sunshine chronicles

stories about all things hello sunshine

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TRUTH NUGGET.

I’m going to be 100% honest with you all. While I genuinely love painting portraits at events, this weekend was a bit of a wallop to my confidence. Anywho, I spent a little time wallowing and feeling a bit lost over the weekend but I remembered a blog post I wrote last year. It was to mark 10 years since I started drawing my signature style Sunshine Portraits…

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hello MINIMOON

OK, so maybe this counts as wedding spam for some, but for me I'm firmly listing this under ADVENTURES! The Beard and I like to plan lots of mini trips to look forward to throughout the year from super budget camping adventures to those a bit further afield that we have to consider and save for a bit more. For our honeymoon…

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HANDMADE NOTTINGHAM

I’m SO EXCITED to be heading back to my hometown this weekend and back to one of my favourite doodling spots, at Handmade Nottingham. YAY! I’ll be painting portraits for the lovely folk of Nottingham as part of the 3 day Bank Holiday pop up event Rhea is running. I will be there 12 - 5pm on Saturday…

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MR & MRS : Q&A

I promised to answer any questions you lovely lot threw my way throughout the Mini Wedding series and here we are! If you left a question, hopefully you'll enjoy finding the answer in here and if you're just here for the photos and a bit more goss about our Big Day then I hope you enjoy these little nuggets too.

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MR & MRS : the BIG day

You've read all about the hard work and love that went on leading up to this and most of what happened behind the scenes. You've also had peeks into almost every element of the day but this post, right here is where I'm going to bring it all together and take you through the Big Day itself.

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hello JULY

Here we are again! Another month has flown by so here's another cheeky round up of everything July brought along, from our honeymoon and mini day trips to tackling being back at work briefly and of course, meeting Buddy! I'll keep it short and sweet as I'm aware I've been waffling quite a lot over here lately...

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MR & MRS : diy & playtime

This post hopefully follows on nicely from last week's 'pimping the place' theme, as I plan to share more about the fun DIY projects and other creative super heroes we worked with.

I'll try to break it up into fun, photo-filled and manageable chunks but can't promise I won't get carried away with waffling about the amazing people who helped us with certain things because...

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hello BUDDY

After keeping the BIGGEST secret of our lives for the past 3 weeks and thanks to the wonderful beans at Retro Campers Norfolk, we’d like to introduce you to the newest member of our Sunshine Towers family 🙊

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MR & MRS : pimping the place

Originally I was going lump everything from stationery and DIY projects to decor and additional props for our Big Day in one post but there seems to be a little too much to waffle about. So I’ve split it in two and hopefully you’ll enjoy these slightly shorter insights a bit more!

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CHEEKY

Pssst! Have you seen the shiny new, slightly naughty pins that snuck into the shop this week?

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MR & MRS : eat, drink & dance

I’m not sure how this post will seamlessly flow from food and drink into music but they seem like a good trio to group together and waffle about... so let’s see how it goes! Hopefully you’ll enjoy finding out a bit more about the tasty treats, delicious tipples and toe tappers we chose for our Big Day!

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MR & MRS : getting dressed

As you might imagine from the title, this post is going to be about outfits; ‘The Dress’, the suit, the accessories and who we asked to be in our bridal/groom parties and what they wore.

Now, I’m sure most people could write a really juicy blog post about finding the perfect dress for their wedding but I’ll be honest with you… 

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hello JUNE

Ok so we're half way through July and this might just be the latest I've been with one of these round ups but with post wedding work catch-ups, mini trips and our big Honeymoon adventure at the end of the month, June was a bit of a mental one! I thought it would be nice to capture it though and keep the monthly updates going

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MR & MRS : Where to begin?

It might seem a little self-indulgent, spending time writing about our Big Day but SO MANY people helped bring it together and make it the amazing celebration it was and it feels important to document that and shout about those incredible beans involved... as well as relive and share the magic!

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hello MAY

WOW! What a month it's been! From mini jaunts to Glasgow and London to my hen do, our wedding and mini moon, it's been an incredible whirlwind of fun, laughter and tears (mostly the happy kind!)

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OUT OF OFFICE!

I can't actually believe it, after 18 months of plotting, planning, prepping and ... GIN... and it's now time for me to pop my out of office on and enjoy the month of May and all it has to bring... including marrying my fellow Anorak Twat and Adventure Buddy!

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hello APRIL

Looking at my previous blog posts, I'm going to stick with the reoccurring theme of TIME MOVING SO BLOODY QUICKLY! I mean, here we are at the end of another month, AGAIN! It's OK though, as it means I get to share some more favourite moments with you all.

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WEDDING DATES!

A little heads up, seeing as there’s less than A MONTH to go now until I become a WIFE (holy sh*tballs!) I’ll be taking time away from the studio from 1st - 31st of May & then again from 20th June - 8th July! EEEK!

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hello MARCH

March, you have been fun, productive, inspiring and gone by oh so quickly! So much so I’m late with the little update I had started writing about you! Please forgive me…? 

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hello SPRING?

I had planned on writing a blog post earlier this month but February has WHIZZED by, not only because it's a shorter month but because it's been full on with a big ol' mix of adventures, work and adulting.

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