What I’d tell my teenage self about growing up
A lot of traffic comes to the blog for a post about where to buy plus-size clothes for teenagers. Teenage girls, predominately, with a couple of stores thrown in that would work for the guys too. The search terms got me thinking about my adolescent self and what I would say to her as an adult;...
Books about Body Image for Girls
If you feel like you're under pressure from the diet industry machine to change your body in some way in the new year, think of how body image for girls must feel. New year, new who? Diet plans and 'get healthy' resolutions disguising less than ideal ways to treat yourself. It's a minefield out...
2020 Blog Wrap Up
Here we are, on the very first day of 2021. Not me, I'm probably still in bed sleeping off a food coma. I'm sure the drink has nothing to do with it. This is past me, writing from the New Year's Eve morning with a determination to make sure we end this year on a high. Taking stock, looking back...
Gin and Prosecco Summer Cocktail
Suger's Summer content has been a light on the ground in the past year or two. It used to be a little more of a thing around here. A function of not being that motivated to create, I suppose. But something about the warm days and long afternoons has inspired me. And what is more inspiring than...
Do all the things, casual outfit
I'm not going to lie, I left my run, on the whole getting ready for Christmas thing, too late this year. Since sometime last week I've been progressively more stressed that my small-ish hometown won't have everything I need to be ready for Christmas! That I will be Christmas-less. But,...
How to look ‘dressed up’ wearing sneakers
I'm team sneakers; you guys know that. Somewhere along my personal style journey, I stopped pairing everything I wore with ankle boots and made the switch. To say I've never looked back wouldn't be overstating it. Due to this excessive and almost exclusive wearing of sneakers, I've been asked...
Planning to renovate our bathroom {SUGER’S PLACE}
When we first purchased this house, we didn't know how we would go with one bathroom. Sure, only two people are living here, but we were used to being a two-bathroom home. And of course, we've managed, but with the main bathroom in need of repairs now was our chance. To not just renovate our...
Maxi Dresses for Christmas Day
Janine is on a mission to find the perfect maxi dress for Christmas Day. I mean, aren't we all. While watching a movie last night, I started having a look around and bookmarking some of my favourites as I came across the. This post is about sharing what I found from some of my favourite online...
Losing your temper vs. using it
I don't often lose my temper, but I often have to use it - Dolly Parton. The quote popped up on my newsfeed like a reminder from my inner self to do what I know to do. I needed the reminder to express myself and set my boundaries. I couldn't wait to listen to the podcast that it was promoting...
Why having a welcome page on your blog is essential
A year, maybe more ago, I read ProBlogger's 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. I was taking the steps and working through the daily tasks. Not always daily, in bunches here and there. One of the tasks was to create a Welcome Page for your blog. Somewhere you could introduce yourself to readers,...
Where to Buy Clothes for Plus-Size Men
Buying clothes when your plus-size can suck. On this blog, its something we talk about a lot. But, what about where to buy clothes for plus size men? Are there a lot of options for on-trend fashionable pieces for the big guys? The short answer to that question is that it has come a long way...
Plus-Size Fashion Bloggers (Size 22+) you need to follow on Instagram!
I was in a conversation the other day about finding clothing inspiration from plus-size fashion bloggers when you're at the larger side of plus. A young woman was looking for places to shop and inspiration; she wears a US 20/22 (AU 24/26'ish). Stumped, she had reached out to a group I'm in and...
Why we started a veggie garden
I mean, if this isn't the show-stopping content you signed up for, I don't know what would be. Tales from my veggie garden; not the usual search term we get around here. The thing is, I've just finished cutting back my cherry tomatoes (for like the third time!), and all I can smell is tomato...
Dying my hair blue and maintaining the colour
If you've found your way here, you're at least a little bit interested in dying your hair blue. I get it, there's something fresh and out there about blue hair of all colours and shades. Maybe you'll tackle it yourself with a home hair colour session, or you won't. Or perhaps you've made the...
How to be happy with what you have in life
When they added The Greatest Showman to Disney + recently, I had no real intention of watching it—been there, done that, fantastic and everything but done. Then, the winds changed or something, and I was in the mood to watch it. But can I say that watching The Showman pull his life apart in...
Business Update: Going fulltime two years later!
It's hard to believe that it's two years since I said goodbye to my last remaining day job and went fulltime in my business. Seriously, it's been that long. How does one block of time feel so short but so long at the same time? But we made it. And to be honest, there hasn't been a day, even in...
Favourites: WordPress Themes for Bloggers
I've been on the hunt for WordPress themes for bloggers as a way to freshen up my website, and another site I was updating. This is something I do often enough. What can I say, the trends around this kind of thing change often and keeping up is essential. Don't laugh; these are the things that...
It’s been a while since I had my heart broken
It's hard to believe that my first post about our new puppy, Fetch, is probably my last. No sugarcoating it here, this past few weeks have sucked. Big time. Skip this one if you're not in the mood, folks. I just wanted to make sure he was documented here, where all the things I love are documented. I'd always joked about getting...
Where to begin…
I've sat down to write this update post multiple times now. It's been a while, and there is a lot to catch up on. Stuff with me, the business, the house, finding my feet after the year that was 2020 and everything in between. But then the sheer volume overwhelms me, and I delete the draft and run for the hills. But not today. No...
I stopped writing about confidence when anxiety took over
Writing a blog about confidence is pretty tough when you feel like a fraud. I should know; that's exactly how I felt. Looking back, I knew things were really out of control when I attended an event in Brisbane, pre-Covid. In a room full of people, most I'd known for years, I couldn't breathe. Nothing could distract or settle me....
New to me plus-size brands giving big summer energy
A beach baby since before birth, I'm team summer, even if it leaves me a frizzy, sweaty mess more often than not. Thankfully, after a little exploring online, some new to me plus-size brands with big summer energy popped into my feed. Everything you need for a Queensland summer, from swimwear to activewear (or as I like to call...
What I learned when I gave up drinking
I'm serious when I tell you when I gave up drinking, I hadn't intended to. One day I was changing how I ate, looking to achieve a whole host of things, and I decided alcohol wouldn't fit in with those changes. So, I stopped drinking. Now, It's been three months since I gave up drinking, and I don't miss it. Thinking about it now,...
Make something, even if it sucks: Ask Suger
Considering I was in my office this morning before 6 am, you'd think I'd be ready to roll with this email early, right? Apparently not. I got caught up making a few changes to the blog branding I had a dream about last night. Saying it came to me in a dream seems a little out there, but that's kind of how it went. I've been...
How much I made on Fiverr in my first year
It all started with a simple question, can I earn money on Fiverr as a photographer? Keen to get into doing more product photography, I was looking for a way to find clients and generate more work for myself. A YouTube video about a freelance copywriter on CNBC's Millennial Money convinced me to turn to Fiverr. And after the...
Feeling left behind in life: Ask Suger
A couple of weeks ago, I received an Ask Suger talking about the changes they had been going through in their life and how they felt behind everyone else they knew. And it wasn't that they were not getting what they wanted, feeling as if they were taking giant steps backwards. So, they wanted to see if I'd ever felt like that and...
How did I disappear from my life?
Where did I go? That's the question I've been asking myself lately. How did I manage to disappear from my life? Somewhere around late 2020, I stopped documenting my life, being in pictures and outside of the weekly Suger News emails sharing. Where did I go? I don't know. All I know is I was done with a grinding screech of an old...
Taking Shape x Elverina Johnson collection
Taking Shape is thrilled to reveal the first-ever First Nations designs by the highly regarded artist Elverina Johnson. A highly respected Gungganji Gurugulu woman from Yarrabah in Far North Queensland, Elverina is one of the Nation’s most recognisable and accomplished artists. Her belief is that arts can empower Aboriginal and...