****** TRIGGER WARNING – BEREAVEMENT ****** Originally posted in December 2015 With less than two weeks to go until Christmas, most people are rushing around hastily buying gifts, making food shopping lists and generally getting into the Festive Spirit. But Christmas time can be a difficult time for many people. The prospect of getting…
Continue readingCurvee success
Last Saturday,I was sat in an American Diner with two of my blogger friends Boo Brown and Sharon Davies when I got a notification through from Twitter. It was a beautiful illustration from the amazing Murder of Goths announcing to everyone that I had won ‘Best New Blogger’ at the first ever Curvee Awards.…
Continue readingA Most Marvellous wonderful winter ball
A few months ago I joined a vintage lovers group on Facebook, The 40s and 50s Most Marvellous Meetups. Through this group, I have met some fabulous new friends, had some cracking evenings outs and had a general giggle on their page. Now, never one to miss a good party, they are holding a…
Continue readingCurves, cupcakes and congratulations
So, following on from the Instagram decision to ban the word “curvy”, a very lovely blogger, Kat Cupcake cleverly started promoting #curvee instead, with Instagram having no problem with its use! Over 41,000 #curvee and #teamcurvee IG posts later, Kat, along with two other fabulous plus size bloggers, Kathryn and Georgina, are taking this…
Continue readingSharing the love — The Liebster Awards
Up until the weekend, I’d never heard of a Liebster Award, and now I’ve been nominated for two! Liebster awards are nominated for by bloggers. A blogger nominates other bloggers who they enjoy reading, and give them a few questions to answer. In turn, the nominee answers the questions and then nominates their own award…
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