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Archive: 2016

Kicking Off My Holidays

Kicking Off My Holidays

I've just had my last ever day of work for the year. It's been one heck of a stressful year for me so I decided…

10 Ways to do Ballarat Like a Local

10 Ways to do Ballarat Like a Local

Recently Ballarat was featured in a national tourism top-ten list . My sister and I checked out the list and the 'w…

The Lake in Summer

The Lake in Summer

My father has had a big impact on who I am today. Many of my memories of him from when I was a kid involve him doing som…

Christmas Afternoon Tea

Christmas Afternoon Tea

Last week my sister and I got together with a squad of women we know who are small business owners, and we took a bunch o…

The World's Most Perfect Shoe

The World's Most Perfect Shoe

Many years ago when getting ready for my cousin's wedding, I was seeking out a bone/blush coloured shoe to match a p…

Black and Gold

Black and Gold

My sister and I are both having fun improving our photography skills at the moment. We’ve been wanting to do a sunrise…

22 Places to Eat and Drink in Ballarat

22 Places to Eat and Drink in Ballarat

After my earlier blog post this week called ' 10 ways to do Ballarat Like a Local ', Ballarat peeps and ex-pats …

Pink Flowers

Pink Flowers

My sister and I spend a lot of time wandering around Ballarat stretching our legs, chatting and taking pictures. One day…

Ballarat Cup

Ballarat Cup

A few weeks ago, Review Australia asked me to go the Ballarat Cup. I’ve never been before so (aside from singing in b…

Afternoon Drinks in the Garden

Afternoon Drinks in the Garden

My sister is on holiday at the moment with my mum, bro-in-law and nephew. It wasn’t until the first day that she was tou…

Studio G.A.S

Studio G.A.S

This outfit post is the final part of the duo of styles I'm wearing in Review 's first digital e-magazine. If yo…

MSFW Cocktail Party

MSFW Cocktail Party

Ooops. So I realised that I hadn't published these photos from the MSFW Regional Series event earlier this year. T…

Blue and White

Blue and White

It’s overcast outside right now and while I had the central heating on this morning, now I have the back door open and …

Tin Roof

Tin Roof

The other day I got home in the rainy spring weather, checked the mailbox and found an express post parcel in there. It …

Preppy Bike Style

Preppy Bike Style

It's such nice bicycle weather today and in celebration I'm sharing another blog post featuring this amazing h…

Geelong Carousel and Shopping Locally

Geelong Carousel and Shopping Locally

Does anyone else jump onto a website, load things into their shopping cart, decide they have felt all the things they n…

Blush Pink and Burnt Orange

Blush Pink and Burnt Orange

Spring has arrived in Ballarat and with it has come blossoms and seemingly endless rain. This week we were hit with o…

Launch of The Lip Lab in Ballarat

Launch of The Lip Lab in Ballarat

Earlier this evening my sister Goldfields Girl and I dropped into the opening night of The Lip Lab in Ballarat. The L…

Pleated Skirt and Overcoming Procrastination

Pleated Skirt and Overcoming Procrastination

So after my blog post in which I talked about 'living for the weekend', a few people talked to me about findin…

Red, Black and White and How I Avoid Burnout

Red, Black and White and How I Avoid Burnout

As I super-busy high-achiever, one of the most important things I’ve had to learn in life is how to avoid burnout. If yo…

Biking Pretty in Lazybones

Biking Pretty in Lazybones

Hello Spring! Bike season is finally back for me and I’m so excited for it. Not much makes me as happy as I feel when I’…

MSFW Blogger Lunch

MSFW Blogger Lunch

One of the greatest parts of the Melbourne Spring Fashion Week regional series in Ballarat was meeting so many people t…

MSFW Regional Fashion Series Catwalk

MSFW Regional Fashion Series Catwalk

For the first time ever this year Melbourne Spring Fashion Week has had a regional extension, landing my hometown of Ba…

Swinging

Swinging

Earlier this year the tourism team for my home town asked to put my face on some of their campaigns for Ballarat Heritag…

Sailboat Cardigan and Why I Don't do Fri-Yay

Sailboat Cardigan and Why I Don't do Fri-Yay

Instagram is my favourite social media platform. I love swooning over beautifully constructed images, good light and sk…

Yellow Birthday

Yellow Birthday

Today's mini blog post is to share some pictures from a recent family birthday party for my brilliant brother-in-la…

Block Arcade

Block Arcade

With today's photos from a trip to the Block Arcade in Melbourne, I want to talk about two phrases that I have taken…

Bendigo Fashion Festival - Taste of Spring Raceday

Bendigo Fashion Festival - Taste of Spring Raceday

My sister Goldfields Girl tags me in posts on Instagram quite often. I forget most of them, and earlier this week was r…

Winter Darling

Winter Darling

I bought my first ever trench coat at a Zara in Paris. It was unintentionally during Paris Fashion Week a…

Liana and the Petite Mort

Liana and the Petite Mort

So I've got a new band! It's called Liana and the Petite Mort. At the moment it's just a duo with myself and…

Plum and Blue

Plum and Blue

For today’s post with my violet cardigan playing with violets in the garden, I feel the need to tell you about the smel…

Yellow and Blue at Vegas and Rose

Yellow and Blue at Vegas and Rose

Today I had surgery and I’m currently sitting on the couch with my sister, a warm open fire crackling away beside us. It…

Autumn Leaves: La Dolce Vita

Autumn Leaves: La Dolce Vita

I’ve been returning to my passion of acting recently, thanks to my old drama teacher. I saw her in a café …

Cliffy's with Mustard and Plum

Cliffy's with Mustard and Plum

My housemate is one of the greatest things to ever happen to me. Last year after going through a tough break up, I was i…

A Birthday at the Tram Museum

A Birthday at the Tram Museum

Ballarat has long history with trams. Trams used to run all over the city, but now they are a wonderful novelty at the Ba…

Tuesday Taster: My Favourite Food Groups

Tuesday Taster: My Favourite Food Groups

I'm excited to taco-bout the new Fast Food collection from Bok Bok B'gerk. Make no minced-steak, it's so ho…

Flower Crown Friday: Eyelash Competition

Flower Crown Friday: Eyelash Competition

My friend Alysia has been giving me eyelash extensions for a few years now. Eyelash extensions are my favourite, and pr…

Mitchell Harris

Mitchell Harris

One favourite spot I have wanted to do a blog post at, but have put off for so long, is Mitchell Harris. This is my def…

A Dior Inspired Gateway

A Dior Inspired Gateway

I have very recently turned 30, which was nice because I’ve been rounding my age up since I turned 28. I re…

Tuesday Taster: Rainbows and Unicorns

Tuesday Taster: Rainbows and Unicorns

I've been collaborating with the talented Michelle at Bok Bok B'Gerk. This has mostly meant that Michelle puts a…

Garden Tartan

Garden Tartan

I am an online student studying at university. I’ve almost finished my degree, and while that feels like a…

Tuesday Taster: Edward and a Scarf

Tuesday Taster: Edward and a Scarf

I've just come home from a French lesson where I ran from my teacher's house to my car, clutching my textboo…

Ballarat Heritage Weekend: Steam Train

Ballarat Heritage Weekend: Steam Train

Every year at Ballarat Heritage Weekend I go on the steam train with my mum. It’s become an annual part of our calendar,…

Autumn Yellow

Autumn Yellow

Yellow is my favourite colour. Seriously. This post has a tag on it for 'yellow'. Click on it and see how many…

A Visual Diary of Fashion at Ballarat Heritage Weekend

A Visual Diary of Fashion at Ballarat Heritage Weekend

I know I usually take time to share plenty of words with you, but today instead of writing, I want to share with you so…

The Long Room

The Long Room

Last week I got invited to try out a new bar that has opened in Ballarat: The Long Room. This venue is a b…

Clunes Booktown 2016

Clunes Booktown 2016

Autumn is my favourite season. The chill comes back to the air. Warmth begins to have a value like currency. The colou…

On the Tall Ship Enterprise

On the Tall Ship Enterprise

It’s taken me so long to do this post, but I’m excited to finally share it. It’s from the family summer…

Tuesday Taster: Meow

Tuesday Taster: Meow

It's time for a new Tuesday Taster from the Bok Bok B'Gerk range. This time I'm sharing another cute kitty fr…

Bendigo Sun

Bendigo Sun

I had a job interview today, and as I always do, I walked out thinking of so many examples of the things I co…