December 23, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Inspiration & Lifestyle

Why Modest Fashion Bothers Me

Today I want to talk about the trend for Modest Fashion. Increasingly I’ve started to notice some of the outfits I pin on my inspiration board marked with a Modest Fashion hash tag. It’s also been suggested that some of my own outfits are “Modest” since I favour midi skirts and not a lot of

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Something for the Weekend – More Netflix Picks

I haven’t recommended any UK Netflix picks for over 6 months. So it must be time for some more! You can find my first top 20 Netflix picks here , and then my next lot (there were 7) you can find here. I do not have a relaxing weekend coming up.  I have 3 Roller

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

The First 5 Plugins You Should Install on Your WordPress Blog

WordPress plugins are one of the best things about it as a blogging platform. Pretty much anything you want to do with your blog, you’ll be able to find WordPress plugins to do it for you. Whether you *should* use a lot of plugins is another matter. Sometimes it feels like I’ve spent far too

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Getting Organised – A Peek in my Dressing Room

I shall start this post with a disclaimer. My Dressing Room is not necessarily an airy, glamorous, Pinterest worthy space. I live in one of those “three bedroom” Victorian terraces that you get a lot of in some UK Cities. The third bedroom is off the second bedroom and suitable only for conversion to a

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Confessions of a Chronic Worrier

Of all the things in my life I’ve ever worried about being bad at, worrying isn’t one of them. Most of my life I’ve been a chronic worrier with an amazing ability to over think everything. If I was going to chose a super power I think I’d have probably chosen something different. The first

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

How to Make Money Using Affiliate Links

In January I wrote about how to make money from blog advertising. I promised I’d be back with more information on how exactly it is that bloggers make money, and today, here I am as promised.  I’m going to talk about the exciting world of affiliate links, how to use them, and how to make

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Why You're Wrong to Hate Valentines Day

In case it had escaped your attention, this weekend is Valentines Day. Around this time of year, people spend a lot of time exercising their cynicism muscle about how much they hate the crass excuse for commercialism that Valentines Day has become and how they don’t need a special day to show their loved ones

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Inspiration & Lifestyle Vintage

Vintage Stereotypes and How to Spot Them

Ever since I started blogging I’ve been a “Vintage” blogger. It doesn’t seem to matter how my style or the content of my blog has changed over the 8 years I’ve been blogging, I’ve always managed to fall enough under that banner to be considered “Vintage”. The term “vintage” used to refer to vintage clothing,

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

How to Make Money Selling Advertising on Your Blog

I get asked a lot how exactly I make money from blogging. Sometimes it’s kind of rude, like the time I got virtually corned by a bloke in a pub who pretty much wanted a month by month break down of my average income. But most of the time it’s genuine interest, either by people

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