Fridge Poetry : Our DIY post on theprettyblog

It's our Thursday DIY contribution on theprettyblog and we have a super fun, cool and easy DIY project for you to download and put together. These little fridge pegs will help you to: remember the Birthdays that are coming up; keep an organized shopping list; clip together inspiration for your home or wedding; have important numbers handy and set reminders for your month ahead.

Simply download our Printable PDF here and follow the easy steps on how to put this fridge poetry together.

SHOPPING LIST

wooden pegs, paint, paint brush, double sided tape, super glue, magnetic strips or prestik.

DIRECTIONS

1. Please print page 2-3 of the downloaded document onto thick A4 card stock. {ivory paper is recommended}        
2. Trim each button by cutting along the outer edge.
3. Paint a handful of wooden pegs in the colour of your choice. Or leave them in their natural raw wood colour.
4. Attach a small magnet strip to the back of each peg with super glue. Or simply use a piece of prestik if your fridge is non-magnetic like this SMEG fridge.
5. Attach a printed & trimmed  button to the top, bottom of each peg with double sided tape.
6. Place on your fridge. Pin your inspiration, important telephone numbers, birthdays etc under each peg.

The absolutely gorgeous SMEG Fridge {oh I want one} in this post can be purchased from the very chic SMEG showroom in Bryanston, Johannesburg. Thank you to the kind folk there for allowing us to photograph this little beauty. 

Of course, once again THANK YOU to Blackframe Photography (our besties) for capturing all the cute pics in this post. Pop over to their blog and Facebook page to see some of their latest wedding photography. 

Happy painting and pegging.

love Sam 

from the "Elephant factory"

P.S We have finally joined twitter, follow us here.

THE PRETTY BLOG : VALENTINES DINNER PRINTABLES AS SEEN ON EXPRESSO

So today is officially Valentines Day and we have had a fantastic day so far. Yay! It started with a mention of our stationery studio on live T.V by the lovely ladies, Nicola and Christine from theprettyblog on the Expresso show SABC3. They have put together a rustic styled Italian table to inspire us all on this romantic day. 

Whether you are celebrating with friends and family or that special someone their table tips and style is a must. We particulary love the idea of replacing a flower centre piece with herbs . .  {Great for your pizza topping} - YUM

We had the honour of designing these GIFT TAGS, MENUS & WINE LABELS all feautured on the table. Simply download them here and customise as you please.

The fabulous photography below is by Christine Meintjies . Visit theprettyblog to see the full post.

Baking Love : NEW! We're Selling Yummy Biscuits

It's Valentines Day around the corner and we've teamed up with Pastry Chef Megan Brown. Yay! Megan has just returned from yssingeaux in France where she studied patisserie at ecole nationale superieure de la patisserie.

She has made these oh so yummy, scrumptious, delicious, vanilla smelling, heart shaped, romantic biscuits and they are available on order directly from us here at Elephantshoe. These sweet treats can be given to that someone special, to loved ones, mom, sisters, girlfriends, boyfriends, wives, husbands, lady colleagues or to the person you’ve been secretly admiring.

What we love, love, love about these Biscuits is that you don’t just have to wait until Valentines Day to share them. If you are planning an engagement party, wedding or work function order them to; Fill your "Thank you" jars, attach them to your save the dates or invitations, plate them on your dessert table or even serve them with your welcome drinks. 

Available to order in the following ways in a large biscuit and a small one.

1. With icing in a variation of the colours show above, (peaches, pinks & corals) OR if you have another colour in mind please mail us with your queries.

2. With a Tag and matching Twine/Ribbon 

3. Without icing - a beautiful piece of Lace/Twine/Ribbon on the corner.

PRICING

Big Iced Biscuits – R8.50 each

Small Iced Biscuits – R6.50 each

Big Plain Biscuits – R7.00 each

Small Plain Biscuits – R6.00 each

Tag – R12 each (includes the Twine and small clear or brown paper packet)

To place your orders contact us at hello@elephantshoelove.com We will package the Biscuits for you simply let us know which ones you like; we can even do a combination. We can customise the Twine, Ribbon and Lace , this is however subject to availability. Delivery optional and not included in advertised pricing.

Happy Valentines Day to come!

Love,

Sam

from "the Elephant Factory"

We're CELEBRATING my folks 40th year Wedding Anniversary

It's the 15th of January today and also my parents 40th year of being married. WOW, FORTY YEARS!!! We're sending them a whole lot of love to congratulate them and a big thank you for being such amazing role models to my brothers, sister and I.

Here they are 40 years ago in the back seat of their going away car, I just love this pic.

Here are a few tips they have shared with us on how to have a long lasting marriage. 

1. Keep doing what you did when you first met.

2. Your partner should be your confidant and your best friend.

3. Never ever lose your manners.

4. It's still cool to hold hands after 40 years of marriage.

5. Laugh together.

6. Have an open and trusting relationship with each other and your children if you have any.

7. A relationship with God.

The Pretty Blog DIY - Digital Wallpaper : Desktop, iphone & ipad Calendars

Our first DIY post of the year on theprettyblog.

It's 2012 and we are getting back into the swing of things here at Elephantshoe after a lovely holiday in the Cape. Our week started with a bit of spring cleaning, administration and diary management for the upcoming projects, weddings and meetings. 

After spending some time organising folders and files on my laptop I realised that I didn't have a desktop calendar for January. I like to have something fresh for each month so we have decided to put one together for January, February and March for this weeks DIY post. If you, like me like your devices to be synced, we have edited these wallpapers to be digitally friendly on both your iphone and ipad. Simply download them from this post and upload them to your gadgets.

Download the DESKTOP CALENDAR wallpaper for January, February and March HERE

Download the iPHONE CALENDAR wallpaper for January, February and March HERE

Download the iPAD CALENDAR wallpaper for January, February and March HERE

All of the beautiful photography in this post was shot by the mind-bogglingly talented Blackframe Photography. The imagery in the wallpapers are part of their contemporary photography work. Thank you Blackframe for making these available and free for download. Visit their blog to see more of their brilliant work. 

Happy downloading.

love Sam 

from the "Elephant factory"