Feature: Dots & Skyla's Birthday

Hello! Shirley from Tiaras and Tantrums contacted me for her daughters 2nd birthday party. She wanted DOTS and A LOT of it... pink and green the colour scheme.. I just loved how the theme was taken right through to the filling between the layers of the cake and the prettiest and most delicious cake pops! For the bunting we used a variety of baby & toddler photographs of birthday girl Skyla. Enjoy!

Would you like to have a 'dotty' party? The Printable PDF Kits are now available in my online shop.

Dots: Pink & Green click here

Dots: Blue & Yellow click here

Bedotted Love,

Liezel

Credit: Photographs taken by myself.

New Years Special! Sweet & Natural Stacked Animal Party Kit Boxes

Hello! Today I have a great offer for you...

my Sweet Stacked Animals (pinks & red) & Natural Stacked Animales (greens & browns) DIY Party Boxes for a party of 10 is now available in my shop for only R250.00 INCLUDING normal postage! Yes, you can set up a party for ten kiddies and your invite & decorations will only cost you R250.00. Wow!

Ok, so what's in the box? 
1) A voucher for 1 Customised & matching email invitation
Prints for:
2) 10 x Bunting flags  + 3m string
3) 10 x Thank you tags
4) 10 x Water bottles labels
5) 10 x Party Cones
6) 10 x Mini Flags
7) Instructions

All the prints are done on a high quality 180gsm Gloss Paper.

If you require a quote for a different amount of guest please email me.
This offer is only valid as long as stocks last!
So place your order now : hello {@} matchsetlove.co.za

For more photos & information on the:
Sweet Stacked Animals Party for 10 - please visit the website here
Natural Stacked Animals Party for 10 - please visit the website here

Happy Monday!
Love
Liezel

Credit: Photographs taken by myself

Inspiration: Wendy's 60th Birthday Tea

Hello! This past weekend Wendy and her family celebrated her 60th birthday with a 'Mad Hatter's' Birthday Tea at the beautiful D'Ouwe Werf -  Food Emporium in Broadacres, Fourways. Due to dark and thundering clouds the party had to be moved inside, however I managed to take some pictures of the set-up in their beautiful, lush garden just in time! Here are a few photographs of the details of the day:

Debbie, Wendy's daughter in law who organised the party had the cute idea for the wording of the thank you tag: 'Thank you for celebrating this 'mad'stone with me' - Thank you Debbie for inspiring me!

Suppliers:

Match Set Love - Invitation, Welcome Poster, Bunting, Menus, Thank you Tags, Mini Straw/Food flags, Paper Lanterns {hello@matchsetlove.co.za}

D'Ouwe Werf - Food Emporium - Venue, Food & Set-up - Thank you to Jean-Marie and her fantastic team {011 540 1538 or brdacres4foodemporium@yahoo.com}

The Selection - Straws & Bakers Twine used on the thank you tags {www.theselection.co.za}

Happy Happiest Birthday Wendy!

with Love

Liezel

Credit: All photographs taken by myself

Feature: NEW Mad Hatter's Party Kit

O my goodness, I just noticed that one whole month rushed by since my last blog post... how did that happen? Any case, I'm here to share my really pretty and fun 'Modern Vintage Mad Hatter's Party' with you today! This theme is so versatile that it can be used for a girlie birthday, adult birthday, bridal shower, kitchen tea or a baby shower... And it is so easy to decorate!

This kit is sold as a pre-printed option - R250 + postage for a party of 10, including a customised invitation (email and printable PDF), 10 Bunting flags, 10 Thank you tags, 10 Party Cones, 20 Mini Flags, 10 Water Bottle Labels. If you require a quote for a different amount of guests, please email me at {hello@matchsetlove.co.za}. You can find the kit in my online shop here.

Do you love tea parties? I do!

Happy Tuesday,

Love

Liezel

Inspiration: Lilli's 2nd Birthday - Ice Cream Theme {Part 2}

Good morning! As promised herewith follows the craft and thank you favours we did for Lilli's Party.

The Craft:  I made a template {that you can download for free below, yay!} of popsicle shapes. Copied it onto coloured card board and glued two-two together with an ice cream stick in between. Then I put together little packets of coloured confetti {yes, yes, I punched away one evening} and stick-on shapes as well as shapes that had to be glued on. Lilli's principal was so kind to borrow me a table and chairs, so I set up a craft station for the kids on the balcony.

Download the template here for free!

The Thank you Favours: I wanted to do something from the heart and not only sweeties. So there were 'real hot chocolate' stars with mini marshmallows. Each girl received an Alice band with a purple felt flower and when I saw the wooden tetrus blocks, I had to get that because Lilli just loves puzzles. To make it a handy toy to go with where ever they do, I made little string-bags. It was packaged in plain white paper bags with personalised matching 'Flag Tags'.

What do you think are nice gifts for the kids in their Party Packs?

Love

Liezel

Credit: Photographs taken by myself.

Inspiration: Lilli's 2nd Birthday - Ice Cream Theme {Part 1}

Hello! Ooh I am so excited to share ALL of these photos with you today. There are lots, so bare with me. Our precious daughter Lilli turned two last week and as we were not home on her 1st Birthday {read the post here}, I had to make up for it now {chuckles}. It all started with the picture of a cake I saw on Pinterest. It was a light pink cake with a 'fallen' chocolate ice cream on top. Now that I had my theme, all the ideas raced towards me and here is the end result:

The Invite: As an Evite the invite is square, however if it is printed; it is double sided, front to back and rectangular. {This Party Kit is also now available in my online shop here}

The Savoury Snacks: I tried to make nice and {relatively} healthy savoury snacks to try and balance out all the yummy sweet things {as if such a thing is possible}. There were colourful crudite served in shot glasses nested in a  spoonful of caramelised onion dip. Baby Marrow, Pea & Mint Soup Shots, served chilled.  We made small portions of nachos {hot and not ;-} in cupcake cups and Veggie and Ham baguettes wrapped in the 'water bottle labels' to finish of this section. 

The Sweet Stuff: Lilli was so sweet to help me prepare these 'marshmallow pops' and the 'rice crispy treat cones'. It was quite a challenge for her not to eat it all and every now and then a marshmallow went a stray. 

Off course there had to be ice cream. I bought in the Belgium Chocolate ice cream, then made a dairy free Pina Colada Flavour. A heavenly Vanilla and Coconut and ended with Strawberry Frozen Yogurt that the kids loved! I set the ice creams in little tubs and in shot glasses to make small pops so that you could try more than one...

I baked a marble cake {yes, yes... to continue the colour theme.. hie hie} with a butter cream frosting. I found the recipe in my all time favourite magazine ... Donna Hay. To make the ice cream ball for the top of the cake I made a big ball of the 'rice crispy treat' and dipped it in chocolate. After the cake was iced, I placed the 'rice crispy chocolate ball' on top of the cake, poured some more melted chocolate over to get the 'melting' effect and mounted the wafer cone....mmm and it was so delicious!

The Details: I just love paper lanterns. In summer with all our magnificent thunderstorms it is impossible to hang them on our balcony, however, August is perfect. Don't you just love the pretty paper straws that I found at The Selection?

I read this quote by Voltaire... "Ice cream is exquisite, what a pity it isn't illegal". A-ha, new poster for the guest bathroom. Also,  I made a special poster for 'Lilli {age 2} Loves' with all the things she loves to do now and used it as the centre piece of the savoury buffet. To bring in a bit more girly pink I framed two of the Pink Theme Nursery pack posters available here. 

Tomorrow I will share the craft we did as well as the thank you favours!

Thank you so much Elsali for all your time, willingness to help and your lovely Soup Shot Recipe. You are so appreciated and we are very blessed to have you in our life.

Thank you Rainer for making all of this possible!

Love,

Liezel

Credit: Photographs by myself, Rainer Glaubitz, Debbie Buchanan & Claudia Warchal

Feature: NEW Bohemian Paisley Party

Hello! Today I would like to share my new 'Bohemian Paisley Party' theme with you. If you are planning an elegant, special birthday, this one could work for you. The main two colours are purple and green and features an Indian Paisley Print, combined with a nice, scripty font it looks really beautiful and fresh. This set consists of Invitations, Envelope Design (if required), Favour Boxes (2 x after eight choccies fits perfectly), place cards and mini flags.This Party is now available in my shop here.

Happy Wednesday,

Love Liezel

Credit: All photographs by myself

Inspiration: Twins Welcome Celebration

Hello!

Francoise, lovely mom to gorgeous twins Trey and Tyler received a Match Set Love Voucher as a gift to celebrate the birth of her babies from a friend. She chose to use the 'Blue & Red Pram Baby Shower' Theme as the colour Red is regarded as lucky in the Chinese Culture. She was so kind to submit a few photo's of the the tea that they held in their babies honour. As a mom to only one, I am completely amazed at how she gets anything done with two (no three!)... 

Thank you for sharing!

Love,
Liezel

Feature: New Natural Stacked Animals

Hello! A few weeks ago I shared my new 'Natural Stacked Animal' Party Kit with you. Today I want to give you an idea for what you can use these printables for. This Kit {including a personlised invitation} is available at www.matchsetlove.co.za for R250.00. This kit can also be used for a baby shower by changing the wording on the invitation and features natural green and brown colours, perfect for a fun outdoor animal or farm theme.

Happy Planning!

Love Liezel

Credit: Laura Jane Photography

Feature: NEW Spa Party Kit

Hello! Girls from all ages loves to be spoiled and pampered. No wonder that 'Spa Themed Parties' are such a big hit nowadays. I have designed a beautiful bright pink and fresh green Spa Party Kit and it is now available at R250.00 in my online-shop.

This Kit includes: 1 x email format Invitation (printable version available on request), 1 x personalised welcome 'poster', 3 x bunting flag designs, 3 x cupcake toppers of which one can be personalised, 'bath salt' label, water bottle labels, 'Thank you/hair clip/ name tag card' that includes 9 names to personalise the party and 'thank you' pillow boxes.

* The Bunting included in this Kit is not included in these photographs

Have fun setting up the party of a young girls' dreams!

Love, Liezel

Credit: Photographs taken by me

Feature: New Petal 'Bridal Shower Pack'

Hello!

Today I would like to share the photo's of my 'petal' bridal shower pack with you. Just by changing the words on the customised invitation, this pack will be equally beautiful for a birthday breakfast, lunch or picnic. It is available at R200 in my on-line shop. This includes one customised, matching email format Invitation and the PDF files to print the favours packets, serviette rings/water bottle labels, party cones, bunting and instructions.

Happy Wednesday!
Love Liezel

Credit: Photographs by Laura Jane Photography

Inspiration: Yellow Safety Pin Baby Shower Pack

Hello! A few weeks ago I shared my new 'Yellow Safety Pin Baby Shower Pack' with you. It comes either as a PDF file that you can print off yourself or you can order the ready printed boxed kit from me at R250.00 {the price also includes 1 x email version matching customised invitation}... here are some pics to inspire you.

* The Boxed version is also available in-store at Lafenis Deli+Bake Shop in Pretoria.

Thank you Laura Jane Photography for the pretty photographs.
Enjoy! Love, Liezel

Inspiration: Pink Pram Baby Shower

Hello! I had the privileged of hosting a baby shower for my beautiful German friend Frauke. Her little girl will be here in the next week and it is so exciting to go through the whole process...! I used my Pink Pram Baby Shower Kit (available in my online store for R200 - customised invitation included!). It all came together so nicely and it was so much fun planning everything. 

Enjoy the pictures!

Love Liezel

Feature: NEW 3 x Pram Baby Shower Packs

Good morning Everybody! What beautiful days we are having at the moment, blue skies, not to hot... just perfect. Today, I would like to share my 'Pram Baby Shower Packs' with you. The are available now from my On-line Shop for USD25. It is Pink, Blue & Red and Green. I was asked to design a baby shower pack for Claudia. They were brave enough to go through the whole pregnancy without knowing the sex of their baby. I designed a baby shower pack for them in green ... I also included some voting cards so that everyone can guess the sex of the baby, after the birth the parents can look at the cards and see who guessed right!

Each Pram Baby Shower Pack includes:
- a personalized invitation (printable & email version) a photo of the 'mom to be' can also be included (as per the sample below of Claudia's invitation)
- 3 x party flags
- 2 x party cones
- thank you tags
- a baby shower game (the green pack also includes voting cards)
- instructions
After check-out just email me the details of the baby shower to (matchsetlove@gmail.com), I will customize the invitation for you and as soon as you have accepted the proof, you will receive the invitations and the PDF's for the Baby Shower Pack via email so that you can print as many as you require and have fun! Please note that you are buying digital files and nothing will be posted to you. Other colours and themes are available at an extra cost.

Green Pram Baby Shower Pack

Blue & Red Pram Baby Shower Pack

Pink Pram Baby Shower Pack

I would love to read your comments on my new 'packaging' format. Enjoy your week!

Love, Liezel