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Design & Decor inspiration for your home by Fiona Rossiter from Inspired Living. Home decor inspiration and decorating tips, as well as great storage ideas and DIY projects.

Competitions, Design & Decor, Gift Stores, Lifestyle, Uncategorized

Utique Giveaway

*ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED*

Utique

 

Utique is an amazing on-line gift boutique, which is all about showcasing the very best of South African creative talent by carefully selecting products from local designers, artists and small businesses.

They are passionate about finding and sharing those special pieces that customers assume are imported one-offs, never to be found again, but are actually produced in a tiny studio up the road. They have made it their mission to seek out these hidden gems of design talent and bring them together in a curated space that is beautiful, inspiring, and simple to shop.

All Utiques suppliers are carefully chosen for their creativity, innovative style and quality, ensuring that they promote only the very best local talent.  From jewellery and ceramics to furniture and art, Utique is the place to indulge your sense for inspiring local designs.

I know that it is that time of year – everyone is frantically thinking about Christmas gifts or end of term pressies for the teacher, well Utique is the perfect place to shop! You can do it from the comfort of your own desk and have your purchases delivered, what could be easier than that?

It is indeed the silly season but it is also the season of giving, so that is exactly what we are doing! One lucky reader can win an awesome prize, valued at just over R1000, sponsored by Utqiue. The prizes up for grabs features these amazing items:

 

1 Perspex Brooch by Honey Song

 

1 Kiddies 30×30 Canvas by Livvi Lou Art

 

Yellow Duckie Bookends by Nest

 

2 Farm Dish Towels by Nest

1 Utique R100 Gift Voucher

All you  need to do to enter is show some Facebook love and Tweet about the giveaway! Enter via the simple Rafflecopter form below and all these amazing goodies could be yours!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Competition Details:

  • The Utique Giveaway will run from 13th November 2012, until the 23rd November 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.
  • 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 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. 

Design & Decor, FAR Photography, Flowers, Lifestyle

Pink Prettiness

We have all been longing for spring which has finally arrived – interspersed with the odd rain storm but hey we would not expect anything less in Cape Town!

I was doing a bit of pinning{which I am slightly addicted to} and found these gorgeous images of very pretty pink flowers – as you may know I LOVE pink!!! I especially love the unique arrangement of some of these displays and the op-art containers used as vases. I thought it would be great to share these and give you ideas for your own home – a bit of “floral inspiration”!

Image Source: Pinterest

Cape Town Lifestyle, Design & Decor, Gift Ideas, Gift Stores

Typo Cavendish Square

While in Cavendish Square on Saturday, buying a new printer, my girls and I happened upon Typo, a new rather exciting addition to the centre, enough to make “Mr” breakout into a cold sweat! Typo is an amazing treasure trove of awesome goodies, I could spend hours there but we did not have too much time on Saturday but we still manged to come away with the gorgeous decor goodies above! My girls are redecorating their bedrooms and fell in love with the beautiful canvasses they had on display, they each picked one but I think we will be back for more. We also found great scatter cushions for their rooms and the best thing of all was the price and the sales assistant even threw in a funky water bottle for free! {That’s mine! 🙂 }

Typo has gorgeous stationary all colour coordinated, beautiful lap top covers and myriad of other knick-knacky bits. As I said we did not have much time, so a second visit is definitely in order! The store is on the 1st floor in Cavendish, next door to Timberland and they also have a store in Canal Walk, so if you have not been yet do yourself a favour and get there!

Design & Decor, Lifestyle

We Heart This

I love nothing more than finding beautiful treasures and filling my closet and home with them. I find that a bit of retail therapy is always good for the soul – maybe not the bank balance but c’est la vie! Making retail therapy even more accessible are the amazing on-line shops that are becoming rather popular in South Africa at the moment.

A recent, on-line discovery of mine, is newcomer, We Heart This. We Heart This is an online treasure trove of beautifully crafted, handmade & locally designed items, selected personally by owners Megan Kenney & Debbie Reabow. Their unsuccessful search for beautiful products available on the web, led them to start their own on-line store, combing South Africa & surrounding areas for unique items that they would love to own themselves.

We hope to create a store that is easy to use and exciting to shop in. ~ We Heart This

All locally inspired, designed and made, We Heart This stocks items from over 30 talented suppliers – their aim being to showcase the best of South African design and gifting. You will find beautifully hand-crafted jewellery, stunning home-ware items and luxurious body treats to name but a few gems available on their site. Your purchases will be packed with love and shipped direct to your door.

So if you need a bit of retail therapy or are in search of the perfect gift, it is all just a click away! Pop over to We Heart This and discover their amazing array of gorgeous goodies.

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