dad's day out : win a $650 photo session

if you're not a subscriber of our newsletter, you may not know that we have a fab competition happening with our new resident photographer, naomi v photography. with father's day just around the corner, we thought it would be nice to focus on and pay appreciation to the dad's, grand dad's and great grand dad's out there. so to celebrate the joining of forces between yummy mummies and naomi v, we are giving you the opportunity to win a dad's day out photography session with naomi, valued at $650! the ultimate father's day gift, don't you think?!

the winner will receive a free photo session sitting, along with a 16 x 24" art mount print, plus 5, 5 x 7" prints! holy dooly, i know!! so to clarify, you are winning a prize for you and your dad. or if you are a dad, for you and your child/ren. if you're a mum, feel free to enter for your hubby and kids, if not for yourself and your dad. as long as there is a dad in the winning photo, this is what we're aiming for!

how to enter : find the only male 'grown up' product we have available on our shopping site {i'll give you a clue : it's in the maternity section}. you then need to email the name of the item along with telling us why you would like to win a photo shoot, to naomi using the contact us page on her blogsite. you've got until the end of august to get your entries in, and you can only enter the once.

the fine print : each entrant will be assigned a number as their email is received. you will receive notification that your entry has been noted. a winner will be selected using an online random number generator on 1/9/10 and will be notified by email. the winning photo session must take place between brisbane city and the gold coast, and must be used on a tuesday, wednesday or thursday afternoon. the session can be at your home or out on location, you decide, and must have a dad in the photo! please only enter this competition if you can make it to the gold coast/brisbane area for the photo session. if you are not local but are planning a holiday over this way soon, then do feel free to enter, we can arrange a time for you to use it. this prize is not transferable for cash and cannot be exchanged for other products or services. only one entry per person will be counted and entries must be received by midnight 31/8/10. the prize must be used within 3 months of the date the winner is drawn.

if you want further clarification, please email or phone either naomi or myself. you can find our contact details on our webistes. goodluck!!

new resident photographer : naomi v photography

in our crazy july we were working hard with a few of my favourite ladies, to bring you some lovely eye candy on our shopping site. i've been busting at the seems to share this with you, and today i can! we have joined forces with the gorgeous and talented woman behind naomi v photography. naomi is our new resident photographer, and let me tell you, this lady knows how to work a camera! we have updated our home page images and filled the gallery with naomi's gorgeous work. go on, go over and have a look at our shopping site, and then come back here and let me know what you think!

so... a little more about naomi v, for those who don't know her... naomi is based in brisbane and specialises in wedding photography and portrait photography for babies, children and families. she is a mum of 3 and has such a fun and fresh personality, which is what you want from the person who is capturing your precious moments. naomi has a gorgeous blogsite, so please do visit it and have a look at her work. i'm sure she'd love for you to leave a comment on her blog posts if you like them.

i like to keep an image of my mini me, miss summer, on my home page. as you do. so my super lovely friend, candice from momie et enfant, helped to style a little photo shoot for the children home page image. summer is wearing a momie et enfant dress and bloomers, lots of pearl necklaces and bracelets, and mummy's most prettiest shoes (although mummy doesn't get to wear them much these days). i was hoping to use the image that's in my new blog header for the home page of the site, but it didn't sit in right, and it looks fab on the blog now anyway!

i cannot thank naomi and candice enough for all of your help with this. you girls are wonderful women and i am blessed to have crossed paths with you both and to now be able to call you both friends (thank you). here are a few images from our morning together.

i also want to say a massive thanks to 3 lovely photographers who have let me display their images prior to this mini makeover. kathy and grant from ashford studio, skye from skye rocket studio, and the lovely bree from breeze designs. you guys are the bomb!