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Be The Change
Love this print by Zachary Smith. Better still, you can buy it here from Sevenly, who create weekly cause campaigns where you can purchase products that give money to charity. Nice!
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Baby's First Trip to the Circus
On her four-month birthday on Sunday, my niece Isabel had her first trip to the circus. The Moscow State Circus was in town, and it was a brilliant show, with incredible arial and acrobatic acts. Of course, it was all just lights and bouncy blobs to her, but she had
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City Shoot with Colm Keegan
Some pics from a sun-soaked portrait session with Celtic Thunder's Colm Keegan. We squeezed these in around Colm's globe-trotting (he's currently back touring the US) and we lucked out with a scorcher of a day. Colm was brilliant, a total pro, and no ask
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Rock Solid | Hand Crafted Concrete Jewellery
A concrete necklace doesn't sound pretty, but it most certainly is. Etsy seller Cocorrina makes gorgeous prism shaped jewellery. I have my eye on this emerald beauty.
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Family Fun | Portrait Session
Some sneak peek shots from yesterday's family portrait session. I've been photographing this family since the eldest was just a little bump in his mum's belly – and look at them now! I love how autumnal these shots look. We got seriously lucky with the
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Resolve to Shine
I haven't even begun editing my Electric Picnic pics, but thought a GIF of the Friday night fireworks would be a fitting illustration to this quote, taken from this beautiful piece Caitlin Moran wrote to her daughter. Kids or no kids, it may bring a tear to your
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Inspire My Day Tip 5: Work Your Work Area
In an ideal world, my desk area is an inspiring creative corner of zen-like calm. In reality, I usually have to wade through piles of post-its, receipts, memory cards and cups to get to my keyboard. However, I gave it a bit of a tidy recently so thought I'
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Courage Is...
Love this, the second of three hand-lettered quotes on courage from Foolish Fire.
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The Summer on 35mm Film
When we were in London last month, Ben and I picked up a second-hand Canon 300V at a stall in Portobello. It's a film camera, but the brilliant thing about it is that it takes the EF lenses from our digital kit. We picked up some super cheap
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A Dip into Watercolours
The web is awash with gorgeous watercolour art right now. I'm seeing it everywhere, and it really makes me want to give it a whirl. Then, along comes the lovely watercolour tutorial series over on The Alison Show blog. Now I have no excuse, right? Some more watercolour-themed
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Inspire My Day Tip 4: Play Time
No matter how busy you are, down time is important. And there's not better way to get out of your head than playing with a couple of toddlers. After the mini photo session with Isabel, I spent some time snapping and playing with her two big brothers. Their
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Work in Progress
I am loving Wit & Whistle's gorgeous sketchbook drawings. It's so nice to get a peek at the process. Shop for finished pieces here.