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Showing posts with label Vintage. Show all posts

Thursday, 14 August 2014

little sis got hitched

Just over a week ago my little sister got hitched, I have been patiently waiting to write this blog for over a year now, Katy & Martin got married at the Tithe Barn in our parents village of Lenham, the wedding theme was Recycling and so there was lots of crafting involved, so here goes....

First off, lets talk flowers, Katy had heard from a friend who got married last year, that they picked all their flowers from a local nursery and arranged them all by themsleves, so of course you might remember that I went on a bridal bouquet and buttonhole course earlier this year, well that was all in preparation for the big day! The Friday before the wedding, Katy, Mum and I headed down to Blooming Greens to pick all our wild flowers, it costs £50 per bucket and they advised we would need 3 buckets to allow for one bridal bouquet and 10 table arrangements, it was such a lovely thing to do and I loved the fact the flowers were all seasonal we did it all by ourselves ....





Next up is the beautiful wedding cake and dessert.... My amazingly talented mum made the wedding cake, and my god didnt it look stunning and trust me it tasted divine!!! The cake consisted of 3 tiers, each comprising 4 layers of victoria sponge cake, butter cream and homemade strawberry jam (thanks to Diana in the village)


Katy & Martin decided they wanted fresh strawberries and cream for dessert, but also opted for these gorgeous assortment of different flavours of meringue kisses, made by the exremely talented Meringue Girls, check out their website, they recently made meringues for the opening of the new Picadilly Cath Kidston store....



Next up, the favours, I saw these bride and groom pegs on pinterest ages ago, and fell in love, so did Katy, we wanted to incorporate them into the wedding somehow, Katy decided to use them to fasten the pic n mix favours bag and attach their wedding compilation CD to the bag, cute or what?? Martin also had a stamp made to match their invites.... and a very lovely talented guy who i met through work, Andrew, very kindly made the crate out of salvaged crate, hopefully Katy & Martin can use it as a herb garden.....



Last up, thought you might like to see a few snaps of the venue and the very happy couple.... (Martins Dad, Mick made the Mr & Mrs sign, very clever man!!) and my Mum and Nan Violet made all the pretty bunting.... what an amazing day, epic wedding never to be forgotten....






Last up, thank you very much to Emma's Fabric Studio for lending us the crochet eyes for the tractors, they really make this photo...







Wednesday, 14 May 2014

homemade presents

with my newly acquired skill of decal transferring, I decided to give it a go for a few presents, a way overdue house-warming present for my best friend Sarah, she is obsessed with nuts and olives so I bought these very cute heart bowls from e-bay and upcycled them with these insect / flower images...

second up is the butcher's pig platter (bought the vintage platter from Columbia Road Flower Market), one of my other best friends Edward turned 28 at the weekend, we celebrated in style at the Rugby Sevens, amazingly fun day out (and I don't even like rugby!!!) He recently started his own food blog "Get Stufffed" and i thought this would be ideal to serve up some of his culinary creations on (hint hint Ed, I am still waiting for that dinner invitation)
anyway I hope you like them .....



Thursday, 27 March 2014

new beginnings....

this weekend is pretty monumental for me, as i am packing up my flat and moving back home..... the time has come a bit sooner than planned however I am really looking forward to this new chatper in my life! After 6 years of working up in London I have decided to go back to university and study to be a midwife, the course starts in September and so my lovely parents have agreed to have me back in the family nest for the foreseeable future, wish them luck.....


there is a reason for this blog and it’s this gorgeous shabby chic weekly planner / organiser I have bought from e-bay so that my parents can keep a track of me and my hectic life!


Thursday, 14 November 2013

vintage baubles

wanted to share with you these gorgeous vintage baubles I bought from e-bay last Christmas, can't wait to get my tree up, not long now....


Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Vintage bedroom

Just wanted to share with you a couple of snaps of my vintage dressing table, bought from e-bay for £90, bargain!!