Star Blog Award: Wanna Be Balanced Mom

Star Blog Award: Wanna Be Balanced Mom

It’s been a little while since I posted my last “Star Blog Award”, so without any more delay, the next SBA winner is…

Chantelle Ellem's blog, Fat Mum Slim

Guest blogroll: Mummy blogs by Chantelle Ellem

Chantelle’s blog, Fat Mum Slim is a popular read for those who like a dose of living, loving and a little bit of everything in between. Here are Chantelle’s favourite mummy blogs

Blogger profile: Julia from Hooked on Houses

Blogger profile: Julia from Hooked on Houses

Julia loves houses. Inside houses, outside houses, TV houses, celebrity houses and houses for sale. Yes, she’s Hooked on Houses

Blogger profile: Sam Winter from Sassi Sam

Blogger profile: Sam Winter from Sassi Sam

In the two years that Sam Winter’s been working on her lifestyle blog, she’s learned one very important lesson: keywords really can increase traffic

Star Blog Award: Raw Foods Witch

Star Blog Award: Raw Foods Witch

The winner of this week’s Star Blog Award goes to a blogger who came up with her blog’s name by accident. And I’m so glad that happened…

Blogger profile: Kate McKibben from Drop Dead Gorgeous Daily

Blogger profile: Kate McKibben from Drop Dead Gorgeous Daily

While Kate puts ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous Daily’ into the category of online shopping websites (over blogs), she uses savvy skills all bloggers can adopt

Blogger profile: Nadine Jolie of Jolie Nadine

Blogger profile: Nadine Jolie of Jolie Nadine

Beauty blogger Nadine Jolie’s turned blogging into a career. Since starting her first blog she’s scored book deals, TV appearances, and more…

Blogger profile: Helen Lee from SassyBella

Blogger profile: Helen Lee from SassyBella

Helen Lee started blogging about fashion way back in 2002. She shares her success story, best moments and insider advice…

A lovely blogging story: Desire to Inspire

A lovely blogging story: Desire to Inspire

Jo is from Australia. Kim is from Canada. Together the friends run the popular Desire to Inspire interior design blog. Yet they’ve never met in person…

Star Blog Award: The Daily Nail

Star Blog Award: The Daily Nail

Las Vegas slot-machine artist, Melissa, decided she had too much nail polish. Her solution? A blog showing one nail-art design every day for a year…

Can someone please develop a plugin that gives me more than 24 hours in a day?

When I was little (oh so long ago) I used to hear “grown ups” say, “There aren’t enough hours in a day”. At the time, I never really understood what that meant – how many hours were there meant to be in a day? Isn’t 24 enough? And if you don’t enough have time to do something today, why not just do it tomorrow?

Spot The Blog: The fashion blog song

I once heard a media-type person say that you’re kind of no-one until you’re mentioned in a song. Well, if that’s the case, then Susie Bubble, Queen Michelle, Miggy, Disney Rollergirl, Mademoiselle Robot and Style Salvage must really be someone

WINKS: 10 weekend links for stylish bloggers

Interesting blogging articles from around the web recently… Happy weekend!

Guest blogroll: Wellness blogs by Jess Ainscough

Guest blogroll: Wellness blogs by Jess Ainscough

Life as a teen magazine journalist quickly changed for Jess Ainscough when she discovered she had a serious health condition. Faced with the prospect of losing her arm (yes, really), she swapped her champagne and canapes for carrot juice and chia seeds

Today I’m reading: Ms Critique

Today I’m reading: Ms Critique

Thanks to Twitter, I came across the Ms Critique blog by Sydney blogger, Cheri*. She writes about her Carrie Bradshaw-esque encounters complete with her own Mr Big (known as SilverFox), and invites you to, “Come with me, as I frolic, celebrate and explore the experience of the world and all it has to offer.”

Blogger profile: Emma from $30 Date Night

Blogger profile: Emma from $30 Date Night

When Emma and her partner Den first moved in together they decided they weren’t going to sit on the couch every night, they were going to go on regular dates with two rules: 1/ each date had to be different, and 2/ they had to cost under $30. And that’s how the idea for their website $30 Date Night began…

28 fast tips you can learn from pro bloggers

As mentioned last week, I was fortunate to hear Darren Rowse, Chris Garrett, Collis Ta’eed and Yaro Starak (amongst others) speak. All considered to be “pro bloggers” they’ve written high-selling books including…

15 useful blogging resources & tools discussed as a result of the ProBlogger Event

15 useful blogging resources & tools discussed as a result of the ProBlogger Event

It’s no secret, I love talking and reading about all things blogging (in case you hadn’t guessed). So when I discovered only a few days ago that there were still five tickets left for the ProBlogger Event in Melbourne, I decided to put the last of my Frequent Flyer points to good use and attend

How to: Subscribe to a blog’s feed using Google Reader

Bless you Google, for I do not know what I’d do without you. I use your Gmail, Analytics, Documents, Search, Calendar, YouTube, Maps, Adsense, AdWords, Feedburner and mostly? Your Reader.

Review: Let’s Give Them Something To Blog About (40 ideas for the uninspired blogger)

Review: Let’s Give Them Something To Blog About (40 ideas for the uninspired blogger)

The lovely Chantelle from Fat Mum Slim recently gave me a copy of her e-book Let’s Give Them Something To Blog About. I’ll admit, I’d seen it on her blog and was curious as to what it contained, so I was delighted to find a copy in my inbox one day. Here’s what it covers…