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It’s Finally Here! Issue 2 of Rock n Roll Bride Print Magazine Available Now!

Kat

July 30, 2012

It's here! It's finally here! To say creating issue 2 of Rock n Roll Bride Magazine has been a labour of love would be an understatement of epic proportions. When Gareth & I made the decision late last year to create a second edition of the magazine after the unanticipated appreciation over issue 1 (which was initially conceived to just be a free handout at a wedding show), not in a million years did we think it would take so long... and take so much out of us. Dear God, I have a new found respect for everyone who works in the print industry. I won't bore you with the trials and tribulations we've had along the way, but rest assured that magazines are hard work. But when 50-odd boxes of something we created were delivered to our house on Friday, it all suddenly felt worth it. I have never been so proud!
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LUSH’s Hard Hitting Campaign Against Animal Testing

Kat

July 12, 2012

I was going to put this in Thursday Treats today but after doing some research I feel a simple link amoungst so many other things isn't enough. I saw this on a news website yesterday and it literally stopped me in my tracks. Performance artist, Jacqueline Traide, turned herself a lab test subject in the LUSH Regent St store window to highlight some of the procedures done on animals by cosmetics companies who allow animal testing. Her hair was shaved. She was force-fed. She was covered in products... for ten whole hours.
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Watch out America, The Pink One is Coming : Las Vegas Edition

Kat

February 12, 2012

So part two of my American Adventure™ is underway! Last August Gareth & I globe-trotted over to Omaha and LA, and this week I'm off to Las Vegas for 2 weeks! I'm heading out for the WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International) conference and as it's such a long way to go, Lisa, David & I thought we'd extend our trip into a little holiday too...oh do a photo shoot with Gala & Nubby! I am SO EXCITED. It's the first time in a long time that I will have been away from Gareth for such an extended period though...sad face. I hope he and the kittens don't destroy the house in my absence. Keep an eye him via his twitter would ya?
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Welcome to Rock n Roll Bride 2.0: The Green Room

Kat

January 3, 2012

In 2007 I started a wedding blog, called it Rock n Roll Bride and began sharing alternative weddings and inspiration - wedding inspiration for girls like me. Girls that were planning their weddings but felt disillusioned and disheartened by the frou frou, fluffy, cookie cutter industry and limited choices they were offered for ‘their’ big day. Skip forward a few years, to January 2012, and this little wedding blog of mine has grown to be amongst the most popular in the world (OK it feels utterly ludicrous typing that but I guess it is true...) Needless to say, the girl with the neon hair and big dreams did good. This wedding blog is now not only my full time job, but my husband Gareth's. We have an incredibly chaotic and happy home and we couldn't be more grateful for where Rock n Roll Bride, and the people who've supported it, has brought us.
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Rock n Roll Bride Christmas Cards on Sale NOW!

Kat

November 21, 2011

Ho Ho Ho, Meeeerrrrrieee Christmas! I've been feeling seriously festive these past few weeks. I think it's something to do with a combination of The Spirit of Christmas Fair that I attended with my Mum last week (it was so FUN!), the fact that I no longer work in a job where we're forced to sell everything as a potential Christmas gift from September and because I've been working with the amazing Sugalily (who also designed the Rock n Roll Bride notebooks and 2012 wallplanners which, by the way, are still available to buy) to design a range of Rock n Roll Bride Christmas cards!
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Get Featured on Rock n Roll Bride – I Need Your DIY Ideas

Kat

October 22, 2011

This is something I've wanted to do more of on the blog for a while, but alas something I'm quite rubbish at myself - DIY. I really wish I was a crafting genius but no. I'm much more likely to buy something handmade than actually make it myself! However I love DIY tutorials on blogs and I know you guys to. It's also so so so awesome to see the tutorials I feature are being used for your actual weddings afterwards. So baby I want more...and this is where you come in.
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Changes.

Kat

September 10, 2011

Things I'm making a conscious effort to do since the Feather Love workshop this week... ♥ Cutting the negative crap out of my life and focusing on positive energy ♥ Confirming my love for my support network ♥ Cutting down on commitments that drain my time & energy and give me little or nothing in return ♥ Starting to write for the 'art' of the written word again. Remembering why I fell in love with writing in the first place ♥ Trying to feel less guilty ♥ Getting excited about new projects...for me, no one else, and not worrying if no one else cares ♥ Dancing to offensive hip hop on a regular basis
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Watch out America, The Pink One is Coming!

Kat

August 22, 2011

Yes that's right - Gareth & I are off to the US of A for two whole weeks. Our first stop is Omaha. I've been invited by Princess Lasertron to be a guest model in her show for Omaha Fashion Week and boy am I honoured/scared/nervous! Mrs Lasertron has designed a wedding dress especially for me and you'll even be able to buy it afterwards! If you are in the Omaha region, I'll be walking the catwalk on Thursday 25th (this Thursday coming) and I'd love to see some of you there. All info on showtimes, tickets and the location can be found via the Omaha Fashion Week website.
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Help Me Choose the New Rock n Roll Bride Intern

Kat

July 25, 2011

To say that choosing the next Rock n Roll Bride real-bride intern was difficult would be an understatement of immense magnitude. When I posted two weeks ago that I was looking for a new 'Alice' to come and write her wedding planning story for us I expected to receive maybe 10/15 entries...67 applications later and my brain is a little fried from trying to pick the one which I think will have the most interesting story for the blog. So, I'm being a wimp and hoping you, the loyal readers of this 'lil blog will come to my aid and help me! After all, I want you to be inspired by the stories you'll be reading. I have managed to narrow it down to three 'finalists' (for lack of a better word.) Please read their entries, check out their inspiration and let me know who you think should come and write for me. Who's story do you find most interesting? Who writes in a way that makes you want to read more? Who's inspiration board is most inspiring to you? Who do you want to hear more from and who's wedding do you want to see on the blog?
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