Miss Money Penny  ‘Mumpreneur’ in the finals!

Tickled pink to be announced as a finalist in the 'Connect2mums AusMumpreneur Awards' in the ‘Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year!’ category! I'll be jetting up to Brisbane for the gala event on saturday night - so wish me luck! Many worthy contenders I am up against!

The rise of the Mumpreneur

What is a Mumpreneur? – well it’s a mum who wants to be able to fulfill her potential as an entrepreneur as well and it seems the trend is on the rise with this industry being the fastest growing of all in Australia in 2010!

‘Mumpreneurs’ typically are successful, confident and innovative entrepreneurs who choose to be self-employed in their own business all while caring for their children and families at the same time.  They need to be innovative, professional, have great time management skills and flexibility and while its not for everyone, there are many women finding success in this arena.

The AusMumpreneur Awards celebrate and recognize those achieving success in the industry, in areas such as business, product development, services and innovation in both online and bricks and mortar businesses from around Australia. 

The AusMumpreneur Awards take place at a glamourous Awards dinner at Rydges, Southbank, Brisbane on Saturday 31 July. These awards are the only events of their kind in Australia and will be officially opened by Hon Karen Struthers MP the Minister for Women.

Connect2mums provides a safe and supportive environment for women in online businesses to get together and share information, network and gain support.  The site provides members with relevant information and opportunities to interact and socialise with other mums across Australia and New Zealand. Friday night live chats, newsletters, product reviews, real-life events, competitions and articles are just some of the ways women get connected at Connect2mums.

For more information on the AusMumpreneur Awards visit: www.connect2mums.com.au

Check out some amazing Just In pre-loved Designer fashion treaures here. If you have Gucci tastes on a Gap budget you'd be a dill not to snap up some amazing genuine second-hand designer buys here. Not only are they classics, but they are bargains! Imagine grabbing a brand new Sass & Bide Vie take Flight dress - just slipped on, not even worn for only $400. That's a saving of almost $100 on what's current season and appearing in stores. You've just got to know where to find them and be the first to snap them up!

Likewise, some fabulous pre-owned Designer accessories have just hit the site. Own Bvlgari, Dior, Pierrre Cardin high quality labels without the OTT pricetags! The owners of these pieces are shoppers, fashion lovers and celebs who don't wear things multiple times and want to get some cash back to re-ivest in their designer wardrobes.

The benefit to those savvy girls in the know is that you get genuine designer fashion labels - at liternally half the price! Many haven't even been worn and still have tags - it's just that the sellers can't take them back (bought overseas) and don't want to wear more than once (how is that different to a garment that has been tried on in a shop many times??).

Check out what's new this week - but be quick - some of these things have already been snapped up by your savvy eagle-eyed sisters!

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  Will high fashion become used to recycled materials from industrial and agricultural waste products?  (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

(AP)  Forget the animal-unfriendly fur coat and the painted-on pants made from polluting petroleum-based products. A runway show in Copenhagen on Wednesday aimed to show that "green styles" some of them stitched in fabrics made from recycled agricultural or industrial waste can be just as fashionable.

Held at Copenhagen's Opera House across the Danish capital from where delegates from 192 countries are gathered to hammer out an agreement aimed at stemming global warning the display brought together 20 designers from five Nordic countries and representatives of such retailing heavyweights as H&M and Barneys.

Designers each presented two looks made from organic cottons and silks, polyesters made from recycled plastic bottles or new fabrics made from waste left over from industry and agriculture.

Never heard of Crabion? It's made from byproducts from the crab industry. And Ingeo? It's made out of corn scraps and can be made to mimic the smoothness of silk or the glossy sheen of PVC. Ditto, Milkfiber, which, you guessed it, is milled milk: from the powder left over from boiled milk, more precisely.

"It was an exercise to show that you can replace traditional textiles with innovative new ones that are being made in mills in Japan and Italy and that are less polluting," said Stine Hedegaard of the Danish Fashion Institute, the organizer of Wednesday's display which doubled as a design contest. A jury of fashion insiders judged the show's 40 looks and attributed a prize of 50,000 kroner ($6,720).

Finland's Saara Lepokorpi took the award for an asymmetrical cocktail dress in muted gray tones with what appeared to be panels of ruched silk, though organizer Hedegaard said Lepokorpi made her two looks from organic wool, Ingeo and Milkfiber.

"They were really nice materials to use and I intend to use them again," gushed Lepokorpi.

Other looks included an oversized, joker-collared wind-breaker in a green and black print that mimicked graffiti tags and a cocktail dress in iridescent purple with a strappy bodice that looked like the model was getting a bear hug from an octopus.

"The fashion industry is full of good ideas and creative people, people who are always ahead of time," said Denmark's Australian-born Crown Princess Mary, who delivered the prize. "It is an industry that picks up on and mirrors the developments in our society."

The show attracted nearly 700 guests, Hedegaard said.

Source:  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/09/tech/main5953342.shtml

No so sure about the Crab by-product but hey, I'll try anything once! Miss Money Penny x