August 06, 2010

Mrs Woog loves........ Uberkate

This is a beautiful story of friendship. When a girl from the western suburbs of Sydney met a girl from the Northern Beaches back in 1992 at University. Now these 2 characters could not have been more different. Like night and day.

One was a wide eyed virgin, representative sportswoman, brilliant scholar and gorgeous to boot. The other girl scraped into university by the skin of her teeth, spent more time at the bar and smoking fags on the lawn than actually attending any lectures. Yes this odd couple fell in friendship love, a love that has endured to this day.

Ok, so the virgin is my friend Uberkate. She was only a virgin until the Easter break after we all teased her a lot and she travelled home to give her "flower"to her JohnnyCheeseCakeFace boyfriend. He was promptly dumped with Uberkate swearing she would never do that again. Oh how things change.

We have seen each other through ridiculous boyfriends, revolting flats, irritating colleagues, weddings, babies, toddlers, husbands, work, getting fired, another job, small spats, medium spats, fashion disasters, parental health issues, to tattoo or not to tattoo, garage sales, eBay triumphs and about ten thousand litres of wine. Despite still looking like Elle McPherson's hotter younger sister, I love her to bits.

I love how clever she is and has always had the ability of turning nothing into something. Uberkate was a television junkie. She appeared on camera, behind the camera, under the camera and used the camera to prop herself up after production wrap parties. All the while she created. Fiddled with bits and bobs and started making cool beaded jewellery. That we started wearing. Then she started selling.

She then wanted to do a silversmith course. She asked to if I wanted to do it with her.

"Sure I would love to!" I enthusiastically responded. But pulled out when I learnt it would clash with Melrose Place.

But she went, and created, and stamped and polished. She gave the TV career the ass and backed herself in her own business Uberkate. These days that little business has grown into something very special.

So to celebrate Uberkate finishing Dry July (where I must admit we did see each other that much during that month) and with Father's Day coming up, we are giving away a very special prize for Woogsworld readers. You will kick yourself if you do not enter, or you can send me your address and I will come and do it for you!

Dads’ deserve to be spoilt and Father’s Day is the perfect opportunity. The Uberkate Living range for Men has been designed for Father’s Day, to give Dad a unique gift he will always treasure.

The Uberkate Living Range for Men comprises of two pieces. A set of cuff links and a key ring, both of which can be personalised and embossed with initials of the father’s loved ones.

To celebrate Father’s Day, Uberkate is giving one lucky reader the chance to win a Living Range Father’s Day set valued at $595.

If you win, (lucky cow) you can work with Uberkate to have your set customised as you required. And if you have not heard of Uberkate, go to http://www.uberkate.com.au/ and have a look at her amazing range of personalised jewellery that will make you want to drool. I drool all the time, especially at the gold. This is on my current wish list....


and this.....

and maybe a little of this.......drrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooool.
To win you need to do the following...................

  • Leave a comment on THIS post explaining why you want to win. Simple. Oh and you need to be a follower of WoogsWorld.
  • Go to Uberkate's FaceBook Page and like it.
  • Go and make a cup of tea knowing that you might have already solved that dreaded "What should I get my dad/partner for Father's Day?" issue.

My Uberpal Uberkate will select a winner on Friday 13th August and winner will be announced on Woogsworld.

So go and drool NOW!

28 comments:

  1. Me me me me me me me me me me me... oh, hang on a sec... LOML LOML LOML LOML LOML... ah, WTF, me me me me me me me me me me me me me me...

    If I don't win, I will probably purchase one of the keyrings for the Dad of the House on Father's Day anyway. Don't tell uberkate or I might not win...

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  2. I assume SawHole is disqualified due to the fact I can name all of the past love interests of Mrs Woog and UberKate.
    I wonder if I can get one with Maggot and SawHole?
    PS It is not a patch on my SawHole shirt, of which UberKate covets.

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  3. Considering this year Fathers Day falls on Amy's birthday, I think my loved one is going to be a little forgotten. Poor boy.

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  4. What an awesome giveaway - geez you have some great contacts Mrs Woog. I'd desperately love to win this great giveaway so that he can stop wearing the ugly-ass cufflinks his mother gave him last year. Trust me, they are horrendous. Also, I have been a bit lacking in the gift department lately - it might spark some return gesture (just kidding!), (but not about the foul cufflinks).

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  5. Uberkate rocks and my hubby will be getting undies and/or socks again this Father's Day because he is an arse and always says "nothing" when asked what he wants.

    Then he will bitch and complain about getting sock and/or undies again.

    Uberkate could save a marriage here!!!

    Off to pour my coffee now.

    And Like UberKate on FB :)

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  6. Fuck I hate competitions.

    I never ever ever win and it'd be just my luck that I'd win this and the pieces would be FOR MY FUCKING HUSBAND.

    Pffft.


    Personally I want the Russian ovals but have no idea how I'd fit all the names of my offspring onto something without it ending up resembling some sort of house-arrest collar.

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  7. The Boofhead was gunna get some pyjamas for fathers day, cause the moth-eaten kit he currently wears probably won't survive the next wash. He'd be the envy of all the blokes at the golf club if he marched in sporting that cufflink and keyring set. They'd be wondering why the hell he's wearing cufflinks with a polo shirt, but I'm sure they'd still be envious.

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  8. I am already in deep covet mode just looking at the photos. *Drool*

    Already follow, but I will be back to tell you why Big Boy deserves this for Father's Day. It is too large a job to gloss over...

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  9. Mrs Woog. I think you should pick me because I think if we lived in the same neighbourhood we'd be BFFs. x

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  10. Hello Mrs Woog. Thank you for visiting my blog & commenting. All comment whores are most welcome.

    Glad I popped on over here today. What a nice present to win. I don't have a dad, but my fiance is a dad and would love one of Uberkate's pieces. Uberkate really is Uber good.

    Off to do all the other things you have asked. xx

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  11. I love Uberkate! She rocks! What a fantastic idea for Fathers Day and yes thats why I want to win as my cup of tea is already made...

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  12. They're great pieces of jewellery! I would want to win because they would be the coolest thing my husband would own. And I'm cheap. Wish me luck!!

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  13. Righteo, been trying to get back here all day.

    I would really like to win because a) her stuff is awesome and b) I wouldn't have to buy him another pair of boardies he really does not need.

    Oh, and if somehow you could whisper in my husbands ear and put the 3 ring necklace into my husbands subconscious as a present for the coming xmas, that too would be awesome.

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  14. I'd like to win, simply so I don't have to think of another gift, what with moving house and all.
    On second thoughts, the new keyrings would look fabulous with Hoges new set of keys....

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  15. Gawd, the pressure.
    I was all about to write my.."why my boys Dad deserves this blimmin fantastic and gorgeous gift". I was going to bleet on about how he goes to work at 6am while we're all snuggling in bed and he looks longingly at us, or about how he comes home after slogging his guts out, and we're all screaming and scraping with a few shopping bags discreetly hidden so he can't see how I spent my day (and his money), and a half bottle of wine already emptied on the bench (well he should try doing soccer practice and a swimming lesson chaser with 3 cranky kids in the middle of winter and in the dark), and about how he's the absolute love of our lives.
    BUT then, I saw everyone's witty and clever comments and I thought "Cows" Actually I thought a a lot worse but I don't want to alienate the whole of Woogsworld by my desperate tactics. So now I'm just hoping they're all personal friends and you can't bring yourself to give this gorgeous pressie to someone you've known for a gazillion years.

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  16. I don't even know why I'm entering this because the husband is a butthead. But if I win, it might shut him up because he complains that all the parcels that come to the door are always for me.

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  17. I'm the most fantastic present giver - I'm organised, efficient, thoughtful, and always seem to get it right. Sadly this doesn't apply to my husband. He gets nada. Whether it's birthday, christmas or fathers day, I always seem to be empty handed, sans a sheepish smile. I blame it on being busy with the kids. Not sure what excuse I used before we had them, but was probably too busy slamming shooters to remember :-P

    So, in the interest of keeping my marriage intact, I need to win this competition. This calibre of pressie will most definitely even up the score. And I can even pretend I came up with the idea all on my own. Ok, maybe I'll send him in the direction of your blog and demand he be a loyal follower :-D

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  18. What a monumentally generous give-away! My first thought was... "Is she sure?"

    My very next thought made my heart flutter, because I imagined the dear husband being able to wear and use something with his precious girls' names on it. We have one girl here with us but our firstborn passed away as a baby. She would have been 7 in January. Something he's meant to 'move on' from, apparently, as a man, but he tears up at every mention of her name to this day.

    He also recently changed jobs - fresh start n' all that - and is wearing business suits for the first time in his 17 working years. To step out with such an awesome, practical but personal gift would touch him deeply.

    And I didn't even have to think of it this time! That would be most awesome of all.

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  19. Gosh, UberKate's work is stunning! I'd love to win your fab giveaway because I am notorious for leaving gift buying until the last minute and this would ease a whole lotta pain.

    BuBbles
    x.

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  20. Both hands are up and I'm doing some ridiculous bouncing motion for you to notice me so that I might have even the most meagre chance of winning the prize for Captain Valentine.
    x Felicity

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  22. I would like to win because the past birthday and mother's day hubby has told me that he has been looking at gorgeous jewellery to buy me but it's all been too expensive and he's bought PJs instead. Talk about a tease!

    Now, I'm a stay-at-home mum and so anything I buy he can look up and see exactly what I've spent. I'd love to win so I could surprise him with something completely gorgeous. Also, it may guilt him into returning the favour next time round!

    I've been drooling over everything on the uberkate website. So, so beautiful!

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  23. What gorgeous stuff! I would like to win so hubby can wear our little angels name in a classy way rather than the comic book tattoo way he has been threatening to get.

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  24. As a single mother I am claiming Father's Day as my own. I wear the pants, I should get the goods.
    Well, I'll give the cufflinks to my dad since he's an excellent Grandfather, but the keyring is simply stunning.

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  25. OOHH, I love these, they are simply gorgeous. I think my man should win because when he was 24 he took on a recently divorced mum of 4 (me..lol) with out a second thought. We have since gone on to have 3 babes together and he treats ALL the kids exactly the same..so that is why my man deserves the BEST for fathers day...

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  26. right so, I would love this because I work and my hubby is a SAHD so I do not have time/desire to shop for him. Key ring would look good next time he has to drop the keys into a bowl. Ahem. September sux, fathers day, hubby and son's birthday as well as 5 other family members. Might have to work some overtime to cover presents for them all. Ohhh I do love uberkate designs, I lost my diamond necklace on the weekend..sniff sniff

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  27. I'd like to win... so I can buy myself something with the money I was going to spend on his gift :)

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  28. i gave my dad $2 for father's day when i was 5. he said he didn't want it so i haven't given him a present since. this would make up for my neglect big time!

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