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Friday 26 December 2014

Christmas Day Fashion


Happy Christmas. I hope you enjoyed/or are enjoying Christmas & are enjoying the rest now it's over (I know I will be). As this is Christmas week it is only right that this week's ootd is what I intend to wear on Christmas day (if I can force myself out of my PJs that is ^^).
This top from ModCloth made a (barely noticeable) appearance in last weeks OOTD post. I've been trying to save it for Christmas because Christmas is one of those weird smart-casual family events where you are kind of expected to wear something new-ish but I have failed dismally.
I think the problem is the colour & the fact it is polka dot, I am powerless to resit ;)

Monday 22 December 2014

Tattoo Mini Series: House Sparrow


Hi guys ^^ I'm back with another tattoo & I am remembering all over again how much of a pain the healing process is. I think the first time I was so happy that it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be I barely noticed what it was actually like & it is a little bit of a pain. Totally worth it though, for me at least ^^

Friday 19 December 2014

Wheelchair Fashion: Walk in the Park



It is getting so cold out now that there is no way to take an outfit photo outdoors without thermals & a lot of layers so this is that kind of outfit. I kind of wanted to call it 'Walk in the Park Realness', the way outfits on RuPaul's drag race are 'evil hench woman realness' or 'dog park realness' but then that normally means that there is no realness involved lol ^^
I have been getting into RuPaul's drag race in a big way better late than never & have been going more drag with my makeup. You probably can't tell I these pictures but I have contoured like CRAZY. I had to answer the door part way through my contouring & I had stripes of grey & super pale concealer all over my face....the postman was majorly confused ^^

Tuesday 16 December 2014

Photography Tips: How to pose in a wheelchair



One of the trickiest parts of taking a good ootd photo is posing. Add being plus size (ish) & in a wheelchair to that & it becomes a fine art. It's also something I have searched for advice on & have found absolutely nothing....so I thought I should probably share what little I've managed to work out ^^ Hopefully it'll be helpful to a few of you ^^

Okay so the basic premise of posing is to make your body look as good as possible, a.k.a. well proportioned, slim & without too many chins ^^ The best post I read on 'normal' posing is this one from wear & where &, honestly, it's where I learnt all the theory behind my tips.

Wheelchair Positioning


Friday 12 December 2014

Wheelchair Fashion: Festive Marsala


I don't know if you've heard but apparently Pantone Colour of the year 2015 is Marsala. Normally I think Panatone's colour of the year thing is over hyped & a total waste of time but this year the colour is so pretty I thought I should at least mention it. My favourite accent colour is this kind of burgundy, cranberry, neutrally, red purple colour & if Pantone manage to make it available all year round rather than just in Autumn-Winter I'm happy to pretend that the whole colour of the year thing isn't a joke. (Btw Dulux's colour of the year is copper blush just in case you were interested).

Friday 5 December 2014

Wheelchair Fashion: Biker Ballerina (or glitter monochrome)


I love my tulle skirts but when it gets to winter I start to feel like they're not a realistic choice. On pinterest I'll see image after image of women in jumpers, a tulle skirt & heels looking like as soon as they finish taking pictures they'll be running home to escape frost bite & that's all very well & good...if you live in a fashion magazine. But I'm here to tell you that winter is cold & I need tights to keep me warm, and boots....and preferably a coat.
Anyway, this was what I came up with as one way to wear my tulle skirt without getting freezing cold & I think it looks pretty cute.

Wednesday 3 December 2014

Tattoo Mini Series: My first tattoo - meaning & experience


Hi guys. A lot of you have been asking about my tattoo & I had been putting off writing about it because I'm getting my next one on the 18th & I had planned to do a HUGE post after that with everything in it but honestly, I knew even I wouldn't read a huge post & I would be the one writing it ^^
So I'm splitting that huge post up into a mini series including this post, a post about my next tattoo & then a final post some time in the new year about my experience getting tattoos as a moderate-severe M.E. sufferer. As I get more tattoos I will add to the series with their meanings & updates on how they effected my health & how my health effected the healing process.

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The story for this tattoo starts about 3 years ago. I was ill but still at a point where I believed that my total recovery was inevitable (which I no longer believe). Dolly Parton came out with the Better Day album & on it there was the song 'Shine like the Sun'. Something about the song really spoke to me & it was my motivational mantra at a point when I was really struggling.

 
I had this idea that when I got better I would get a sun tattoo with the words 'Shine like the Sun' written under it. Over time I realised that I was only getting worse (and also that I don't like sun tattoos) but I still had this idea in my head of this tattoo I would have gotten had I recovered.
 
In tattoo meanings balloons without anyone holding the string often mean letting go. The balloon is my 'Shine like the Sun' tattoo. I am letting go of waiting till I've 'recovered', I am letting go of waiting, I am living right now & I am going to shine like a sun regardless of being ill.
 
It's a kind of personal meaning that I hope didn't offend anyone, this is just how I see my M.E. & my personal situation & why I got my tattoo. I may yet recover, crazier things have happened, but I don't want to put what life I can have on hold waiting for some 'if' time in the future.
 
Onto my experience...