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Dress Up Your Shorts with Casual Chic Sandals
Like a lot of people, I like to get around most of the time in shorts and a t-shirt or little top. It’s a look that’s so comfy and so easy to wear, particularly if you’re on a Summer holiday and sightseeing all day. I’m a firm believer that you can go from day, to the bar and then on to a casual Summer dinner in the same pair of shorts and the little top or t-shirt you’ve been wearing during the day if you simply change your footwear. Image: Our Amanda sandals in grey leather with Swarovski crystal embellishments....
What Exactly is Swarovski Crystal?
Swarovski crystals are man-made gems manufactured in Austria. In 1892, Daniel Swarovski invented a machine for making precision cut, beautiful, high quality lead glass crystals using quartz, sand and minerals. Image: our Gemma sandals in lilac leather with green Swarovski crystals So really Swarovski crystals aren’t a gemstone or even a crystal, they’re a form of glass that’s made at a high temperature by melting silicon oxide powders with lead to form what is known as lead crystal. The exact process is patented by Swarovski. Image: our Amanda sandals in red leather with Swarovski crystal embellishments The exact proportions of...
Inspirational Women – Em Carey (The Girl Who Fell from the Sky)
I find Em Carey to be a delightfully happy, upbeat, positive, motivated shiny Angel. At the age of 20 she set off to Europe on an adventure as most young Australians do when they either finish University or High School. It was June 2013 and only 5 days into her 3-month trip that Em went skydiving over the Swiss Alps. It was a dream of hers for as long as she could remember. It was on this skydiving adventure that something went horribly wrong and she literally ‘fell out of the sky.’ Her lifelong adventure (bucket list item) soon turned...
Meghan Markle’s Honeymoon Fashion
Although Meghan and Harry haven’t had a honeymoon yet, I think after Prince Charles’ 70th birthday celebrations they’ll discretely slip away for a romantic honeymoon, as well as a secret visit to see Meghan’s Dad in Mexico. Here’s a few photos of Meghan looking very casual before she became a royal. I’ve teamed each look with my beautiful, comfortable, handmade flat leather sandals. Image: Meghan Markle and our Terena Swarovski crystal sandals Image: Meghan Markle and our Gemma Swarovski sandals in tan leather Image: Meghan Markle looking demure alongside our Isabella Swarovski crystal sandals Image: Love Meghan in this grey...
Don’t Be Slack. Find a Rubbish Bin
Every day when I’m out and about I see rubbish lying in the street. I hate it! We live in a beautiful world and we should do our best to keep it as pristine as possible. Image: Bathing boxes at Brighton beach. Melbourne It baffles me that some people can’t wait to find a rubbish bin and just throw their rubbish away or leave it behind or shove it into a groove in a park bench. Aaaagh! If you can’t find a bin take your rubbish home with you or at least keep it until you do find a bin....
Inspirational Women – Gail Kelly
First of all, if you haven’t heard of Gail Kelly, well she was the first female CEO of Westpac and in 2010 she was listed by Forbes as the eight most powerful woman in the world. Wow! Funnily she was sandwiched between Lady Gaga at number seven and Beyoncé at number nine. At that time Hillary Clinton was number five. Recently I was lucky enough to attend a business leaders breakfast and Gail Kelly was the guest speaker. Yes, she was there to spruik her book – Live Lead Learn but wow what a great speaker she is. She kept...
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