Champions Award

To kickstart my year, I received my very first blog award of 2016 from Rob @ The V-Pub during the early days of January. It was a lovely gesture as we had only recently discovered each others blogs and I'm certainly glad that we did, as The V-Pub has quickly become a regular drop in point for …

Blog | 2015 In Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for The Girl in Glasses! Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 12,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for …

Motivational Monday | Be Unstoppable #LikeAGirl

Question: What does the phrase "like a girl" mean to you? In the family-comedy sports movie The Sandlot (1993), young baseball players hurl insults back and forth, when 'Ham' blurts out "You play ball like a girl!" ...but what does that mean? When did the connotation become negative and why? The leading consumer product company, Proctor …

Fashion | Mink&Stone Giveaway Winners Announcement

Happy Monday everyone! What better way to kickstart the week than to announce the winners from my latest giveaway, which was provided courtesy of the online jewellery designer company Mink&Stone. A big thanks to everyone that entered the giveaway, I particularly enjoyed reading through all of the comments! I'm happy to reveal that the winners, from …

Fashion | Part 2: My Mink&Stone Jewellery Designs + GIVEAWAY

Following on from the first post in this mini-series, Part 1: Become a Jewellery Designer with Mink&Stone, which explained the Mink&Stone website and jewellery design experience, I thought that I would share some of my jewellery creations and the ideas behind them. Which bracelet design is your favourite? Silver Stardust Bead Bracelet Shell Bracelet Pressed Glass Copper …

Motivational Monday | Remember To Look Up

I have touched upon a similar topic previously for Motivational Monday in my Beauty is Everywhere and Pleased to Meet You blog posts, explaining things in our lives that we should take the time to appreciate, including anything from a beautiful sunset, a quiet 'me' moment and even a complete stranger adding brightness to our day. We are all so connected but what does …