Children, Family, Fashion, Gift Ideas, Gift Stores, Kids Fashion, Lifestyle, On-line Shopping, Online Shopping

Mimi and Jojo Toy Boutique

Mimi and Jojo have just launched in South-Africa! They are an exclusive on-line kid’s toy boutique, and boast a fabulous range of classical wooden toys by Le Toy Van, Big Jigs and Janod, to name but a few. They also sell an exclusive range of high-street fashion items for kids. Mimi and Jojo also stock an assortment of modern party ware, kid’s bedroom and playroom accessories – it really is a one stop shopping experience for parents.

Mimi and Jojo have managed to secure the biggest deal in kids fashion in South Africa, by becoming the first on-line stockists of UGG and Minnetonka kids shoes, which you could only previously purchase in the UK and USA. These labels adorn many a famous mini-fashionista’s feet, being worn by the super trendy kids of Gwen Stefani, Brad & Angelina and the Kardashians.

Becoming a super mom, has become that much easier, whether you are a working, shopping or stay at home mom, all you need is Wi-Fi, and kids of course. Mimi and Jojo have packaged options for mothers who want their kids to be unique whether its clothing, shoes, party ware, kids room, play room furniture or toys Mimi and Jojo have it all and best of all they even do free gift wrapping for you, perfect for buying gifts for your little ones and gifts for little-friends too.

Mimi and Jojo was founded by two young working mothers who felt that there was a gap in the market for safe, eco- friendly, high quality kids wear, toys and furniture. The launch of their on-line store could not have been timed better, with Christmas just over a month away! Their themed party decor includes some cute festive items – perfect for all of those parties you will be throwing during the holidays.

Their new website is user-friendly and makes shopping on-line a pleasant experience, once you have selected and paid for your items delivery via courier will take 2 – 4 working days, dependant on where you are situated. It could not be simpler!

As part of their opening promotion Mimi and Jojo are giving all customers a 10% discount off all kids furniture and free delivery on all orders over R1000. So do not waste any time – head over to their awesome new website and get shopping; they truly have an amazing array of goodies on offer. If you would like to keep up to date with their promotions and special offers you can follow them on Facebook.

Accessories, Cape Town Lifestyle, Fashion, Fashion, Kids Fashion, Lifestyle, Style Inspiration

Cotton On Super Store Canal Walk

Last week I was invited to attend the opening of Cotton On, Super Store, in canal Walk, Cape Town. As you could probably guess I would never turn down an opportunity to shop and I was rather curious as to what this new store has to offer the Capetonian consumer!

The Australian brand is well-known for effortless style at affordable prices. I must confess I did find the prices quite reasonable, I would have to say probably less than half what you would pay for a similar item at the likes of high-street store like Zara. The store is huge and the staff were helpful and friendly.

The Cotton On Super Store is the second of its kind in SA and it houses all their popular brands: Mens, Ladies, Cotton On Body and Cotton On Kids. Plus a small section of Typo goodies. The opening of the Super Store is perfectly timed, with Christmas on our door step and summer officially here!

Their ladies wear ranges from casual everyday T-shirts, shorts and dresses to something a bit smarter for work or an evening out. I definitely prefer their more casual range, I loved their summery boob-tube dresses and their casual jackets. I really liked the prints on their T’s but I found the fit really odd – a bit too big across the chest area!

Their mens T-shirts are great and really reasonably priced. They are made from beautifully soft cotton, with trendy prints and awesome colours for summer. I bought MR two and he absolutely loves them 🙂

The swim wear range was rather popular with all the shoppers there, I must admit I am not ready to start the swim wear search but when I am I will definitely head back to Cotton On to have a look. I also loved their Body range, which features really pretty underwear and gorgeous sleep wear.

Cotton On Kids is very cute and they have super trendy goodies for the little-ones, the only negative is that the kids range only caters up to the age of 7 so if you have older sprouts you are out of luck!

I would definitely recommend a visit to the Cotton On Super Store but I would advise you make it soon before the seasons mayhem really starts. Thanks to Cotton On for the preview and our goodie bag 🙂

PS. I will share my purchase from Cotton On in a separate post!

Cotton On Super Store Canal Walk is located on the Lower Level Shop 85LL, Contact Tel:(021) 552 0726, Opening Times are 9am to 9pm.

Cape Town Lifestyle, Events, Fashion, Kids Fashion, Lifestyle, Out & About, Proudly South African

Trunk Show Launch Party

Last week I was invited to the Trunk Show Launch Party at the Tjing Tjing bar, in Cape Town. Trunk Show is not just another market it is a celebration of some of the finest local design talent in South Africa and a wonderful day out, filled with beautifully & locally made bespoke products! Do some gift shopping in the comfort of a luxury venue around the Western Cape, while sipping on some champagne and nibbling on cupcakes. It is shopping without the bustle and chaos of a mall or market and the perfect excuse for a girls or moms day out or for that anniversary gift that he’s been promising you 😉

Image by Mandi Schultz Photography

At the party I got to meet the two lovely ladies who are responsible for organising the Trunk Show every month – Francoise Brand, from Hello Nunu and Catherine Nebe, from Mr & Ms. It truly was a coming together of amazing talent, in a wonderful venue in the center of Cape Town and bubbly to sip on while you browse, what more could you ask for.

Mr and Ms is a gorgeous locally made fashion range, which is all about individual expression. The brand is not primarily about chasing current trends, but rather about taking inspiration from beautifully designed clothing from the past and applying that inspiration to today’s context.

Images by Mandi Schultz Photography

Hello Nunu for my regular readers needs no introduction! They create handmade, knitted and crochet clothing and blankets. Products also include hand knitted bed throws, linen and bedroom accessories. Such cute items for the little ones!

I love hats so you can imagine my excitement chatting to the wonderfully talented designers from The Little Hattery! They are a Cape Town based styling company that specialises in creating exquisite head-wear, accessories and custom clothing. I absolutely LOVE their hats and the waistcoats are stunning too, they are like something from another era! So if you are looking for a gorgeous headpiece for a special occasion or just to be noticed they are the ones to call!

Quiver offers handmade items, such as fabric covered rings and earrings. The fabric is sourced for its quality and design and used to accentuate these elements, to ultimately create a unique piece of jewellery. One could say that it is a method of up-cycling fabric off cuts and giving it a whole new purpose!

CosyKids sell a handmade range of bespoke linen and accessories, perfect to decorate your babies nursery or child’s bedroom. I love the little sheep – too cute for words 🙂

The designers from Anomali are truly amazing! You really must check out their website, to see more detail, my photo’s do not do justice. They have taken the boring out of jewellery design! I quote “Besides our highest regard for craftsmanship and originality, we believe jewellery is not really meant to be taken seriously, and we think that people forget this. To us, it has come to function as a type of grown-up toy and we always try to treat it as such. Instead of trying to create ‘status’ jewellery, we rather focus on pieces that will come to have value as time passes, when a person has spent time with it and have come to attach their own personal meaning.” Making jewellery pieces out of vintage spoons is certainly not something I would have thought of.

Last but not least was Luli pulani, who design and manufacture footwear and also offer footwear courses and workshops. Some of the shoes on display reminded me of satin geisha slippers and they look amazingly comfortable as well.

To find out when the next Trunk Show is happening, follow them on Facebook.

All images where not stated are property of ©FAR Photography

Children, Competitions, Family, Fashion, Kids Fashion, Online Shopping

Lief South Africa Anniversary Giveaway

Lief is a typically Dutch brand, established in the Netherlands in 2005. It was set up as a small collection of high quality baby clothing with texts like ‘lief! and stoer!’ {Respectively meaning, sweet and cool} printed on them.

The brand has developed into a lifestyle concept, including baby articles such as cuddly toys, bedding and books. From day one, the concept was a success. Based on Dutch designs, it has flourished into a wide-ranging lifestyle brand. Not only does it include high quality clothing for babies and toddlers, but also stationary, personal care products, window decoration, bags, bed and bath textiles, paint, soft toys, furniture, wallpaper, wall decoration and playroom accessories.

Within only six years, lief lifestyle has realized over 170 points of sale, including 17 flagship stores all over Europe, and is developing markets in the Middle East.

In June 2012, lief decided to introduce their stunning products, to the South African market and launched their online webshop.

It has also been a lifelong ambition of Lief, founder, Yvonne Woudsta, to give back to society and be able to do something for those less fortunate, especially babies and children, in need. Thanks to the success of Lief, her dream has been realized. Lief supports Orange Babies, a charity organization whose main goal is to help HIV-infected (pregnant) women and their babies in Africa. Lief also supports the project Hope Village, in Namibia, this orphanage, provides refuge to children up to the age of 18. (Lief provides 100% of the financing for the baby and toddler department).

To celebrate the 1st year anniversary of lief in South Africa, two lucky readers can each win a lief T-shirt – one for a girl in fuchsia pink – with lief! (sweet) written on it and one for a boy, in turquoise – with stoer! (cool) written on it.
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Competition Details:

The Lief Anniversary Giveaway will run from 16th October 2012, until the 26th October 2012. The winner/s will then be selected via the Rafflecopter form and announced on my blog and on Facebook. The winners will also be notified via email.
Entrants need to leave a comment on this blog, below the post, stating that you have completed the above, along with your details in the comment section below this post (please use a valid email address). Your details will be used to validate your entry if you are selected as a winner.
Conditions of entry: Anyone may enter this giveaway but please be advised that the various companies sponsoring prizes on Super Mom Blog, are based in South Africa and therefore prizes will only be shipped within South Africa. The prizes may not be exchanged for cash.

Children, Competitions, Family, Fashion, Kids Fashion, Mothers

Shooshoos & Jeankelly Giveaway

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Shooshoos are made from only the best quality eco-friendly leather and have the lightest, most flexible, non-slip soles, on the market. The wide opening and toe box accommodate even the chubbiest little feet. The velcro fastening range allows you to adjust the fit and makes for easy on and off. They are available in 4 sizes from 0/6 months to 24 months.The unique construction ensures that your child’s feet are protected while still allowing their little feet to develop naturally. Shooshoos also have a toddler range, Smiley Shoes, which are available in UK sizes 4 – 7.

The Jeankelly range is something for mom! The range features gorgeous leather baby bags, leather envelopes and other accessories, all designed with mom in mind.

Founded in 1996 to make the best leather baby shoes available, shooshoos is a family run business based in Cape Town.

I have very fond memories of shooshoos from when my daughters were little and I am super excited to announce that we are giving away the items shown above to one lucky reader. They will win a pair of soft sole shooshoos, a pair of smiley shooshoos (rubber sole), a jeankelly blanket and leather envelope wallet with a retail value of over R600.

So what are you waiting for get clicking and enter our Giveaway now! All you need to do is Show some love on Facebook.

Good luck & thank you for entering!

Competition Details:

The giveaway will run from 25th July 2012, until the 1st August 2012. The winner will then be randomly selected and announced on my blog on the 2nd August 2012 . The winner will also be notified via email that they have won.
The winner will receive a pair of soft sole shooshoos, a pair of smiley shooshoos (rubber sole), a jeankelly blanket and leather envelope wallet with a retail value of over R600.
Please leave a comment on this blog, below the post, stating that you have completed the above; along with your details in the comment section below this post (please include your email address). If you do not complete this step your entry will not be valid.
Conditions of entry: Anyone may enter this giveaway but please advised that Shooshoos is based in South Africa and the prize will only be shipped within South Africa. The prize may not be exchanged for cash.

*ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED*

Good luck & thank you for entering!

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