CoppaFeel

Cancer sucks ass, you know it, I know it, the world and its dog should know it.

It has affected the lives of many of my family and close friends and their family and close friends...and that just wont do.

I have just got home from putting an over time shift in at work, and I honestly enjoyed it, there were 4 of us girls in the office (including my moooomar) and we had such a laugh. The scary thing about that statement however, is that if the statistics were applied - 1 of us in that room will get cancer in our life. Again, that is if the statistics are applied, I sincerely wish that never becomes the case.

I didn't sit there working away thinking that however, I'm an odd one, but not that odd. I simply make that statement to you now after watching a truly inspirational documentary called 'Kris: Dying to Live' on a stunning young woman called Kris, who along with her equally brave and supportive twin sister Maren, has set up the bloody fantastic charity 'CoppaFeel'.

Kris was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer just a few months after her 23rd birthday, and set up the charity just 2 months after that. It's a world away from many of the charities that are around today, as it focuses entirely, around something that is seen as a bit of a taboo subject: BOOBS.

And why not?

Boobs, love bags, chesticles, lovely lady lumps, whatever you want to call them, male or female you gotta love them. They are often seen as a defining feature of a woman, and a key element in the natural feeding of a child, quite frankly, they're fabulous, but they can also be deadly.

1 in 8 women will experience breast cancer in their life, and 400 MEN are diagnosed with breast cancer every single year. So it affects us all, no matter whether you think so or not.

And that's where CoppaFeel comes in to play. As their webpage states:

'CoppaFeel! ® exists to educate and remind every young person in the UK that checking their boobs isn’t only fun, it could save their life. We are the first breast cancer charity in the UK to create awareness amongst young people, with the aim of instilling a new healthy habit that could one day save their life.'

Kris is an all round awesome person, as you can see from her blog, labelled 'How to glitter a turd' which you can find rightttttt here.

And she is on a mission, to educate young women (and men) how serious and important it is to check yourself, get to know your bodies, and don't allow doctors to dismiss your symptoms just because you are young. It's your body, it's your life and it's your prerogative. Don't take their crap.

I urge you all to have a look at CoppaFeel and I also urge you all to genuinely copp a feel of those bad boys. Educate yourself in what to look out for and lose the whole embarrassment that comes with talking about it. Your health is way more important than other people's opinions.

Thank you Kris, you are a truly inspirational woman and I for one will do all I can to promote the wonderful charity you have created.

Oh and..... BOOBIES.

Lots of love, Emily-Rose xoxo

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Mollie Makes – Handmade Wedding

The magazine that made my wildest wedding dreams come true.

It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I have a severely unhealthy obsession with weddings. With many guys, if their girlfriend admitted that, they would give Usain Bolt a run for his money (no pun intended….well…maybe) but I am lucky enough to have a long-suffering angel who doesn’t seem to mind. Either that, or he is so petrified that he daren’t even say ;). I’m hoping it’s not the latter and that he simply breathes a sigh of relief knowing that if/when (hopefully less ‘if’ than ‘when’) it comes to our wedding, he won’t be dragged in to help plan ANYTHING, he can just sit back with a pint in hand until the day arrives, where he can again, sit back with a pint in hand.

Quite frankly, I don’t disagree with anyone who thinks it’s totally weird. I’m 18 years of age, if I had stayed on at college like many of the friends I have – I would be preparing for my first year of University to get well and truly gazeboed every night, not planning my wedding and saving for a house deposit. But not many people have had the example I have had in life – my parents.

Engaged on my mum’s 18^th birthday after just under a year together, my parents were married before they both turned 20 and this year will celebrate their 25^th wedding anniversary in blissful happiness as always.  I know what you may be thinking – ‘surely there must be a reason they got married so early’ – and you are right – they were desperate to be together. There was no other reason for it than that. They waited for almost 6 years until they had me, and another 2 and a half before my ‘little’ brother came along. To everyone who meets them, they are a complete anomaly in modern life and funnily enough, they have been through more heartbreak and difficulty in their married years than a million couples put together – each event bringing them closer together.

How very very soppy.

ANYWAY…..moving onnnnnn

 ‘Mollie Makes’ is a fabulous magazine that usually focuses on handmade items, crafting and all things adorable. Being a keen crafter myself alongside my mum, this magazine is one of our top go-to’s for any new projects and we treat each other to a new issue whenever we see one. I say ‘treat’, because at a fiver a pop, with me being such a tight arse with money, it’s a treat!

So when my eagle-eyed momma spotted a special wedding edition of it, we went into a geeky excitement meltdown!!!

It is chockablock full of incredible real-life weddings, ideas for handmade invites, decorations and includes links to find literally anything you see on each page – a complete dream.

Just look at this one particular featured wedding below….just look at it.

 

Beyond stunning. And every detail is hand made, even down to the hundreds of individual delicate sugar hydrangeas on their cake which they made together (am I the only one who swoons at that?!) I for one know how painstaking those ruddy sugar hydrangeas are to make and set on a cake.... *multiple curse words*

Anyway - to anyone who loves weddings, to anyone who is due to get married or to anyone who appreciates beautiful handmade items - go and get Mollie Makes in your life!!!!!

Even a cute little old guy on my bus was reading it the other day - I felt we had a real friendship bond when I geekily got my copy out of my bag too!!

Haha....apologies that my second blog post is so girly and soppy, but thats me! 

Lots of love, Emily-Rose xoxo

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