that time i did a voice over course

June 11, 2015 · by Charlie | in media launch | tagged audio book, blog, blogger, blogging, borderline personality disorder, cape town, commercial, commercials, cupcakemummy, facebook, friends, instagram, mommy blogger, more than just a mom, review, south africa, twitter, venturescape, venturescape studio, voice over, voice over course, writer, writing | Leave a comment

Sometimes the strangest opportunities come our way and if you have parents like mine then you were also brought up to grab at those opportunities when they come no matter how strange or seemingly useless they might be. I got an invite to join in on a voice over course. I had no idea what […]

Dino’s and Kuga’s

June 8, 2015 · by Charlie | in media launch | tagged #KugaPicnic, blog, blogger, blogging, borderline personality disorder, cape town, dinosaur exhibit cape town, dinosaur exhibit kirstenbosch, dinosaurs, family, ford, ford kuga, ford south africa, friends, fysh, fysher, kirstenbosch, kirstenbosch botanical gardens, kirstenbosch gardens, kuga, more than just a mom, parenting, photography, review, south africa, twitter, writer, writing | Leave a comment

Ford sent me a Kuga (yes I know, I’m a spoiled brat) with a fully stocked picnic (go on and hate me) for the family with instructions to take a mini road trip to Kirstenbosch and have a really great day so we did! Thankfully the weather played nice and we got to lay under […]

That time Neill Anthony served me lunch

May 21, 2015 · by Charlie | in media launch | tagged celebrity chef, chicken breasts, cooking, cooking pan, cooking with neill anthony, frying pan, garnish, german, german made, hand crafted, hand poured, jam media, media event, media launch, neill anthony, not vegan friendly, risotto, sabc3, the best pan, The world's best pan, tuna, worlds best pan | 1 Comment

You know you’ve made it in the world when celebrity chef Neill Anthony cooks AND serves you lunch! Oh yes, it totes happened and I have photos to prove it. So why was a celebrity chef cooking for me? Right, so I do have to disclose that it wasn’t just for me, it was for […]

the #CTMeetUp

May 11, 2015 · by Charlie | in media launch, more than just a mom | tagged 3 kids 2 dogs 1 old house, blog, blogger, cape town, cape town blogger, cindy, cupcakemummy, facebook, fysh, goodie bags, instagram, lifestyle blogger, media, media bag, mommy blogger, oh so heavenly, photography, review, reviewing, reviews, sablogger, social media, south africa, sponsor, sponsors, wordpress | 7 Comments

Okay this post is going to be shorter than I planned because I wrote a really awesome one mentioning EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE and linked to all the amazing sponsors that gifted us at the meet but then wordpress decided you’re not allowed to read it so an error occurred. And nope, a draft of it […]

sunflowers and no make up selfies

May 8, 2015 · by Charlie | in media launch | tagged #respectyourmama, Absa, absa team, blog, blogger, bpd, bunch of flowers, cape town, cupcake, cupcakemummy, flowers, instagram, kick the stigma, lifestyleblogger, mental health blogger, mommyblogger, mothers day, no make up selfie, sa blogger, sablogger, south africa, sunflowers | Leave a comment

Sometimes things happen that we can’t explain. Sometimes companies really just get it right. This is one of those times. Caffeine and Fairydust asked on her facebook page what is the one thing you really want for mothers day, I didn’t have to think about it, I want flowers from Fysh. Obviously he’s too young […]

#choosebeautiful

April 11, 2015 · by Charlie | in media launch | tagged #choosebeautiful, average, beautiful, blog, blogger, blogging, body dysmorphia, body dysmorphic, body image, body issues, borderline personality disorder, cape town, choose beautiful, cupcakemummy, depression, dove, dove south africa, mental-health, more than just a mom, woman | Leave a comment

Protect your self-confidence, by remembering that to be alive is an act of courage. Don’t allow to be unnecessarily influenced by other people thinking. Most of the times we deny our own beauty because others can’t or won’t recognize it. Then, instead of accepting ourselves as we are, we try to imitate what we see […]

the #CTMomBlogMeet at @grazecapetown

February 28, 2015 · by Charlie | in media launch, vegan lifestyle | tagged #CTMomBlogMeet, acidicice, blog, blog tips, blogger, blogging tips, borderline personality disorder, bpd, caffeine and fairydust, cape town, cape town blogger, graze, graze cape town, graze kenilworth, gumtree, gumtree cape town, hippy, introvert, iphone 4, iphoneography, kenilworth, kick the stigma, mom blog meet, mommy blogger, monetize my blog, monetize your blog, nikki lincold, optimise my blog, optimise your blog, optimising my blog, optimising your blog, people aversion, photography, restaurant, rumtumtiggs, south africa, south african blogger, stigma, tree hugger, vegan, vegan lifestyle, vegan living, vegan restaurant | 5 Comments

Cindy from 3 kids, 2 dogs, 1 old house arranged a fantastic meet up for mommy bloggers, it was amazing! We all met at Graze in Kenilworth which is the cutest and most accommodating cafe I’ve been to in a long time. Despite having a set menu they actually whipped up the most divine salad […]