Push me out to sea, in the little boat that you made out of the evergreen.

I love dungarees at the moment, they are all I want to wear and they instantly put a smile on my face when I put them on. I am on the look out for a black pair to start a dungaree collection.

 
I am now an official pastel haired belle. I dye my hair once a week and change between pastel, pink or a mixture of both. If anyone is interested to know what dye I use or how I do it, although I am no expert, let me know and I will dedicate a post to it.
 
I finally got myself a pair of classic black suede creepers, I have had my eye on them for a while but for some reason never got around to buying them. I have been a bit naughty recently and have bought a lot of new clothes. I am getting very excited by the idea of expanding my autumn winter wardrobe.


Another update is my growing interest in tattoos and growing my collection, I have always loved tattoos but this is my fourth this year, it's a bumble bee which is a very personal thing to me. I got it at London Tattoo Convention, which was my first convention and it was awesome!

And final shallow life update is my reliance on acrylic nails, I get them done every 2 weeks and really enjoy having nice nails for once in my life as I am infamous for my nail biting .

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I'll be back soon!

Finishing my degree, working, applying to jobs and moving house has taken over my life.
But I'll be back next week with some exciting news!
In the meantime check out my ebay as I'm having to clear out my wardrobe for my new flat!
xoxo 

Nordic Poetry

So, at the end of last month I photographed the Summer Lookbook for awesome online vintage brand Nordic Poetry. I was so impressed with their selection of one-off vintage pieces. I shot most of the images in Teignmouth, Devon in a surf-punk themed shoot. Katy-Leigh was my partner in crime as always, not only creating all the hair and make-up looks and helping me with styling but also modelling herself. The weather was not on our side as anyone in the UK will know, but I love the way the images turned out! Here are my favourite digital shots, with the 35mm film images to follow!

 

 



 

Photographer - Katie-Jane Mabey
Styling - Katie-Jane Mabey and Katy-Leigh Attwood
Hair and Make-up - Katy-Leigh Attwood
Models - Katy-Leigh Attwood, Dena Pappas and Liam Meyer
Clothes - Nordic Poetry

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Careless and Young

So I've found myself pretty bored with high-street clothes at the moment, I feel as though I have everything and I just keep seeing the same things over and over again. So recently I've turned to shopping online and searching for bargains on ebay! I've been so busy yet again with finishing my dissertation and setting up my final exhibitions that my nails aren't even painting which is crazy for me!







And I do have hair, it's just blending in with my t-shirt, it was lilac, which is now fading so next it will be candy floss pink :)

Shoes - Asos
Leggings - Ebay
Tshirt - Ebay
Gold Cuff Bracelets - Asos
Necklace - Alders
Spike Ring - RockNRose
Circle Ring - Cheap Monday via Asos

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Delilah Dust

Just a little post to say thanks so much to Antonia at Delilah Dust. She contacted me a little while ago and offered to send me some of her beautiful bracelets! They arrived wrapped up so nicely and I've been wearing them ever since. They're really affordable and perfect for summer.





They are all on customisable cords with colours and textures to chose from! They would make such cute gifts for friends too! I'm love the friendship bracelet revival at the moment.
I'm selling a bunch of my things as well as vintage items I've accumulated and headbands I've made here.

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Dixi, Sunrise Collection

I recently shot and styled the new Dixi Sunrise Collection Lookbook. The festival inspired pieces were right down my alley, and I loved working with beautiful new models Yasmin and Harriet.
Here are some of my favourite images from the lookbook shoot. Most of them are still available but they're selling out fast so grab them whilst you can!

   

The jewellery, as always, is absolutely beautiful, as you know I am a bit of a magpie when it comes to jewels and there was spikes and gems galore!



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A day at the seaside

Thank you to all my loyal followers who have been very patient with me over these past few weeks, I only have a few weeks of university left until it's all over. I am beginning to attempt to get my life back on track after surviving the past couple of weeks with 2-3 hours sleep a night, so hopefully from now on blogging should resume as normal!
I have so many new clothes and lots of exciting photography/styling projects going on, and I now finally have time to share everything since I've handed in my Final Major Project!!

One of the many projects I've been working on recently has been for my housemate Chanti's magazine, Fearne. The magazine is part of her FMP for her graphic design degree.
Chanti, myself and my bestie Katy-Leigh are the editors, with the concept being High-Street, affordable fashion styled into fun editorials targeted towards 18-28 year olds.

 

I photographed and styled this first editorial, whilst Katy-Leigh did an amazing job on the hair and make-up and Jason was my trusty assistant! The theme was a kitsch day at the seaside in Brighton.



Very embarrassing video, yes, I do genuinely sound like a child. (We are not this wide, the video appears to have made us both look a bit chubby!) This video gives you an idea of the concept behind the shoot and a behind the scenes view!

 

Check out our blog. See the rest of the images here. 

Photography and styling - Katie-Jane Mabey 
Hair and Make-Up - Katy-Leigh Attwood
Assistant and Video Footage - Jason Ford
Model - Ana Consoni
Everything else! - Chanti Woolner

xoxo