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I know that here at Pink-world we celebrate kick-ass women EVERY single day, but today, March 8th everyone world wide, is giving fellow girl-kind big, big love - hurrah!
I think this is a really good time to give shout outs to the women who have made your life sweeter…
Lindsey, Aimee, Me, Susie
My gal-pals - I LOVE them. Fact.
I never really used to be a girl’s girl, in fact up until about 8 years ago, most of my friends were boy-types - shhh, don’t tell them, but they’re ever such low maintenance - but what I didn’t know, that I do now, is that having gal pals makes life significantly better. Especially when they come in the shape of my friends, who I simply adore. They may be scattered across the globe - everywhere from NY, Glastonbury, Australia, Italiano, London, San Fran, Scotland - but to know they’re just a call or an email away, makes me happier than any pair of Vivienne Westwood shoes ever could…
Sarra and I
Sarra Manning - Author girl, editor and my number one inspir-o-girl.
Why? Because when Sarra was Ed-girl at my all-time favourite magazine J17, she put up with endless emails from me asking if I could write for the magazine, to shut me up she gave me an internship, I was beside myself and got to write for at least 4 issues before it closed - that was nothing to do with me, btw - that was where my freelance career began - Sarra, you rule.
Leonie Allan - goddess.
Leonie’s lovely, beautiful and magical – she hosts creative e-courses that I LOVE, I did her her Creative Goddess e-course and it was totes bliss-kissed, she provides goddess guidance, creates ah-mazing art - I have a piece on the wall of the Pink Palace, and she writes an inspir-o blogginz that you should definitely subscribe to….yep, I’m a fan-girl. Her blogginz and gorgeous art make me smile happy smiles right from my heart – J’adore.
Poppy King - lipstick queen.
I am shame-faced that I only found out about Poppy and her lipsticks o’ loveliness in December. I bought her book Lessons of a Lipstick Queen purely by chance in a bookshop in Brighton, and I fell in girl-crush with her honesty, authenticity and total fabulousity - she started her own lipstick brand when she turned 18, because she couldn’t find any lipsticks that she liked. She wanted lipsticks that gave her the look of the 1940’s. Rich, opaque and filled with pigment. So… On a whim she found manufacturers to mix up some lipsticks, a business partner and the nerve to approach a few stores. It became a run away success! Obviously there’s a whole lot more to the story than that, so if you haven’t read it, go buy a copy now, you will be inspired - this woman is kick-ass.
Paloma Faith - lady o’ creativeness
Not only is she the creator of my favourite album of 2009, The Truth or Something Beautiful, she’s crazy talented, she’s kooky, she’s a li’l dorky, she’s funny and she wears the best outfits I have EVER seen. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.
The Piperita Patties - best girl-band. EVER.
I LOVE their shouty, feel-good, sugar-coated lyrics, I LOVE that Miss Maria Luisa is one of my BFF’s, I LOVE them. Simplez.
Cathy Cassidy - Author-girl and cheerleader
I’m so lucky that my mentor is Miss Cathy - she’s a super-talented children’s author, she tells me everything is going to be alright when I think I might pull my hair out, she lets me stay in her tipi - I only lasted one night! - And she’s one of the best friends a girl can ask for - I heart you CC!
There is simply not enough room for me to include ALL my favourites, but rest assured Pink-world will be filled-to-the-brim with SO many inspir-o-girls ALL year! Care to share some love for your favourite ladies?
So, how’s it been for you? Have you been giving yourself sweet, sweet lovin’ EVERY single day? It’s definitely a habit I don’t ever want to break, because, well…it’s a li’l bit fabulous, isn’t it? Now, just because the 10 day challenge is up, it doesn’t mean the lovin’ has to stop. No way. In fact, this is just the beginning, you’ve got to keep flexing that I Heart Me muscle as often as you possibly can, because when you indulge in the self love stuff, you shouldn’t be surprised when the universe decides to shower you in an abundance of love and kisses too because, well, that’s just how it works and who wants to argue with that? Not me, that’s for sure!
Do you love the Sark poster above? The gorgeous girls at Girlie Girl Army posted it today suggesting we should print it out, put it on our mirror and remind ourselves how dee-liciously lovable we are - how fabu?!!
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: creating a psychic bubble o’ protection.
So, I’ve been working on a brand-new-book-idea which I’m head over Westwood heels in heart with, and I rarely share my book ideas because I get scared that the really good stuff will escape from my head if I actually talk about it, but today, for some reason, I decided to share a li’l bit of the brand-new-book-idea.
Wrong move.
I was shot down before I’d even finished the sentence. ‘You can’t write about that!’ my friend said, ‘you should really just stick to what you know, Lisa.’ Now, I wasn’t expecting her to blow trumpet fanfares and declare it the best idea in the entire world, but well…I wasn’t expecting that either. Thing is, taking a step back from the situ, I can see that she was probably not the person to share good news with - she’s got a touch o’ the grumps at the moment and isn’t able to share any kind of happy goodness with anyone - but it did give me a kick-butt reminder to create a psychic shield to protect my sweet self against other people’s negative energies.
Whenever you’re in a negative situ - your boss snaps, your parental gets mad, a shop assistant is rude - imagine a bubble surrounding your body (mine’s pink, natch) that absolutely nothing can penetrate, it will help what’s negative simply bounce off it.
So, we’re more than half way through the 10 day I HEART ME love-in - are you giving yourself a big bundle o’ sweet, sweet lovin’?!
Today, I’m charging up new crystals in the sunshine, eating malteasers - yummers - and indulging in an entire day of fiction writing. Yes, I know it’s my job, but I LOVE my job and it means I get to go visit Paris, Italy AND LA all from the comfort of my li’l seaside cottage… Although, I can’t think of anything nicer than walking along the River Seine on a cold sunshine-y morning - tres magnifique! Still, if I can’t be there, going there in my imagination, is the next best thing, right?
Pic: http://yuco.tumblr.com/post/114328026/quote-book-quote-a-week-by-naa
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: Create.
I had a li’l wobble this week. In fact, it was quite a substantial wobble and I found myself questioning who I really was. I know, that’s a bit deep for a Friday, isn’t it? Luckily for me though, I have access to a toolbox o’ SASSY goodies, so today, I decided to create the vision of who I am beneath all the doubts, fears and insecurities - it was such a deliciously lovely thing to do for myself… I asked myself, what would my life look like if I completely loved, approved of and accepted myself?
What would I really, really like to let go of in order to move closer to that image of the best, most pink and fabulous me?
In my journal I answered the following questions…
• What kind of girl am I really?
• What are my natural character traits?
• What would I be like today, if my upbringing had been completely nurturing and supportive? If I was raised to believe in myself unconditionally?
• Who is the “ME” that I was born to be?
• What are my gifts and talents?
Now, I plan on holding this kick-ass vision of who I’ve created in front of me and I’m walking towards releasing with total love anything that takes the shine off that vision o’ fabulousness. I’m so worth the time and effort. After all, if it isn’t me, why keep it right?!
How are you all doing? Care to share?
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: Write.
Now, I write for a living, so this is something that I do EVERY day, but my real love and passion is buying pretty, pretty journals, putting pen to paper and filling them with words from my head. Seriously, it’s cheaper than any kind of therapy and all you need is a small commitment of time, a pen, a notebook and an open mind.
Writing something down can clear A LOT of space in your mind and heart. It helps put your thoughts into order and can relieve a whole lot of stress and confusion as well as allowing your creativity to flow. FYI: I have some of my BEST ideas for stories and projects when journaling. I use felt tip pens to write because I love how they soak the page with colour, I draw and stick pictures in too. Start journaling today - life will become far more interesting, promise.
The question: “What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
The answer: I had a big important meeting in the Londinium, so I before I left, I took myself for a really long beach walk - yep, I live literally a minute from the sea and on a cold sunshine-y day, there really is nowhere I’d rather be, and while the crashing waves could have provided a dee-lish soundtrack to my travels, instead, I plugged into my gorgeous gal-pal Kelianna - have you heard this girl sing? Oh-my-freakin’-stars. J’adore. Not just because she makes yummy breakfasts - she does y’know, but because her voice is like a gazillion angels soothing your soul. That was quite possibly the nicest thing I could have done to show myself the sweet love today - fresh air, bee-you-tiful scenery and the prettiest voice to fill my head with loveliness. Le sigh.
So, did you ask the question?
“What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
You did? What was the reply?
Mine was really simple - make pancakes, fill ‘em with banana and nutella, feed myself aforementioned pancakes. Yummiest food EVAH.
Yep, it’s Day 2 of the I HEART ME love in and when I asked myself the I HEART ME question:
“What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
My answer? Fly my Freak Flag!
Y’see, I woke up to an email from one of my favourite illo-girls Miss Violette this morning and she’s just created a Fly Your Freak Flag range of stationery and it got me to thinking, today, I’m going to fly MY Freak Flag!
What does fly your freak flag mean? Violette explains:
When I think of flying your freak flag I think of letting your eccentricities and offbeat manners out without worrying about social norms. When we give ourselves permission to “fly our freak flags” we become more authentically ourselves. In the creative world, many artists fly their flags and find that things fall into place for them when they do. Rather than trying to copy someone and “be them” we listen to the whispers of our soul and follow it’s call.
My whole world opened up once I gave myself permission to embrace my eccentricities. It was as if a miracle occurred. It will happen for you too if you just “allow” the real you to emerge and to forget what other people will say. The thing is (and I’m letting you in on a little secret here) they’ll talk about you no matter what you end up doing! You’ll either be too wild and crazy or too boring. What would you rather be?
In his book “The Four Agreements” Don Miguel Ruiz has four rules you should live by - one of the agreements is: “Don’t take anything personally - what you think of me is none of my business.” When you finally subscribe to this belief and do what your heart moves you to do you’ll feel a huge weight being lifted from your shoulders.”
Find out more about Violette at: www.violette.ca
Woohhoo! It’s day 1 of the I HEART ME Love In and what better day to start than V-day?
To catch up on all the love-stuff goodness, check out the previous ‘I Heart Me’ post for details - but, just so you know, you don’t have to start today, you can start whenever you’re ready to make a commitment to yourself to ask your self, every single day for the next 10 days…
“What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
So, on this 1st day o’ love, what are you doing to show yourself the love stuff? As I’m a pink lady too, I wouldn’t expect you fabulous ladies to be doing anything that I’m not doing, so….
Today, I woke up, asked myself the question and sat still as I waited for the answer. I rarely ever give myself quiet time and I won’t lie, part of me was itching to go switch on the ‘puter and check my blackberry, but the other part was relishing a li’l bit of quiet time, so today I have given myself a day to myself without the radio/music/or the teevz. Now this is a BIG deal for me, I’m one of those girls that loves a li’l noise. But it really felt like today, I needed a li’l time out and d’ya know what? It’s been awesome.
I’ve read 3 different books - Shhh, don’t tell anyone, but I’ve got an advance copy of The Carrie Diaries - the book about Carrie Bradshaw’s life before SATC - FYI…it’s amazing, written in my journal, made a new dream board, sipped hot chocolate, burnt ylang-ylang insence, watched the pretty, pretty tea lights flicker and just enjoyed the peace and loveliness of a super-clean (my mumma’s coming to visit this week!) Pink Palace - it’s been total bliss-kissed yumminess. I know I’ve got ever so much work to do this week, but just for today, to show myself the love stuff, I’ve given myself the gift o’ time out and silence…Le sigh.
Your turn chicas - what have you done to love yourself today? Tell me everything!
As February is officially the month o’ love here at Pink-world - I’ve been thinking, what can we do to make sure we embrace all the love stuff we possibly can? Well, we can fall head-over-Vivienne Westwood heels in love with our sweet-as-sugar selves, that’s how…
So, we know that we need to nurture and love the earth in order for it to survive, right? Well, the same applies to Pink Ladies - our gorgeous goddess bodies, our filled-to-the-brim with amazingness minds and our big and beautiful souls - all need to be loved, nurtured and looked after if we’re going to be the kick-ass girls o’ awesomeness we’re destined to be!
Y’see, girls CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. It’s factuality. Thing is, we won’t be able to change anything unless we take care of ourselves, love the reflection looking back at us in the mirror and support other Pink Ladies to do exactly the same…
So, from tomoz, I’d love, love, love for all you fabulous Pink Ladies to commit to a 10-day I HEART ME love-in. Every morning, for the next 10 days, I want you to take a look in the mirror and ask yourself:
“What do I need to do to love my sweet, sweet self today?”
Why? Because with all the homework, chores, work, dates, nights out with friends and hobbies we all do, we sometimes forget to take the time out to work out what we REALLY want…So ask the question, then sit back and listen - what is it need to do today to show yourself some love? An hour in a bubble-filled bath reading a good book? A long walk to kick-start the endorphins? A nap? Chats with friends? Time to meditate? A cupcake?
We’re starting tomoz, because not only is it V-day - the day o’ love, but it’s the new moon AND it Chinese New Year - it’s going to be an all kinds of fabulous day to start amazingly powerful NEW beginnings…
Work out what part of your life could use a li’l hearting, then make a commitment to bring more of that love stuff into your life!
I’m going to be posting here every day, letting you know what my answer is when I look in the mirror - I’d LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to read yours too, so if you’re ready to embrace the love stuff, please commit yourself in a comment below saying: “I, Pink Lady…(insert your name here)… am taking part in the I HEART ME love-in!” then, come back each day and share your I HEART ME commitments with me!
There is NOTHING more feisty, fun, fearless and fabulous than a Pink Lady who loves herself - inside and out. Fact.
You ever heard that saying, “your body is a temple?”
Well, when you’re Beauty*licious, you worship at the temple of you every single day.
What we do to our body, or put in it, is a reflection of how much we dig ourselves. So it makes a whole lot of sense that if you want to look and feel fierce and fabulous, you have to treat your body with respect and keep it in perfect-o working order. Right?
Which is why Pink Ladies, like myself and Lola, worship our fabulousness by staring in the mirror, primping and experimenting daily with various Beauty*licious rituals. Not only is it a major source of fun, it’s a chance to play goddess-girl with our appearance, max-up our self-image and gives us that super-important moment in the day to say: “Hey Gorgeous Girl - you’re looking seriously Beauty*licious!”
Y’see, a true Beauty*licious Pink Lady will work her beauty routine out of pure prettifying pleasure NOT out of self-loathing. She doesn’t put make-up on to cover up, she puts it on to enhance her too-cute features because pampering is all about the fun. It doesn’t have to involve putting make-up on either, it can be taking a soak in a filled-to-the-brim bubble bath, rubbing yummy coconut smelling body lotion on each morning or preparing a DIY face mask. If you enjoy looking after yourself, other people will pick up on your positive ‘tude and you will become a walking, talking, primping poster girl for all things Beauty*licious - damn, you’re pretty!
Beautification 101
- Always express your feisty, fun, fearless and fabulousness - you know you’re all these things no matter what look you’re working, right?
- Never blend. Evah. Instead of trying to cover up what’s different about you - experiment, ignore trends and figure out how to accentuate your fabness so you’ll be sure to stand out in a crowd.
- Rock a look that feels completely right for you. If you take the chance to be seen, it doesn’t matter if no one else digs it. You’re a star-shaped, glitter-girl, baby and you call the shots on how you look in your world.
WIN! WIN! WIN! What would your tips for being beauty*licious be? What prods do you love? What makes you feel fab about yourself when you look in the mirror? The best comment will receive a copy of Beauty*licious and some glitter-fabulous Barry M prodz - closing date is February 14th 2010.
For more love-yourself Beauty*licious tips, buy your copy of the rather-fabulous-if-I do-say-so-myself Beauty*licious from amazon
I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to intro you to my partner in all things pink, Miss KittyPinkStars. She’s a kooky girl who lives in a candy pink gingerbread house full of crafting, kittens, rainbows, toys, love and craziness! She makes a rainbow collection of sock creatures that all have their very own felt friend. Inspired by her love of super bright colours, Japanese fruits, sweet treats, cartoons and all things kawaii and all made from the doodles that she thinks up in her bee-you-tiful candy floss mind! Come meet her, she’s freakin’ adorbz. Fact.
Hola chicas - so how was January for you? Did you love the snow?
I worked ever-so-hard throughout January on two new writer-girl projects (will tell you all about them just as soon as I’m allowed - promise!) but do you know what I’d love? If January was a hunk-a-dunk time, where you got to spend A LOT of time under a duvet hunkering down, watching old movies, eating cupcakes and plotting and planning for all the goodness the year is going to be filled with, because let’s face it, January is a toughie of a month, isn’t it?
So many people set new years resolutions - like I’ll eat less and exercise more - yet here in the UK, January is cold and damp, it’s still blimmin’ winter y’know, so not only do you not want to go out as much, you also really want to eat yummy comfort food too - mmm, cupcakes. So while I set myself intentions, I didn’t make any promises I couldn’t keep - coz let’s face it there was no way I was going to be snowed in for a week and not eat chocolate - are you serious?!
Which is why today, I’m celebrating the pagan festival of Imbolc in gorgeous Glastonbury. Imbolc is an old Irish term meaning ‘in the belly’, referring to the ewes that are soon going to give birth to the spring lambs - look at ‘em, how caa-ute? It’s celebrated at the start of February, midway through the winter, because the excitement of all things Yule-like is over and we’re all feeling a li’l cold and glum. Imbolc is a much better time for a new start, although perhaps without the resolutions!
So lets make a new start by declaring February the month o’ love - yes, feb the 14th is officially V day, but I, Lisa Clark, Princess o’ Pink, declare the entire month, a month o’ love. Cartoon hearts and love stuff isn’t just for our latest crush y’know, it’s for our sweet selves and for our friends and fam too. Throughout Feb, I’ll be posting all kinds of Think Pink-inspired ways to fill your life with love and it won’t just involve me posting pics of hot boys I heart - well, it might, but just a li’l bit…
So, you know how I’m crazy for the compliments? Start by giving yourself some lovin’ each morning by telling the gorgeous girl who is staring back at you in the mirror that she is ’simply gorgeous and fabulous in every way.’ Go on, every day, before you leave the house, ‘k? Then, be sure to shower the people you love with feel-good-stuff by telling them how great they look, that you love their bag, that their new hair-cut rocks - be sincere, only say things you mean, just don’t be shy about spreading a li’l compliment goodness each day!
What are you going to do to share the love?
Ohhh chicas, this is a li’l bit exciting, Dyan Sheldon author-girl of Confession of a Teenage Drama Queen and new book My Worst Best Friend has come to play in our world o’ pink - hurrah!
I heart bombshell-inspired clothing, but being a curvy girl means that it’s not often I can indulge my inner 1950’s goddess girl.
Enter Vivien of Holloway. If you love the retro look, Vivien of Holloway is your go-to girl whatever your size. She has a real-life shop in London and a beyond pretty website that has a fabulous range of 40s and 50s inspired ensembles at very reasonable prices. Charlotte Church, Nigella Lawson, Alesha Dixon and Kate Nash are all fans of the full-skirted halter dress, and myself? Well, I just want it all! Come meet the lady behind the label…yep, you’ve guessed it, I’ve gone and got a girl crush.
So, when I was 12, it was the opening night of the school play and as I walked out on stage, I literally landed on my bee-hind in a pretty spectacularly embarrassing way.
What did I do, you ask? Did I cry? Run off? Hell to the no. I declared; “I have arrived!” and continued reciting my lines from the stage floor. The audience laughed, the pink in my cheeks slowly subsided and everyone clapped.
What’s this all about? Well, sometimes life throws us a curveball, an awkward sitch, a not nice scenario, and at the time, it can feel icksville, but believe it or not, it can be the beginning of something awesome. I got a phone call yesterday that threw me a little. I was upset, I felt a little freaked out and I wobbled. I then rang Miss Cathy who later messaged me and I think it’s the most awesome advice any of us can follow…
“…Miss Lisa is putting on shiny pink heels… stepping out into the snow… slowly, at first, and then adding a little wiggle… then whirling around, dancing… reaching out her fingertips to catch every snowflake, every sparkle, that comes her way… go for it!
xxx…”
No matter what life throws at you, make a quick save, hold your head up and before you know it, you’ll have flipped it into a moment to shine.
You know that I’m a HUGE fan of Miss Sarah at Temporary Secretary, and you really don’t need to ask why when she keeps creating cute, cute prodz like this ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ necklace, do you?
I’ve just ordered the pink one, natch, as a li’l reminder to myself to chill when my head gets messy and stressy! They’re £22.50 from www.temporary-secretary.com
‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ was a motivational poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of World War II, because, let me tell you, the grandparentals have got game. Seriously, where do you go to when you want really good advice? Tap into your grandma. Is she a fortune teller? Probably not, but Gran has lived a lot longer than you, and you can learn from her experiences. Pals are great, of course, but sometimes peer pressure can have bad results. Grandma knows all about respect and dignity. In fact, I bet you’ll be surprised by how much she knows!
Ohhh, I can’t tell you how much I LOVE Miss Carla. It’s not that I don’t want to, I just literally haven’t got enough words to describe her fabulousity. I’ve never met her - although I really, really want to - yet we’ve been internet budz for over 5 years and now she’s gone and created my new favourite internet destination - Messy Carla: A Fashion Blog in A Size 16. Not only do both Carla and I get mistaken for Kimmie dolls on a daily basis, we both work our curves in a dangerous way - come meet her, you’ll fall in heart with her too!
It’s the last day of 2009 - how did that happen exactly?!!
Not only is today New Years Eve, it’s also a full moon and if you remember, last month I started the Pink-World full moon mood board club, right now I think I’m the only member, but basically, each full moon you create a mood board filled with all the things you’d like to evoke in your world o’ fabulousity for the month ahead, and because tonight’s full moon is a blue moon, it means whatever you create today will be mondo beyondo powerful - I’m putting on a playlist of tunes that includes both Doris Day and Lady Gaga and I’m going to be a cut and paste queen…
But before we all go reach for the scissors - how was 2009 for you? I think it was a tough one for lots of people and I know I spent most of it learning lessons - not always nice ones, taking responsibility for my actions and trying to remember how to Think Pink - I had to re-read Think Pink at least 4 times to remind myself how to actually do it…Jeez.
Anyway, I have it on good authority that 2010 is going to be kick-ass x 10000 - wohhooo!
Except, it can only happen if you release all your toxic, icky, negative thoughts and feelings and tonight’s New Year’s Eve blue moon is a perfect time to tell the cosmoverse what you want to let go of and what you intend to let in this year. Now, you know how Lola and I love to write lists why don’t you do the same?
The things I’m gonna banish to a town called yesterday, never to be seen again in 2010 are…
* Turning down invitations - I get invited to a lot of places, I know, aren’t I lucky? Except a lot of the time I don’t accept, and while it’s totes cool to say ‘no’, I sometimes say it because I’m a li’l bit lazy and think not going will be a whole lot easier than going…Now, I’m not going to turn into Jim Carey in the Yes Man but I do plan on banishing my lazy, sofa-loving self and being open to lots of fun, adventures and opportunities - exciting stuff!
* Bad thoughts about myself - this year I’ve been a li’l bit poorly, and that’s made me put on a li’l bit of weight, and while I’d think I was fabulous whether I was a size 14 or a size 24, there’s lots of things I can do to be much nicer to myself on a daily basis - starting with re-reading Beauty*licious!
* Bad thoughts about others - now I don’t know how you feel about astrology, but I’m a total Scorpio, which means that I can be very jealous and can have a real sting in my tail if you cross me. They’re not things I’m proud of, so this year I plan on letting go of all the stupid grudges and anger I’ve felt about people and situations over my lifetime, it’s going to be easier said than done, but life is way to short to be a big ol’ ball of knotty anger stuff, and if you let it all go, you make a whole lot of room that you can fill with pink, love-shaped good stuff - wohhoo!
Things I want to welcome into my star-shaped life o’ fabulousity in 2010 are…
* Love - not necessarily in the shape of a boy-type, but in ALL the shapes and forms that love stuff can happen - a smile in the street, new friends, old friends, sharing a tub o’ ice cream with your bestie at the movies, listening to your Grandpa’s stories about when he was young, hearing an amazing song on your ipod just when you need to, a sunset, a hug, a kiss…
* Adventures - whether they’re in the city I live or involve getting on a plane, I want adventures. LOTS of adventures.
* Work - I love that I’m paid to do work that I love, so I’d like many, many more new projects that involve writing books, features and programmes for schools, coaching, creating, meeting fabulous people like your sweet selves, and helping people to live life totally unlimited…
* Learning - I’m a geek girl. This is fact. So I love to learn, right now I’m taking an astrology class which is ever-so-hard but I really do love to learn so whether it’s life lessons, how to play Miley Cyrus’ The Climb on my gee-tar, or the entire lyrix to New York by JayZ word-for-word I am all about the learning…
You get the idea, right? PLEASE share your mood boards and 2010 banish/let in lists with everyone - once mine is made, I’ll put it live, just as soon as I can find the blimmin’ camera cable - why can’t I just have put it back where I found it?!!
Happy last day of 2009, gorgeous girls!
The fabulous Miss Carla’s response to the idea that Pink Stinks….
I don’t know about you, but I think the colour pink rocks.
I’m obviously going to say that, my site is called Pink-world, I live in a Pink Palace, I run pink-themed self-esteem workshops and I write books titled Think Pink, but I honestly think that pink is the prettiest, happiest, most fun and love-induced colour in the rainbow, so why are some people are trying to ban it?
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Hey Pink Ladies - I’ve created a dream board every year for the past 5 years…I set aside an entire afternoon, put on an old movie - Some Like it Hot or Breakfast at Tiffany’s, collect up a ton of magazines that I’ve finished reading and cut out inspiring pictures, words and phrases that will invite all the things I would like into my world - not only is cutting and pasting a super fun thing to do, the process of creating a dream board filled with all the things you want actually works - awesome, right?
Even more awesome, is discovering that when you create it on a full moon, it becomes beyond powerful. The fabulous Jamie Ridler, encourages her readers to create a dream board each month. On the day of the full moon, Jamie posts a blog entry that has a space for you to add a link to where you have posted your dream board online. She has a lovely community of dreamers that visit each other and add their wishing power to your intentions - it’s totes magick!
Jamie says: “There is power and energy in the full moon. It represents the full strength of what is possible in the nighttime land of dreams. When you make your board on the full moon, take a moment to focus your attention, to say to yourself and the Universe, “This is what I wish to manifest this month.”
I’m definitely going to start doing this each month, the next full moon is on Dec 31st, how perfect is that? Instead of making resolutions that I’ll never keep, I’m going to create a dream board of all the things I’d like to fill my life with each month instead - are you going to join me?
Saw this and thought of you, chicas…
Hey chicas - sorry I haven’t been updating, it’s been my birthday (pix to come!) and as per usual I plan on stretching it out for the entire month o’ November - but I HAD to tell you about this book - I ADORE it.
Dear Me; A letter to your Sixteen year old self includes letters from three knights, a handful of Oscar winners, a bevy of Baftas, an intrepid explorer, a few teenage pop stars, an avid horticulturalist, pages and pages of bestselling authors, a dishy doctor, a full credit of film directors, a lovey of top actors, a giggle of comedians and an Archbishop! The letters range from the compassionate to the shocking via hilarity and heartbreak, but they all have one thing in common: they offer a unique insight into the teenager who would grow up to be…. Stephen Fry, Annie Lennox, Paul O’Grady, Jackie Collins, Fay Weldon, Alan Carr, Peter Kay, Debbie Harry, Brenda Blethyn , Jonathan Ross, Liz Smith, Will Young, Alison Moyet, Rosanne Cash, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Yoko Ono, Emma Thompson…
It’s guaranteed to make you laugh, make you cry and is a perfect Christmas gift. Not only that, but £1 from each copy sold goes towards The Elton John Foundation, so you’ll be doing a good deed too.
Here’s a letter to my sixteen year old self - yep, that’s me, with a v.young Declan Donnelly! FYI: I didn’t discover tweezers until I was 18, don’t judge me, ‘k! - Let me know what you think…
Dear Lisa at sixteen,
Firstly, I know right now you are crushing on Gary Barlow and working out ways to make him marry you, but sweet thing, he marries Dawn the dancer and they have really pretty children. On the plus side, all that Ant and Dec stalking following pays off, and you end up working with them for three years - result, non? Oh, on the Take That front, they split up next year, but don’t fret, they get back together in 10 years time and are just as amazing.
You need to chill out. A lot.
Stop stressing about being thinner, being cooler, being popular or whether you’ll actually get a boyfriend - none of it actually matters because you rip up the cool-kid rule book and write your own. Literally.
FYI, you’re probably the thinnest you’ll ever be right now - stop beating yourself up about it, seriously, celebrate your curves and don’t get hung up on your wobbly bits, don’t keep putting off doing thing until you’ve lost 5lbs - you want to do something? Do it now! Oh, and those so-called cool kids at school? Turns out in the real world they’re not so cool, who knew, huh?
I know you don’t dig standing out right now, but it’s set to become your ‘thing’ - if people are going to stare, you really should give them something to stare at, gorgeous girl. And yes, you may come from a single parent family on a council estate, but don’t listen to those people who say ’stop daydreaming’ or ‘you need to get a real job’ because chica, you never have a ‘real’ job. Dream big sparkle-filled dreams, plan amazing adventures, write lists of all the the things you’re going to achieve and then tick each one off as you achieve them, because you will - you’re kick-ass.
Don’t waste time learning the guitar, Lee Cooper will fancy you anyway, don’t spend your pocket money on Rimmel’s Black Cherry lipstick, it doesn’t suit you, and read other books beside Point Romance novels - it’ll really help.
You will always be surrounded by beautiful boys - unfortunately for you, most of them will be gay, but they’re ever so pretty to look at and treat you like the princess that you absolutely are. Despite wanting to kiss one of your best mates throughout your entire time at college, don’t. He’s still your friend at 30 and you won’t want an awkward kiss ruining super-fun cinema and dinner dates. You’ll kiss other boys. A lot of boys. In fact kissing becomes quite the past time. Some boys aren’t that nice, but others are beautiful, funny and great company - you might not believe me, but you’ll actually spend smooch time with a pop star and a Dolce and Gabanna (that’s a swanky fashion label!) model. One boy in particular steals your heart and for eight years you have fun-filled adventures, own a pile of bricks and share endless thoughts and dreams. He does eventually break your heart, but please don’t let that stop you from doing it all over again.
Throughout your early 20s, life might not be the fairy tale you expect it to be, but don’t be disheartened, because you can and will become author, stylist and star of the most awesome story ever…your life. It will be filled with the most amazing and exciting people and adventures and you’ll realise that it doesn’t matter where you come from, it’s where you’re going that counts.
Lisa xx
Check out all the Dear Me goodness at: www.dearmebooks.com
Today is National Poetry day and to celebrate I’d love to share my favourite poem of all time with you, it’s called Phenomenal Woman and it’s by poet, author, activist, producer, actor, director and inspir-o girl, Maya Angelou. I have this poem hanging in the boudoir of the Pink Palace - buy yours here - so that it’s the first thing I read every morning and the last thing I read at night - I love it, hope you do too…
Phenomenal Woman
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I’m telling lies.
I say,
It’s in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.
Care to share your favourite poems, Pink Ladies?
If you ever needed another reason to love Audrey, which I can’t believe you ever would, but if you did, then this would most deffo be it, right?!
Print it out, pin it up and read it every day - chicas, believe!
I am LOVIN’ The Veronicas.
Have you heard of them? This is their new single Untouched, it’s out now and it makes me want to dance around my bedroom in fluro-pink legwarmers - loves it!
Ohhh - I love this! Girls jumping - I wanna do jumping!
Ohmystars - before I go on, did y’hear ’bout Katie and Peter?!
I am SO upset. I just LOVE them as a couple, I love their teev show and I’ve crushed on Peter Andre since I was a teen-girl…
Part of me wants to turn all lifecoach on their bee-hinds, but the other part of me just wants to give them big hugs, because I can’t imagine how crazy it must be to split up with someone in public…it’s tough times splitting with a boy-type at the best of times, but in front of the entire world? Not cool.
Woah there! What’s happening, sweet things?
I’ve been getting a scary amount of letters recently from gorgeous girls who aren’t digging themselves, who are comparing body parts to celeb girls and who are talking trash to their sweet, sweet selves…Er, hello chicas, please can I remind you that you’re Pink Ladies, you’re awesome and you rock n’ rule!
There is nothing that watching Breakfast At Tiffany’s can’t make better.
Hey hey! So, I can finally unveil my secret new project - my gorgeous gal-pal Miss Aimee and I have launched a new website: www.thesassyminx.com
Since I wrote Think Pink and launched Pink-world, I’ve got at least 10 emails/letters a week from grown-up girls who say “I wish there was something like this for me - can you do it Lisa, pleeaasse?” so I have, ‘coz I’m nice like that!
Yep, it’s official - I’m back in the world o’ pink - woop, woop!
It’s Monday, and that can mean only one thing… it’s time to get Bodaciously Beauty*licious!
I’m happy.
Why?
If you’ve read Think Pink, you’ll know that both Lola and I are compliment-collecting crazy - we keep them safe for days when we feel glum, then we get them back out and splash around in their general loviness.
Now, I’ve been compliment-collecting crazy this weekend. A cute boy from Liverpool told me my hair-clip - pink, natch - was ‘boss’, a girl called Claire came up to me in the train station to tell me I was funky - thanks Claire! and another girl told me how pretty my lip gloss was when I was re-applying it in the loo…compliment collecting is simply dee-lish. Fact.
Good news!
Li’l Miss Bliss has been sent to ed-girl who will now cover it in red pen, and I spent the entire day yesterday proof-reading the finished pages of Time to Shine which means you gorgeous people will have two new Lola books o’ fabulousness to get your manicured mitts on in July - woohooo! Not only will you have two new adventures to see you through the summer holidays, each book has a mini-zine at the back filled with things to make and do - seriously, Lola is like the gift that just keeps giving!
Ohhh exciting times - those fabu people at Bookbag have asked me some questions, I’ve answered them, they’ve posted them in what they’re calling an ‘interview’ - awesome!
You can read it here - if I do say so myself, it’s really quite lovely.
New favourite website alert!
Cut-out is the creation of awesome super-talent, Miss Kay. She designs kick-ass T-shirts and tote bags, button badges and handmade jewellery for your pleasure and delight, because…well, she’s really rather nice like that!
I especially heart the too-cool writer tee on the left, isn’t it adorbz? I’ve just ordered one, y’know, just in case people don’t know that I’m actually a writer-girl!
Come meet Kay, the lady behind the label, then go visit the site - you’ll love it!
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I was a total obsess-o girl about ElleGirl magazine way into my twenties. The UK version was awesome x 100, but the original, the US version, rocked. Hard. I used to get it shipped over I loved it so much, and the main reason I loved it, was pretty much down to two girls - Melissa and Anna.
M & A used to be ed-girls at ElleGirl and created the sparkly, witty, kick-ass content that made it so unique. Sadly, the mag is no more - boo. But Melissa and Anna, in all their awesomeness, have created I heart daily a brand-spankin’-new online destination of complete zine-style deliciousness - hurrah!
Body types seem to come and go and then come right back into fashion again, so it would be super-silly to become obsess-o girl over a body shape that’s likely to change, right?
Get Beauty*Licious, take control and make the perfect body shape, YOU-shaped!
What you waiting for?
Are you waiting to be thinner, taller, have bigger ladybumps before you really begin to live your life?
Don’t.
If you’ve read Livin’ La Vida Lola, you’ll know that thanks to Bella, Lola discovers the awesomeness that is zine making. Like Lola, I HEART zines, and while I’m STILL making mine, Girls Rock and Rule, my absolute favourite is Sugar Paper Zine created by the AH-MAZING Seleena and Kandy (read their inspirOgirl interview here).
I stopped the gorgeous Miss Seleena, mid cut and paste on issue 3, to ask her to create a too-cool-for-school Pink Ladies guide to zine making, and because she’s a huge helping of awesome sauce, she only blimmin’ did!
Yep - go buy the latest copy of Mizz magazine (the one with the beyond-awesome Katy Perry on the front and a free slogan necklace - caa-ute!) and you could win the chance to get your short story published in a future Lola Love book - how freaking awesome is that?
To celebrate the launch of the pink-sparkly Lola Love fiction series, Mizz and HarperCollins is offering one budding author an incredible opportunity. Pen a story a story starring Lola Love and you could see it published in a future Lola Love book! You’ll also receive a set of signed books, and a full-to-bursting Pink Ladies goodie bag! Four runners-up will also receive a book set and have their stories featured on www.Lolasland.com!
Hey, hey chicas!
Okay, so how was your first week of being Bodaciously Beauty*licious?!
This week I’m excited to intro you to the AH-FREAKIN’-MAZIN’ Pink Lady, Miss Rai - she’s my partner in all things Bodaciously Beauty*licious, I’ll be posting an interview with her later in the week so look out for that, but ’til then, read her fabulous-o feature on how to have a Bodaciously Beauty*licious Chinese New Year!
Pink Ladies, just like you, I know that I rock, and when I look in the mirror, I like what I see - I have sparkly-eyes, a cute smile and a fabulous ability to accessorise, but for a while now, despite having written Beauty*licious, I forgot to show myself, and my body, the love it deserves.
I’ve been using it as a trash can putting way too much bad food in it and not enough good food, I’ve not pampered or looked after myself nearly enough, and haven’t been doing pilates and walking, which I love, as often as I should…
One of my fave author-girls, Emma Forrest, once said that it’s really easy to give a bad review but a good review takes real effort, and she’s totes right. I deal with words, words are my thing, but I cannot find any word combinations good enough to tell you how much you MUST see this movie.
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I am so excited to intro you to the tres chic and uber fabulous…Miss Marine!
Marine is a young, boho Parisian and the super-talented creator-girl of Miss Sugar Cane.
First, take a look inside the world o’ Miss Sugar Cane, I think you’re going to fall in crazy-glitter-filled love with it, then, come back and meet the lady behind the label!
Not only does she create totally crushable-on items of adorability that wink at the person watching them, and light up those who wear them, she’s worked for the super swank Chanel and other fabu designers, she loves Marilyn Monroe and she’s got the insider info on my city du jour - who WOULDN’T heart Marine?!
So, I was putting together a Paris When It Snows soundtrack, yep, still Par-ee obsessed - I’ll post it later, when this came on my ipod.
I am officially head-over-pink ballet pumps in love with all things Paris, so it seems only right that I intro you to my very favourite Par-ee discovery, Miss Sugar Cane!
On a shopping trip to the totes swanksville Galleries Lafayette - a bit like Harvey Nichols, but WAY more swanks and full of chic, sophisticated Parisiens, obv. - I found accessory heaven. A bee-you-tiful pink concession stand dedicated to the most deliciously spectacular creations I’ve ever seen - Miss Sugar Cane - j’adore!
Salut, mon amies! I’m just back from Paris - ohmystars, J’ADORE it x 100.
Pink Lady, Lana reminded me that I hadn’t posted about the gorgeous goddess girl Bettie Page leaving us for the sparkly pin-up girl calendar in the sky.
Sadly, Bettie Page, died last Thursday in California aged 85.
Bettie’s legendary look will rock on forever for those of us, like me, who find mucho inspir-o from her raven hair, beautiful curves and pin up photos.
If you want to find out more about Bettie and her AMAZING life, the NY Times had a great obituary.
Bettie, you rocked.
J’adore Sassi Sam. It’s factuality.
Why?
Well, for a start, she’s Australian and I HEART all things Australian, can I just say Hugh Jackman? She’s totally adorbellz, her website is a pink-tinted dreamland of girly goodness, and just like Lola and I, she makes up words of fabulousity like Glamboyant and Sazzling which I intend to drop into ALL conversations I have today - you should try it too!
Come meet her, she’s an exiting new addition to my world o’ pink!
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It’s true, I REALLY do heart www.lolapop.co.uk
Now, I know I say it like, all the time, but what can I say? I have a big heart with a whole lotta love for cuteness, and this site not only has an awesome name, it is offish my new home of cuteness!
AHH-MAZING merch, super-cute 50’s style design and adorbz model - I just go there for a dose of prettiness sometimes…The lady behind this total fabulousness is Kelly Armer, and I am trying to work out a way to make her my BFF, you will too once you’ve read all about her…she’s freakin’ fabulous!
If you love muso-girls like Lauryn Hill and Jill Scott, you’ll love the powerful, honey-tinged vocals of 20-year-old singer/songwriter/producer, Laura Izibor.
Born to a working class family in Dublin, Ireland, Laura admits she didn’t grow up in a musical household. “My mother raised five kids on her own, so there wasn’t much time to buy records – it wasn’t that kind of home. I found myself fancying music at about 13.”
Once the love for musicians like Stevie Wonder, Candi Stanton, and Roberta Flack took hold, she was smitten for good. “One door opened to the next – first I discovered Marvin Gaye, and then Otis Redding, and I just fell in love with soul music.”
The Pink Ladies rock. Fact.
Last week I wrote a post all about how I love collecting quotes, especially quotes from my favourite inspir-O-girls.
Well Pink Lady, Mizz Hannah, who is most deffo one of my inspir-O-girls btw, has created a quote all of her own and ohmystars, I am SO putting this one in my journal - go Mizz Hannah - you rule!
So, this weekend I had a ‘moment’.
Like Lola, I am fiesty, fun, fearless and fabulous - how do I know? Because I tell myself every day, of course! Except for a moment, on friday, I let someone’s judgements and opinions about my fabulous-o self make me feel sad and bad.
It was a stinky boy-type, and he asked what I did for a living. I told him I write books and deliver workshops to help girls feel good about themselves, and do you know what he said? He said: “How can you do that when you’re overweight? I mean you’re really pretty, but you’re a big girl, you can’t be happy with yourself so how can you help others feel good about themselves?”
On my quest to bring you some fabu gift ideas for the gift-giving season, and that includes buying a gift for yourself btw, I have discovered www.Elsiebelle.com, a website of total accessorisation (yes, it is a word…mine!) treasure!
The site of beauty is fit-to-bursting with so many pretty, pretty things like this ‘I love tea’ necklace - tres adorbz and only £6.95, that I not only had to give props to the prods, I simply had to find out more about the site and intro you to the lovely Liz Fennings, the lady behind the label!
I collect quotes.
Inspiring quotes, uplifting quotes, profound quotes, funny quotes…I have journals full of them, I have them written on pretty pink postcards on my pin-board and I even have a few on post-it notes that I’ve stuck to my mirror to remind me how to be fabulous, y’know, just in case I forget.
These are a few of my favourites…
“…I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes. I’m out of control sometimes and hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best…”
- Marilyn Monroe
OMG! On December 8th, I’m off to India to become a Bollywood dancer for a solo-girl adventure!
If you’ve read the Think Pink manifesto you’ll know that, at the very top, it states; “…Don’t wait for others to treat you like the princess that you are…” that’s because both Lola and I know that being a princess is quite possibly the most fabulous-o thing in the world.
Fact.
If however, you’re struggling to embrace your princess-ness and want to know how to make wishes come true, come meet Princess Skye. Skye is creator-girl of The Princess Portal, a lifestyle blogginz all about being a Princess. I know, awesome, right? It’s filled to the brim with great features that will help you to recognise your own strengths and personal beauty - it’s divine, it’s beautiful, it’s inspir-O - j’adore.
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NEW BLOG TO LOVE!
A li’l while back, the fabu Miss Hannah, knowing my love for all things book, pointed me in the direction of an awesome new review site that she’d discovered, www.dragonflybookreviews.blogspot.com created by the way-to-fabulous-for-words 13-years-old, Sara Ann Leslie.
I have been a total fan-girl ever since, and I have absolutely no doubt that if you love tween/teen books and think that reading rocks, you will be wanting a ‘I heart Sara’ badge pretty soon too!
I am a total smitten kitten for the beyond fabulous Canadian-based Smitten Kitten!
The Smitten Kitten line of prods is created by the awesome Miss Amy and is a mixture of vintage curiousity and retro-style fabulousness all in a package of ca-ute. Personally, I’m in heart with the penpal writing sets - I want all of them!
Awesome Amy has come to hang in our world o’ pink, I’m so excited! Come meet her and find out all about SK and the cutest range of prods you ever did see - by the end of this feature you’ll be a smitten kitten, for sure!
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I intro’d you to the gorgeous goddess-girl, Leonie and her fabulous-o art and blogginz a li’l while back, well, this week it’s time to meet the sweet-as-sugar Australian lady o’ fabulousness herself.
Leonie is a radular arty goddess girl - she’s also a whole lot of lovely, beautiful and magical too - her blogginz and gorgeous art make me smile happy smiles right from my heart - J’adore.
Describe Leonie in five words…
Vibrant, Happy, Love-filled, Soulful and Deep. Oh, and just a little sherbet flavoured touch of Awesomely Wacky!
Yooo-hooo, I have someone f’ya to meet!
Intro’-ing Miss Kristina Coia.
She’s an author, a singer, a songwriter, a motivational speaker and… check it out, she’s 16! Uh-huh, Miss K is total proof that you don’t have to wait until you’re a grown up to do awesome things, right now!
The very fabulous-o Miss Ivy, who I recently interviewed for Pink-world, has turned holla-back journo-girl and is running the coolest interview with moi right now!
I’m in a totes state of blush at quite possibly the most way-too-cool-for-school intro I’ve ever read about myself…Shux!
Pic: Me and the incredz talent that is Sarra Manning…
I know I’ve posted about the Queen of Teen already, but I was flicking through my pictures last night and this one just made me smile… Y’see, Sarra Manning isn’t just a totes kick-ass author, she used to be ed-girl of quite possibly the coolest magazine you’d have EVER read - J17.
I want to be Melissa Dempster.
Not only does she get to play with make-up EVERY day, her career as a makeup artist in the film and television industry has lead her to looking after allsorts of Australian and International celeb-types from the yumsville Hugh Jackman to the cast of the Lord of the Rings.
As if that wasn’t coolio enough, Melissa has now developed and created her own makeup brand, Melli Cosmetics. Created originally for makeup artists, Melli Cosmetics is quickly becoming a cult Pro Makeup range for makeup addicts, artists and celebrities all over Australia and worldwide….
You want to be her too, right?
Lovely Laura, Me and the Amazing Alice - my competition winner and Pink thinkin’ girl o’ fabulousity!
So, Monday was the Queen of Teen awards - it was awesome, some of the most incredz author-girls and amazing readers all in one tent o’ pink fabulousness - the day was filled with everything that EVERY day should be filled with: awesome company, cupcakes - yum, pink lemonade, tiaras, feather boas and pink limos! You can check out all the offish fun and fabulous pinkness here!
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My latest crush o’ girl is on The Piperita Patties. If you love your music in a kitsch, girl-shaped, day-glo fabulous Italian-o package, then you will most deffo crush on them too.
Forget those pesky Pussycat Dolls - The Piperita Patties are a girl band you can really dig. Their music is bubblecore pop’n’roll with a powerful twist - what could be cooler than that?
Answer? Nothing.
NEW FAVOURITE WEBSITE ALERT!
Not only am I beyond giddy at my new online discovery, Ivyology, I’ve also fallen head over pink glitter pumps in girl crush with it’s creator-girl, Ivy Vine.
She’s a pinch of rockabilly, handfuls of fabulous and a whole lot of awesome and is proof that Ivyology is a kick-ass way to rock out in life!
Ivyology - the science of being amazing is a too-cool-for-school blogzine that highlights super-cool artist types, bee-you-tiful stylin’ and tips and features to make your life a gazillion times better - it’s offish, I’m an Ivyologist - are you?
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LouLou Loves You is not only a super cute sentiment, it’s also a really rather fabulous website selling prods of adorability!
The site will have you wishin’ you had as much hair as Amy Winehouse so that you could adorn yourself with several of LouLou’s incredible and infamous over-sized bows all at the same time, and the site is really rather cute to look at too!
Meet the lady behind the label, Lou Lou!
Pic from the amazing blog: http://artjunk.typepad.com
In the immortal words of Nessa from Gavin and Stacey, I’m not gonna lie, I’m having a crisis.
I’m going to be a BIG birthday number in November, and while I know age ain’t nothing but a number, I am officially freakin’ out x 1000.
Ohmystars - I am beside myself with crazy kinds of rockin’ and rollin’ excitement.
Why?
Because I’m about to hook you up with quite possibly the most kick-ass rock chick you’ll ever meet - the fur-reakin’ awesome Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna.
Carrie is the author of my new favourite book: Cherry Bomb: The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Better Flirt, a Tougher Chick, a Hotter Girlfriend, and to Living Life Like a Rock Star - she might be married to a rock star-type, but personally, I think she’s the real rockstar - Carrie, you rule. Fact.
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I recently discovered the AH-MAZING goddess-girl, Leonie. She’s a total Pink Lady who is able to fill me up with inspir-o and creative thoughts when I feel like I’m running on empty…She rules.
I’ll be posting a Pink-world interview with her sweet self really soon, but ’til then, I wanted to share her recent post about frustration and fears - love it, love it, love it.
Has anyone read Wicked Lovely?
I devoured it on my recent trip to Glastonbury and I LOVED it. The clash of ancient rules and modern expectations swirl together in this cool, urban 21st century faery tale - it’s magical, hip, refreshing and exciting and it has a bee-yoou-tiful cover too.
I got to interview the incredz writing talent that is Melissa Marr, author girl of Wicked Lovely and her new book, Ink Exchange. She deffo wasn’t wicked, but she was more than a little bit lovely.
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Not only am I am a total fan-girl of Naughty Secretary Club, the lady behind the kitsch-y shop of wonder, Jennifer Perkins, is most deffo one of my InspirOgirls, fo’ sho’!
Not only is she a craft-girl, business owner and teev presenter, she’s an author-girl too and has just released her brand-spankin’ new how-to book of awesomeness - Naughty Secretary Club: The Working Girl’s Guide to Handmade Jewelry. The book is packed with more than 50 kitschy-secretary-themed jewelry projects, turning your standard office fare, like binder folders and shredded junk mail, into craftalicious jewelry - coolio-a-go-go!
Come meet Jennifer, she’s the one in the Super-Talented-Girl outfit!
Three of my most favourite things are; blogginz, books and NYC.
So you’ll totally understand when I tell you that I have fallen head over my pink Converse in heart with the AMAZING NYC-based, book blogger, Maria Selavy.
Her blog, Leaving Shangri-LA, is my absolute go-to site for all things YA and book-related - it’s incredz.
Not only does Maria read books and share her latest reads of fabulousness with us all, she’s also working on her very own writer-girl projects AND she’s the super-talent that has created that unbelievably beee-yooout-iful illustration of Lola - isn’t it just swoonsville?
If you love books, you’ll be wanting to make Rie you’re BFF, like, now. Err…excuse me, there’s a queue, and it starts behind me, ‘k?!!
I am a HUGE fan of the fabulous SARK.
Fact.
I was introduced to her books of crazy, colourful dee-lite about 7 years ago, and they’re total fill-you-up-with-fabulousness books that I just love to read on a rainy day, snuggled under the duvet. I love her work for lots of reasons, but my most favourite of all, is that she says; ‘naps are absolutely essential to the creative process’ - hurrah, I love me a li’l nap time!
Meet Nickie. She’s the creator-girl of www.redplasticfactory.co.uk
For those of you who dig on the accoutrement, RPF is a totes must-visit…It has everything a girl like me needs to feed my love of all things rockabilly, 50s and pin-up, as well as super-cute gift ideas too! Check out this paint palette necklace - the perfect-o pressie for any aspiring art-girl, with real-life actual paints and everything!
Pink Ladies, as it’s LYU week, I’m beyond excited to be hooking you up with the uber-amazing star-shaped American-o author and coach, Courtney Macavinta.
Courtney is founder of RespectRx.com, which empowers girls, women and their advocates through blogs, workshops, retreats and her best-selling book for teen girls, RESPECT: A Girl’s Guide to Getting Respect and Dealing When Your Line Is Crossed.
Courtney rocks and is a totes inspir-o girl when it comes to Lovin’ Yourself Up - I dig her and think you will too…
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When I interview all the amazingly talented super-girls for the site, I always, always, always ask them what would be on their personal soundtrack - the tunes that signify the drama, the good times, the break-ups, the lift-me-ups, the fabulousity…you get the picture, right?
Meet Kimberley Wilson. She can make your world significantly pinker. Fact.
Reasons why I heart Kimberley:
She hearts pink - hurrah, she has a black pug dog - I am envy-green!, she digs shopping, she loves dropping random french phrases - j’adore, and she has a fabulously swank book, website and podcast dedicated to becoming a Hip Tranquil Chick which is quite possibly the most dee-liciously sweet-as-sugar way to Love Yourself Up.
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Not only is that a completely totes true statement, because believe me, you absolutely are, it’s also the title of a too-cool-for-school new book, by American-o inspir-o-girl, Claire Mysko.
You’re Amazing is a response to a report called The Supergirl Dilemma, compiled by Girls Inc.
The report showed that while real-life supergirls may not be wearing lycra and a cape, you are trying to do pretty much everything else - from getting good marks at school, to fitting in and dealing with fam and gal-pals. Claire wants you to give up the quest to become ’super’ and start celebrating what makes you amazing!
Claire, we think You’re Amazing!
Do you remember flumps? Those yummy marshmallow sweet treats that you used to have as a kid?
Well, the fabulous Anita, creator of www.atomicflump.co.uk has made them into super-cute adornments so we can get a sweet fix without the sugar high - cool, huh?
She also has a whole lot of other items o’ adorability that I’ve kinda fallen a little bit in love with too.
Call me old-school, but I am a big fan of real-life zines and magazines, j’adore.
So imagine my surprise when I developed a serious NEET habit. No, not for keeping things clean, because lets face it, that would be just crazy, but for the funk-da-crazing, awesome online magazine NEET.
It’s filled with cutester treats, super-cool fashion spreads and kick-ass people - go check it out, but not before you meet, Stephanie J, the editor girl behind your soon-to-be new favourite magazine!
So, I love chocolate and I love blogs, which is why I especially love Cocoa, the super-cute home to Miss Penelope Bat and her sweet-as-sugar musings of adorability. She also shares my passion for pugs, which makes her fabulous x 100.
I love meeting kick-ass ladies o’ fabulousness, this is fact, which is why I was super-excited to hook up with the sweet-as-sugar, Miss Corrine.
She’s a writer-girl, with a love of all things style, beauty, inspiration, and FUN!
Our kinda girl, right?
Filled with positive, how-to advice and tips and tricks to live life to the fullest, Miss Corrine has a super-fun space of internet cuteness that encourages you to make the most of every day - come meet her, she’s adorbz.
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I am every kind of sad that the amazing talent that was Cyd Charisse has died of a heart attack. Sad days.
Cyd Charisse, who brought sizzle and sophistication to dance in classic movie musicals such as Singin’ in the Rain and Band Wagon was a total hottie and owned the screen in every scene.
Charisse captured moviegoers’ attention in a quick succession of films, starting with the now infamous Singin’ in the Rain in 1952, in which she partnered with dancer and super-hot actor of the time, Gene Kelly in a steamy ballet.
Go rent yourself the movie right now and sigh at her beauty, tip-tap around your living room and sing at the top of your voice - I think Cyd would have liked that!
Meet Miss Aim’ee Louise Richards - my bee-you-tiful, totally talented gal-pal.
She’s a glamazon, she’s a fashionista and she has a huge passion for old movies. She’s living in Hong Kong right now, where she sometimes gets poked in the chest by umbrellas because she’s so fabulously tall. She dances in clubs that no one knows exist and she designs pretty, pretty underwear.
For tips and advice on choosing the right bra and why, Miss Aim’ee is your gal.
Introducing….Miss Aim’ee!
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So, you know how I love to hook you up with inspir-o girls who are making their own girl-shaped footprints in the world, right? Well, today I have a total treat for you…She’s a blue-haired, NYC-lovin’, blogging queen from New Zealand, she’s called Gala Darling and we’ve got a girl crush.
This is awesome.
Fact.
Today, I am watching a Kimora Lee Simmons: Life in the Fab Lane marathon on E! and had to share my total LOVE for this woman of total over-the-top fabulousity…
Pssst…I’ve got a secret.
I’ve found this totes ah-mazin’ website www.Lovelula.com - it’s adorably cute to look at and is filled-to-the-brim with an unbelievably fabulous, hand picked collection of some of the world’s finest and purest natural beauty & organic products.
Organic goddess and site queen, Lula Lewis has come to play in our world o’ pink and tell us all about the fabulousity that is: www.Lovelula.com
Now I don’t know about you, but I heart all things Andy Warhol. What I love even more, is a book that is all about creating an underground art movement ala Andy and co.
Notes From the Teenage Underground by Simmone Howell is that book. It’s hella-freakin’-cool.
Seventeen year old Gem and her friends, Mira and Lo, have decided to go ‘underground’. Their activities will be ‘extreme’, ‘anti-establishment’, ‘avant-garde’ and ‘debauched’.
Oh, I don’t need to tell you anything about it, you will love it. Fact.
You will dig the author Simmone Howell too, we deffo do!
Fabulous-o, soon-to-be kick-ass journo-girl, Staciee, asked author-girl, Lisa Clark if she could interview her for her ‘meedja’ coursework.
Lisa, who secretly really rather loves being interviewed, said: “Me? Are you sure? Why, of course Miss Staciee, I would LOVE to!“
Check out Staciee’s radular talent and find out all about author-girl, Lisa Clark after the jump!
Christmas time means present time!
Over the next two weeks, we’ll be highlighting our fave online shops, writing letters to Santa and hooking you up with some vay cool pressie ideas - today we are all over:
www.lunacyboutique.co.uk
This shop rock our socks - the site is adoreable and the prods are sweet-as-sugar - your Christmas wish list starts here…
Wanna get your craft-girl on?
Then head over to the very fabulous-o Cut out and keep, the ultimate step-by-step crafty community, this is not your grandma’s idea of craft - oh no…This is the talented Cat’s idea of craft, and her ideas are freakin’ awesome!
She’s not only a craft-girl, she’s ed girl of the too-cool-for-school online zine, Snippets - we HEART Snippets.
A lot.
We’re especially heartin’ the feature ’bout people’s work spaces - perfect-o for nosey-girls like moi!
We’re supes excited as Cat has come to hang in our world o’ pink - so grab your paper, scissors and pink pritt stick - and get craftin’ with Cat!
Shhhh, I’ve got a secret…
I have discovered quite possible the cutest, most kitsch of online boutiques filled with glitter-kissed shopping fabulousness…
What? You want me to share?
Oh well, seeing as it’s you…beware though, if you’re heading over to buy a Christmas treat for your BFF, you will find it muchos hard not to purch some merch for your sweet self too!
And, as if I’ve not already spoiled you enough, I’ve got an interview with the lady behind the label AND an AMAZING On Cherry Lane competition too…go on then, read on!
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Pink Lady and soon-to-be top journo-girl, Cherise tells us why she hearts girl o’ the moment, Miley Cirus, otherwise known as the star of top TV show Hannah Montana!
A Starlet Has Been Born!
A normal girl by day, a pop star by night.
Yes, you know who I’m talking about, Hannah Montana!
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As the cold winter nights draw in, staying in is a so much more do-able option than going out, isn’t it?
So, whats a girl to do? Well, if you’re a pink thinkin’ Pink Lady, you’ll know the word ‘bored’ just isn’t in our vocab, so amongst the many coolio-a-go-go things we’ll be suggesting over the next couple of weeks, I wanted to start with my absolute favourite - knitting!
Fancy getting your stitchin’ girl on?
Well, Miss Kandy Diamond (sucha showbiz name) is your absolute go-to girl for all things knitting - not only is she one half of our fave read, Sugarpaper zine, she’s a totes inspir-o girl who has her very own business, Knit and Destroy, making super-cute knitted accessories - j’adore!
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Pink Ladies, I have got the BEST interview EVER!
You know zines rock my world, right?
I LOVE creatin’ mine online and I LOVE reading them, especially the hand made, retro-girl print ones.
Most importantly, you know how much I HEART Sugar Paper Zine, don’t you?
Well, imagine how coolio-a-go-go my day just got, because I hooked up with the editrix-in-chief craft-girls, Super Seleena and Kickin’ Kandy, who make it all happen!
And because they’re like the gift that just keeps givin’, they’ve come to play in our world o’ pink armed with everything a Pink Lady will ever need to know about zines and zine makin’ - SPZ, we love you!
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In a totes sporadic feature I like to call ‘girls I have a totes showbiz-girl-crush on’ I would like to pay homage to the tres cool: Kate Nash.
The Bathkidslitfest kicks off this weekend - wohhhoo - and in our celebration of fabulous author-girls who will be appearing at the event, we’ve hooked up with the totes fabulous, goddess girl - Amanda Lees.
Her book, Kumari - Goddess of Gotham, combines two of my favourite things - Goddess Girls and New York - totes fabulous-o! Kumari is a total Pink Lady - feisty, fun, fearless and fabulous - and the author? Well, find out for yourself, chica, coz we’ve only gone and got an exclusive pre-festival interview with her…
Not only do I crush on all things Japanese, not only do I LOVE illustrations, I also crush on all things cute, because let’s face it, it would be rude not to, right?
So, imagine my excitement when I discovered Kumako.
Oh-so-pretty, muchos Japanese influenced illo’s - they’re the stuff of kawaii dreams!
Illo-girl Bea will soon become your new favourite lady - she’s fabulous AND she gives us a super-secret guide to HER cool haunts in Japan - see? You love her already right?
I LOVE SUGAR PAPER ZINE!
Zines are by far my favourite things. I LOVE makin’ them and I LOVE reading them but when my copy of Sugar Paper zine arrived this mornin’, I did star jumps of totes happiness, because this zine will change your life.
Fact.
Created by the uber talented Kandy and Seleena, Sugar Paper zine is for girls who think staying in and making stuff is more fun than going out every night. It’s awesomeness x 1000 in paper form and even comes with a DIY felt purse kit - I’m totally going to make it this evening while rockin’ out to my Hairspray soundtrack! Talkin’ of Hairspray, it has a fab feature ’bout creatin’ the perfect Tracy Turnblad hair ‘do, in fact, it is filed-to-the-brim with 20 things to make and do.
Get your copy before they’re all snapped up, be sure to tell them Lola sent ya! www.myspace.com/sugarpaperzine
So, unless you’ve been living in outer-no-film-land, you’ll know that Hairspray is a totes new favourite o’ mine here in the world o’ pink. While the film is chocca-packed full with ah-mazing sing-along tunes, great messages and cute boys to look at - think Lake, Seaweed AND Corny - mmmmmmm, my absolute fave part of the whole movie is…Tracy Turnblad.
I heart you, Tracy Turnblad.
Pink Ladies, listen up!
Author-girl, Lisa Clark, is Walking New York on 9th November!
She’s walkin’ 13 miles - that’s a blimmin’ half marathon y’know - to raise money for The Children’s Society and would love it if you would sponsor her!
The good news is, that she doesn’t expect you to give her your money for nothing - oh no - Lisa has tapped some of her fabulous-o contacts and has the most ah-mazing swag bag of treats including:
Uber-cool author girl, Sarra Manning has created a brand spankin’ new series about four models/celebrities who share a flat in London.
The first book, Laura, is all about the winner of reality TV show Make Me a Model.
Laura thinks that by being pretty damn gorgeous and beating over 12,000 girls to get onto Fierce’s modelling books she will gain insta-access to a super-cool modelling career, turns out, not so much.
Her friends and boyfriend aren’t being as understanding as she’d like, her new flatmates are crazy for fame and her booker thinks she’s too fat.
Pretty soon, Laura stands to lose everything (except possibly weight…)
I’m so freakin’ excited!
Designer girl and creator of Dressed by Danni has joined the Pink Thinkin’ journo-girl team - whoop, whoop!
If you heart her fabulous-o creations, you are going to LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her pink-world features - j’adore Danni mostest!
Calling All Crafters:
If I had a penny for every time I heard the phrase “never judge a book by its cover”, I’d probably be sending you a postcard from Paris by now!
Instead, I’m telling you to bypass this rule for just one moment and cast your eyes upon ‘Fashion Market II.
Pink World favourites, Princess Sparklepants, have got a website!
Yep, the girls of gorgeousity and makers of prettilicious accessories that j’adore mostest, are now working their own pink space o’ the web!
Check it out: www.princess-sparklepants.com
If your life lacks glitter and sparkle, then look no further than Princess Sparklepants to satisfy your girly, fashion-obsessed, glittery needs!
Team Pants is formed by bestest friends and fashionistas, Lu and Hannah who have decided to cure their obsessive compulsive shopping habit by making pretty things that other people will love just as much as they do.
Unselfish and super-talented - what’s not to love, huh?
Francesca Lia Block is a total hero girl of mine.
She is the creator of my favourite character in all of fictionville, Weetzie Bat.
If you don’t know Weetzie, she’s a bleach blonde punk pixie who lives in LA. But she’s so much more than that too. She’s a total inspir-o girl. She has friends called Duck, Dirk and My Secret Agent Lover Man. But she’s still so much more than that too.
Her creator, Francesca Lia Block, is a sorceress of words, writing modern fairy tales with an edge. She has written a LOT of books, my favourites include: Girl Godess number 9, Violet and Claire and I was a Teenage Fairy, and if you hadn’t noticed yet, I heart FLB x 1000 which is why my belly is filled with flutterby excitement that she has come to play in the world o’ pink…
FLB, you are officially crowned Pink-world’s tiara-wearing, princess of storytelling!
Amy Davis rocks my pink, stripy socks.
She appears in Think Pink because I love, love, love her - she’s a totes inspir-o girl with the sweetest, pink thinkin’ ‘tude.
She’s an art girl - what this girl can’t do with paper and felt tip pens, well, it simply isn’t worth knowing about, really, it isn’t.
She’s also a rock girl, and both her and her beau have got a total ‘School of Rock’ thing going on over in the US. I’m saving up right now for my air ticket…
In the mean time, as one of the most feisty, fun, fearless and fabulous girls in girlsville, I’ve asked her to spill her ten must-have, most-favourite things to YOU, it’s like a Pink Ladies public service…or something!
So…what’s rockin’ your world, Amy Davis?
I pride myself on an ability to accesorise, but a girl cannot be princess of all things prettilicious without access to the sweetest, cute-as-a-button items of gorgeousness, which is why I totes LOVE www.Bettyjoy.co.uk - home to some of the most dee-lish treats a girl could ask for.
Bettyjoy.
The stuff of dreams.
Fact.
Tarina is totally adoreable.
Look at her, she’s even rockin’ Lola-esque hair - pink-haired chicas rule!
Not only does Tarina look like she’s right outta cutesville, she makes the most fantastical colourful and inventive accessories that I defy any Pink Lady not to fall head over sparkly-glitter pump in love with.
“… We wanted to bring accessories made with the highest quality materials infused with color, sparkle, and unique design into the marketplace. And we believe that there should not be any rules when it comes to creating your own personal style…”
Tarina, we totes agree!
Fab news, Pinksters…The brand spankin’ new editor of Bliss magazine, Leslie Sinoway, is going to be hanging out in Pink-world and YOU can interview her!
Yep, if you’re a budding journo-girl, if Bliss is your favourite magazine, or if you’re just a nosey moo like me - I wanna hear from you!
We need some killah questions for ed-girl Leslie, and we need them now, so…if you want to know who’s the worst person she’s ever interviewed, why teen mags only ever use size 8 models or what being an ed-girl of a magazine is really like, email your questions to: Lola@pink-world.co.uk or leave it in the comment box below, pronto!
Meet Tracy Romaszkiewicz.
She’s creator-girl of www.plastic-bat.co.uk
home of all things ridiculously kitschy kitsch.
I love me the kitsch.
I deffo love me the www.plastic-bat.co.uk - it’s a site of pinkness, fabulousness and totes adoreable sweet creations.
I now love me the Tracy too. She’s li’l miss creative on a huge-ass creative stick.
OHMYSTARS!
Life has just gone and got sweet like chocolate.
Why?
Because www.heidiseeker.com has got itself a killer makeover!
Swoon.
In this month of all things heart, I wanna share my hearting for Gwen Stefani.
She stepped right out of coolsville and into my pink-tinted world back in her No Doubt days and quite frankly, I don’t think she’ll ever leave - she’s simply girl-shaped fabulousity.
Things I heart ’bout Gwen: Sweet Escape - an album so bubblegum-sweet-deelish I want to eat it right up, her completely over-the-top glitzy-glam videos, her poker-straight blonde ‘do, the fact that she experiments with her looks and doesn’t care if she makes mistakes, her 30 second cameo in the Leonardo Di Caprio film The Aviator, her L.A.M.B fashion line, her go-for-it girl ‘tude - in fact, my list is endless as to how I love Gwen, but that’ll do for starters!
If you love Pink-World, you will simply adore Kittypinkstars and her Planet Sock. kittypinkstars.etsy.com
She makes totes fabulous knitted sock creatures - some with tasty treats, some with devil horns and some with just super-cute kooky quirks, and the best thing? She’s all about the pink!
Inspiro-a-gogo girls rule.They butt kick us into action, provide us with insider secrets to our dream jobs and prove that anything is possible - which is why, inspiro-a-gogo girl of Love Yourself Up month is the self-proclaimed Queen of the Oddballs, Hilary Carlip.
How much do I heart Hilary? Let me count the ways.
She’s a killer multi-tasker, she’s author of the very cool ‘Queen of the Oddballs’, she’s the ultimate pink thinkin’ go-for-it girl…she rocks my pink knee high socks - she’ll rock yours too. Fact.
If I say so myself, I’m pretty damn cute for an illustration but I can’t take all the credit, nope, the lady responsible for making both myself and the pink ladies look totes adorable is the g-g-gorgeous miss Holly Lloyd!
If you’re currently drooling over the cute-as-a-button illustrations in Think Pink, then check out the lady with the magic pens…
Fred Flare.com is a total treat of candy-covered gorgeousness.
Based in the Americanos, it is home to dee-lish clothing, too-cute trinkets and a totes addictive blog which is my daily dose of fabulousity.
Now, while this site is the brain child of two super cute boys, Chris and Keith - we have our own FF favourite…
Meet Vanessa. She rules.
Heidi Seeker is my new favourite thing in the whole entire world. Fact.
