DIY Gift Bag {Free Printable}

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I’ve never been that good at gift wrapping, I love decorating gifts, but the actual wrapping has never really been my strong suit. It’s reasonably easy when the gift is square or rectangular – but most of time it’s not. That’s why I simply love gift bags.

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Addressing your Invites {Free Printable}

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So much attention and detail goes into creating, designing and printing wedding invites. Sadly we sometimes forget about the envelope and how we address it. I mean, what’s more delightful than receiving a beautifully addressed letter? It makes you double as excited to open it.

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Get The Look Beach Christmas {DIY}

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If you love our Summer Christmas ideas as much as we do, here’s how to recreate the look. We have asked Anneke from AnnaH to share a few of the craft projects we made for our beach side table. Anneke says that attention to detail and repetition is very important when you want to create a specific Christmas look.

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Bride & Groom Nametags by M.Studio

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I recently worked on a table setting with Jeanel from Pebble & Lace. Today I am giving some of the design details as a free printable to all ‘The Pretty Blog’ readers… to create , make and add it to your wedding. If you love lots of detail and small pretty things,like me.

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Salt Dough Decorations {DIY}

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When I was in primary school my mom sent me to craft classes. We used to make all sorts of things, from decoupage and paper-mache to experimenting with salt dough. Most of my salt dough creations came out looking a bit weird (to put it mildly) and probably ended up in the bin. So, you can just [...]

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DIY Cake Toppers : Hooray for Spring!

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In just 2 more days it will be Spring day here in our beautiful South Africa. I can already hear the birds chirping, the sun is shining and it’s getting easier to wake up earlier each day. Hooray for Spring!If you feel the same about the arrival of this fresh and lovely season, celebrate by downloading our Cake Topper pdf and follow the easy directions below. You can even use our “Hooray” bunting for other projects like a baby shower, kitchen tea, engagement or your wedding cake.

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Engaged in Autumn by m.studio

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I have a very special post today! Thought it’s perfect for the cold winter were currently experiencing in South-Africa! Chrisinda is my best friend & she’s ‘been dating Wouter for 10yrs now… so they REALLY are high-school sweethearts…

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