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5 Blog Questions with Jaclyn Carlson

07.12.2015
Business, Blogging World
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5 Blog Questions with Jaclyn Carlson

Do you remember my 5 Decorating & Food Questions series? Well due to popular demand, I’m bringing them back. This time I’ll be adding some other topics to the series, like 5 Blog Questions for one. Of course the person I wanted to lead this new line up is none other than Jaclyn Carlson, of Blog Society! You’ve no doubt heard me rave about this woman since hiring her as my coach during and after this blog’s rebranding. She is a wealth of knowledge in the industry and because of this, along with her open demeanour, she has created a huge community of bloggers that network and support one another. This woman rocks!

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Learn | Tea Pea School

10.06.2015
Lifestyle, Experts
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I feel like I’m a little bit of a serial learner. Whenever I hear about new courses my ears always prick up. Are you like that? Even better are courses or workshops that teach you how to do things that you’ve always wanted to do, just for the fun of it. You know the ones I’m talking about; shibori, kokedamas, cake decorating and hello – weaving!!!

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A Food Stylist’s Life with Denise Vivaldo

22.08.2014
Food & Travel, Make, Eat, Drink
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Painting a tomato with red lipstick and filling the white of a fried egg with denture paste are just some of the tricks that I learnt a couple of weeks ago as a guest at Denise Vivaldo’s, Introduction to Professional Food Styling here in Auckland.

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Denise Vivaldo’s Upcoming Auckland Food Styling Class

18.07.2014
Food & Travel, Make, Eat, Drink
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Styling: Jazreel Chan and Photo: Dario Milano

No, this is not my food styling, but it might very well be soon! Some exciting news is that I’ve been invited to attend the upcoming Denise Vivaldo’s Introduction to Professional Food Styling class in Auckland. As you can imagine, I’m over the moon about this!

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Blogging Basics Class at General Knowledge

13.06.2014
Business, Blogging World
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Blogging Basics Class by Mel Chesneau

I’m really pleased to announce that I’ve been asked to teach a class on blogging for the General Knowledge series at General Trading Co.

I thought long and hard about what angle to teach and remembered when I first started blogging and how overwhelmed I felt with everything that I should or shouldn’t be doing along what tools were available to use.

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Megan Morton’s The School in Auckland

06.11.2013
Business, Blogging World
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I feel like I just got back from summer camp. You know the feeling? Happily exhausted, head spinning from so many new wonderful things jammed packed into a small space of time and new friendships forged.

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