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

Inspiration: Jazy's 2nd Birthday!

Hello! This past weekend we celebrated gorgeous Jasmyn's 2nd Birthday with the fun 'Monkey Around' Theme. They have a beautiful garden and lots of space to climb, run, jump and Monkey Around!

I just loved the creative monkey cupcakes her grandmother made and the cute monkey thank you favours! Someone even drew a Mr. Monk on the black board, Oh, how I love detail! Her mom also baked a monkey cake with the cutest banana paws and arms! Here are a few images of the day:



The 'Monkey Around' theme is available here in my online shop.

Have Monkey Monday,
Love
Liezel

Credit: All photographs by myself

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: Toffee & Turquoise Baby shower Add On

Good morning! Today I am sharing my 'Toffee & Turquoise Baby shower Add On' with you. This Add On matches the 'Toffee & Turquoise Occasion Pack' and will instantly help you to set up a beautiful baby shower for only USD6. In this kit you will find two party flags sporting the words 'baby boy' and 'boys will be boys', 'thank you' pillow boxes, a sheet of tags that can be used as a gift to fill the boxes with and one baby shower game (instructions, answer sheet and questionnaires). As we are enjoying our beautiful autumn days, here is an idea to add some autumn flair to the 'Toffee & Turquoise Occasion Pack'. I found these beautiful brown paper leaves in a paper shop and look how they transformed the Party Cones! Warm Autumn greetings, Liezel CREDIT: Photography - Laura Jane Photography

Feature: Toffee & Turquoise Occasion Pack & Happy Birthday ADD ON

I so enjoyed designing this kit, I just love the combination of blue and brown and took it one step further with toffee & turquoise. This Toffee & Turquoise Occasion Pack includes: Invitations, 4 x Party Flags, Cupcake wrappers, Party Cones, Place Cards and Mini Flags. The Occasion packs are sold for only USD10, what a bargain! If you are planning a birthday party you can add the 'Toffee & Turquoise Happy Birthday Add On' that includes a Happy Birthday Party Flag and Gift Tags featuring the words 'thank you for celebrating with me' for only USD3. On the above photograph I have used the tags to make up party bags and simply attached the tags with small wooden pegs. I have also added a birthday card to the range as seen in the top left picture for only USD2. I hope you like this kit as much as I do!

Love

Liezel

CREDIT: Photographs - Laura Jane Photography

Feature: Lemon Stripe & Swirl Occasion Pack

I love lemon. The colour. The taste. The scent. This occasion pack has been designed with lemony stripes and swirls all over. It includes the PDF format files for Invitations, Place Cards, Party Cones, Cupcake wrappers, Thank you Tags, Thank you Pillow boxes, Serviette rings and Party Flags. You can buy this pack in my online shop. Here is some fun ideas... in the top left picture I have wrapped the 'serviette rings' around the drinking bottles and attached with double-sided tape to carry through the theme, also I filled the party cones with nesting and a few Easter eggs! Yummy...

Happy Lemons!
Liezel

CREDIT: Photographs by Laura Jane Photography

Feature: Happy Birthday Party Flags

Happy Happy Birthday to my very beautiful and very talented sister, Margaux! These 'Happy Birthday Party Flags' are available in my online shop. These PDF format files has been designed in black and white and can be printed onto white cardboard paper or coloured paper if you would like a different colour. These flags can be used again and again.... enjoy!

Love, Liezel

CREDIT: Photograph by Laura Jane Photography

Feature: Pink Stripe Occasion Pack & Baby Shower ADD ON

Hallo, today's feature is my 'Pink Stripe Occasion Pack' and 'Baby Shower ADD ON' that is available in my 'online shop'. This pretty soft pink kit will help you to create a beautiful theme for your next tea or birthday party. This party pack includes PDF format files for the following: invitations, place cards, 3 x party flags, 2 x mini flags, 2 x party cones, 2 x cupcake wrappers and 2 x tags. If you are planning a 'pink' baby shower, this ADD ON will quickly help you to make this showering a very special one. The 'Pink Stripe Baby Shower ADD ON' includes 2 x party flags featuring the words 'beautiful baby' that matches the designs of the party flags in the Occasion Pack as well as a fun baby shower game that you can simply print and cut out.

I hope you will have a lot of pink fun with this one! I would love to hear your feedback.

Happy Thursday,
Liezel

CREDIT: Photographs by Laura Jane Photography

Feature: Black & White Stripe Occasion Pack

Good morning, I hope you all had a lovely Valentines Day and that the DOOR TAG Freebie came in handy! Today I would like to introduce you to my 'Black & White Stripe' Occasion Pack that is available to purchase in 'my shop'. This kit is so versatile and you will be able to use it for a number of different events. Also, you can print it out onto a different colour cardboard instead of white and you will instantly have your colour theme incorporated. This party pack includes PDF format files for the following: invitations, place cards, 4 x party flags, 2 x mini flags, party cones, cupcake wrappers & tags. The Black & White Stripe DOOR TAG also matches this kit, so if you have guests staying over this can be a nice welcome gesture...(the back side of this tag is blank so that you can write your own message on it) or you can even print and make these up as gifts for your guests to take home. I would love to see how you have used this kit for your party! So feel free to send me a photograph or two at matchsetlove@gmail.com

Happy Wednesday!

Liezel

CREDIT: Photographs by Laura Jane Photography