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                                 BUBBLE-U – CARDS                                                         MOTHER’S DAY CELEBRATED
                                 4 KIDS                                                                   WITH A PERSONAL CHOCO’A
                                 Offers Original Party                                                    TOUCH
                                 Invitations                                                              What a better way to celebrate
                                 It’s never too early to                                                  Mother’s Day than with a tint of
                                 start being a socialite.                                                 chocolate delicacy? ChoCo’a is
                                 And children of                                                          a family-owned manufacturer
                                 “Yummy Mummies”                                                          and retailer of unique chocolate
                                 seem to have a social                                                    products and confectionery,
                                 life that is, at least, as                                               founded in 2004 in Dubai,
                                 busy as that of their                                                    UAE. All products are made by
                                 parents. Scarcely a                                                      international expert chefs with
                                 weekend goes by                                                          the finest quality ingredients
                                 without a birthday                                                       imported from Belgium.
                                 party invitation or play
                                 date.                                                                        ChoCo’a celebrated Mother’s
                                                                                                          day and Children’s day in the UAE
                                     If you have                                                          through a five day competition.
                                 been planning your                                                       The children were to draw or
                                 children’s birthdays                                                     describe their dream cake and
                                 and are at a loss to find something original, Bubble-U cards 4 Kids      submit their answers via email, at
                                 may well have what you are looking for. Alexandra Dionisio has           Choco’a boutiques, via Facebook
                                 created a range of whimsical and classical cards for boys and girls’     post, to Al Sada magazine or at
                                 parties, from the age of one to ten. Girls can choose from girls’        the Choco’a booth in Marina Mall.
                                 illustrations of mermaids, tutus, ballerinas, princesses, fairies and    Hundreds of children participated
                                 genies, while boys can select from trains, helicopters, soccer players,  and shared their dream cake
                                 spacemen, dinosaurs, and knights complete with shining armour,           hoping to be one of the four
                                 and pirates. There are even cards with a local, cultural flavour –       lucky winners. Choco’a carried
                                 Latifah for the girls and Hassan for the boys where Arabic script is     out a raffle draw and announced
                                 cleverly used to write “birthday”.                                       the winners who are Noha Ali AL
                                                                                                          Riyachi, Farrah Mutahhara, Begad
                                     Selection is easy – all you have to do is visit the website, www.    Bilal, and Nafisa Rasim. They
                                 bubble-u.ae, pick a design, e-mail your text and your custom printed     all won an exact replica of their
                                 cards will be ready within five to seven days or less.                   dream cake while their mothers
                                                                                                          received a beautiful Choco’a
                                     Prices start from Dhs 10 per card with a minimum pack of ten,        chocolate arrangement. They
                                 including matching envelopes, and increase in price according to         say “chocolate is the food to the
                                 the level of embellishment – from embossing to raised elements, foil     mother’s soul”, but in this case—
                                 accents and moveable parts to the card.                                  the kids’ souls too!

                                     There is also a complementary range of favour tags that can be
                                 purchased to match the invitations.

mother, baby & child April 2011   QUEEN B
                                 Queenb.ae is making adorable, affordable greeting cards, all
                                 hand finished, and the best part is they are all charity too!

                                      They take cash on delivery in Dubai for orders over 100
                                 dirhams, and check this out...free cards the more you buy!

                                      Let’s go online ladies! Did we mention you can personalise
                                 them too? For further inquiries please contact info@queenb.ae
                                 Belinda is your card saviour! What are you waiting for? Email
                                 now for these cute and adorable cards!
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