The tide is turning, thankfully, and sewing, mending and the crafty arts are becoming mainstream cool as more and more people wake up to the environmental impact of staying on trend. Not a moment too soon. Fashion is the one of the biggest environmental polluting industries. The best way to limit your wardrobe’s impact on …
Stopping off in Brisbane for the night ? Or just need a Mid Week Staycation from schedules and the kids – 3 steps to Serenity stat. If someone had told me that I would be scheduling in date nights or even using the term “date night” before kids, I would have snorted derisively in their …
3 Friends in real life 3 Savvy Successful Business Mamas & Killer Stylists supporting you to live your real life joyfully. I have launched The Friday Collective with close friends and amazing stylists, business women, creatives and speakers Sarah Merrett (@sarahmerrrettstylepitstop) & Cate Massi (@individualstyle101). We are launching our new adventure together to support women …
Throughout 2019, I continued to work closely as Brand Strategist, Creative Director and Business Developmen consultant with SunSoaked. Due to the huge success of SunSoaked’s pioneering sunsafe Mama and Me twinning range – and extension into 6-14yr SunSoaked Bella, Sunburn added the new Bambino range (00-5) nationally across all stores in Australia. In 2019, the …
Anyone who reads the blog or follows me on instagram knows I am a proud 48 year old Mama who is not beauty product focussed, nor do I personally do botox, fillers, acidic peels or lasers. Without sounding like a tosser, most of my effort goes into focussing on living my day to day life …
You know when your coffee cup matches your hair and lipstick it’s going to be a good day ! I decided last year never to buy a takeaway coffee unless I had my reusable cup with me and to date that is about approx 1600 + cups saved from landfill until I reversed over …
Tomorrow I turn 44. It staggers me sometimes. Not because I hate getting older or want to stay young – in fact I like getting older – even in terms of how I look. I find it interesting. But when I say the number outloud it doesn’t make sense. How can I …
I like hats.. blame my father… from an early age, he would invariably say ” is there a hat that goes with that outfit ?” Over the years I have created quite a collection of Baker Boy hats, deerstalkers and everything in between – but for the last few years berets and turbans have taken a …
Hope your week starts well – but before you hurtle into the morning “get in the car !” for school runs how about this… Our family are pretty affectionate, but when things were tough with health, grief and life worries a few years ago I found that stress made me agitated, more disconnected and less abundant …
Haute Potato – When Food Trumps Fashun Anyone who knows me knows five things I live in T-shirts – being based in Queensland now. I love a good piss take. Italian food is always a good idea in my book. Dumplings are my happy place. I love potatoes in any form :) So when every …
I have been a bit GAGA over Gucci since their 2016 runway and although I am not a big designer covet type of gal I have decided to start a Gucci Bag fund – a wee jar where I am selling clothes and shoes I no longer wear to save up. The girls – ms …
For the last 3 years at Christmas I have gone completely offline and unplug from phone, social media, text messages, computer – a wee time travel to 1998 as it were from Christmas Eve – until my wedding anniversary on Jan 10. 17 Days of full digital detox no Instagram no Facebook, Pinterest, Polyvore, …
