Costa Women Blogs

Business life on the Costa has certainly been getting more interesting over the last couple of years. Costa Women has been around for some time now and in May of 2013 Malaga Business Minds started with monthly presentations and networking. This summer BNI made a restart in the Malaga area. More and more is happening when it comes to networking and businesses promoting themselves by organizing events. Unfortunately, because of the increased activity, keeping track of all events is becoming harder. Which is why I came up with BusinessCosta, a website where businesses and network organizations can list their events for free. Check out our site and add your events for people in business.  In another way BusinessCosta is by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs as well. If you want to share your expertise and showcase your brand, we welcome guest bloggers to write for BusinessCosta. Read here why you should! Please visit BusinessCosta and let us know what you think! You can follow us on Facebook and Twitter as well. I invite all Costa Women to think about how they can promote their business to other businesses using the BusinessCosta platform. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Pepita Bos

For the launch of Looking for a Reason, number four in the D.I. Paolo Storey series, I have a fabulous prize on offer. The competition is free to enter and doesn’t require a purchase of any kind. Would you like a bumper pack of fabulous crime fiction from some of today’s top authors? One lucky winner will receive all the novels mentioned below absolutely free. In surname alphabetical order: Rachel Abbott has donated an e-copy of Only the Innocent Debbie Bennett has donated an e-copy of Hamelin’s Child Sheila Bugler has donated an e-copy of Hunting Shadows JJ Marsh has donated an e-copy of Behind Closed Doors Louise Phillips has donated a paperback copy of Red Ribbons Mel Sherrat has donated an e-copy of Somewhere to Hide Oliver Tidy has donated an e-copy of Dirty Business So, how do you win the above goodies? Simple, you just have to answer the three questions below (you can find the answers by reading the free sample of Bad Moon Rising on Amazon, Smashwords and other online outlets). Question 1: Where is Paolo standing when he first appears at the beginning of Bad Moon Rising? Question 2: What is the green barrier between the haves and have-nots of Bradchester called? Question 3: What is the name of the pub where Barbara Royston meets her friend Leanna? As you can see, the prize is well worth the effort. Send your answers between now and midnight on 28th October 2014 to: frances@francesdiplino.com Every email containing three correct answers will go into a draw and one lucky winner will be chosen out of the hat to receive the books mentioned above.

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On Thursday October 16th we had the launching event of Costa Women Axarquía. Although there have been other groups, outside and within Costa Women, there was not much going in in the Axarquía recently. So last Thursday 15 women gathered at La Tasca in Torre del Mar for a first meetup. It was an informal get together where everyone met new people and got to visit with ladies they had met before. The feedback was very positive and everyone seemed to have had a good time. What was very impressive was the creative brainpower of these ladies combined. I foresee the accomplishment of many great things ahead.  Thank you Jade, Ashlyn, Lenette, Maddie, Beverley, Gaynor, Phillipa, Rachel, Mariola, Maria, Jo, Judith, Liz, Ellie for making it a wonderful first meeting! Thank you Beverly for being such a gracious host. The Axarquía is not a very large region, but too large, and with a lot of campo, and long driving. So for planning future meetings we have to take into account the different interests of women; social or business. But we also have to take into account ladies not being able to meet during the day or evening, depending on work, their own business, distance, children and what not. So discussing in our Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/CostaWomenAxarquia/ about options on how to set up future events, we seem to be currently settling for: We do a monthly morning coffee. We do a monthly evening event. One month the evening event is a business event. The other month the evening event is a more social event. I will be announcing the dates for the coming events shortly.  If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me. Pepita

Hello Lovely Costa Women!  Wow this is exciting…For the first time ever, two weeks ago, we are handed our Boutique Blog over to a Real Bride! The first of 3 very special Brides who have tirelessly planned and implemented their Spanish Weddings themselves! Today we have the gorgeous Nikki Hinkinbotham telling us us all about her Wondrous self styled wedding day here in Spain, to her beloved Groom Alex! Nikki has some wonderful tales of love, happiness and plenty of good tips and advice for you!  So without further ado! Over to the gorgeous Nikki! An Introduction….Nikki and Alex- Our Spanish wedding at a glance! A wondrous Wedding Day… Well a wondrous wedding weekend would be a more accurate description. I doubt I’m ever likely to experience such a joyous, incredibly or superbly memorable occasion ever again. It was truly magical. That is mainly down to our fantastic venue, all the services we employed and our lovely friends and family. Everyone came together to deliver a celebration of love that resounded for every second we revelled in it! To read the full story of Nikki and Alex’s wondrous Spanish Wedding Please poop to our BLOG….  http://www.boutiqueweddingsinspain.com/real-wedding-wondrous-wedding-day/ Enjoy! Lucy x

Hello Costa Women, Here is just a taster of our Spring Wedding Colour Trends for 2015 Part 2. Strawberry Ice Wedding Colour Trends in Spain 2015 Strawberry Ice- 16-1720- Pairs well with Toasted Almond and Tangerine – Aptly named,  Strawberry Ice is suggestive of a cooling and refreshing delicacy, yet its warmth as a colour is very appealing. Subtle and charming, Strawberry Ice is an ideal shade for a Spring/Summer Wedding 2015. There’s a Modern Vintage feel about this colour, its romantic and pretty but with so much style!! Its fun and both tasty and tasteful, Strawberry Ice is a confection colour that evokes a feeling of being “in the pink,” emitting a flattering and healthy glow. Can you imagine those stunning Gucci Shoes under your wedding dress! Wow…it would be a dream come true, they are just gorgeous! You can find the full Article on our Blog at …  http://www.boutiqueweddingsinspain.com/spring-wedding-colour-trends-2015-part-ii/ See you over at the Blog!  Lucy xx