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INSPIRATION
Cup for Cancer
Cuppa for CANSA is a fun way to socialise with family or friends and at the same time, raise funds to fight cancer. Individuals or workplaces host a tea party for a cause and ask each guest to make a donation. You don't have to serve tea or coffee - it can be hot chocolate, soup, juice or something bubbly. As one of the fun elements of the campaign, an additional theme is Cuppa cupcakes. They are fun, easy to bake and serve and most importantly - easy to eat!

To find out more or to host a Cuppa for CANSA, contact your nearest CANSA office or the CANSA toll-free information service at 0800 22 66 22.

INTRODUCTION

ilovecupcake
Such an event can easily be hosted at your home, but equally at a local coffee shop, teahouse or cupcakery like ilovecupcake. They are located in Blubird Shopping Centre, Centurion and Parkhurst. You can order cupcakes online or book the whole shop in Centurion for Birthdays, Kitchen Teas and any other Special Occasion. Visit their website ilovecupcake.co.za for more details.

INVITATION

Paper candy
Download and print colourful paper swatches from our website and use them in some of the projects that follow - GOODTIMES/DOWNLOADS.

Edible invites
Invite as many guests as you can sandwich into your venue. You can either email an invitation (great selection from www.tinyprints.com) or follow our steps on how to make your own petite paper invites using real cupcake liners and sprinkles. They really do take the cake!

cupcake invites
HOW TO

MATERIALS
Pink cards and envelopes
Cupcake paper liners
Pink and red paper
Ribbon
Sprinkles
Scissors
Glue

DIRECTIONS
1. Cut paper liners in half. Cut out semi circles and discard. Cut each liner to form a cup shape.
2. Cut out red paper circles for cherries. Cut out pink semi circles for the cake part.
3. Stick liner onto the face of the card, cake above and then the cherry on top.
4. Glue all around the pink card and stick on sprinkles.
5. Print or write party details inside.

For the cupcake liners, you could also download our cupcake wrappers template (GOODTIMES/DOWNLOADS), print on our colourful papers, cut out and fold accordion style to resemble real cupcake liners.

DECORATIONS

Time for tea!
Set up a buffet table to look like a typical country fair bake sale stand.

Table Top Tip 1
Have fun making words or names with this gorgeous button together alphabet bunting from our shop GOODIES.

Table Top Tip 2
Plate our mouthwatering handmade knitted cake decorations on your table - they look good enough to eat but won't pile on the pounds! Straight out of the GOODIES shop oven.

Table Top Tip 3
Make mini sticker flags to use with toothpicks to decorate cupcakes and plates of treats. The flags have the word HOPE written in a few South African languages as a symbol of raising a flag for a cancer survivor. Download template from GOODTIMES/DOWNLOADS.

TABLE

Lovely linens
Cover tables in white linen tablecloths and add pretty fabric runners from chintzy fabrics bearing cottage flowers and fun pastel stripes. As there well may be many guests opt for pretty matching paper napkins.

Tip me over and pour me out!
Bring out the Granny's tea set: teapots, sugar bowls, creamers, tea plates, teaspoons, cake forks, cake stands and high tea stands. And it does not matter if you do not have enough of one kind, mix and match different sets for an eclectic and shabby chic look. Hire our Tea for Me Tea Set: four distinctly different teacups making up this charming set refreshed in two-tone brights. Matching teapots, creamer sand sugar pots also available. Or loan our better-than-basic, durable, finely crafted White Collection. Thoroughly modern, it borrows the best of every era, mixing and matching for miles, and the matching cake pedestals are available to buy in our GOODIES shop.

Vintage vessels
Use some of the tea set items for centerpieces, decorate with pretty ribbons and fill with either real or fake flower rose heads. Alternatively, use vintage tea canisters as vases.

Ta dear!
For each cup of tea you serve; extend your gratitude by attaching our tea bag labels - a small detail with a big thank you! Available at GOODTIMES/DOWNLOADS.

MENU

Cupcake Wrappers
Decorate your cupcakes by printing our template onto our pretty papers. Then cut out your own customised cupcake wrappers. Download template from GOODTIMES/DOWNLOADS.

Tea on ice
For the warmer weather, fill glass pitchers of iced tea: lemon, peach, mango, green - the options are wide nowadays. Add mint leaves, lemon slices and lots of ice.

Tea please
Teatime is the greatest British tradition. Serve traditional Earl Grey or everybody's favourite English Breakfast tea. You may even wish to have a whole selection of herbal teas from green to red. These can be placed in different labelled tea canisters for guest to select their own choice blend. Use our decorative labels to make picking the right leaves a little easier.

Milk, two sugars
To make a sweet tooth even sweeter, decorate tea saucers with our decorative teaspoons (available for hire) and sugar cubes. Or place a sugar cube on plain silver teaspoons but spruced up a bit with thin colourful ribbons tied around the handle.

FAVOURS
Tea Tin labels
Download our tea tin labels and print these to affix to your canisters - GOODTIMES/DOWNLOADS.
Tea tins
Purchase small silver tin canisters, fill with tea bags and label these with our tea tin labels. At the end of the tea party, these can be handed out to guests as party favours. Tea tins available in the GOODIES shop.