Today I am so pleased to feature one of my favourite bloggers – an interview with Being Brazen. Whether she is blogging about things she learnt recently, some lovely local finds or her latest music, tv or celeb fashion crush I always look forward to her pretty posts. Here are her answers to my blogger interview series: “What I…” Know… that I don’t have all the answers, love can save the day, miracles & “magic” are happening all over the place, there is a higher power ( I call him God) , I am not a morning person, I talk …  Read More »

This week’s interviewee is Georgia from Love and Lollipops – she blogs about all things children! She loves “Mommy-made Toys and Games” and says it gives her great pleasure to create something new and fun for her children out of things around the house. She loves inspiring other Moms to play and create with their children. All her projects are really easy to do – nothing too complicated. And they all look amazing! I’m def keen to try some of these out as Christmas gifts for grannies or teachers! Check out her site for amazingly easy tutorials (or click the …  Read More »

This week I was honoured to be awarded my first blog award – a Liebster Blog Award – from fellow Cape Town mommy blogger – Se7en plus 1. Se7en plus 1 is an inspirational mama to 8 (!) kids. She blogs about their daily life and many of their homeschooling adventures. I recently did an interview with her – pop over here to read it! Thank you for the award Se7en plus 1. So, apparently this is how blog awards work – they come with a short list of rules: 1. Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog …  Read More »

The latest interview in my “What I…..” series with inspirational bloggers is with the truly talented – Bern le Roux. Bern dons a multitude of hats – mother, wife, foodie, restaurant part-owner (café Roux in Noordhoek), food writer, stylist and editor at a variety of publications including Conde Nast Home & Garden, award-winning author (Prickly Pears & Pomegranates by Quivertree Publications won a World Gourmand Award in Paris for Best Local Cookbook), and now blogger – and she does all these brilliantly! She blogs over at Live to Eat about all things food – how to grow it, how to …  Read More »

Yesterday I was honoured to feature on Being Brazen’s bucket list series. Being Brazen is one of my favourite bloggers and I have always enjoyed reading other bloggers’ bucket lists in this series and wondered what would be on mine should I get the opportunity to be featured – well that day came yesterday! I have always loved making lists – lists about everything… what to pack, where to go, things to organise, tasks to complete etc but when it came to finally making a BUCKET LIST for Being Brazen I took a while to decide what was most important …  Read More »

I’m so pleased to have BOTH Emily and Liza from I Heart Your Outfit as part of my “What I” series… Emily and Liza have been best friends for over 20 years. Now that they’re all “grown up”, together they own a writing and copy-editing company called Copy Ink, they both have baby daughters (maybe they’ll be best friends too?) and are set to continue their friendship for hopefully another 20 or 30 years. I Heart Your Outfit is a space where they share stuff they love especially in fashion, beauty and the good life in Cape Town! Liza’s answers: …  Read More »

Today I interview Robyn Cooke from Style Guide Cape Town. Aside from writing her fab fashion blog, Robyn is the Fashion editor of O, The Oprah Magazine as well as a stylist, writer, reviewer, commentator and fashion geek. Her blog is about championing the fashion industry, especially in Africa. I have certainly been educated in the world of fashion while visiting her blog – I especially love her posts on celeb style choices. Here are her answers: What I… Know I know that money isn’t the answer but it makes finding the answer a lot more fun, stylish and comfortable. …  Read More »

The lovely Lana from lanaloustyle is my featured blogger today. Lana is passionate about fashion, craft, fabrics, interiors and magazines. She uses her blog as a creative outlet and a place to showcase amazing finds and the beauty that surrounds her. You’ll find a lot of Cape Town featured as that’s another of her loves! Lana recently left full-time employment to take up full-time blogging which sounds terribly exciting!! Here are her answers to my “What I…” questions. What I… Know Honesty and thanks are essential Love Table Mountain, the scent of jasmine, scrambled eggs, a good cappuccino, baking, taking …  Read More »

Today our lovely guest is Sam from Fabulous Fashion blog – Frills and Thrills. Sam is a Small Town girl with Big Dreams! She confesses to being a style seeking, cat loving, pink-crazed, caffeine fueled, lipgloss addicted, recovering shopaholic. Read on for more….. What I… Know… Everything in life doesn’t always go the way you planned. When it does, you have to be grateful and revel in the moment. And when it doesn’t, you have to learn something from the experience. Love… My supportive friends and inspiring family, cats, coffee, lipgloss, the evolving art of fashion, Italian food, the colour …  Read More »

The latest lovely blogger in my “What I….” series is Kimberoo. This busy lady writes 2 different blogs and works in the industry too! She is a self-confessed geek who loves all things social media, blogging, writing and the internet :) You can find her on the web at The Good Girls Guide and Tweet as well as follow her on Twitter @kimberoo. What I….. Know… I know that celebrity buzz is the biggest money spinner out there, yet fall blissfully in its wake as a cheerful victim of reality TV, celeb voyeur blogs and Heat magazine. I also know …  Read More »