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For the man in your life …

Friday, August 3rd, 2012

I don’t know about you, but I love a good BBQ.   We tend to use ours 4-5 times a week as it’s (a) quick, (b) adds that lovely charcoal flavour to any meat/chicken/fish cooked on it, and (c) leaves no cooking smells inside the house.  Win win!

In fact, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that my hubby has a real ‘thing’ for his BBQ!  It gets cleaned every weekend, and he always makes sure he has a reserve gas bottle (cause I’d probably give him a – good humoured – hard time if he ran out of gas). 

So I love this new illustration - King of the ‘Cue.  It’s by Amber Rose – who is a terrific artist I found on etsy - you can see this illustration, and a few more (fabulous for Father’s Day cards) in her etsy store.  She lives an interesting life too – an American gal married to a Spanish fella living in Istanbul – you can’t beat that!  :-)

King of the 'Cue - Mousemat Notepad with #1 item on list ($37 + $1)

I have been lucky enough to purchase the use of this illustration for Note Couture, and it’s available in most formats (notepad, to do list, correspondence card, mini notepad and Note Sheet) plus of course, my favourite useful format at the moment - the mousemat notepad.

Perfect for your very own King of the ‘Cue!

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    From the Dad of … stationery now available

    Friday, July 27th, 2012

    One of my regular customers emailed me the other day to suggest a Dad version of my existing ‘From the Mum of …” stationery (thanks Sandra).  And as soon as I read her email I realised I had certainly been rather sexist in only doing a Mum-version.  These days, when Dads (generally) pull their weight around the home, it was remiss of me to think that only Mums would write notes to school teachers or parents of their children’s friends.

    From the Dad of (BBQ) Notepad

    So I have added two ‘From the Dad of …’  designs – one with an always-popular ‘Man with a BBQ‘ style picture (what Dad doesn’t love a good BBQ!), and the other in the garden with the whipper snipper  :-)    As per the From the Mum of items, there’s room for up to 6 children’s names, and contact details for Dad (name, mobile/home telephone, email or address).

    Available as a notepad, note sheets or correspondence cards – this could also be the perfect gift for Father’s Day – which is just around the corner.

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      Does your Dad have more hankies than a department store?

      Monday, August 23rd, 2010

      In a lather because you can’t buy soap-on-a-rope anymore?  

      If you’re looking for something truly special to let Dad know how much he means to you, what could be more unique than his own personalised stationery? Nôte Couture offers a range of suitably off-the-cuff and humorous designs to make Dad smile – and best of all they all come with his name printed on them.  (And no socks or jocks in sight!)

      Last day I’m accepting orders for Pre-Fathers Day delivery is this Thursday – August 26th so hop online soon  :-)

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