AN EXCITING NEW VENTURE...

I have a very talented friend, the Fantastic Mrs Fox and if you've been waiting to meet her from this post, here she is...

 

Among her very many various talents she paints, sings, makes quilts, teaches and takes amazing photo's...

So... Mrs Fox and I have talked for a while about setting up our photography business.  Photography is something we both have a passion and an eye for... we've both done lots of pro-bono work for family and friends, and we're keen to keep doing that but in addition we wanted to branch out a little bit more, get pro-active and turn our passion into a business...

why not get paid for something we LOVE?

 

So first thing's first...

1. Agree on an awesome name... Check!
2. Set up a place where we can be found... Check
3. Show off our previous work... Check!
4. Get our name out there... Facebook, twitter, Blogs, word of mouth... Check!
5. Offer really competitive prices... Check!
6. Book some jobs... lots of tentative Checks! hehe!
7. Work! Work! Work! 
8. Have Fun, Fun, Fun!!!

So... all systems are GO!!!  And this is your personal VIP invitation to come over and visit us at our new little corner of the world wide web, we think you will like it...

'SOUL PHOTOGRAPHY'

We have samples of our work over there and I'll let you know whenever we add more.... 

I hope you've had a wonderful week, I've certainly had a fun and productive one...

Mrs C

xox

My Ganama's dress...

I love this dress. 

It was ANZAC day on Wednesday and I thought I would wear this dress to work on Thursday because I felt... hmmm I suppose I felt sentimental...  I'm really grateful for the men who went off to war to fight for our country, to keep their grandchildren free from bondage and incarceration.  What a beautiful country we live in and I'm very glad that I have the freedom of speech, might and mind, that I'm able to share it with you...  I love New Zealand.

Today I'm truly inspired...

Yesterday I met Founder and Creative Director of The Carpenters Daughter, Caroline Marr, when I went to check out the TCD pop up shop.

I tried a couple of things on... oh'd and ah'd more than a few times... as I came out of the dressing room wearing the black Nautical Dress I bumped right into her.  It was like I have known her for ages... and boy!  Is she trendy or what?!?! Yes she is!

Anyway today I ended up going back and buying said dress... and had a good little chat with Caroline, I found out the following...

• she's a family girl, in fact working with her in the pop up shop was her sister in law Tracey, how cool is that!?!  
• She's super trendy... of course this is a given being the head of a lead fashion house.
• She's got the most fabulous personality, I enjoyed my little 15 minutes with her and she was very supportive about my blog.
• She has the most brilliant smile!

TCD was established in 1990 and I remember driving past the Takapuna store in 1999 and thinking "hmmm that looks like a funky shop".  Now it has grown so much!  Including an online store. Also having the store here in Masterton was so fab and further proof of TCD's awesome growth, growth that has obviously stemmed from plenty of hard work and determination... 

Tomorrow they head to Wanganui, if you're up that way go and check them out and have a chat...

You know a few years ago, my mother in law asked me what I really wanted to do... I think I was having career issues at the time... anyway I said "I want to be the Trelise Cooper for the big girls" I laugh when I think about it now... but today I realise that "I want to be the Mrs C for me". 

The Carpenter's Daughter has reiterated to me that I can be whatever I want to be... and thanks to her I am heading to bed tonight a truly inspired woman.  I hope I've passed some of it on to you too...

Mrs C

xox

P.S. for those of you waiting for Super Sunday...

sorry, but just to let you know I wore my spotty Trelise Cooper dress, with my mermaid skirt underneath to add length, my Grace Hill denim jacket and my red Mimmi Sweedish Hasbeens... I know it's a killer that I did'nt take photos, but this Sunday is set to be SUPER!!! xox

P.S.S WINNERS!!!

We have 3 winners for the mini cards... YAY! At last... congratulations to Marama from Masterton, Janeen from Turangi and Beth from Utah! WOOHOO!!!! 

And I hope Beth dosent mind if I share her email with you all, I was so in awe of her sweet sweet email and am so happy to have her as a blog buddy... Just a reminder to Beth, please email me your address so I can post your prize...

Hi Mrs.C.  

My name is Beth and I'm from Utah. 

As you will see I don't send e-mails to often. 

I am a 67 yr. old grandma and I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your blog. 

Thanks for sharing your Beautiful home land with us and I think you are cute and funny.

 It's 4:00a.m. In Utah and I can't sleep so I just wanted to let you know that you 

are a sweet person and you make me happy. Have a good day.   

Love from Utah Beth

Obviously Beth ROCKS!!!!
Thank you so much ladies,
I hope you all enjoy using your cards xox

LAST THING...
I'm taking the page visit counter off the front page now... but I will let you know when we get to 10,000 yay!!!
But keep an eye out for more giveaways! 

A Photography Post... Sweet Holidays...

Here are some of my fav picts from our holidays, all these picts were taken with Ifie and now that PICNIK has closed I edited these between Pictureshow and Instagram...

We took a visit to the Capital City and did the tour of the Beehive and Paliament House...

a new dress for Ifie...

A recycled store treasure...

We spent time at the beach... quite a lot of time...

Have you ever picked pipi's before... YUM YUM!!!

We went to the park, we caught autumn leaves and blew bubbles...

And to top a great week off, Miss Manaia made us waffles for supper last night... mmm!

Well School (and work for me) starts on Monday so it's back to the daily grind, but at least we've had a great time recharging our batteries.  I'm planning what to wear tomorrow for super Sunday but at the moment, I'm at a loss... so Tuesday Super sunday Post will be verrrrrrrry interesting...

See you then
Mrs C
xox

NO WINNERS!!! So it's a free for all...

Last night I took my eyes off the screen for 2 minutes and when I came back and we we're on 5009!!! How did that happen?

Unfortunately visitors 4999, 5000 &5001 didn't work! 

SO...

I'm going to send the prize to YOU!!!

 The first three visitors who leave a message here and emails me their postal address... 
WAY TOO EASY!!!
kidcouch@hotmail.com

Just a reminder that this is a specical thank you to ALL of you who have visited me here and helped us reach this number, no matter where you are in the world...
 
THANK YOU...
FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CURVES OF MY HEART
Mrs C
xox

GIVEAWAY... yes its...

YES WE ARE NEARLY THERE!!!
GOOD LUCK!!!

MY FIRST BLOG GIVEAWAY...

be in to win...

Visitor number 4999, 5000 & 5001 will be sent a 5 pack of my mini greeting cards...

To win...

you will need to leave a comment as the

4999th, 5000th or 5001st visitor

AND

take a "print screen" of curves sitting at either one of these numbers, paste it into an email and send it and your postal address to me at kidcouch@hotmail.com

BUT WAIT... that's not all

If you're a "follower" of Curves I will throw in 2x extra cards just to say thank you! SO...

Good luck and Thank you!

Mrs C

xox

Green with envy...

This must be the first time that my laptop has suffered withdrawls from me and not the other way around... I haven't touched the poor thing since I posted Super Sunday... You see, Blogging helps me to relax; but these holidays I just haven't needed any help to relax... isn't that wonderful?  Yes it is!

I'll post some of my fav holiday picts tomorrow... but for now let me introduce you to the latest edition of my curvy wardrobe...

Yesterday, we stopped at the Savemart in Upper Hutt and even though this is not exactly what I call a bargain at $20.99 I did think it was a bit steep, but, it was pay week yay!  and I just could'nt pass up on the colour... or the fact that it looked brand new... so I had to snap it up because it's just so beautiful... do you agree?

I'm so excited that The Carpenters Daughter is coming to town next week! 

Yay!  I'm looking forward to going along and checking it out.  I know exactly which dress I want so fingers crossed... if you live in Wairarapa check out this link out for more information about TCD and who knows, we may just bump into one

another at the roadshow...

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs C

xox

SUPER SUNDAY... on a sunday!!!

Hi! 

Well its been a while for super Sunday... but here it is...

a little bit of black and white with a cute coloured necklace...

 

Now its beginning to cool down, its time to start layering and leaving the sandals behind, but today was beautiful and this outfit was perfect for today, I need a new winter coat... I went to the Trelise Cooper Outlet Store in Greytown last week, unfortunately there was nothing for me there, but Nikki is going to email if anything gorgeous comes in... fingers crossed...

 

 

Blouse: Gorgeous vintage style, crochet lace and cotton top from Sussan.

Dress: Maxi dress from the Warehouse, I love this length.

Vest: I love the cut of this vest, from Farmers, Wild child.

Accessories: vintage beads made out of clay - so cute and a bargain!

See you Tuesday with some more of my garage sale and thrift scores...

Mrs C

xox

A little write up... xox

Terrible! Terrible picture of me, but a lovely write up nonetheless.... I'm still a little excited... read the article here... Article from Manawatu.co.nz

Editing on an iPhone4s...

It's no secret that I love my iPhone4s, I even gave her a name 'Ifie'.  One of the things that make me swoon over 'Ifie' is the ability to edit and manipulate the photos taken from her stunning camera...

If you have an iPhone4s and you do NOT have "Pictureshow"  Get it! Now!  Seriously, you will love it!  Out of the 4 editing apps I have downloaded this one is by far my favourite... photos edited on Pictureshow come out so funky and a little bit grungy. 

These picts were taken by my 14 year old son and edited by me on "Pictureshow."

I love this quad option, it just randomly choose parts of your pict and splits it...
quad styles...

This is a pretty general holga-ish type, I like the grain running through it...

You can choose 'light leaks' I love this spotty option...

I love the dirty, kind of street look in this one...

This is the door of the Colosseum, the first place any of my photos were
on display... with the exception of my passageway...

This is almost a lady of the night look... although there is definite GRIT here...



This is fun! the mirror'd option turned my double head into heart shaped
funky sort of circus freak...

The spotty light leaks again...

This is a fuzzy spot focus option...

And this is my favourite, dirty, grungy, funky and interesting...

So I hope you download this app and I hope you use it and love it as much as I do... have fun...

Mrs C

xox