Blog & Feature Articles
Digital Save~the~Dates
A Save~the~Date is given as a way to announce an important upcoming eventwhich kindly requests guests to reserve the date of the special day. Traditionally, save-the-dates are printed and posted to guests, but the digital save-the-date has become an enormous trend for both cost reasons and more particularly, environmental reasons. Digital Cards are not only [...]
Fortune Tellers
Fortune Tellers deserve a category of it’s own. It has several fun purposes – it can be used as an invitation, decor at an event, as part of a table-seating chart where each guest receives his own…They are fun and interactive, and serve as a point of conversation at your event.
Cake Topper Crazy
January has been a blast- back at work, with festive memories and a budget to prove it! As a highlight, we celebrated the season with glitzy cake toppers, laser cut perspex in black, gold and silver. We are continuing the trend with “Happy Birthday Toppers”… These can also be used to stick in a pot [...]
Year End Function 2010
The BEST party I have ever been to: our year end function – co-ordinated and Styled by Karla Oettler from Absolute Weddings and Events, in collaboration with Molentvliet Wine Estate in Stellenbosch- what a massively cool event! Driving down the Helshoogte pass, the excitement grew as we entered the gate, where we were given cute [...]
Tygerberg Children’s Hospital Year End Funtion
Tygerberg Children’s Hospital celebrated their annual Glitterati Evening this year on the 6th of November – a glamorous evening whereby past and present contributions towards Childcare would be celebrated. The Evening was preceded by an Academic day of Excellence, where professors and doctors delivered speeches regarding their various fields of expertise. Toast had the honour [...]
Lunch at Tokara
Wednesday morning I drove through to Stellenbosch to visit my friend Kara, owner and head chef of “Delicatessen” at Tokara Wine Estate. We studied together at chef school a couple of years ago, and it was great meeting up with her to see what she has been getting up to! Her Deli looks amazing- beautiful [...]
My Wedding Day Shoot October 2010 ~Vintage going on 2020
My Wedding Day Shoot for Issue Number 6, was Styled and Co-ordinated by Karla Oettler from Absolute Weddings. Toast featured as the creator of some of the decor props, as well as stationery items. Absolute Vintage Going On 2020 had a freshly inspired take on classic ideas, and resulted in a sleek shoot with tremendous [...]
Kamers Vol Geskenke!
Today I drove to Lourensford Wine Estate where Kamers vol geskenke holds their annual festival. For those who are new to this brilliant concept, please read the write-up of Kamers on their website – I quote a description directly: Kamersvol Geskenke is a five day long inspirational and extraordinary happening of exclusive, hand made products, [...]
IMS Breakfast Event
IMS Medicals (a Medical Insurance Company- http://www.medicals.co.za/) approached Toast to organize gifting for their Breakfast Event. We designed custom cake boxes for the event, and used the IMS corporate identity colours as our inspiration board. In collaboration with Mila – the Cakeshop, Toast surprised guests with delectable cupcake treats with custom chocolate piped tags – [...]
Post Cards
Postcards are a huge trend at the moment. Recently we have used them for a great deal of branding, with maps on the back of the card, with vouchers that tear off, or even containing client reviews {wish you were here!}. They can either be special gifts that can be customized with any design, photo [...]
