Birthday Scratch Card {DIY}

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For those of you who love adding something personal or hand-made to a birthday gift, this is a super fun and simple way to take birthday vouchers to the next level. By making them into scratch cards! Diane Gush from Bells and Whistles Stationery in Port Elizabeth dreamed up this cute craft project.

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Make Your Own Glittered Brogues

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One of our regular DIY contributors is taking a little break today. But luckily Joanne Reidy from Pretty Pretty came to the rescue. We found this super cute Glittered Brogues DIY on her website and thought we would share it with you. These are so glamorous and pretty they can even work with a wedding dress!

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Don’t forget about the boys {Advice}

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Here, at Yuppiechef, we find that whilst plenty of grooms set up wedding registries on behalf of the bridal couple, the bride more often than not gets to take up this awesome job. The adrenaline rush of a having an entire online store full of kitchen delight and the chance to add all the things you’ve been hankering after for years can sometimes make it difficult to remember that you are setting up a registry for the two of you.

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Something Old Something New

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Hand-me-downs are inevitable. Whether you’re living by yourself or co-habiting, at some point you’ll be making use of something that isn’t necessarily your taste. For some reason, this phenomenon occurs all too often once you’re married.

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5 Golden Rules for Gift Registries

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Here at Yuppiechef, we’re all about premium kitchen tools and we offer an online gift and wedding registry so friends and family can easily spoil brides, grooms and other lucky people with the world’s best kitchen gear.

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Tree Poetry {DIY}

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We are always looking for new and creative ways of designing and printing Order of Service Programs. We came up with this heart-shaped booklet which serves both as lovely décor as well as a new way of presenting your guests with the need-to-know for the ceremony.

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Law & Order {Expert Advice}

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Having been a bride once myself, I know that the most difficult thing to do before a wedding is to get your ‘to do list’ to eventually disappear. Reality is: one has so many last minute things that all add up, that it is sometimes best to finish mandatory tasks, such as consulting with an attorney to learn what the best marital regime for you and your partner is, a couple of months before the big day, so that you don’t have to sweat over this at a later stage.

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