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I thought I would share a few recent art pieces that my girls had on exhibition at school. Of these art pieces, they each had a piece entered into the Art Eisteddfod – a very proud Mommy moment! I am over joyed that they are both so creative and each in their own unique way. I grew up in a home where creativity was celebrated and it is still very much a part of my life today and something wonderful that I can share with my girls!
Art by Alex
Art by Jess
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I wanted to share this awesome new product with you, especially at this time of the year – we are all looking for different ideas for Christmas gifts. Everyone loves taking those holiday snaps but what to do with them? There are only so many frames you can put up around the house! So what if there was some other more interactive way, to share these memories with others? This innovative idea uses those treasured pics and turns them into a multifunctional coaster – a Polacoaster!
What better way to share your memories than over a glass of wine or a cup of coffee. Your Polacoasters will become a talking point at dinner parties – sharing all of your holiday photos with friends and family, or what about a personalised set of coasters for Granny and Grandpa with pictures of those precious grandkids.
[quote style=”1″]Polacoasters offer a unique multifunctional design with a single rare-earth magnet hidden behind a thin cork backing, taking your photographs from the fridge to the dinner table. A high quality uv-resistant resin provides a protective coating with a high gloss finish through which to display your photos.[/quote]
So if you are looking for a wonderful gift for family and friends, or a PR gift for clients, what an awesome idea. Click on over to the Polacoaster website and let your imagination run wild.
I have included a few of the Polacoasters that we have had done featuring pictures from a recent Franschhoek trip.
These are a few of the sample pics from the Polacoaster website:
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Website: http://polacoaster.com/contact/
Nanette Lepore
As the weather seems to be getting warmer here, in Cape Town, the time has come to start thinking about venturing out and making a few necessary purchases. So I thought I would do something fun, to get you in the mood for summer and give you some idea of what’s out there on the swimwear scene.
The look this summer definitely has retro references, with a return to 60’s & 70’s swimwear glamour. One piece costumes are making a big come back, in either bold – solid colours or flirty florals, which are more feminine with flounces and frills.
Swimwear Trends 2011/2012 by supermomsa featuring 77kids
The trend in bikinis are nude, neutral tones and even shimmery gold’s – if you are looking for a bit more bling. To complete your look, you can shade yourself from the sun with a giant sun hat or tie a scarf around your head for a bit of 70’s styling.
So be daring and try something different this season and whatever your style just have fun with it, it is summer after all! See you on the beach! 😎
Items from Woolworths: Woolworths.co.za
1st Set: (Right – top to bottom) Natural Straw Hat R120.00,Coral One Piece R225.00, Beige Tote R299.00
2nd Set: Black Kaftan R275.00, Black One Piece R225.00, Black Bikini R260.00, Country Road Tote R299.00, Pink Flip Flops R120.00 (prices from the website)
Other Images: Pinterest & Vogue UK
Imagine my delight when I came across a new and innovative concept, rubybox, right here in my own home town! Needless to say I love discovering new and clever ideas and rubybox is certainly all of these things and more!
I am sure you have felt the overwhelming feeling of trying to select a beauty product, which you have never tried before, only to discover that there is no sample available to try before you have to out lay oodles of cash.
This is exactly what rubybox offers the consumer, an opportunity to sample some of the leading beauty brands before going out and buying them. Giving you more confidence in your purchase and limiting the chance of wasting hard earned cash.
[quote style=”1″]Say goodbye to your beauty graveyard with www.rubybox.co.za[/quote]
So how does this brilliant concept work? You pay a minimal monthly subscription fee of R100.00 and you are sent a bespoke box containing 4-5 luxury, trial-sized samples, which you can try at your leisure. Each month the box will contain different items for you to sample.
How exciting! Each month you will receive this awesome box of treats delivered to your door – it will feel like your birthday every month!
So why wait, click on over to rubybox and find out more about this amazing product.
An added bonus is that they offer an online service called Beauty-Insider, which offers beauty advice, helpful tips, beauty news and trends.
I thought I would include this clip from their recent press release, to give you a bit of the inside scoop:
[quote style=”1″]Who is rubybox? The team consists of Austrian-born Sylvia Gruber, CEO who before moving to South Africa to start up Africhic.com – an online fashion retailer that promotes African designers – worked in brand management at beauty giants like P&G in Frankfurt, Germany and L’Oréal Paris in Paris, France. Margaux Knuppe, current beauty editor of GLAMOUR and ex beauty assistant of FairLady joins the team as Content and Communications Director. Need more convincing? To date, over 1200 South African women have been convinced by rubybox and are eagerly looking forward to their monthly rubybox.[/quote]
All Images: Courtesy of rubybox
After having a rather busy weekend both socially and around the house, I thought I would feel quite tired today but instead I feel inspired. It got me thinking about what exactly it is that inspires me? I have come to the conclusion that it is in fact not one isolated thing but a combination of things that gets me motivated and inspires everything I do.
My main sources of inspiration are:
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