I am still recovering from last weeks Vintage Valentine Tea Party and getting ready for The Handmade Expo at Ipswich this Saturday the 25th, so have been a bit tardy in my posts about the event. I will have a lot more photos to share soon, am still waiting for the photos to come back from Jodi, my photographer for the day, they should be amazing.
What I do have though is a few photos of some of the gorgeous gifts I received from some beautiful blogging friends some of whom travelled a long way to attend. Pam from Petals and Vintage has a lovely post about the party and she gifted me the Australian Collections diary ( LOVE this) as well as loaning me 20 of her most divine vintage china side plates ( Thank you sooo much) and beautiful Rosey not only gave me a belated Christmas present that is tooo gorgoeus ( will post on that later), she also gave me a fabulous oven mit as a hostess present...( I don't deserve these beautiful gifts I tell you).
Deb from Shabby English Rose worked her fingers to the bone behind the scenes, setting tables, dishing up food and making post of tea ( as a guest she was, not as a helperer) as did Ruth (Thank you so much ladies).
Sweet Marie from Ruby and Rose Interiors drove from the Sunshine Coast Hinterland armed with the most beautiful roses for me ( and I hardly got time to chat with her either).
Gorgeous Mrs Tiff drove from the Gold Coast Hinterland with these most divine Heart shaped cookie pops she made in their sweet little tin with chalkboard tag. She also made the most wonderful fabric vintage valentine gift tags for me and they have been gifted to some of my wonderful helpers on the day. Mrs Tiff and Thea from Thea and Sami have also written great posts about the day if you want to pop over and visit them.
Then there was THE CAKE. This is really why I am waiting for those photos as this cake was amazing. It was a Red Velvet Cake with the most gorgeous buttercream roses, it tasted just as good as it looked and had a lot of wow factor with that bright red centre. It was made for me by the talented Anita from Bloomin' Scrumptious. I really suggest you pop over and have a look at some of her other work..she is very clever.
Not the best photos as I can't show you the inside but you get how beautiful it is.
I was so thrilled to have so many blogging friends that are also my real life friends and some of my nearest and dearest friends attend this tea party and now that I have recovered a little, I have plans for the next tea party very soon.
Thank you to all those who attended and said such lovely things about our little shop and helped create such a memorable Vintage Valentine Tea Party.
Kiss Noises Linda
Blog looks great as do all the wonderful photos of the Valentines tea party! It was such a lovely afternoon!!
Posted by: julie duncan | February 20, 2012 at 07:09 AM