Big Girl Blue's Lensography

Fresh Off the Lens Press 

BigGirlBlue's Summer School 2009

In the summer of 2009 the Giant Squids were offered the opportunity to participate in an 8 week summer program designed to encourage them to use what they already knew (having become Giant Squids and all) in combination with tips and tools along the...

Season Of Betrayal

"There were too many ways to die in this, a war I hardly understood, a war that started long before we came, and would continue long after we left." Season of Betrayal is narrated by Larissa "Lara" McCauley looking back twenty years earlier to 1983...

How To Make Smoothies

Last year I was up late watching absolutely nothing of importance when an infomercial for the Magic Bullet came on. I was literary glued to the screen for thirty minutes but didn't succumb to buying. This seemed to happen more than a few times until...

More To Love

More to Love premiered July 28 on Fox. The premise of the show is to follow plus size men and women through the trials and tribulations of dating as they search for true love. It is along the same lines as The Bachelor and The Bachelorette but bette...

Personal Journal Writing Prompts

Whether you journal with pen or with a keyboard this list of journalling prompts will help keep you writing when you feel you have nothing to write about. Search the list until you find a prompt you feel like writing about then have a go at it. Don&...

Top Three Lenses 

The Write Prompts

What is a writing prompt? It is a word, picture, phrase, quote or set of directions to help you kick start your writing for those days when you just can't get anything to percolate. In this lens you will find a few of the above options to help yo...

Crystal Renn

This plus size goddess from Clinton, Mississippi has appeared in French, Italian and American Vogue. No easy task for any curvy beauty. She's also been a regular feature for Lane Bryant, Torrid, Dolce & Gabbana and Saks Fifth Avenue. Crystal has had...

Megan Fox's Tattoos

This leading lady is currently known from the hit science fiction movie, Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Before she made it big in the movies she was growing up on the set of the television series Hope & Faith where she had the...

I Wish Upon a Purple Star 

My Lasik Experience

"With eyes that look'd into the very soul--bright--and as black and burning as coal." ~ Lord Byron Glasses have been a part of my life since I was six years old. After a few failed attempts of trying to find out why I was suffering from headaches I...

The Twilight Book Series

The beautiful and talented Stephenie Meyer is the author of the Twilight book series. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She attended Brigham Young University where she majored in English with a concentration on literature. The thirty-five year o...

Eating in Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay is near the Northern tip of Lake Superior close to the Manitoba and Minnesota borders. It is known for it's long winters and warm (but short) summers. I haven't lived there for almost fifteen years. And when we go back there are a few ch...

Blended Matcha

Matcha is made from dried green tea leaves that have had the stems and veins removed and then finely ground into a powder. They contain one of the highest natural sources of antioxidants and chlorophyll. It is packaged in metal tins that vacuum seale...

Megan Fox's Tattoos

This leading lady is currently known from the hit science fiction movie, Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Before she made it big in the movies she was growing up on the set of the television series Hope & Faith where she had the...

Plus Size Halloween Costumes

Like other times of the year, Halloween has become a commercial event. That's not always a bad thing, especially in the case of plus size Halloween costumes for women. Being a commercialized event means there are more options out there for plus size...