Friday Fun: The Great Escape

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you to Suzanne of <a href="http://privetandholly.blogspot.com/2011/01/click-your-heels-and-csn-giveaway.html">Privet and Holly</a> for today's Friday Fun idea</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With the chill in the air and school break coming up, I pose this question to you...</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">If money were no object</div><div style="text-align: center;">And time no issue</div><div style="text-align: center;">Where would your magic carpet take you?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajpXh1BsVJsJr_IAIIoPcapBSt95-NncvLKIq6hE1x2juVi9lY74Jnoia43d2zS0VmTR5M9YoLlufddDGcJKQJBM77i8klhvUDyAqVDG64RZ-5PDMSuplS2rMZe_QYQdt2IySdzujSIc/s1600/From_the_Mist_by_blue_melody_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajpXh1BsVJsJr_IAIIoPcapBSt95-NncvLKIq6hE1x2juVi9lY74Jnoia43d2zS0VmTR5M9YoLlufddDGcJKQJBM77i8klhvUDyAqVDG64RZ-5PDMSuplS2rMZe_QYQdt2IySdzujSIc/s400/From_the_Mist_by_blue_melody_large.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/5991966">Ski Vacation</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">or</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZudQshCjzi21mHUnVCY7Q5HmAqOSCRN1qQsUHodSp6EIrOYwJLslZfnFtScIF3b2FOL9qsgy5_-1_8GvH3qnslhe9I7aXtPivtcRGKlXUbd1Z6qxXIe5PT40-SWWItlfvSgEcJ7ta36k/s1600/MLE.A.2009.085063.103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZudQshCjzi21mHUnVCY7Q5HmAqOSCRN1qQsUHodSp6EIrOYwJLslZfnFtScIF3b2FOL9qsgy5_-1_8GvH3qnslhe9I7aXtPivtcRGKlXUbd1Z6qxXIe5PT40-SWWItlfvSgEcJ7ta36k/s400/MLE.A.2009.085063.103.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hayesandjarvis.co.uk/destinations/Maldives">The Tropics</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">or</div><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5jG0gyWbAdZVn5f2l2pTvJieD8apehNK6fOJjfcUr9NVKrdcP1JsigOJR9JyxK1RzVAf-82c8-0_Z5yEYCdaRRm3WG6rUuDaI4KOlm_1teGbdpzFrXRAZjC-qrW1-a0LofLVB-HeEEc/s1600/241039_tIP6JQjW_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5jG0gyWbAdZVn5f2l2pTvJieD8apehNK6fOJjfcUr9NVKrdcP1JsigOJR9JyxK1RzVAf-82c8-0_Z5yEYCdaRRm3WG6rUuDaI4KOlm_1teGbdpzFrXRAZjC-qrW1-a0LofLVB-HeEEc/s400/241039_tIP6JQjW_c.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/241039/">European Villa or Chateau</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Et moi?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGAeBhQEoXyoDRTEOwZWl1-TXjpEMKSO_q2fhyphenhyphenCedlczBPqmpbA7KNubXbtM7vj6jDXGIB1KVPro3pZeoddX7KAru7IksY-AJ-gx6em7qF5ZlRaVCFjtxnuKX3V3SkWpB_PDfxAhElk4/s1600/tumblr_l7akksxa2T1qcnff2o1_500_large.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghGAeBhQEoXyoDRTEOwZWl1-TXjpEMKSO_q2fhyphenhyphenCedlczBPqmpbA7KNubXbtM7vj6jDXGIB1KVPro3pZeoddX7KAru7IksY-AJ-gx6em7qF5ZlRaVCFjtxnuKX3V3SkWpB_PDfxAhElk4/s400/tumblr_l7akksxa2T1qcnff2o1_500_large.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://weheartit.com/entry/3431431">Yummy Hammock</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A hammock in the tropics - drooly naps, reading, and a margarita with my Mr. </div><div style="text-align: center;">{Sigh}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And you? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background-attachment: initial; 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Friday Fun: The Great Escape

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK Thank you to Suzanne of  Privet and Holly for today's Friday Fun idea With the chill in the air and school...

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Creative Advertising

Posted by Happy Homemaker UK<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">While waiting for the train, there is nothing I appreciate more than clever advertising. </div><div style="text-align: center;">This one caught my eye from <a href="http://www.ocado.com/">Ocado</a>, an online grocery store/delivery service in England and Wales</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinW6se5gFMq74sVFcucTT-Ids191dWsanZ_UeTBqCM4OWptv8kPWkvKlB5u8z7C-GB70spam_c2IjbNMDHS0bvcT7lBblGZMYF3AwpmQriYgryeqDswzcxqHn_0SLDWxQvW30YVAeJ80M/s1600/Ocado_Table_OL_cut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinW6se5gFMq74sVFcucTT-Ids191dWsanZ_UeTBqCM4OWptv8kPWkvKlB5u8z7C-GB70spam_c2IjbNMDHS0bvcT7lBblGZMYF3AwpmQriYgryeqDswzcxqHn_0SLDWxQvW30YVAeJ80M/s640/Ocado_Table_OL_cut.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Source: Ocado Media Centre<br />(Click on image to enlarge)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a selected close up</div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIzkkoECzxqjbBFcIOcQfh3Gnzj4MdYz0B11zTMnDrpMjDl5slQCt6l_o0ad3oF301F_oZwC2agAAeCg6dQF-TxN-fK-7ZsrxBBBdBKBcFQLFipV_6Jmg4-qcFQ7XeCcon0rUHLWFGug/s1600/Ocado_Table_OL_cut-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIzkkoECzxqjbBFcIOcQfh3Gnzj4MdYz0B11zTMnDrpMjDl5slQCt6l_o0ad3oF301F_oZwC2agAAeCg6dQF-TxN-fK-7ZsrxBBBdBKBcFQLFipV_6Jmg4-qcFQ7XeCcon0rUHLWFGug/s640/Ocado_Table_OL_cut-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">How I would have loved to have been in the room, coming up with some of these.</div><div style="text-align: center;">If only the real Periodic Table of Elements was this fun. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So I contacted Ocado to get a good copy of this to share with you, instead of a photo off my phone :)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ocado's media representative, Ben Lovett, told me 'We were really pleased with it - and it did well at the awards it was originally created for. We were up against a lot of the 'big boys' - brands with big ad agencies; our creative was all generated by a tiny in-house team'. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As a finalist, their ad was displayed at the Oxford Circus tube station for a few weeks, which is where I saw it. I just love it ;)<br /><br />Which is your favorite 'element'?</div><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/35/2FD701A88E1AB920883327F28E3E4BF9.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a>

Creative Advertising

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Maia Luxury Resort - Seychelles

<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; ">O Hotel Maia, que fica em Maré, Seychelles é um paraíso, com uma decoração estilo asiática, simples e moderna, com muitos móveis de madeira e bambu, os bangalôs de telhados altos e as piscinas privadas com borda infinito... Sem falar a vista... um sonho!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><br /></span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568721534873745938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4goQMHjXzjPE4sdpm2EatFrIbLRxH2hOcAQ8KDBMukpdzM7J692c6vyIP_3yIz219bYk1WI0viun5iqXuXsu2FYmxbHC8bYSrZgrn_2VuarLh_TAgFOQ5idFu2rU76xd038noVDmObb5/s320/Imagem+1.png" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568721446044644770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4DInUgT1c8__-T5VTlfYwuX3dMCmfjgHNA3rTOqFrkA0ULQVgyPvQS51gce2Bg6qBQjYNKjs9NsCuOGL-h8x77dqm8BpCpGESo4XtTwqlV1BAcKOVA1yEcr88vCF-R0ZRmrKAiZHNbFx/s320/Imagem+2.png" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 320px;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568723384183606786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKDRjmO-vBAHIH3Cz4oBZc0f1V3MJ8Sr-7ZngsObDlPOan7eSS6zGI5M0C44v0g6YrEhIAvjolrGiT0mxDPb2f5yZfv543AZNgo7uW4JsvGD_ma_278snGTi0oYTtlIMpgHUecFE3ovCbR/s320/Imagem+11.png" style="display:block; 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Maia Luxury Resort - Seychelles

O Hotel Maia, que fica em Maré, Seychelles é um paraíso, com uma decoração estilo asiática, simples e moderna, com muitos móveis de madeira ...

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