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Life In My 30's
  • Pumpkin Carvings 2022
    2022 | Halloween

    Pumpkin Carvings 2022

    Hours 31 October 202220 August 2023

    This year I decided to go with Coraline and Other Mother for the pumpkin carvings and I used stencils by Zombie Pumpkins. Click here to…

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  • Trick or Treat Bags For Halloween 2022
    2022 | Halloween

    Trick or Treat Bags For Halloween 2022

    Hours 29 October 202220 August 2023

    It’s that time of year again! A few days before Halloween I put the Trick or Treat sweet bags together. With it being so close,…

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  • The Ghost Photoshoot Trend
    2022 | Halloween

    The Ghost Photoshoot Trend

    Hours 23 October 202226 August 2023

    The Ghost Photoshoot Trend has well and truly taken over TikTok and Instagram. I love it. I’ve seen so many variations. Some going for a…

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  • Halloween Tag 2022
    2022 | Halloween | Tag

    Halloween Tag 2022

    Hours 20 October 202220 August 2023

    I saw Anna Williams do the Halloween Tag with her partner on her YouTube Channel as she packed orders for her small business, Plannerface. I…

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  • Horror Movie Characters // Creator Edition
    2022 | Halloween

    Horror Movie Characters // Creator Edition

    Hours 9 October 202220 August 2023

    The internet is full of talented people and I’ve got three who have done some amazing makeup transformations of horror movie characters. Perfect if you…

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  • 10 Autumn & 10 Halloween Blog Ideas
    2022 | Autumn | Halloween

    10 Autumn & 10 Halloween Blog Ideas

    Hours 6 September 20225 April 2026

    It’s September and it’s an exciting month as Autumn and Halloween are just around the corner. For the fellow content creators out there, I thought…

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Hannah Marie
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Content Creator | Digital Storyteller | Disability Rights Advocate

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Today marks my 12th year recognising World IBD Day Today marks my 12th year recognising World IBD Day whilst living with IBDโ€ฆ but this year, I found myself asking a question I never thought I would.

Do I actually still have IBD?

After 3 surgeries, having everything from the ileum down removed and now living with a stoma, my Ulcerative Colitis is no longer active. Thereโ€™s nowhere left for the disease to flare in the way it once didโ€ฆ so where does that leave me?

Am I someone who had IBD? Or am I still someone living with it?

In todayโ€™s blog post, I wanted to explore that question because IBD is so much more than just a bowel disease. Even without active disease, I still live with the effects it left behind.

A stoma gave me my quality of life back after years of immense pain and failed treatments, but it isnโ€™t a cure. Itโ€™s a management route with its own ups and downs.

Iโ€™d love to know if anyone else with a stoma has ever questioned where they fit within the IBD community now ๐Ÿ’œ

Link: https://hannahmariebrankley.com/world-ibd-day-2026-do-i-still-have-ibd/

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Chapter 34 ๐ŸŽˆ #Birthday Chapter 34 ๐ŸŽˆ

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Lovely meal out last night with loved ones to cele Lovely meal out last night with loved ones to celebrate my brother and Iโ€™s birthday at @casabiancausk ๐Ÿฅฐ

Highly recommend the spaghetti carbonara! ๐Ÿ˜‹

#BirthdayCelebrations #TimeWithFamily #ItalianDining
From winter to spring ๐ŸŒธ #2026 #LifeRecently From winter to spring ๐ŸŒธ

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With today's prompt, I may need to push this one u With today's prompt, I may need to push this one up the reading list... 

Day 160 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book featuring a musician ๐ŸŽต

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Love a sprayed edge ๐Ÿ˜ I'm so happy to have this ed Love a sprayed edge ๐Ÿ˜ I'm so happy to have this edition to go with the rest of the collection!

Happy World Oceans Day! ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿ ๐ŸŒŽ 

Day 159 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book about the world's oceans

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Finally starting Bat Eater๐Ÿฆ‡ Day 158 of 365 Days o Finally starting Bat Eater๐Ÿฆ‡

Day 158 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book you discovered on social media 

Iโ€™ve included a few book recommendations that I picked up because of social media. For all the damage BookTok, BookTube and Bookstagram have done to my bank account, they have also introduced me to some brilliant books ๐Ÿ˜‚

#BookstagramUK #Books #ReadingChallenge #365DaysOfPrompts #BookInfluencers
My June hopefuls ๐Ÿ’– This June, there were only 8 n My June hopefuls ๐Ÿ’–

This June, there were only 8 new releases that caught my eye:
๐Ÿ“š The Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden
๐Ÿ“š Romantic Hero by Kirsty Greenwood
๐Ÿ“š The Last Time We Saw Her by Jaclyn Goldis
๐Ÿ“š The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston
๐Ÿ“š The Death Row Club by V.A. Vazquez
๐Ÿ“š Nine Lives by Catherine Steadman
๐Ÿ“š Chase Me If You Can by Heather Frances
๐Ÿ“š Witch Season by Julia Bianco

I wonder why June isn't an as popular release month? ๐Ÿค”

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