Meeting Christina Perri

On Saturday 22nd November, I was lucky enough to attend a meet and greet to meet Christina Perri before her gig at the Ritz in Manchester.

I was so excited to meet her. I love her music, and even walked down the aisle to her song 'A Thousand Years'!

I got to the venue for about quarter to 5. We got early entry so that we could meet her and then head to the front of the gig, which was nice. We all queued up in a big room, and as we were waiting for her to arrive we could hear her doing sound check. She sounded so good, so that got me very excited for the actual gig!

She came in to the room and we all got a couple of minutes with her. We were limited to one photo each as there was a lot of people there to meet her.

She gave me the biggest hug as I walked up to her. She was so nice. Asked me my name, how I was, what I do etc. I of course told her about walking down the aisle to her song, and she was so chuffed, which was lovely. I had a picture with her, which she looks absolutely stunning in! (she makes me look.. blah. haha) She signed my ticket and the little reel of photos we got of her. We also got a little candle which says "till our lives are burning gold" on the front, which is a quote from one of her songs.

She was absolutely brilliant, her voice is amazing live. If you ever get the chance to see her, definitely go!

I vlogged the meet and greet and bits of the gig... so if you want to see what the meet and greet was like, or get an idea for what she is like live, head over to my YouTube channel. Watch the video here: http://youtu.be/wQxe-1r2DD8?list=UUtkHPCprLW67wcze0b_7kvw
I have done a couple of other videos so please check them out too, and subscribe if you like! I really enjoy making them and it takes a decent amount of time to film, edit and upload, so I hope people enjoy watching them and that I can build up a bit of a YouTube friend base :)

I am planning to do a November favourites video and blog soon. Hoping to get that filmed and written next weekend!

Sarah x

To Write Love On Her Arms

Today I received the stuff I ordered from TWLOHA. And I love them so I thought I would do a quick post about them.

I have supported To Write Love On Her Arms for many years now, and I have bought several shirts. I think the reason I support them continuously is because I hate the thought that people out there think that they don't matter. Or think that they can't ask for help, whether that be because they are struggling with anxiety, depression, drugs, self harm or anything else for that matter. It's just awful thinking that a lot of people might not have anyone there to help them and give them hope that everything will be ok and that they can get better. TWLOHA reach out to those people, and that's just amazing.

TWLOHA help spread hope and love. They help people overcome some really dark, hard times. And even get as involved as helping people with treatment. And I think that's unbelievable. If only everyone in this world could show the same kindness they do, the world would be a much more beautiful place.

Every single person matters. Your story matters. No one can play your part.

So! Every now and then, as a way of donating money to this wonderful cause, I buy a tshirt, or jumper, or something along those lines.

This month I went for the collaboration with Christina Perri tank top in white. The lyrics on the front are from her song Believe, which is on her new album Head Or Heart. (It's a lovely, brilliant album. Go get it!) Believe was written with TWLOHA in mind, so it's very fitting. This will be nice to wear with jeans or leggings, with a cardigan probably, now it's getting colder and colder!

I think I'll probably be wearing this when I meet her in November. Exciting! I have a meet and greet ticket for her Manchester show in the UK. Yay!

I also went with something a bit different. They have made a couple of their tshirt designs in to prints, or posters. I bought this one because when I read this blog (on their website, it's called 'there is still some time), which was written by their founder Jamie Tworkowski, it really got to me (in a very good, wow kind of way) it's a real pick-me-up piece. And so I have bought it, and I'm going to frame it and put up in what will be our study, we are currently in the process of swapping some rooms round in our house to make room for a study!

Check out the blog here: http://twloha.com/blog/there-still-some-time

The print is available here: http://store.twloha.com/collections/accessories/products/there-is-still-some-time-print

The tank top is here: http://store.twloha.com/collections/girls/products/christina-perri-sleeveless-shirt

I love these items. Go check To Write Love On Her Arms out if you've never heard of them. They're amazing.

Sarah x