What's New - with Vogue??

According to Vogue Magazine, the old favourites - Pearls - are set to be "the" jewellery to be wearing this season. The beauty of Pearls is that they can be worn with almost ANY outfit - whether you are dressed up or dressed casually. And as Vogue says "Pearls never fail to appeal to our inner Grace Kelly". This immediately brings to mind a picture of beauty, grace, chic and style! At BagPurse we have a gorgeous Diamante & Pearl Bracelet and Diamante & Pearl Brooch - lovely gifts - or lovely treats!   www.bagpurse.co

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Guest Blog - Wendi from Cupcakes4you

Hi I am Wendi the owner of cupcakes4you . We are based in the West end of Glasgow and have been in business for just under a year. We aren't just a cupcake business we are a little more unique by offering cupcake decorating parties for the children, Cocktail parties for those who love to party in the old fashioed way and our famed Vintage tea parties are exquisite.

We offer

Vintage Tea and cocktail parties...our themed eras are 1920s through to the 1950s Delectable Crockery, China and Gramophone Hire Fabulous cupcakes,handmade sweeties, clootie dumplings Vintage Inspired Wedding Favours.

When booking your tea party you can be quaranteed that you will be eating and drinking from gorgeous vintage crockery, listening to music playing from our fully working gramophone,eating homemade goodies and having an exquisite afternoon or evening.

Our stunning fully working HMV 1929 and Columbia 1931 Gramophones are available to hire for any event. We offer various packages including half day through to a full week.

Our celebration favours are bespoke and unique JUST LIKE YOU. We will use your own ideas to come up with the perfect gift for your guests.

We offer childrens parties and cupcake decoration classes throughout the year , with prices for these starting at just £5 per child.

Our cupcakes have received rave reviews, and so much so that our latest corporate project war for the Disney corporations' re release of The Lion King in 3D. We supplied 150 simba cupakes on 7th October this year.

We have managed to make many brides/grooms happy on their special day, by providing stunning tiered cupcakes along with a cutting top tier at many venues all over Scotland. We also offer cupcak bouqets and baskets which make phenomally wonderful gifts for mothers of the bride/groom or for a loved one .

Why not browse our website to see what we can offer you.Have a look at our special offers page which is always updated with different offer each month.

Our events page allows you to keep up with where we are displaying our goodies and if we have any open tea parties which you may wish to attend.

We also have an online shop which makes it easy for you buy from us.

http://www.cupcakes4​you.net

Guest Blogger - John SlabAds

Thank you Anne-Marie for having me on your feature blog, and on behalf of the "SlabAds Team", thank you for being an excellent client.

My world changed on January 19th 2009 when my twins Lily & Ava were born; this was a huge change for my family as we already had 3 kids in a 3 bedroom house. Now when I look back I can’t think of how things would be if they hadn’t arrived into our amazing world. It makes me feel so proud when I see them all growing into their own little characters, but most of all it’s their fantastic mother who carried them on their journey, who deserves all the credit.

I had to move jobs to suit our family needs, and even had a dabble into a business idea "Eezy Cabling". It never actually progressed past the Biz Gateway meeting or drawing pad, but it did give me an opportunity to speak with a successful Dragons Den participant, Andrew Harsley (Rapstrap) who had secured a huge contract with a Japanese firm, My idea, however, would have had to be made in great volume for a niche market.

I'm an ambitious person bubbling away underneath, but have had to concentrate fully on supporting my family. One day, however, I helped to get my colleague’s notepad repaired. I called a friend, Alison (The cocktail Queen) whose husband knew a lot about PC/IT workings, but he was really busy. Alison gave me a number to call and this led me to SlabAds. As I learned what exactly they offered, I immediately thought to myself, "This is great, this can really work well for everyone," and I passed the word around, with some businesses becoming increasingly interested in what I was telling them.

The SlabAds team decided to let me further promote the business with the addition of an email address for SlabAds, Twitter & Facebook account and very soon I built an excellent customer base. Building relationships with people is something I really enjoy, even more so when contacting face to face, and my confidence grew with every new client added to the website.

The SlabAds website has received over 300,000 hits since June and continues to show good progress. SlabAds.com is a low-cost advertising site where businesses have their very own custom designed feature “SlabAd”. The ad acts like a mini-website and when users click any SlabAd, they are taken directly to the client’s website. In a short time we have managed to add businesses all over the UK, with one in Australia (who have reported traffic from SlabAds), and with an excellent cost of just £25 per year, for a service that promotes your business via the website, Twitter (tweeting 24/7) & Facebook, we also proactively look-out for business opportunities for our clients, and if they want us to promote particular offers or promotions, this can be done free of charge.

In the short space of time since its launch, I think the "SlabAds family" has grown exceptionally well, and our Google listings are showing great results too, which benefits everyone. If there was a job/business I could say that I truly understand and 100% support in every way, it would be SlabAds, and the people I have met, spoke to, tweeted & emailed are fantastic clients to have on-board. I wish everyone connected with SlabAds a very successful time with us, and welcome the opportunity to expand the range of businesses we promote. If you would like the SlabAds Team working to promote YOUR business, please contact me: John@slabads.com or tweet @JTFaelivi.

"Together We Are Stronger" And thanks again to Anne-Marie for allowing my blog to be featured here.

What I Found in Mummy's Bag - by Parker 21months old

What I found in mummys bag!!!

Hi everyone, My name is Parker, I’m 21 months old and I’ve been asked to be a guest blogger for the wonderful bag lady.

When I went into mummys bag I found a lovely new writing thing, but when I used it on the wall mum wasn’t impressed, apparently its for her lips???? So I found a new brush for the dat & doodle, it was very small I have to say but what was worse was when I tried to use it the got gold marks on them, daddy said mummy uses it on her eyes…… There were things for blowing my nose, I knew how to use them and I put them back when I was finished, hope mummy didn’t mind She had lots of pennies, all shapes and sizes so I put them in my bank, if they can save for a raining day then I can save for sweeties. Afterall it always rains here. She had little white things hidden, uncle Teven called them bullets, but I never saw a gun??? I did manage to eat the nom noms she must have been keeping them safe for me. I found keys, she said I couldn’t have them because they were for the car, so I gave them back as the car is fun.

I fink it was a very confusing bag but it didn’t stop me from trying to see what nana had in her bag but that’s another blog. Be sure to follow me on Twitter: @parkerboy221209

What's the news from New York??

So - what is the "big" fashion news from New York for Spring 2012? MANBAGS! Yes, that's right guys - to be fashionable next year, you will need to sport the ultimate male fashion accessory - a manbag. Sharp, elegant, preferably leather - this is the style the man in 2012 should be sporting.

And why not? A manbag is as useful to a man as a handbag is to a woman. It is somewhere to store and carry your wallet, mobile phone, keys, comb, chewing gum etc. And you can wear one either over your shoulder or cross body - either way, looks good. And ladies, if you want to buy the ultimate fashion accessory for your man, go for a manbag.    www.bagpurse.co