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Wishbone Bike Fundraiser

December 4 2012 By melbournemamma Leave a Comment

If you’ve been looking for THE perfect gift this Christmas, your search is over.

Here it is – the Wishbone 3-in-1 Balance Bike!

Suitable from 12 months – 5 years, this wooden balance bike converts from a 3-wheeler, to a 2-wheeler and then the frame flips to make it taller.

Melbourne Mamma is teaming up with Friends of Zara to offer you an exclusive deal.

A Wishbone 3-in-1 Bike for only $239 (RRP $289).

$50 from the sale of every bike will go towards Friends of Zara, a local organisation setup to support Zara Avola, a local Melbourne girl who was born with Down Syndrome.

To find out more about Zara and her amazing journey visit Friends of Zara.

To find out more about the wishbone bike visit Wishbone Designs. Click here to see the wishbone bike in action.

To purchase a wishbone bike click here. Please include name, shipping address and contact telephone number. Melissa will then contact you to arrange payment and delivery/pickup. You need to quote “MelbourneMamma” to purchase at this special price.

Pickup and Delivery:

Pickup is available from Moonee Ponds (Melbourne).

Postage costs are Melbourne Metro $15, Vic Country $25, Sydney & Adelaide Metro $25, Brisbane Metro $30, Perth Metro $40

Payment Options:

Payment can be made by Cash on Pickup, Direct Deposit or Paypal.

If you have any questions regarding the Wishbone Bike and any accessories available please contact Melissa at babyzara@bigpond.com.

Order cut-off is Tuesday, 18 December 2012.

Free Dear Santa Printable

December 3 2012 By melbournemamma 2 Comments

Here’s a cute little ‘Dear Santa’ printable that I made for my kids.

Please feel free to print it for your kids too.

Note: You can print from this screen but for better quality, right click and save the image to your computer, then open it up on your computer, set to size you want and print.

Look what’s now at Target

December 2 2012 By melbournemamma 101 Comments

I recently had the pleasure of attending a bloggers event and checking out the latest products to hit the shelves at Target – designer fragrances.

I love perfume and am always on the lookout for a new scent to add to my collection. Very rarely do I have the time to pop in to a shop to specifically try out new fragrances, so I was super excited to find out that Target will have trained staff available, to help me out next time I’m in store doing my shopping.

I was even more excited to find out they’ll be stocking all the top fragrances at up to 40% off RRP.

When shopping for perfume, did you know there are four fragrance families – Floral, Oriental, Woody and Fresh?

I always have trouble deciding on which new fragrance to buy for myself let alone anyone else, but now there’s an easy way to remember.

When thinking about which fragrance family would suit a particular person, just think about the gorgeous girls from ‘Sex and the City’.

Based on their personality types, Charlotte is floral, Carrie is fresh, Samantha is woody and Miranda is oriental.

WARNING: If using this measure, just make sure you don’t offend someone by getting them a woody (Samantha) scent, when they see themselves as more of a floral (Charlotte) – awkward!

I decided to test this theory by finding out which family my three favourite fragrances belong too. Suddenly I’m feeling very nervous :O

Chloe by Chloe (Floral – Charlotte), Daisy – Marc Jacobs (Floral – Charlotte), Princess by Vera Wang (Floral Oriental – Charlotte/Miranda)

And here I was thinking I was more of a super cool Carrie 😉

If you would like to learn more about the fragrance families, check out Michael Edwards’ fragrance wheel and see which ‘Sex and the City’ girl you are.

If you would like to see the latest fragrance collection at Target, make sure you pop into a store or visit them online at www.target.com.au

Thanks to Target Australia, I have a $40 Target gift card for one lucky reader to win. To enter the giveaway pop over to Target’s online store, have a look at their fragrance collection and then leave a comment below telling me which fragrance is your favourite.

Note for the winner: PLEASE use the voucher to buy something for YOURSELF!!! Your kids will be getting enough gifts for Christmas, so use the voucher to buy yourself something nice (eg perfume).

How to Enter!
Enter the draw via entry widget at the end of this post.

In order to have a valid entry you will need to answer the question below. You can earn Bonus entries by:

– Subscribing to Melbourne Mamma’s Newsletter HERE
– Liking Melbourne Mamma’s Facebook page

Giveaway starts Monday, 3 December 2012 and ends midnight Sunday, 9 December 2012. Winner will be randomly selected via Rafflecopter on 10 December 2012. Winner will be announced on this blog.

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.

Entry is open to Australian residents only.
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Fabulous Frocks for Summer

November 22 2012 By melbournemamma Leave a Comment

Here are some of my favourite frocks for summer.

1. Striped Knit Dress $49.95 by Jujo Baby

2. Go Gently Baby Lemon Drop Apron Dress $59.95 from Tinywardrobe

3. Coco & Ginger Allegra Dress $69.95 from Chocolate Freckles

4. Little Urban Vintage Check Dress $54.95 from Chocolate Freckles

5. Three Button Dress $79.00 by Hanbi

6. Cotton Voile Dress (EC002) $46.50 by Chachi & Bouds

7. Coco & Ginger Mika Maxi Dress $65.00 from Chocolate Freckles

8. Tahlia Maxi Dress Bright Stripe $99.00 from Charlottes Web

9. Littlehorn Pink Balloons Party Dress $64.95 from Cradle Rock

Christmas Giveaway

November 15 2012 By melbournemamma 218 Comments

Melbourne Mamma is very excited to be joining with 14 fabulous local businesses
to offer six lucky people the opportunity to WIN more than $2500 of prizes,
just in time for Christmas.

1st Prize – Valued at $1425 courtesy of Chocolate Freckles, Gifts for Blokes, Tiger Tribe, Micro Scooters Australia, Funk Melbourne, Sterling and Hyde, Toy Journey, Belinda Janes & Hammamas

2ndPrize – Valued at $320 courtesy of Cradle Rock

3rd Prize – Valued at $310 courtesy of French Bazaar

4th Prize – Valued at $150 courtesy of Baby Button

5th Prize – Valued at $150 courtesy of Lucas Loves Cars

6th Prize – Valued at $150 courtesy of Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Click here to see the complete list of prizes

How to Enter!

Enter the draw via entry widget at the end of this post.

In order to have a valid entry you will need to “LIKE” the Facebook pages of the ALL the contributing businesses. Each LIKE will give you 1 point, so you must have a minimum of these 15 points for your entry to be valid.

You can earn EXTRA points (entries) by:

– Subscribing to Melbourne Mamma’s Newsletter HERE
– Sharing the giveaway on Facebook. Simply CLICK HERE and type “Have you entered Melbourne Mamma’s Christmas Giveaway? More than $2500 in prizes to be won!”
– Leaving a comment below this post telling me “What is the best gift you ever received”.

Giveaway starts Friday 16 November 2012 and ends Friday 30 November 2012. Winners will be randomly selected via Rafflecopter on 1 December 2012. Winners will be announced on this blog.

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.

Entry is open to Australian residents only.