Series of catch up posts.

2011-06-22T02:28:00.001-07:00

My life has changed dramatically since i have neglected my blog, so i feel i am going to have to do a series of catch up posts to get back on track with my whirlwind of a life.

My life has consisted of:

holidays to beautiful places

finishing uni

appreciating being home with the boy and dog

getting a placement!

networking and getting another placement

opening nights filled with champagne and bubbly

rainy days

wellies and splashing in puddles

cups of teas

an amazing grandmother turning 80

cake

TAKE THAT

Calvin Klein

London

graduate fashion week

Essex

Kelly Cutrone

Vogue

Tattoo lust

strawberry's

photographs

spring cleaning

and SLEEP

Hello old friend, how i have missed you

2011-06-22T02:22:00.000-07:00

Dear blog... do you remember me?

Time has gone by so fast and I have been lost among the speed of life.

After all my busy times and adventures, I miss writing. I miss sharing inspirations.

I have so much to share with you, that I've scared myself away from writing again, thinking its been to long to start again.

But I am shoving that fear firmly to one side and my rather muddled thoughts and life will be written out, I will again share more that just memories.

much love x

Even when people are fragile they are still beautiful.

2011-01-24T05:00:00.001-08:00

This week has been crazy for me and filled with so much sadness. I've had a lot of time to reflect on things and how lucky i really am. I have the most amazing family who i love more than anything. A boyfriend who i have given my heart to and he has given me his in return. And the bestest friends a girl could ever ask for Not just my friends of a lifetime (who are truly my everything) . But i have been lucky enough to meet the most amazing group of people here at uni and im so grateful for that and i want to say thank you to all of them.

I think sometimes it takes a sadness to make you relies what you really have and what truly matters.

New love of my life! CHANEL lippy!!

2011-01-24T04:14:00.000-08:00

I got this for my birthday and it has to be the new love of my life!!!

Rouge Coco 23 Rouge Orage

Outfit post number one.

2011-01-05T23:22:00.000-08:00

Me being in front of the camera is usually a massive no no. i end up talking or laughing and all in all not looking to beautiful. So you will have to bare with me while i try and get the hang of taking outfit pictures. No one ever explains the difficulty of trying to take photos of yourself... firstly i couldn't find anything to lean the camera on, then when i finally did i couldn't get the timing right and kept running back and forth like a headless chicken... then i started to hear laughing and cheering and realised the builders next door where could see me and where laughing at my attempts to pose (yes i did you like a champion idiot). Eventually I did get some barely decent photographs with only a few battle scars. Despite the madness of taking my first outfit photograph i am aiming to do more!!! (help me) so stay tuned ;)

Any way back to the main purpose of this post, the outfit!

shorts, topshop, present from santa

blouse, asos, January sales treat

tights, primark

wedges, new look

Kissing kate.

2011-01-05T22:54:00.000-08:00

I've been sorting through the files on my computer and came across these photographs that I took back in october and completely forgot to post them.

Mandy Lynne

2011-01-05T22:22:00.000-08:00

While looking at http://thedrifterandthegypsy.blogspot.com/ another of my favourite blogs (which is written by a 16 year old photographer oh my! ). I found some photographs by Mandy Lynne and they honestly took my breath away . I googled her and found hat she has her own amazing website with blog shop and portfolio.http://www.mandylynne.com/. What i loved most was her photo series that all tell there own story's i think this is so clever. It was so hard to choose my favourite images but here's a few. enjoy.

This photograph is her and her husband on there 12th wedding anniversary. I think shes really captured the love and happiness within the image

I dont have a clue how she achieved this image but it is truly magical. I would love to find out how its done.

These last photos make me smile, there so fun. Sometimes we think to much about how to create something and it looses all its fun.

Anerversary.

2011-01-05T05:19:00.000-08:00

Ive been doing so much reflecting on the past years this week, what with new years and my birthday just around the corner. I think that becoming another year older always makes your wonder about how your doing? whether you have reached your goals?

But today i am reflecting about love. I have been with my boy for four years today, and i couldn't be happier. I don't claim to know what love is but i know that i feel it. he is the first thing i think about when i wake up and the last thing i think about before i go to sleep. he is the person i want to call when something funny happens. He is my best friend. I don't know how else to say it except, i simply love him. Real love.

Over the past four years my life has changed so much, for the better. I have achieved so much that i am proud of. Had so many adventures. And none of it would have happened without my boy by my side supporting me with everything.

Festivities. Christmas, New Year and Love.

2011-01-03T04:04:00.000-08:00

My new years resolution is to look after you my dear little blog. I see so much inspiration everyday.. and i want to begin to share it. Not just with other people but a bit selfishly for me.i want to have a place to keep all the lovely things and people i find on this amazing world wide web.

my christmas has been so lovely warm and snuggly. with family friends and fires. I have spent the whole time feeling very very lucky.

But i haven't had any time to be creative so that begins today!!! Ive missed it too much.

Happy new year!!

Its having a voice without actually speaking, a conversation with Reo Bartosz.

2010-12-18T04:44:00.000-08:00

I know i have mention Reo and her amazing talent before and i'm sure i will continue too, but for any one who wanted to find out a bit more heres a feature i wrote about her.

‘It’s having a voice without actually speaking’

A conversation with ground-breaking

conceptual photographer Reo Bartosz

By Hannah Cross-Phillipson

The world of Reo Bartosz is a world of endless possibility. Her photography explores fantasy worlds as well as harsh realities. She pictures a strange feline whisperer, or a frozen corpse, or women transforming into or maybe merging with trees, their running feet taking root. Reo frequently uses her own body as her subject and her canvas to create characters in a myriad of imaginative, dark and intriguing stories.

I met Reo in the coffee bar of the City Art Gallery in Manchester. She arrived before me and I first caught sight of her against the window with the steam from her cappuccino wafting around her white-blond hair and making her look even more beautiful and other-worldly than ever. Her attention was elsewhere, she seems absorbed in her thoughts and I imagined she was planning her next image,

She turned and smiled. Suddenly the moment was lost and we were just two young women meeting for a coffee. But I wanted to know more about the other Reo and the world she goes into, and invited us into with her photography.

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‘There are no boundaries …’

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I began by asking her how her interest in photography began. She explained that

she’d always known that she wanted to do something creative and had always loved photography - just hadn’t known that that’s what she wanted to do with her life. In college she experimented with a range of media and found only photography could express the images in her head.

“Photography enables me to become more creative, there are no boundaries; you can be as creative as you want” she explained. “The quote that’s on my website says it all, it encapsulates what photography is for me: ‘photography isn't just taking a snapshot, it's having a voice without actually speaking. That’s what it enables to me to do, it lets me express myself, and express my emotions.”

We began to talk about style and influences. Reo admitted she does not feel she has a style of her own yet as she is still developing and learning. She does however have a passion for the more conceptual side of photography. At this point she found it hard to express her motivation in words but it was clear to me that the thought of creating emotion and strong reaction in a viewer is one of her main ambitions and she wants to develop that.

Everything is inspiration for me

After seeing how ambitious she is, I wanted to know more about the inspiration behind that ambition. “I don’t have one specific thing that gives me inspiration”, Reo said. “Inspiration is everything. Music is very inspirational to me. I put my headphones on, I listen to some emotive music and sketch out ideas. That’s when I really get the creative juices flowing.”

I asked her whether there was any advice she would give to anyone who wanted to work in photography, based on her own experiences. “Be careful - it’s a ‘dog eat dog’ world. I had always thought that about the fashion industry but I’ve found out that’s it’s the same for photography. Everyone is out for himself or herself.”

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I didn’t think it would take over

as much as it has done –

it’s almost as if I need it …”

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Photography has clearly become really important to Reo. That was very apparent to me as we talked and Reo confirmed it. “I didn’t think it would take over as much as it has done its almost as if I need it”, she confessed. “Everything I look at… everything I say … everything I think of … that could be a photo. That’s a opportunity.“

Ambition radiates from Reo so when I brought up the subject of the future she was quite passionate. “Well, I don’t want to be scraping pennies out the sofa when I’m 30. I want to be successful by then, I want people to respect me as an artist. I want my work to be seen and noticed. I just feel that there are people, who are not mega successful but are more successful then I am, that look down their noses at me. I want to get to the stage where those people respect my work and me.”

Throughout the interview I had complimented Reo on her work, which I admire greatly. She was gracious in receiving my comments, but I felt she was not really convinced that other people could value her work. She will always push herself further to make people think, and to mess with or break the rules and conventions. When I thanked her for her time, she almost seemed more grateful to me for choosing her as the subject.

2010-11-17T07:24:00.000-08:00

My last project made me think a lot about the heart, and what it maenad to me. As well as giving me a opportunity to delve into the minds of others to understand what heart really means to them. Is it a representation of love and other emotions or is it a vital function we cannot live without. Is there a common ground between the two?
I found it strange that whenever i asked people about heart they didn't mention the function, even though without it we could not live. Does that mean that sometimes peoples emotions are stronger than simply functioning? Is love that important to us that we wouldn't want to live without it?

There are so many types of love and they can all become so complicated.
Unconditional love, how far would you go for someone that you loved unconditionally?
Love is such a strong emotion it somewhat controls are other emotions when you in love with someone no matter what type of love
be it love for a friend
family love
romantic love
that person that you love then has the power to hurt you but also has the power to make you happy.

I found this photograph on flickr and i think it represents the confusion about love and heart.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/himitsuhana/2274890139/ check out the photo stream the others are amazing!!

Day Dreamer

2010-11-17T07:05:00.000-08:00

I'm sorry for neglecting you dear blog. For my last project i had to create a blog instead of a sketchbook. Which of course i adored!!!! But it meant i had no time to blog on here. But here i am! Ive just finished that project, handed it on Monday yeeeyyyyy!!!!! I loved it sooo much! i got to work with my favourite girlie's again as it was all about photography and love mmmm :)!!! these are the final photos.

Enjoy!! what does love mean to you? much love xx

ooo i will ramble on and on...

2010-10-28T04:42:00.000-07:00

Scarf £1 cancer research

jumpsuit £13 primark

So my life the past three weeks has been taken over my a styling project which was fab!! but i was so crazy busy with all my sketchbook work, i need to get soo much better with my time keeping!!!! as soon as i get the photographs from the final photo shoot i will share them with you lovely people. I get my new brief today and all i know is its based on photography VERY VERY exciting!

other aspects of uni life... I am still loving it. but god i never knew that i could be this tired! had two hours sleep last night and that's when i was trying to get a early night :O!! Ive been meeting even more amazing people. And as for not having Any money for all the yummy new trends about well that brings a tear to my eye :'(, nah I'm lying I'm actually really enjoying the challenge of finding bargains.

i explored into town yesterday and accidentally brought these two treats.

hope your all having a lovely excitement filled week! and looking forward to the treat that is Halloween.

What is research?

2010-10-25T15:43:00.000-07:00

‘What is research?’ Is a question with a million answers? But to me research is talking to people, getting involved with the world around you. Delving deep into books and retrieving the relevant information. Peeling back the layers to discover the true story behind the person or object. Once you have begun to research you can become truly excited about what the subject has to offer.

the image is a Tim Walker photo i used as research for my last project. some of the photos are shown in my last post.

Ive been lost in a land of glitter and clothes clothes clothes. complete and utter bliss

2010-10-24T12:58:00.001-07:00

Dear blog, oohh how i have missed you !!

2010-10-09T07:48:00.000-07:00

i keep thinking of amazing blog ideas and then time either runs away from me or i get scared as i haven't blogged in so long. Which to me is not a good enough excuse! so this morning i have dyed my hair back red and I'm back!! and ooo i have so much to say!! the major points are:

1. i LOVE uni

2. I'm getting TATTOO

3. i LOVE the style that has appeared this season

4. i am ONE VERY LUCKY lady!!

okay so basically i am head over heels in love with life at the moment!! i am doing the most amazing course at uni and get to emerge myself in fashion and style every single day! FABNESSES!! my room is fab and feels so me, my flat mates are unbelievably lovely!!! and everyone i have met are just amazing, everyone has fab style!!

The prince is as amazing as always and makes me smile at least 50 times a day!!!!!!! i LOVE him!!

I'm going to do a whole post on how amazing this seasons style is!! it makes my heart beat faster.

And i have found my dream tattoo and I'm going to book it for over Christmas, I'm going to keep it as a cheeky surprise!!

so as i said above i am one very lucky lady!

count the things you feel lucky for every day :) there will always be some and that's yet another excuse to smile like the Cheshire cat!!!!!!

the photo is from last week and i just love that everyone is properly grinning :)!!

i need a little rant

2010-09-30T00:40:00.000-07:00

okay i have five minutes before i have to go to lectures, thats enough time to rant right??

so the past few weeks i have gone from being a girl who has to go to sleep at ten or else is wayy too tired, to being the girl who physically cant sleep until 3 am and yet still wakes up 8 am or earlier. and now i am begining to feel the full effects :( im soo tired and have soo much work to do! i allso have not done anything creative in ages and it is zaping my energy!! i need to do something messy something that i can get stuck into! something that dosnt have to be correct!! something that just is!!

okay rant over!! hope you all have a lovely day!! and please remember to take the time for a spot of tea and yummy biscuit

xxx

I am now officially at uni!!!

2010-09-20T01:41:00.000-07:00

Im so sorry for being the crappiest blogger ever. moving into uni has been crazy. But now im a bit more settled im ready to blog again :) heres a little picture of my bed at uni mmmm sleep. ill blog more when im back from class at the international fashion institute ;) yey!!!

Ive been lost in memorys

2010-08-31T02:36:00.001-07:00

i apologise for how much time has past between this post and my last. i have been lost in memory's and filled with love, but now i am back full of new ambition and new creations. I'm leaving a little taster photograph with this blog.
what inspires you even on the darkest days?

Im dog sitting

2010-08-11T07:40:00.000-07:00

Connie

The whole crew

Sammy boy

This week is full of dogs. As i am dog sitting.
Introducing Max's new friends and house mates for the next week.

Camden Market

2010-08-08T02:50:00.000-07:00

Brought my mama a lovely pair of earrings from this stall, the owner was amazing really friendly and contagiously happy.

I have a major love for old leather suitcase and trunks. where have they been? what are the story's behind there travels?

this was a beautifully messy vintage junk shop full of treasures, hours could easily be wasted rummaging through the piles of different collections.

The vintage furniture was amazing, real statement pieces!
My scrummy lunch
I brought a dress and jumper from this little store!! it is full of amazing designs and everything is there own design and had printed I had a amazing day! and got some amazing things to take to uni with me, met so many creative and talented people, took way to may pictures, smiled all day, had lots of stops for cups of tea and loved every second.

Off to the big city!!

2010-08-04T23:31:00.001-07:00

Today im off to the big city, london town!! and im very very excted!!!

but couldnt leave for the day without blogging as i didnt have time to yestoday :(.

i watched my sisters keeper and cryed and cryed, what a sad film!!!

Anyways i need to set of for the train in one momento, so heres a peek at my outfit, and hopefully ill have some yummy pictures qand adventures to report from the big city.

outfit:

dress: Divine Trash... visit www.divinetrash.co.uk

jacket: H&M

tights: Primark

I ran away to see the sea.

2010-08-02T13:04:00.000-07:00

I ran away on Friday to see the sea for a few days, and loved every minute of it. the sea air has tired me out, so I'm of to go zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. hope you had a wonderful weekend full of adventures.

Dear mr polar bear

2010-07-28T13:25:00.000-07:00

Dear mr polar bear, today has been very cold...

cuz im Under the weather, just like the world

2010-07-27T13:25:00.000-07:00

Today I've been feeling a little bit under the weather, and the actual weather outside didn't help its been one of those days where it is dark all day. And everyone seems miserable. I tried again to get photo shop working on my broken laptop and it just loaded for over 3 hours and never opened so i couldn't shrink the photos to upload my new products to etsy or folksy, which was a little bit annoying to say the least.

Ive spent my day designing, emailing and blogging as well as trying to sort the problem of none existent money to expand my business :/, I've been looking into funding which is very stressy anyone got any advice or experience setting up a creative business?

anyway my day has considerably cheered up by the boy picking me up and taking me to his, he has three brothers and the loveliest muma and papa in the world. as you can guess from there being four boys the house is never quite and i love it!! you just cant be miserable in this house as someone will make you laugh whether you like it or not. we've had a BBQ and chilled in the garden while the papa and one of the brothers made a fence. the boy cleaned some fancy car parts and i took pictures of the pretty flowers that have come out over the past two weeks. Its starting to go dark now so I'm sat on the sofa in my Jim jams waiting for big brother to come on :) (my very guilty pleasure, i love it!!)

I'm off camping with all of the boys family at the weekend, im very excited!! there will be 22 of us, ill blog more on that one at some point.
Does anyone know how i can blog from a blackberry??

photos are of the boys mamas pretty garden

Mondays drawing

2010-07-27T05:21:00.000-07:00

I watched Tim Burtons alice in wonderland the other night and it has made me really want a tea party , with tea cake and plenty of mad hatters.

Loneliness was tough

2010-07-27T04:02:00.000-07:00

Loneliness was tough

The toughest role you ever played

Hollywood created a superstar

And pain was the price you paid

Even when you died

Oh the press still hounded you

All they had to say

Was Marilyn was found in the nude.

Pictures and out takes from my screen print design project.

P.S Marilyn Monroe is a inspiration!

what should be on my packing list for university?

2010-07-27T03:47:00.000-07:00

It has only just hit me how soon university is!
my dairy for the next 6 weeks is getting packed!!
it goes something like this:
camping
work
London
babysit 3 dogs
work
away with the boy
visit may lovely gran
work
friends from Somerset stay at ours
work
big family holiday with aunties grandparents etc
work
racing
AND THEN BAM!!! its the 14th of September and I'm off to university and this scares the heebee jeebees out of me! i am going to miss the boy way too much!! but I'm also so excited, about all the opportunity's it will open up for me and for the business More than a Memory!

What are the major things i should defiantly have on my list to pack for university?

Any other tips for the change to university living away from home and all of that jazz?

The boy

2010-07-27T03:23:00.000-07:00

My attempt of drawing from saturday

Adventures of the weekend and Car madness

2010-07-27T02:49:00.000-07:00

OK so, so far my challenge has not gone well, but i have pretty good excuses!
On Thursday me and the mother found an amazing last minute deal to go to a spa for the weekend, for some muma and baba time before uni.

we set off from buxton at nine, and when we were ten minutes away from the spa which is 2 hours away from our house, we had to stop on the motorway because i get really bad car sickness, when i was feeling slightly better and looking a little less green, i got back in the car and we attempted to start the engine and.... nothing.

we continued to try until we realised nothing was going to happen, so we rang the lovely RAC people, and they said it would be up to 3 hours until anyone would be able to get to us. At this point the heavens open and the rain began. To anyone else this would be hell, but me and mum had wanted to go away without any boys for none stop chat, and chat we did the three hours flew by but the problem was id forgotten breakfast and it was getting on to two o'clock so i was beginning to get pretty peckish :(.

Then i really cheery RAC man named Kevin arrived and did all the car business and then made that scary hissing sucking in of breath noise that makes you feel like you've been kicked in the stomach. and said it was the time belt and the car would have to be towed home and would cost over 700 to repair (trust me are car isn't even worth 700). And that wed have to wait for a RAC man with a tow truck, which would take another hour and a half. at this point me and the mother began to panic slightly, because the thought of traveling the 2 hours home after waiting only ten minutes away from our luxurious weekend to swap cars and drive back was just to much! that would have meant that the whole journey would have taken over ten hours. but luckily when the tow man arrived he told us he'd take us to the spa on the tow truck :) so me and mum became all excited and giggly again.

When we arrived me and mum where overwhelmed, because if you knew me or mum you'd realise spas arn't really where you'd usually find us especially not a four star resort (thank god for last minute.com and its amazing deals) my mum spends her days walking through the countryside in wellies and a massive waterproof for work. so we felt so posh!!! it was great!! the room was amazing it had a TV twice the size of our one at home.
Then began one of the best weekends of my life! It was amazing to properly relax which i can admit I'm really bad at and just spend time with my mum!! the best mum in the world may i add.

The picture was what we decided was the cure for a day car madness ;)

Heart and Soul

2010-07-23T03:52:00.000-07:00

Some pages from my journal, I'm trying to learn more about what my business means to me and what my aims are for the future. I pour my heart in soul into everything that i do.

The rain continues to pour

2010-07-22T08:37:00.001-07:00

I was woken up this morning by the sound of the rain against my window. That has to be my favourite sound in the world, it makes me think, and my thinking turns into inspiration. Today i have been a busy little bee, after waking early in a wonderful mood i started on the displays for divine trash and emailed them to see when was best to pop in. Then continued to but my music on extra loud and dance around as i created new designs a tea party jewellery range. I contacted lots of etsy sellers for advice today and was happily surprised at how quick to respond they where and how lovely there responses where.

Ive joined folksy :) eeee!! check it out at

http://www.morethanamemory.folksy.com/

let me know your thoughts pretty please

I also made a facebook group

www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=145629562116085&ref=ts

I took the mighty moose on a rainy walk yet again.

OOh and my little excitement for today was i re found a blog, i found this blog about 5 months ago and fell in love with it and then forgot to press follow and totally lost it but i stumbled upon it again today yay!!!

Its defiantly worth making a cup of tea or pouring a nice Glass on wine and snuggling down for a good read.

Amazing fashion blog take a sneaky peek at:

http://www.gemfatale.blogspot.com/

How should i display my work??

2010-07-22T00:49:00.001-07:00

Last week divine trash wrote me a lovely email, and offering me a wonderful opportunity. They offered me to display my work in there shop window or shop semi permanent. I cant actualy explain how excited i got!!!!!!!! They have been so amazing to me they have also offered to have my business cards and if i make flyer's they'll put them in there bags!!! Soooo amazingly wonderfull!!!! I got the email on a day when was beginning to think that i couldn't do this, and i was asking myself why don't i get a normal job, and do the normal teenage thing. But as soon as i saw that email i had my fire and determination back!! This is my dream!

so Ive been thinking of different ways to display my work, painting bits of furniture, making flowers out of old books. and now i would love your opinion on which you like best.

Ive taken Photos of the four options.

and dont forget to visit the divine trash website : http://www.divinetrash.co.uk/

Day one

2010-07-21T08:49:00.000-07:00

The adventures of Max the moose and the welly bobs!

Im setting myself a challenge

2010-07-21T08:29:00.000-07:00

Because ive not been the best at blogging lately and i am now working on my business full time for a couple of months. I have decided to set my self a challenge. And more so i have to prove that i am doing it through the power of blogging :)!!!
so here goes for the next two months i have too:

blog daily about any excitements

contact the blogger's that inspire me ( at least one a week )

take new photographs everyday, blog at least one photo a day

blog at least one drawing a day ( drawing is not a strong point of mine so this is to improve my skills)

I want my blog for the next few months to turn into a online creative dairy and share things that i usually wouldn't. This is a big challenge for me as i can be a quite private person especially when i comes to my work.

So here goes nothing :) wish me luck!!!!

the picture is from mine and the boys amazing camping adventure :)!!!!!

Fun to be had in the rain.

2010-07-21T07:59:00.000-07:00

Buxton is known for its rain the rest of the country may have beautiful sunshine but not buxton, we get rain. But strangely enough rain is my favourite type of weather i love the heavy rain that feels like it could push its way through your skin.

This past week the sunshine has gone, and been replaced with rain but so much fun can be had in the rain :). Heres the update on my rainy week.
My mum is the wonder of my live, in my opinion the most amazing woman to walk the planet, any way shes been working away allot lately spreading her laughter over the the land of Ireland, so when she came back we decided to go for a girly meal at a tapas bar, then the rains came down, the ceiling leaked and the bar flooded, me and mum as usual sat there with uncontrollable giggles.

Then me and the boy took the mighty max the moose (my beautiful woofter) on plenty of rainy walks where i ran around singing in the rain and the note book style kisses.

Buxton carnival is the event of the year in buxton the whole town adventures out of there houses into the rainy town and consumes alcohol dances smiles and talks to people they haven't spoken to in years and watches the colourful parade filled with pirates, princesses, music, dancers horses and so much more. and this year the arrival of torrential rain. so spent the day running to shelter and spinning round laughing on fair rides and eating bright pink candy floss.

the wellies is my photo
im not sure the source of the others

We fight thats what we do!

2010-07-21T07:35:00.000-07:00

Noah: your bored and you know it. you wouldn't be here if you weren't

Allie: you arrogant son of a bitch

Noah: would you just stay with me

Allie: stay with you? what for? where already fightin

Noah: well that's what we do, we fight... you tell me when i being a argent son of a bitch. and i tell you when your being a pain in the ass. Which you are 99% percent of the time. I'm not afraid of hurting your feelings they have like a 2 second rebound rate. then you're back doing the next pain in the ass thing.

I was watching the notebook for probably the 20th time, because the story inspires me so much. For me my heart rules over my head and i would do anything for love even if that does mean I'm more likely to get hurt, but i am happy to say i have been with 'the boy' for 3 and half years and remain truly madly and deeply in love.

But this doesn't mean we don't fight. and that's why i love this quote from the notebook, because its so true. The people you really love are the only ones that you dare to tell the complete truth too. you don't care as much if you hurt there feelings because you know they will still be there at the day no matter what you say. I think this applys to friendships too, you will only tell your closest friends the honest truth even if it hurts because they deserve to hear it, and you are the only person that they can hear it from without falling apart.

When you truly love someone and they love you , you can scream at each other and you know it will still all me okay, they are the people that you can can scream at and be soo angry with, but if they put there arms around you. you will crumble and hold them in return and suddenly everything feels like it will be okay again.

i dont know if that makes sense to anyone else or if ive explained it right,

Do you follow your head or your heart?

Buxton Art Trail

2010-07-21T03:48:00.000-07:00

my work ^^^^

Emma Fawkners work ^^^^^

Jayne Arundales work ^^^^

Asa Carneys work ^^^^^

Danny Connors Work ^^^^^

Firstly i am soo sorry for being such a poor logger lately. And i want to share some of the things that have been happening in my crazy life lately. Buxton Arts Trail was a amazing success with 140 people coming to my house (which i tansformed into a exhibition) to see my work as well as the work of my friends who are all amazingly talented. i allso made cas and flapjack to intise people into are house of many wonders. i will post some pictures of this with this blog!.

The creatives.
Danny Connor who is probably one of the most focused and willing to learn people i have ever met he has so many bright ideas!! He is going on to study architecture next year.

Asa Carney who is all about fashion he lives and breaths fashion and will no doubt be a successfully fashion designer in the not to distant future.

Jayne Arundale, who is passionate about telling story's through her photography.

And finally Emma Fawner who is an amazing Photographer and captures moments in time with in a camera shot and is all so an amazing friend, and wonder full person, visit her blog at http://www.emmaawknerphotography.blogspot.com/.

It was so lovely to meet so many people that are interested in the arts!! and get so much feed back. i met some amazing people and heard some amazing stories.

Reo Bartosz

2010-07-06T08:36:00.001-07:00

Reo Bartosz is going to be the next big thing in photography!!

She is amazing at what she does, and on top of that she is truly beautiful.

Ive been lucky enough to use her as a model and without her advice none of my photography skills would not exist!! ( shes one of the models in my pretty lady products as well as the model in my title image)

She is amazingly talented and determined but i really don't need to write much about that as you will see all of that through her beautiful photographs.

On top of this the reason she is going to go far is she is a wonderfully friendly caring and trustworthy person.

She is 100% genuine person, and that's not so easy to find nowadays.

Visit her website at http://www.reobartosz.co.uk/

Ill stop writing now and let her photographs tell a 1000 words.

Divine Trash Again

2010-07-06T08:26:00.001-07:00

I'm sorry to bang on a bit!!! But i do LOVE divine trash, Ive just been in to sort some of my pieces for in the window, which is such an amazing opportunity to get people to see and hopefully like my work. When i went in they where SO friendly and chatty and just make you want to go back again and again. I think it must be the most welcoming shop i know and i KNOW my shops. For a shop like divine trash to sell some of my accessories is a massive aim for me, and hopefully one day it will happen. I also brought the yummiest little tea dress for the amazing bargain price on 10 pounds!!!

THANKYOU DIVINE TRASH FOR THIS OPPERTUNITY!!!

Divine trash

2010-07-04T04:30:00.001-07:00

I wanted to thank Divine Trash for promoting my work as part of the Buxton Arts Trail. But i also want to take the chance to blog about divine trash!!! as it is one of my absolute favourite shops, and to make it better its in my own little home town Buxton.

Divine Trash opened its doors in 2006 and was a immediate hit, with a beautiful range of unique and fashionable branded clothing. But more than this, going into the shop is always really enjoyable due to the amazingly friendly staff, who are happy to help with anything and really easy to talk to. They have help me solve plenty outfit crises's .

I can admit than at least a third of my wardrobe is made up from purchases from divine trash.

And currently they have a third off everything in store, so go grab some bargains.

The sale continues online at http://www.divinetrash.co.uk/

the pictures below are some of my favourites items in store at the moment!!!!

I LOVE DIVINE TRASH

They think its all over, it is now!

2010-06-24T03:14:00.000-07:00

last night was sooo amazing! everyone was so happy and proud. The past two years have been so fantastic. i have met the most beautifull, amazing and inspiring people. Made wonderfull friendships that will last. i have learnt so much from all of these people. I loved having the chance to meet the familys of all the people that i care so much about, and i could see why they are all such amazing people as they all have such great familys.

My final show

2010-06-23T07:18:00.000-07:00

After two years at Stockport college studying for a national diploma in art and design , it has come to the end, and my final show. Im not certain of my feelings at the moment. Its the end of a era. Time to take the next step.
My show opens in three and a half hours and i have plenty of the people i care about the most coming which is a lot of pressure, and i find it hard to take compliments on my work and talk confidently about it, but I'm going to try. Because i am proud, i have worked harder than i ever have in my life.
wish me luck
xxx

youv got to fall apart and put it back together again

2010-06-07T11:33:00.000-07:00

Beautifull lyrics
If you think you're sinking,
you probably are
Only you can know,
only you can know
If you think you're falling,
you probably will
You've got to lose yourself,
and not let go

I think we'll be alright
I think we will survive
Everybody gets a little scared like this sometimes
I think we'll be alright
I think we will survive
You've got to fall apar
tAnd Put It Back Together again

I never said I loved you quite enough
I hope it's not too late,
I hope it's not too late
I've got this one fresh second,
one fresh minute, one fresh hour of my day
To hope it's not too late,
I hope it's not too late

I think we'll be alright
I think we will survive
Everybody gets a little scared like only sometimes
I think we'll be alright
I think we will survive
You've got to fall apart
And Put It Back Together again
You've got to fall apart
And Put It Back Together again
Ooooh whooo, oooooooooooo.....

I going to tell you I love you,
one more timeAgain and again
Again and again-n
I've got this one fresh second,
one fresh minute, one fresh hour of my day
To pray it's not too late, I hope it's not too late

This song makes me feel strong even when the worls trys to make me believe that i am weak

hats and hats and more hats

2010-06-06T23:07:00.000-07:00

I went to see my lovely grannie a couple of weeks ago, and i was explaining that i wanted a fascinater for a wedding that's in two weeks time. and she got sooo over excited explaining to me this amazing shop that i just had to visit!!!! and wow! she was not wrong, there was a room for each colour hat. it would be a truly beautiful and magical place for a photo shoot. here are a few of the cheeky snaps that i took.

what does 'photography mean to me?

2010-06-06T22:59:00.000-07:00

A photograph tells 1000 words, photographs can hold a sense of magic, with the help of Photoshop they can become something almost unattainable.
I really enjoy photography and trying to capture that perfect moment in time, to be held forever. In a way a photograph holds many of the things that I want my business to represent. A good photograph can be looked back on years later and ignite the senses of that time. You remember the sounds, the smells, the way you felt about the people that meant a lot to you at that time.
Even when you’re not in a GOOD photograph and you look at past photographs of someone you love or care about, it still ignites these emotions. When I look back on photographs of my grandmother when she was a girl I interpret and imagine the way she felt, the look in her eyes, her emotions at that time. The story behind the smile.
Within my photo shoots that follow I wanted to fire up people imagination. I want them imagine how each of my ‘Pretty Ladies’ felt, what’s going on behind her eyes. I also tried to make them look as if there from a different time, trying to turn each photograph into an escape from the busy lifestyles of today. To a place of imagination and wonder, wear dreams can become a reality.

Recharging

2010-06-02T13:53:00.000-07:00

Lately ive not been too well hense the gap in my blogging. here are some pictures from the last 10 days. happy memories are allways being made.

Determination

2010-05-12T12:32:00.000-07:00

Today i have been looking at some of the people i admire on this world wide web! and wow they make me crazy determined. Just a couple of these amazingly inspirational people are
Rosie Hardy her photos are truly beautiful
herecomesthesun blog brings a smile to my day
drifter and the gypsy blog she has sooo many followers and amazing determination yet she is younger than me truly inspiring!
so for me its plenty more sleepless nights of hard work and endless creating, to attempt to make my dreams a reality.

The image is a photo i took when me and two beautiful girls went out on a freezing photo shoot, the girl with the camera is reo, watch out for her she is amazingly talented photographer. I like capturing someone capturing there own image, there is something about it that intrigues me , but i cant put my finger on it .

so crazy busy

2010-05-11T23:10:00.000-07:00

lately my life has been so crazy busy i almost feel like i am creating on auto pilot, which is a strange feeling. i really need to run away for a weekend to recharge my creative juices. but i cant complain the things that are keeping me so busy are so exciting, so Ive now set up my etsy store, created business cards and made my first contacts in the business. alongside this i have been getting ready for my final show at college, i finish in 4 weeks utter scarynesses. Editing my last four photo shoots. And organising a gallery for in the summer, its the buxton arts trail where creative people within buxton open up their houses for two days to display beautiful arts and crafts, I've signed up my house and the work of four artist's work as well as my own. i will blog more on this as it unfolds :).

the image is a photograph i took in are big snowy winter

More umbrellas

2010-05-08T12:40:00.001-07:00

I painted these umbrellas to be used in a a fashion shoot a while back. while the models got ready i photographed them in the landscape. this is the result.

Its all about contacts

2010-05-08T08:40:00.002-07:00

As my business is starting to get of the ground, I'm starting to realise that in the creative business even more so than any other it's all about the contacts. Its about having the ability to put yourself out there and say 'This is me, this is my business and i AM good at what i do'. But this is something i am going to have to learn , i would love to be one of those people who can walk into a room full of strangers and talk away about myself and my business. Don't get me wrong i have days where feel i am on top of the world and could do this, but the majority of the time i find this quite daunting. So today i have come up with a aim, to try to talk, email or phone someone new in the creative business each day. Be this a model id like to use in a photo shoot, another blogger who i admire, or an artist whos work i adore, it really could be anybody. I feel like a sponge wanting to soak up as much advice tips and story's as possible. I want to know and understand the opportunity's that are out there. I WANT TO GRAB THEM WITH BOTH HANDS!!!
Today i am ambitious!

Its all about contacts :)

2010-05-08T08:40:00.001-07:00

sleepy

2010-05-06T23:22:00.000-07:00

I am so unbelivalbly tired after a couple of all nighters to get college work fineshed for deadline. My head is buzzing with amazing creatives ive researched, but due to the tiredness it is all a bit of a mangle, so i will share these with you as soon as i have had some real sleep. I thought id share some of the photos i edited yestoday.
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey ive allso had my first sale which was really exciting at http://www.morethanamemory.etsy.com/
lots of love and memorys for fridays everywhere x

Very happy hannah :)

2010-05-04T07:16:00.000-07:00

My own little online shop :)

2010-05-04T05:29:00.000-07:00

finally i have my very own little online shop and i am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited :)
here's a few of my photos that you can buy online at
http://www.morethanamemory.etsy.com/

please have a little look and spread the word.

More than a Memory

2010-05-03T05:05:00.000-07:00

My weekend has been mad hectic crazy busy, but i have loved every minute of it. Im creating my own business and its all so full of excitment and newness and hope. I love what im doing and i want it to work sooo much. i have been making and creating product after product. Im going to photograph these today and post them here later. Id love any comments and advice.

life is a fairytale

2010-04-28T12:10:00.000-07:00

0ne morning, Jocasta woke up with a odd feeling. Her back was tickling. Tickle and itch, itch and tickle. Jocasta sat up. Two small bumps had grown between her shoulder blades. How they tickled and tormented her! She heard a noise like eggs cracking. She felt a sharp pain, followed by a unfurling feeling. Wings!. ....
'i found happy ever after, Jocasta' he peeped, 'but its a long way off. Even if you could escape from here , you couldn't walk that far.'
'Then ill fly' said Jocasta, and she showed him her wings.
'They're wonderful!' cried Birdo,perching on her finger.

BIRDO, by Henrieta Branford and Wayne Anderson, which was one of my favourite books as a child because of its amazing illustrations and inspired my photo above.

The photograph is my own work not to be used without my permission.

wonderland

2010-04-27T12:48:00.000-07:00

Ive had such a lovely time taking pictures of these two beautiful girls, there so happy and smiley. And amazingly comfortable in front of the camera, here are just a few of the results, an unedited taster.

My photo interpretations

2010-04-27T02:46:00.000-07:00

My family tree

2010-04-27T02:09:00.000-07:00

Memory's and ways to treasure a memory fascinate me. I believe there is nothing more special you can give someone then something that holds/represents a treasured memory. The above is my own work (not to be copied) and is my family tree, the background of the countryside represents personal memory's of each side of the family. The magic of these books truly cant be seen through the photographs. I can also be commissioned to make these books, for a special gift, to remember that moment, as a family tree, possibilities are endless. If you are at all interested in having your own personal book or something similar created just message me.

Here comes the sun

2010-04-27T00:15:00.000-07:00

Its my day off college today and I'm still up bright and early the sun is shining and begging me to take photos, paint pictures, dance and sing. I'm picking up my two favourite little girly wiggles from school later to do a little photo shoot with. Which I'm very very excited about, as i haven't done much photography work with anyone under the age of 17.

Don't you love the fact the sun puts you in a good mood.

here comes the sun is one of my all time favourite songs, i love this image.

here comes the sun
here comes the sun n i say its alright
little darling, its been a long and lonely winter
little darling it feels like years since its been here
here comes the sun
here comes the sun n i say its alright

little, darling the smiles returning to the faces

All so here comes the sun is one of my very favourite blogs
http://www.amanda-thomas.blogspot.com/
She it a very talented blogger, her blog allway's finds a way to make me smile.
I will dedicate a post to her very soon .

Hope you all enjoy a very sunny and happy Tuesday

beautiful lyrics to a beautiful song.

2010-04-26T07:42:00.000-07:00

been up all night staring at you

wondering whats on your mind

its been this way with so many before

but this feels like the very first time

you want the sunrise to go back to bed

i want to make you laugh

mess up my bed with me

kick of the covers I'm waiting

every word i think i should write down

don't want to forget come daylight

happy to lay here

just happy to be here

I'm happy to know you

play me a song

your newest one

please leave your taste on my tongue

paperweight on my back

cover me like a blanket

.....

and no need to worry

that's wasting time

and no need to wonder whats been on my mind

its you

images

messy bed and guitar

www.flickr.com/photos/bkilloran/2905602578

love and lost love...

2010-04-26T06:23:00.000-07:00

In one of my daydream moments i did a search for 'love' in google images, the last image is the top result, and i love it.So simple but amazingly effective. So ive attempted my own take on this photo, and then i got to thinking what about if that love was lost , these are my unedited results.
the last photo is by pink sherbot photography on flickr.

Tim walker

2010-04-26T04:47:00.000-07:00

wow, Tim Walkers images leave me speechless and trust me that doesn't happen very often. He has brought a new style to photography, a style that takes me away on a cloud to a land of dreams, a land of creativity and wonder.

Monday blues

2010-04-26T04:34:00.001-07:00

Today didn't start of the best to put it mildly. I'm putting that down to the Monday blues, i think i may be feeling this way because how wonderful the weekend has been. I spent the entire weekend with the prince doing beautiful summery things and creating pretty things.
My weekend included:

hugs

walking the max the moose (my amazing black Labrador)

laying in the sun

BBQ with amazing beautiful people

a trip to ikea

photo shop, the result of which i have posted above.

Hope you all had a wonderfully beautiful weekend too.

The image is a photograph i took when i went up to solomens temple for a vintage/ run away bride style photo shoot, im very new to photo shope so im still just experimenting, id love any comments or tips .

Dear John

2010-04-21T12:21:00.000-07:00

I went to see dear john at the pictures tonight, and yes i cried from start to end. Its left me thinking about romance and what we take for granted, who i love and who loves me. i feel more grateful then ever that i have found my prince and so grateful for the happiness and love he makes me feel.
love can truly set you free.

Grease is the word

2010-04-21T00:02:00.000-07:00

It was my friends birthday on Monday, and we all adventured out to a 70s and 80s night. I have to admit i got a bit of disco fever, and cheesely danced the night away. while we where there the songs from grease came on and i may have got a bit over excited. when i woke up a bit worse for wear on the Tuesday morning, i started thinking about the styling of grease, and watched the film again. i really do love it! I tried to find some freezes that inspire me from a styling point of view.

what films inspire your style?

Blackpool photos unedited.

2010-04-14T12:41:00.001-07:00

I have had such an amazing day, the sun has been shining, the sea was glistening and my friends where laughing. Ive not had time to probably look through my photographs or edit any yet, but here's a little taste. enjoy.

Blackpool

2010-04-13T23:56:00.001-07:00

Today I'm of to Blackpool to take some pictures for my latest project. i am sooo exciting just hoping the sun continues to shine. i have my Sunny's prepared. I know that means it will probably rain but no harm in wishing eh?

the outfit :
top: river island
waistcoat: Camden market
cardigan: primark
skirt and leggings : H & M
short necklace: Vivianne Westwood
other necklaces: primark and charity shops
Sunny's: primark

Have a lovely day, ill post my pictures tonight.

Fill my little world right up

2010-04-13T10:52:00.000-07:00

Ive been struggling for inspiration today, despite having so much work that i need to do for college (bit of a bummer really). So Ive been searching through all the different things that tend the fill my little world with inspiration .

My inspiration searches include:

Vogue for all the pretty pictures and amazing creative's.
Photographs that i have taken, looking back over memories.
My inspiration wall (i will post about this very soon).
Beautiful Books.
Blogs, Blogs and yet more Blogs.
My random things box, this i a gigantic cardboard box that i hoard everything that could be of interest to me inn the future, or could be used in my next creation. It contains old jewellery, magazine articles, packaging, ribbons, lace, photographs, flowers, broken objects, stamps and many other random delights.
getting myself out and about, be it hiking into the hills with my cheeky dog, or jumping on a train to Manchester.

I think that's one of the greatest things about inspiration, it can come from anywhere as long as your willing to be inspired.

where do you find your inspiration?

i wanted to share a few of the little gems i found which i had forgotten about. I took these photos on a trip to Cornwall last year. I love to experiment with colour and the way in which it can completely change the mood of an image.