Skip to content
Facebook Instagram Pinterest
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Contact MeExpand
    • Disclaimer
    • Privacy Policy

Hannah Marie Brankley

Life In My 30's

categories:

  • BlogExpand
    • Autumn
    • Books
    • ChristmasExpand
      • Calendar Countdown
      • Gift Guides
    • Fashion
    • Halloween
    • LifestyleExpand
      • My Family History Journey
      • My IBD Journey
      • My Journey With Invisalign
      • Tag
    • Product ReviewExpand
      • The August Review
Facebook Instagram Pinterest
Hannah Marie Brankley
Life In My 30's
  • Classic Halloween horror scene with a Ghostface mask and blood-stained knife on grass, symbolising scary movies and the spooky season.
    2025 | Halloween | Lifestyle

    Is Halloween Still About The Scare?

    Hours 9 October 202531 October 2025

    October, where the nights get darker, pumpkins start appearing on doorsteps, and the air feels a little more electric with a potential scare. But lately,…

    Read More Is Halloween Still About The Scare?Continue

  • An image styled like a film strip with three distinct photos of people wearing clown-themed makeup looks. Photo 1 (Top): A person with pink hair and white face paint, featuring exaggerated black diamond shapes around the eyes, a black smiling mouth, and a ruffled white collar. They are wearing a party hat and are surrounded by pink balloons. The overall look is a pastel, slightly unsettling birthday clown. Photo 2 (Middle): A person with white and pink-tinged hair, wearing extreme, dark, and scary clown makeup. The look includes sharp, jagged red and black lines extending from the mouth to create a stitched or demonic grin, dramatic eye makeup with sharp points, and dripping red accents. They are wearing a black suit and a red bowtie. Photo 3 (Bottom): A person with dark, textured hair styled up, wearing white and pink face paint with dark pink lips. The makeup includes classic sad clown tears, bold white highlights, and stylized eyebrows. The expression is one of slight sadness or contemplation. The three photos are vertically stacked in a black film strip border, with numbers 29, 30, and 31 visible. To the left of the film strip, the text "Clowns // Creator Edition" is printed in white over a dark, textured background.
    2025 | Halloween

    Clowns // Creator Edition

    Hours 7 October 202514 October 2025

    With Halloween just around the corner, I thought it would be fun to do a post on clown looks for Creator Edition. I love the…

    Read More Clowns // Creator EditionContinue

  • Image is of the Merry Hill shopping centre
    2025 | Halloween | Lifestyle

    A Day Trip To Merry Hill

    Hours 7 September 20257 September 2025

    Today, I took a trip to Merry Hill shopping centre, and it honestly has everything you could need in one place. From big brands to…

    Read More A Day Trip To Merry HillContinue

  • Image is of 2 pumpkins. on the left Shaggy from Scooby Doo is carved into the pumpkin. On the right Scooby Doo is carved into the pumpkin.
    2024 | Halloween

    Pumpkin Carvings 2024

    Hours 31 October 202431 October 2024
    Comments 2 Comments

    Here are my pumpkin carvings for 2024. I was a bit stressed about choosing a design this year. I considered doing Dorothy and her friends…

    Read More Pumpkin Carvings 2024Continue

Page navigation

Previous PagePrevious 1 2 3 4 5 … 10 Next PageNext
Picture is of myself. A white woman, with long brown hair, brown eyes and wearing a blue floral pattern dress.

Hannah Marie
UK Based
Content Creator | Digital Storyteller | Disability Rights Advocate

Missed Something?

Recent Posts

  • Not The Best Reading Month // March Wrap-Up
  • 12 New Releases // April 2026
  • A Four Book February // February Wrap-Up
  • 12 New Releases // March 2026
  • A Solid Start To The Year // January Wrap-Up

Sign up for emails

Authors

      Agatha Christie
      Alice Slater
      Bella Mackie
      Claire Douglas
      Emily Henry
      Emma Törzs
      Herman Hesse
      Holly Jackson
      Janet Skeslien Charles
      Jennette McCurdy
      Katy Hays
      Laurie Gilmore
      Martin Edwards
      Meg Shaffer
      NJ Mackay
      Philip Paris
      Rebecca Ross
      Rebecca Yarros
      Riley Sager
      Sally Page
      Stephen King
      Victoria Walters

Beauty Brands

      Benefit
      Bionsen
      Bourjois
      Clarins
      Curél
      Elemis
      GLOSSYBOX
      Kate Somerville
      Kiehl’s
      L’Oréal
      Liberty
      Liz Earle
      LOOKFANTASTIC
      Maybelline
      Megababe
      Milk Makeup
      Molton Brown
      Murad
      No7
      Peter Thomas Roth
      PIXI
      Rare Beauty
      Real Techniques
      Rimmel
      Sanctuary Spa
      Sephora
      Skin + Me
      Soap & Glory
      Space NK
      St Ives
      Summer Friday
      Sunday Riley
      The Body Shop
      The Ordinary
      Versed
      Weleda

Designers & Fashion Brands

      Cong Tri
      Dior
      Giles Deacon
      Gucci
      Joanie Clothing
      Laura Pitharas
      Oscar de la Renta
      Pamella Roland
      Passenger
      Prada
      Seasalt Cornwall
      Suzanne Nevile
      Valentino

Connect with me on Instagram

hannahmariebrankley

📍 UK
💜 #IBD #Stoma #Disability
💻 #ContentCreator
📚Bookstagram: @afictionalplace

From winter to spring 🌸 #2026 #LifeRecently From winter to spring 🌸

#2026 #LifeRecently
Happy New Year 🎊 With 2025 coming to an end, I c Happy New Year 🎊 

With 2025 coming to an end, I couldn’t resist joining this trend again. It’s made me realise how important it is to document the good moments. 

Even the quiet ones 📸

2025 was a year of growth, connection, and learning what a steadier life can look like. When I look back through my photos and memories, I can see just how much has changed. Gently, but meaningfully.

This year I…

💼 Started a new job that I love.
📚 Grew within the book community, joined some fantastic readathons, and made so many lovely book friends.
🎟️ Went to my very first book event.
✨ Met the wonderful Lucy Jane Wood.
☀️ Spent more sunny days reading in the hammock.
💻 Had my most productive year yet with my blog and content creation.
🍽️ Enjoyed more time with friends and many more meals out.
🚗 Travelled better and further than I have in years.
❤️‍🩹 Took part in more bowel and stoma-related events online and met some truly amazing people.
🧬 Uncovered new ancestors and family records.
🎃 Said hello to even more trick or treaters this year.
🔥 Went through my first full year with no flare-ups.
🏋🏻‍♀️ Joined the gym (it didn’t last as long as planned, but I’m hopeful for the year ahead).
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Reconnected with family I hadn’t seen in a long time.

But, as with life, there were lows too.

We said goodbye to our beloved girl, Gwen, after 15 years 🤍 Losing her has been the biggest change to daily life since my stoma surgery. And not one I’ve adjusted to quickly. She is missed every single day.

2025 wasn’t perfect, but I’m ending the year proud, grateful, and hopeful.

Here’s to 2026 🥂

#Goodbye2025 #Hello2026 #BloggingCommunity #BookCommunity #DisabilityCommunity
Merry Christmas!! 🎅🏻🎄 I hope everyone has an ama Merry Christmas!! 🎅🏻🎄 

I hope everyone has an amazing day ❤️

#Christmas #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays
Christmas sweet table - Done ✅ #Christmas #Christ Christmas sweet table - Done ✅

#Christmas #ChristmasTraditions #SweetTable
Follow on Instagram

Connect with me on Bookstagram

afictionalplace

📍UK
📚Book Hoarder
👩🏻‍💻@hannahmariebrankley
👇🏻Blog

It’s the last day of the month… why not treat your It’s the last day of the month… why not treat yourself to a new book 🎉📚

Day 120 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book with ‘30’ in the title 

#365DaysOfPrompts #EndOfMonth #TreatYourself #BookLovers #Books
Apologies! this post was meant to go up last night Apologies! this post was meant to go up last night but there was an error! So you’re getting two posts tonight 📚✨

Look what came in the post for me 😍📦

Day 119 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book where the main character is a dancer 🩰

#BookstagramUK #Books #ReadingChallenge #365DaysOfPrompts #BookMail
I love a buy one get one half price table 😍 Day 1 I love a buy one get one half price table 😍

Day 118 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book with food on the cover 🍓📖

#BookstagramUK #Books #ReadingChallenge #365DaysOfPrompts #FoodOnTheCover
My little book haul from the weekend 👀 I definitel My little book haul from the weekend 👀 I definitely didn’t need any more books…

Day 117 of 365 Days of Prompts: Read a book club book 📖

This could be an online book club, a bookshop book club, or even a book on your TBR that you originally picked up for a book club but never got round to...

#BookstagramUK #Books #ReadingChallenge #365DaysOfPrompts #BookClub
Follow on Instagram
  • Home
  • About Me
  • Contact Me

© 2026 Hannah Marie Brankley - Design by Studio Mommy

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Contact Me
    • Disclaimer
    • Privacy Policy
Search