Allo Movellous Movember {Free Digital Calendar & Printable}

WOW! It's that time of year already, I'm spotting guys all around the city with tufts of hair growing under their noses which will soon be proud fully grown mustaches. It's the beginning of November, which really means it's the beginning of MOVEMBER. A month in which Mo Bros around the world raise awareness of prostate cancer by encouraging men to get annual check-ups and to be aware of a family history of cancer and their lifestyle. Find out a little more & register to participate on movember.com

I think it is important to encourage & MO-tivate all guys to stay healthy so I've designed a Digital Movember Desktop calendar as a gently reminder. The Pretty Blog & Elephantshoe blog readers can download it for FREE right here. Movember Calendar

Just because us ladies can't grow a Mo doesn't mean we can't join in the awareness celebrations. We have also designed a cute Washi Tape Mustache Free Printable for you to use in a variety of ways, download the PDF, print and go Washi Tape crazy by applying fun colored & printed tape to the blank mustaches, then trim your range of unique mustaches on the outer lines. 

Use these as party props, decorate your jars in your home and office space, attach them to paper straws, make fridge magnets the ideas are endless. Use your own Washi Tape or purchase some fun colours from our Shoppe.

Our friend Andre from Blackframe Photography always pops by to our studio to help me with the photography of our DIY & Free Printable Projects and I just want to send a big THANK YOU to him for always taking such beautiful photographs for us to share here and on the pretty blog. Thanks Andre, you're a legend! 

Happy Movember  

Lets change the face of mens health with the movember.com

Love Sam  

from the "Elephant factory"

What’s Cooking . . . good looking? Meal Planner Printable

Hey, Kat here - I’m the new intern at the Elephantshoe factory. I’ve just entered my third week of internship here at Ellishoe and I’m very excited and proud to be a part of this week’s NEW family & lifestyle FREE PRINTABLE post we conceptualised, designed and styled for theprettyblog. 

Dig out the unused cookbooks you’ve hidden away on your top shelf. It’s time to make the new delicious meals that you’ve always wanted to try out. {We particularly love Summer Linguine & Roasted Pepper Bruschetta recipes from theprettyblog}.

This week’s DIY is a meal planner, use it for yourself, your family, or print a few, tie it up with some twine and give it to a friend as a little gift. Download your free MEAL PLANNER here.

Spring has come and what better way to slowly move away from hearty winter stews and soups to some lighter meals. Our Elephantshoe meal planner will not only help you to stay on track with what’s cooking in the kitchen, but it also serves as a great way to remember your list of groceries. Write them down and tick em off.

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I love planning ahead and cooking good food, so I know this planner will be a must-have in my house.

"WIN one of our FAMILY RECIPE Maple Wooden stamps" 

Whats your favourite family recipe? A meal you may find on your planner week in and week out? Whether it’s your grandmother’s apple crumble or your dad’s famous steak marinade. 

Simply pop on over to our “What’s Cooking?” blogpost over at theprettyblog to find out how to win both the stamp and a cats-eye black stamp pad.

Thank you to our buddies at Blackframe Photography for working with us to capture the lovely photos in todays DIY post. Visit their blog to see their awesome work.

“Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.” – Ernestine Ulmer

Love Kathleen

From the “Elephant factory” 

Mothers Day {A Special Spoil Ticket}

"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. " - Abraham Lincoln.

I could't agree more and I'm sure most of us feel this way. Our moms have given birth to us, shared their personal attributes with us, cared for us, loved us and brought us up to be the people we are today. Let's celebrate them, thank them and spoil them for ALL they have done.

Today we share a free printable, an e-mailer and an sms image with you that you can use to send to your mom on Mothers Day. Whether you live close by or if you are living in another city to your mum (like me), you will be able to use one of these mediums to let your mom know that you love her and that you have a special spoil planned for her.

Free Printable

• Print out page 2 or page 3 on a thick card stock, trim using the provided crop marks, fold the card in half. Write out the spoil you have planned for your mom inside the blank card.

E-mailer

• Attach to an e-mail to your mom and include the spoil idea in the subject line. E.g "Dear Mom, please meet me at 3 o'clock for tea and cake at the Mount Grace this Mothers Day."

SMS/WhatsApp

• Visit the pretty blog website and this page from your phone internet browser.
• Download our Mothers Day Special Spoil image from the bottom of this post. 
• SMS or WhatsApp your mom the image followed by a message with the details of your spoil. E.g "Dear Mom, Happy Mothers Day. Give the ladies at Sorbet Spa a call and book yourself a manicure and pedicure on me."

As always a big thank you to our friends over at Blackframe Photography for taking the photos used in our Mothers day post. Visit their blog to see their beautiful wedding photography.

Happy, "Mothers Day" to all mums, moms-in-law and mommies to be.

A very special I love you goes to my mom, you are a gift from God.

love Sam

from the "Elephant factory"

{DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE FILE HERE}

{DOWNLOAD RED E-MAIL FILE HERE} 

{DOWNLOAD GREEN E-MAIL FILE HERE}

 {DOWNLOAD RED IPHONE FILE HERE}   from your mobile device

 {DOWNLOAD GREEN IPHONE FILE HERE}   from your mobile device