i'm a winner : n is for nanette

i had to share these two adorable headbands i won through n is for nanette's facebook page. i'm not clever enough to photograph them on my own head, so out came the bribes and miss moo became my little model. her bribe was the blue and pink headband, although she really wanted them both, i just couldn't give up the rose vintage headband. it is absolutely stunning and went straight into mummy's bathroom, out of reach of little hands.

i'm so happy with my suprise win, the work put into these headbands is impeccable. nanette is currently doing another giveaway on her page, where you send her a picture of your favourite dress and the winner gets a customised headband to match their dress. off i go to check my wardrobe...

hot spot : little kickers gold coast

i like to take summer to the occassional activity lesson. i don't like to fill her week with activities, there's plenty of time for a social life once she gets a tad older, i'm sure! she currently goes to swimming lessons, and more recently she has joined little kickers.

what's little kickers? play not push - a fun and imaginative introduction to soccer for children aged 2 years to 5 years. devised in the uk in 2002, little kickers has arrived down under to benefit our little aussies.

it's so much more than kicking around a ball. the idea is to use soccer as a fun medium to help the kids learn social skills like listening, sharing, taking turns and teamwork; practice learning skills like colours and numbers; and fine-tuning their basic balance, agility and co-ordination skills.

it's heaps of fun, and although it's not just all about kicking soccer balls and scoring goals, this does happen and let me tell you, there are some champion goal scorers in our group! i have to tell you about one of the little kickers... in one of our first sessions, he was scoring goals and then doing the whole lift his shirt over his head and running off with his arms in the air thing. seeing a 2 year old do this had me in stitches, what a legend!

we sit in circles at the beginning and end of the lessons and say hello and goodbye to each and every player. we pass the ball around the circle, putting all of those above mentioned social skills into play yet again.

and... they even get stickers and stamps to go home with! can't get much better than that!

the coaches are awesome. our coaches at southport are coach amanda and coach dane. coach abbey {in the middle with summer} and hubby coach brad are the ones who have brought little kickers to the gold coast.

sound cool? sound like something you'd like to take your mini me along to and check out? well your first session is a free trial session, so why not! for us gold coasters, there are currently sessions on saturday mornings in southport and pac pines. classes are at 8am, 9am, 10am and 11am in both locations. you will need to contact abbey on 07 5574 9027, 0457 602 219 or goldcoast@littlekickers.com.au to reserve your free trial spot and to find out more information. little kickers gold coast have also recently started up a facebook page, so if you're on facebook pop over and like their page to keep in the loop and up to date with classes and little kickers goss.

check the little kickers website for other locations accross the nations. i noticed there are loads of nsw locations to choose from.

review this + giveaway :: invite with style

i had the absolute pleasure over the weekend to review some gorgeous invites made by a gorgeous brisbane mum named anna. anna is the owner of invite with style and she has designed the cutest range of invites ever. anna and i have joined forces and we'll be giving three lovely readers a pack of invites each, so you can see for yourself how beautifully made these invites really are. and of course, use them for your upcoming event!

all of anna's invites are printed professionally on a digital press and are on a smooth matt finished card. a minimum order of 20 cards is required and they range in size and price, starting from a c6 size for $2.00 per card, and that includes peel and seal matching envelopes that has a small design printed on the front. you can add on extra's like adhesive magnets that can be placed on the back of the invite, and having all of your guest names printed on each individual card. these invites are truly gorgeous in person, the colours and print are perfect and they are awesome quality too.

i think these two boy and girl birthday cards are pretty cool. love the rocket theme and love how the girls invite is bright and colourful. below is a quick snapshot of more of anna's designs. baby shower, baby boy, baby girl, christening, birthdays, you name it, anna will make it! for those of us who aren't clever enough to whip up some invitations ourselves, it really can't get much easier than having your own personal graphic designer making your cards for you!

so back to the giveaway. it's pretty easy, all you have to do is be an invite with style facebook fan and leave a comment below on this post. there are 3 packs of invites up for grabs; baby shower (choose from either lucy or lisa design), boys birthday (jeremy or jayden design) and girls birthday (mia or bambi design). each winning pack will be a set design from anna's range and consist of 10 invites with their matching envelopes and adhesive magnets. in your comment, leave your name, email address and which invite you would love to score (you can do 3 separate entries for each design if you like). i will get my gorgeous trainee to help me draw the winners out on friday. goodluck xx

free postage on minti orders at mia & ollie

my little baby is turning 2 in may and i've been having loads of fun shopping for presents for her. while she's still young enough, and while i can still be the one who decides what she wears, i've decided to mainly buy her clothes. i timed it well to have her in may, right after all the new season winter fashion has arrived. i am loving this years winter. are you??

i'm also loving the big new world of the wonderful size 2! first on the pressi list was this super cool minti trackie. i have been eyeing this off for a while and was just patiently waiting for it to hit the stores. i just love it and i really do want this in my size! please?! now there's an idea... minti could call the collection, minti mum?!

one of the first stores i seen on facebook notifying us of the new minti winter arrivals were mia & ollie, who are a fairly new store, and a new stockist for the minti label. so i got chatting with the lovely owners, sonya and cath, and we decided to come together to offer you gorgeous people a little deal for the minti winter collection. and that being free postage. nice hey? so if you are keen for some free postage, you'll need to head to the mia & ollie facebook page, and in the photos section you'll see the minti 2010 album. to order, leave your name, email address and the size you are after under the image of what you want to order, and put in there referred by yummy mummies, so they know to post it for free. the girls will contact you straight away to confirm your order, grab your details and organise payment. easy. here's a little selection of what they have on offer for you. happy shopping!

and the winner is...

kirsten meiklejohn! kirsten shared her gorgeous belly photo with us for the yummy tummy facebook competition we held during october. kirsten was 41 weeks + 4 days in this photo, and zach leonard was born another 2 days later, weighing 9lb 7oz! my congratulations goes to kirsten, this is such a gorgeous photo and i'm sure you have given inspiration to those who are pregnant and looking for photo idea's. kirsten has won a $75 voucher to spend in our online store.

thanks to everyone who uploaded a photo for our competition, and thank you to everyone who took the time to look through the gorgeous 31 bellies and voted, or even just left a comment. i really enjoyed this competition, being a woman and having been pregnant only once before, i found myself getting really emotional and very clucky over all of the cute bellies! it really is a significant time in a woman's life, wether you loved being pregnant or didn't enjoy it at all, it's an experience none the less. thanks for sharing xx

yummy tummy facebook competition

wouldn't mind winning a $75 voucher to spend at our online store? then this competition might just be for you! share a pic of your pregnant tummy on our facebook fan page and you could win just that, a $75 voucher to spend at yummy mummies & mini me! but wait, there's more! you'll be spending your voucher in our new styled gorgeous website that we are currently working on. we're hoping for a re-launch at the end of this month and we think you will be delighted with what you'll see. not only will it look fabulous, and we'll still have our favourite suppliers with their cool threads, but you'll find lots of fresh new labels coming on board too!

the competition will run for the month of october, finishing on saturday the 31st at midnight (that's australian queensland time, which is non daylight savings time).

how to enter:
1) strike a pose
2) write your full name, and if you like, a little blurb about your tummy, on our wall and click attach photos to upload

how to win:
3) gather up all of your facebook friends and ask them to become a fan of our facebook page (you can also send out friend suggestions which is located under our logo on our page)
4) ask your friends to find your photo by clicking on the photo tab box (or you could always send them a direct link)
5) get your friends to place their vote by adding the word "vote" in the comments section under your photo

the person who has the most fan votes wins!

all facebook fans can vote! if you see a yummy tummy that you think is fab, just leave your "vote" in the comments section. don't have a yummy tummy of your own to upload? don't worry, we will have another great competition later on this year for you to enter in to win. don't know if you're a facebook fan already? click here to be taken to our page to become one.

remember, this competition is just for fun. your photo doesn't have to be a professional one, in fact some of the most gorgeous photo's taken are happy snaps from our pocket sized digi camera's! take my photo above for example... tacky? maybe! having fun while taking it? definately! so search your hard drives, scan those old photo's or grab your camera this weekend and start snapping! have fun and good luck! xx

sorry, but i have to include some terms & conditions:
~ you may enter the competition as many times as you wish
~ your photo must be of reasonable quality and must not contain nudity or be unlawful, indecent or objectionable in any way
~ by uploading your photo you agree that you are the owner of the photo and the person appearing in it, and that you give us full permission to use your photo and details to announce as winner on facebook and for a future blog article
~ final decision will be based on fan votes only