The best part about making cupcakes is making them look pretty! Play around with different colour icings and sugar decorations and amaze all your friends by serving [READ MORE]

The Treat Company in Cape Town makes some great gifts in beautiful packaging. These brightly coloured gum sweets are a fun present to give someone or even just to sh [READ MORE]

Buy or bake crunchies with dark chocolate icing and tie lace around two or three. This would work well as a small gift for someone to say thank-you or get better soo [READ MORE]

This is a refreshing change from plain old water. Simply clean and cut a few strawberries lengthways and place in a jug of water. Eventually the water will develop a [READ MORE]

Good presentation makes any food exciting to eat. For this simple idea, you need mini glass or ceramic vases and mini roses which you can get at almost any supermark [READ MORE]

Collect some used food tins, clean them out and paint the outside with a colour of your choice. Buy some small plants from the nursery and pot them in the tins and p [READ MORE]

For this idea you need the right vase - a small rectangular, shallow vase. Place white pebbles on the botton and fill with enough water to cover the pebbles. Place l [READ MORE]

Instead of serving chips and dips, try something different and serve a fruit & nut platter. Make the platter look interesting by using different heights – [READ MORE]