Muthablogga

Vanilla, it’s one of most people’s favourite smells. It’s the flavour of the tea I’m drinking as I’m writing this. It’s the base of all of my favourite ice cream flavours. It reminds me of pancakes on a Sunday morning and baking giant chocolate chip cookies (which I did this last weekend for my daughter’s

No language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a mother’s love.  It shrinks not where man cowers, and grows stronger where man faints, and over wastes of worldly fortunes sends the radiance of its quenchless fidelity like a star.  ~Edwin Hubbell Chapin              To my mom, my new “other

En·gage·ment noun /enˈgājmənt/engagements, plural A formal agreement to get married The duration of such an agreement – a good long engagement to give you time to be sure An arrangement to do something or go somewhere at a fixed time – a dinner engagement That’s the definition according to Google. However having lived the concept I

One small change you would have noticed is that I haven’t written since 23 March 2012. That was a mere 8 days before our wedding which took place in Stanford at Beloftebos on 1 April 2012. A day out of time; if ever there was one, this was it. It didn’t last for half as

You know when you move house, how after you have unpacked most of just about everything, there is always that random box of things left over, and you have no idea where to put them? Getting married is just like that. You get to the end and there’s an assortment of seriously arbitrary things to

A few years back, I came to a realisation that changed my life,  my job and particularly my family relationships. It was that; happiness is a choice. Every now and again  I skip backwards through this blog and remember the lessons I have learnt along the way. Reflection. Everyone needs it. Mid week ‘cuppa’. Incidentally

Pinning. The most rapidly growing past time in the world. Pinterest.com is a social network with a number of significant differences.  It’s an online pin board for your visual ‘likes’. It’s already providing more referral traffic than Twitter. It’s proof that a picture does paint a thousand words, sorry twitter but 140 characters isn’t going

A while ago I wrote an article titled; ‘Dear Wedding Co-ordinators and Party Suppliers‘. In this article I brought to light the fact that there are zero to no places to hire Polaroid camera’s in Cape Town. Unfortunately this situation has not yet changed. Originally I had envisioned a camera at every table and a

For my most recent birthday party the above quote is 100% accurate. It all started 2 weeks before the event. I was expecting around 25 to 40 guests and I needed somewhere versatile enough to cater to their need for a bar and a few people’s need for snacks or some sort of dinner (

                                                            Either you do, or you do not. There is not try.- Yoda For me this is an especially  inspiring thought today. I am getting married, I am launching

Repeat that title again, quickly. It feels like the last few months have included some of the most intense moments of my life! I can’t believe what planning a wedding takes out of a person. It’s like having 6 months of PMS, its an emotional roller coaster. I am sure it’s been influential in my

Dear All Major Chain Stores in South Africa ( including Woolworths, Truworths, Stuttafords, Foshini, etc) Has anyone at your store taken the time to work out how much your company is spending on advertising,  promotions, marketing, sales or putting new stock up in stores daily? Did that figure just boggle your mind? It did? Well

Suburban bliss, doesn’t get better than this. 17 and 18 February 2012, don’t miss this private home based fashion extravaganza! Brands that will be available include: Melissa’s/Vivienne Westwood shoes: How do you say ‘oh la la’ in Brazilian? With Melissa’s shoes of course. Lula Fabrics: hand printed unique fabrics fashioned into statement handbags, pumps, aprons

I have been hiding out, and doing a damn fine job of it. Hide and Seek Level: Master.                                         I have been getting all sorts of queries recently, including but not limited to comments such as, ‘Mutha, are you still alive?’,’ Mutha when will we see your next post?’ etc.  Yes, I am very much