She’s Sonic Shows Her Face(book)

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Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Social media, Twitter

I love all things social media – Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest. I’m hooked on them and very involved. And so it surprised a lot of people to learn that I did not have a Facebook page.

Since starting She’s Sonic, it’s become even more obvious that I needed to open the book…Facebook that is.

So I’ve started a page for She’s Sonic. Please stop by and hit that little ‘Like’ button if you care to.

You can check it out here…

She’s Sonic on Facebook

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Let’s Write: How Do You Start Your Day?

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Instagram, Let's Write, Mumma In Heels, Twitter

Last week the wonderful Melinda of Mumma In Heels launched a post series called ‘Let’s Write’ and we all shared what we love about Winter.

This week, we’re talking about how we each start our day.

My weekdays are very different to my weekends. Monday to Friday I work as an Executive Assistant in a corporate office, while on Saturday and Sunday I am the Builder’s Apprentice (or “lackey” as Mr Sonic likes to call me) on our renovation.

However, when I open my eyes – no matter what day it is – I tend to do the same thing. First up, I check Instagram. I love to see the visual representation of what my friends have been up to. Straight after this, I check Twitter. Now that I feel like I’m up to date with the world, I get out of bed and start my day.

Then it’s time (if it’s a weekday) that I should be tying up my sneakers and heading to the gym. That tends to be a little inconsistent – let’s blame the cold, dark mornings – but I’m hoping to improve. Actually, I will improve because I won’t have a bathroom soon and my gym has a lovely new bathroom fully equipped with GHD straighteners. So that’s where my membership fees go…

Following this, breakfast is a must. If I don’t eat breakfast, I quickly become hangry (when you are so hungry it makes you angry). Coffee. Shower. Get dressed. Then either head to work or head to work, depending on what day it is.

And there you have it. How I start my day.

How do you start your day?

She’s Sonic in Grazia

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fashion, Grazia, Twitter

It was just like any other Monday until I received a lovely tweet from the gorgeous Sian saying:

Hey @ShesSonic don’t know if you’ve seen this already but look! You’re in Grazia!

And she was right!!

When Grazia put the call out over Twitter the week before, asking their followers what they were grateful for, I simply responded with a part-serious and part-fun reply…and thought nothing more of it.

Until today.

There in glorious glossy print was my response…

Naturally, it made my day and I can now say that I’ve appeared in Grazia!!

Thanks Grazia team!!

What are you grateful for? xx

Only A Tweet Away

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Social media, Twitter

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Last Monday I suffered the worst case of Mondayitis I’ve experienced in a long time.

My fiance was in the country for work and I needed to do some grocery shopping after a long and busy day at work.

I walked into my local shopping centre and, instead of walking straight into Woolworths as I usually do, I decided to withdraw some money from the ATM. My mind was wandering as I retrieved my card and my grocery money – or so I thought.

I made a stop at Lenard’s and as I opened my wallet to pay, I realised the $150 I had taken out just minutes beforehand was not there. Panicking, I finalised my purchase and ran back to the ATM with my heart in my throat…which then fell to the floor.

The money was gone.

In tears, I rang my fiance and – ever the voice of reason – he told me not to be upset as it was only money, to call my bank and that everything would be OK.

Disappointed in myself for vague-ing out and making such a silly mistake, I vented my sadness on Twitter. Within minutes, I had nearly 20 reponses – empathy, sympathy, advice, kind words and stories of similar experiences came through in waves. It was as comforting as receiving 20 hugs.

And so after a fairly craptacular end to a Monday, I was able to still smile knowing that no matter how big or small a bad experience, help is Only A Tweet Away.

Thank you to all those who reached out to me. It meant the world.

A Gem Of An Idea

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arm party, bracelets, David Jones, Diane Kruger, fashion, Gem & I, Instagram, JBrand, Ksubi, Marc Jacobs, My Bloggable Day, Twitter, Zara

My gorgeous friend Molly has been my stylespiration for some time now. I can always ask her any fashion related question and she has the answer or a link or a brand at the ready for me.

Lately I’ve been asking her a lot about the phenomenon known as the ‘arm party’ (wearing a collection of various bracelets). Molly is the Queen Of The Arm Party and has recently started making her own bracelets for this very reason. She has now started selling them and, let me tell you, they are amazeballs.

I had a chat with Molly to find out all about her shiny new business adventure…

1. First of all, tell us a bit about yourself.

My name is Molly, I am 23 and I live in Sydney. I am the Assistant Buyer for Bridal and Import Designer at David Jones.

2. Describe yourself in 5 words.

According to me:
1. Efficient
2. Kind
3. Genuine

According to the boyfriend:
4. Adorable (I swear I am tough too!)
5. Discerning (God knows what that means!)

3. Who are your style icons?

Hmm I don’t really have one to be honest. I see something. I like it.. Regardless of who it is on. I do always love what Diane Kruger wears, she has a fabulous stylist.

4. What are your favourite brands?

Again, I am going to be super difficult…I don’t have any! Sometimes brands can get it right, other times they can get it so so wrong! I love JBrand & Ksubi for jeans, Zara for lovely bits and pieces. However I am going to be super corny and predictable and say I can usually always find what I need in David Jones. It’s seriously true.

5. Why did you start making your fabulous bracelets?

Well…I have slowly gotten into accessories. It all started with that spiky necklace from ASOS that I took a gamble and bought! I have since found a deep appreciation for accessories and bracelets especially. I love stacking bracelets and coordinating the colours to my outfits. It gives a simple outfit something special! However you can’t find many cool, well-made bracelets around (that are reasonably priced)! So I began making silver and coloured beaded bracelets and then moved on to the metal creations simply for me to wear!

6. Where do you draw inspiration from?

Usually blogs! I follow a whole bunch on my Tumblr, and I keep a keen eye on all fashion weeks.. What’s just as important as the runway looks? What fashion editors and buyers are wearing to the fashion show! As well as street style. I love street style blogs!

However I found the design for the metal pieces on a DIY blog and My Bloggable Day did a fab how-to DIY post on it. However it wasn’t as easy as it looks. Materials are difficult to come by and I am now a regular at Bunnings!!

So I have been working through ways of engineering the pieces, ensuring they fasten properly, and most importantly look good!

7. Which is your favourite piece?

Definitely my cobalt blue bracelet with gold metal beading and my new hot pink bracelet that I just designed. They’re both so versatile and give a pop of colour! Utilising accessories in on trend colours is probably the easiest (and inexpensive) way you can inject something fresh into your simple outfit.

8. What styles are you currently making and what are their price points?

At the moment I offer three main styles in an array of colours however I can alter them if need be!

1. Elastic with metal beading $12 (requires no closure as it is elastic)
2. Silk string with metal beading $13 – both small and large beading available. Closure is a toggle clasp in respective gold or silver colour.
3. Beaded bracelets $3 each or 2 for $5. I also have silver & bright gold available but not pictured!

All prices include shipping. Oh and I’ll be getting neon string in the next few weeks!

9. How can people order your bracelets?

Simply email me at mollyblain@gmail.com with the circumference of your wrist together with the style, colour and beading choice. Also check me out on Instagram and Twitter (@MollyFB). I usually share what’s happening on my wrist every day! Almost all pieces I wear I have made myself!

You can measure your wrist by wrapping a piece of string around the part of your wrist where you’d like the bracelet to sit, so it’s tight. Then measure the length of string against a ruler. I always make them to the order. Nothing worse than having a bracelet that doesn’t fit and flops about!

10. What’s your advice for building an arm party?

• More is more! OK maybe not tooooo much but definitely stack it up!
• Never mix silver and gold.
• Build on what you already have. I love incorporating my everyday jewellery that I have accumulated over the years, with my lovely little bits and pieces I have made. I love to wear my pretty Marc by Marc Jacobs bangle that my lovely boyfriend bought me for Valentine’s Day last year, with my cobalt blue and gold bracelet!
• Have a base colour (eg silver). Have all shapes & sizes of bracelets in silver, then introduce a colour. I like to mix a lot of silver with hot pink!
• I love my watch too so it’s always RSVP-ing to the arm party no matter what!

This is how Molly does an arm party. You can see why she is my stylespiration…

Follow Molly on Twitter and Instagram (@MollyFB) and check out her blog (http://gem-and-i-tumblr.com)

Kicking Up Her Heels

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blog, communications, Facebook, Mother, Mumma In Heels, Pinterest, PR, Public relations, Shop Me Chic, Social media, Twitter, Virgo

Today is a special day.

It’s the 1st Birthday of the fabulous blog Mumma In Heels – which happens to belong to my amazing co-editor of Shop Me Chic.

To celebrate, I had the privilege of interviewing the Mumma In Heels herself, Melinda…

First off, tell us a little bit about yourself.

I’m 22 year old Virgo, engaged to the love of my life and a mother to our two beautiful boys. I love shoes, lattes and celebrity gossip and am half way through my Communications/PR degree.

Describe yourself in 5 words.

This was tough! But I would have to say.. Maternal, Romantic, Bubbly, a Dreamer and a Perfectionist.

How do you relax and unwind?

Bubble baths! Usually accompanied with a book and a glass of champagne (or tea).

How did you first get into social media? What forms of social media do you use?

I can’t really remember! I think I started with Twitter and it just snowballed from there. I mostly use Twitter and Pinterest, I’m not much of a Facebook fan!

What inspired you to start your blog, Mumma In Heels?

I read lots of blogs which are either beauty, fashion or ‘mummy’ blogs. I love writing and I wanted to start a blog where I could talk about all the things I love (like Fashion, Beauty and Motherhood). When I first started, a lot of people liked that I didn’t just fit in one category too so Mumma In Heels has just stuck to being a bag of mixed lollies!

How do you come up with blog post ideas?

I do most of my thinking in the shower. Or on Pinterest. Most of my ideas stem from something I have read or seen, something I’ve bought or a product I have been loving. I have had the odd ‘bloggers block’ since starting Mumma In Heels but most of the time, I have too many ideas and not enough time! Something I started doing early on was writing my ideas as they came so I always had ‘back up’ if I needed some inspiration.

How have you managed to build up such a strong following and working relationships, eg with PR firms?

While Mumma In Heels is a hobby, I do take it seriously when working with brands and PR. I have formed some great relationships because of my ‘work’ ethic which is something I am really proud of.

How do you find the time to blog, study and be mumma to 2 gorgeous little boys under the age of 3?

It is a giant balancing act! Someday it gets hard, but I actually crave being busy. I write huge to do lists and just tackle one thing at a time. I usually blog one or two days a week and schedule the posts to go live the following week and squeeze in uni whenever I can. I love uni and blogging, but my main priority is the boys. I am lucky enough to be a stay at home mum – if I had to throw work in as well, I don’t think I could manage!

Where do you see yourself and Mumma In Heels in another year’s time?

Hopefully celebrating my second birthday! But possibly slowing down to 2-3 posts a week. Next year is my final year of uni plus I want to focus a bit more attention on Shop Me Chic. I don’t think I could ever give up Mumma In Heels though, I enjoy writing too much!

How are you celebrating Mumma In Heels’ 1^st Birthday?

I have been a bad blog mother! My 1st Birthday almost slipped by without a mention. But if you stay tuned, we might have a belated blog birthday party and giveaway coming up!

Follow Melinda on Twitter (@MummaInHeels), read her blog (http://MummaInHeels.com) and check out the blog we edit together (http://Shop-Me-Chic.com)

Dare To Be A Fox

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Fox in Flats, Hair, Hairstyle, Twitter

Something interesting happened to me recently. I was having a Twitter conversation with Andrea from Fox in Flats and, blinded by her sassy charm, found myself agreeing to participate in her next dare – without even knowing what it was.

Turns out, it was the now infamous ‘Hair Dare’ which saw a bunch of us FiFFs (Fox in Flats Fans) wear our hair in a different style each day for 7 days.

I had a ball doing it, even though it was a challenge to change up my hairstyle every day, and posted my photos with typical Sonic-type humour.

Andrea was kind enough to ask me to write a guest post about my dare experience for Fox in Flats and so, here is my international debut as a Guest Poster…

7 days of LONG hair style how-to’s with Sonia

A Chic Tweet

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Beauty, Children, fashion, Lifestyle, Mumma In Heels, Online shopping, Shop Me Chic, Social media, Twitter

As I’ve said in a previous post, I think Twitter is awesome. It brings together people who would normally never cross paths and creates friendships and…business partnerships?!

Yes, you read right.

One unsuspecting day, the lovely Melinda from Mumma In Heels tweeted an idea: a website that would showcase affordable items from the very best online stores. An ultimate online shopping directory.

Naturally I responded with something profound, along the lines of: “Genius! I would love that!” which cleared a path for Melinda to ask me to be her partner in crime, otherwise known as a business partnership in more serious worlds.

A flurry of emails followed.

We refined the concept, agreed on the categories we wanted to include, picked a logo, came up with a name, chose a colour scheme, signed up to various social media platforms, brainstormed post ideas and changed the logo font six times (that was my fault). The end result?

Shop Me Chic will be launched on Monday 27 February 2012 and will bring you the latest and greatest in Fashion, Beauty and Children.

Come and pay us a visit and be sure to follow us on Twitter too.

…So pour yourself a drink, make yourself comfortable and get ready to Shop Me Chic!

A Little Birdy…

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blog, friends, Social Networking, Twitter

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I signed up to Twitter about 2,365 tweets ago (give or take a few).

At first, I dismissed Twitter as another inane, self-absorbed form of social media for people to talk about what they had for breakfast or how amazing their so-called life is.

And then I joined in.

To begin with, I treated it as a bit of a joke and only interacted with friends I have in real life. But soon enough, I started to really enjoy it and use it more frequently. I also started interacting with people I didn’t know in real life.

This is when Twitter really started to rock my world.

Now I have a group of fabulous birds I love to tweet with each and every day. It’s just like being in high school again, but without the judgement, the competition, the teenage angst, braces or acne.

These ladies are always there to give makeup or hair advice, send you links to clothes or shoes they know you would love, make you smile or laugh when your day has been a bit rough, send a compliment or caring word at just the right time and give you  encouragement to pursue your dreams.

And so because it is Friday and this is my blog, I am going to do a very special #FF (Follow Friday) to the Fabulous Females that I consider Fantastic Friends…

@ClassicJac, @mollyfb, @FoxInFlats, @hipandhaute, @MummaInHeels, @KatePiasecka, @katiejmitchell, @Missjessicamelb, @K_Fissenden, @rosemaryslade, @lollicious, @karinaxoxo, @Kimbalikes …

…and there are many more that I am just getting to know.

Cos that’s the beauty of A Little Birdy.

(You can follow me on Twitter: @ShesSonic)

Who’s Sonic?

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Adelaide, fashion, fitness, health, Hollywood, Instagram, Michelle Bridges, Sonia, Sonic, Twitter, Virgo, wedding

I guess it’s timely for me to introduce myself so that you know just who you’re reading about…

My name is Sonia (nickname Sonic thanks to autocorrect), I’m 27 years old and I live in Adelaide, South Australia.

I work full time as an Executive Assistant, which suits my Virgo personality down to the ground – I am super organised, love To Do lists (especially ticking jobs off), pride myself on my attention to detail, adore writing and editing anything and everything and of course I am awesome at recommending and booking restaurants!!

I am engaged to the love of my life, who shall be referred to as Mr Sonic on this blog. We’ve been together for over seven years and Mr Sonic pulled out all the stops to give me the surprise of my life when he proposed in September 2011.

I’ve declared 2012 the year of putting my health and fitness first, so I have signed up for Michelle Bridges’ 12WBT program, which I am equally excited and nervous about.

I adore fashion. I jump at the chance to play stylist for my friends whenever they ask. I also draw inspiration from ‘everyday people’ – those who post “today I’m wearing” photos on Instagram or Twitter and those who blog about their latest purchases or how to incorporate the latest trends into your wardrobe.

I also like to think I have my finger on the pulse of Hollywood gossip. I’ve been watching E! News for as long as I can remember and have my favourite websites and Tweeps I always check in with. If any of my friends have a question about who celebrities are dating, or if they’re not together anymore, what their kids names are or who I considered to be best and worst dressed at the latest awards show – they’ll ask me.

So what can you expect to read on She’s Sonic?

A little of all of the above – some posts about me and my world, wedding ideas I think are fab, any food or exercises that are rocking my world, fashion that I think is accessible and stylish, and of course anything Hollywood that I just need to dish on!!

I hope you’ll enjoy reading about all of these things and more. Feel free to leave comments, feedback, advice, criticism – it’s all welcome and appreciated.

Enjoy!!