So continuing on from my Nuclear Holocaust work for university, I have decided to make a family photo album.


My photographs will include people wearing gas masks as they are the lucky survivors of a nuclear holocaust and getting on with their day-to-day life.


If you have any suggestions or opinions about my photo album please feel free to say as it would be very much appreciated! 


Here are a couple of photographs I have just edited..

Yesterday, I took my dogs for a walk into a field near where I live. It was so cold and all the trees and plants were covered in frost. 

Behind the field is a wooded area. As I approached this area, I began to feel like I was in a kind of wonderland!


I often walk through this field and through the wooded area but sometimes I never notice just how pretty it can look, so I decided to take a few photographs on my phone using the app 'Instagram'.


I discovered this app not long ago and absolutely love the different filters you can use to adapt your photographs. Heres a few of the pictures I took..

Most of your will probably see this as quite a strange title for a blog post but I promise I have a good reason behind it!

Basically, I am currently at university studying Contemporary Art Practices and have recently become very interested in the subject of nuclear holocausts and nuclear bombings. I know it sounds a very depressing subject but I can assure you it really is quite interesting research! 

At the end of last year I took a set of photographs which portrayed my ideas about the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust. I tried to imagine life if anyone was to survive this tragic event.

These are just a few of the photographs which I took for uni. I have now also got a few videos including interviews which I did with friends and family, asking them questions about their thoughts and feelings on the subject. 

The reason I am telling you about my work is because I could really do with some of your ideas!

For my final piece, (which I need to begin working on asap!) I was thinking of either trying make my own bomb shelter or asking some kind of business to help me, such as a builder or welder. My idea is to present my work inside of the shelter.

Now is where I need your help! I have no idea where to begin with this crazy project! I'll show you a picture of something I had in mind..

I think the shelter you can see in this photo is just the entrance  but I need to make something of a similar size so it'll fit into my university building for my final exhibition! I was thinking of maybe trying to use corrugated metal to make this shape and then covering it with leaves as camouflage. The only problem is, what kind of person would I have to ask to help me make something like this?! 

If anybody has any different ideas on how to make something along these lines I would greatly appreciate it! Remember it doesn't need to be as sturdy as a real bomb shelter! 

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Just a few photographs I took the other night whilst the sun was setting. These pictures were taken by the River Humber, where I live. 

I'm probably a part of a minority right now in the UK who is actually loving this winter weather! I love the cool, crisp air and being able to wear my winter woolies! 

I love this hat from Topshop! I bought it during the summer and haven't been able to wear it yet.

Winter is definitely my favorite time of year.(Apart from not being able to get my car out of the drive!) Everything about it excites me. I can't wait to wake up one morning and see a beautiful winter wonderland outside! It's all so mystical and wonderful! 

I love the build up to christmas. The little christmas stalls all over the country. I'm especially looking forward to the German fair in Leeds which I've been to the past two years now whilst being at university. It's so fantastic. The food they sell looks unbelievable and the majority of the Germans sell handmade, wooden nik-naks which are usually very beautiful and interesting. 

Oh and I can't forget the German beer and cider huts that they put up especially for the fair!

I think the fair usually starts in November, so I haven't got too long to wait now! I will definitely be posting photographs of the night after I've been! 

I'm also thinking of starting my christmas shopping now too! I adore christmas shopping and spoiling my friends and family! My logic being if I start now, then by christmas I'll have more money to spoil people with rather then spending it all at once and being skint! 

I'm not so much of a great cook but I do enjoy a spot of baking now and then. Especially if it's a birthday cake! My mum recently bought a new cake book which is absolutely fantastic! The book is called 'Cakes for fun', by Jane Asher. You should definitely check it out for upcoming birthdays!

It was one of my friends birthdays in August so instead of trying to find a present, I decided to slave away in the kitchen for her! She's a very quirky person so I thought she'd appreciate this little ensemble!

The book describes this cake as a 'fridge cake'. Therefore it sets in the fridge rather then cooking in the oven. It's just a big lot of biscuity, chocolatey crunch! I must say that it tasted fantastic though! The flowers and leaves on the cake were cookies which I also made! My other friend helped me decorate the flowers and the plant pot, making it look so cute and personal! Dani loved  her birthday present so slaving away in the kitchen for a few days was so worth it! 

This cake was made for my boyfriend who's birthday it was in October. He's the head chef at an italian restaurant called 'Stables', in my hometown where I also work. 

I even went to the effort of adding ginger hair to the cake, as Pete has ginger hair! This was just a basic sponge cake. I followed the design for a penguin cake in the book as it was the same shape as this but then added my own personal touches for Chef Peter! 

He cut into his cake at work and we all had a big piece! It was a chocolate cake which I made using Nesquick! Maybe Nesquick is my secret ingredient for making it so chocolatey! 

I can't wait for the next birthday to come around! Or maybe I should try my hand at a christmas cake! 

Just thought I should show you my two true loves in life, my dogs!

This is Dylan, he's a brown and white Welsh Border Collie, 7 years old. He's a bit of a grump but I love him none the less! 


My other dog, Barney, is coming up to his first birthday! We got him on christmas eve last year and he has definitely kept my family on their toes! He's unbelievably cheeky and does tend to wind Dylan up quite a bit but Dylan will always be top dog and put Barney back in his place!

 These photos were taken on christmas day and as you can see, he took well to Dylan's christmas present! That poor turkey is no longer with us. He was ripped to shreds. All the stuffing was pulled out and it's body parts ripped apart! Although my mum would sew it back together every time, the turkey ended up as just a wing and ended up eventually being thrown out!

He was a few months old on this picture, sat chewing on my ear! He grew far too fast for my liking!

This is Barney now, a great, big, fluffy lump! He's just so funny and entertaining. I could sit and watch him for hours whilst he chases his tail round in circles and wondering what to do with it once he's caught it!