I blog as TheWorldofKitsch.com which won a Cosmopolitan Magazine Blog Award for 2010. I'm married to Michael Smyth and we have a son together. My maiden name was Spence.

I am a guest blogger for Cosmopolitan.co.uk writing about kitsch, vintage & the unusual. You can find those blogs here - http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/archives/blogs/guest-bloggers/claire-smyth-blog/by_author/11533%20/3;1

I was finalist in the 2011 Northern Ireland Social Media Awards in both the Best Tweeter & Best Blog categories.

I am currently in the Cosmo Blog Awards 2012 finals.