The suppliers who made the day

As many of you know I got married to Mr S recently and became Mrs RS. You are also wondering why, as I am so keen on writing about real life weddings I haven't written about my own!

Well I have decided that I am going to thank the suppliers who really made the day truly special for Mr S and I, in my own special way by write a blog for each of them over the coming weeks.

So first up is Mr Adam Parry of Parry's Ice Cream Bikes. Their packages start from £300 for up to 100 guests and the ice cream is yummy. Adam can be contacted via his facebook page https://www.facebook.com/parrysicecreambike. Go along and give him a big like.

For a long while I had been umming about hiring an ice cream bike with all the debating about the great British weather but two weeks before the wedding I took to the great sphere that is Facebook, asking on the off chance if anyone was available to do my wedding.

As chance would have it, I was meant to have a ice cream bike at my wedding as Adam answered the call!

The ice cream bike made a stunning addition to the day and certainly attract the crowds outside in to the stunning grounds of the venue. By the time I had reached him, all the mint choc chip was gone but I blame Mr S for that as it is his favourite.

We also had fun trying to get me up on to the bike with my layers and layers of gown, which took 3 people to get me up. I personally wanted to take the hat home.

My favourite quote of the day,"I have never served ice cream that quickly" and the most interesting memory I have of my day is doing our 1st dance with 50 people swaying along with ice creams.

Over all a worthy investment for that memory 

Ruby x

www.rubysvintageteaparty.co.uk 

a beginning to the married life and a musicial interlude

So finally Ruby's friends it looked like summer had decided to grace us with it's presence so Mr S and I decided to do what all good married couples do and off we went to B&Q to buy some plants for our garden. I know what you are all thinking, this blog is really going downhill if I am going to talk about plants but I wanted to share my photos on my new living things!

As I was having major post wedding blues, I have been trying to keep myself busy so one Saturday evening, I went off to a local music festival in Eight Ash Green with two of my best buddies Em and Chrissie.

A move on from the traditional village fete, it combined the two perfectly and the sunshine decided to make an appearance even if we did have wet bottoms by the end of it.

Here are a couple of shots from the evening

Right I am off to collect some more china now so signing off until next time

Ruby x

In A Garden One Day Ruby's China Comes Out To Play

We were lucky enough to get the chance to work with the brilliant Chanon De Valois, on updating our photography for our website.

On a very windy day we set up in Chanon's garden to shot some of the pieces that have yet to be featured in our official photography. We had a great team of me, Chanon, Jenni and Q the dog. Q thought it important to inspect all the teacups and cake stands in case of any sign of food, unfortuntately there was nothing to be found.

Of course we found ourselves getting windswept and moved our efforts indoors, setting up our table shots which were equally as stunning.

We featured some of Chanon's wedding photography in an earlier blog and can highly recommend her work. Chanon can be contacted via the below details

Chanon deValois Photography 

07768 078 088

chanon@chanondevaloisphotography.com 

www.chanondevaloisphotography.com

Here is a small selection from our day but keeping some of those under wraps for now......

New Lovelies Join Ruby's Collection

Here at Ruby's we always get really excited when we find beautiful pieces of china and these pieces were no exception.

We brought these stunning pieces from the lovely Liz Rheeder who was having to sell her collection due to a house move and we were happy to offer them a great home. These pieces are all availble to hire for your vintage tea party so start planning away with these pictures below.

Ruby x

www.rubysvintageteaparty.co.uk

Wanted a Husband who will come home to Borvil- Vintage treats in Brighton

Well what a week! We went off on our travels to the sunny (we were hoping!) Brighton and knowing me I used this as the perfect opportunity to hunt myself down some stunning new china pieces to add to my growing collection but more about this later!

We had already been treated to the beautiful sweeties from Mrs Nicola Savill of Loveland's Sweet Celebration who had created sweetie bags with stunning little hen party labels. She is able to create these for all sorts of events so check her out on facebook http://www.facebook.com/Lovelands.Sweet.Celebrations

Doing what all good vintage lovelies do, we took ourselves off to have a spot of afternoon tea and found this stunning little tea shop tucked away down Brighton's North Laines.

The Tea Cosy at first glance looks like a antiques shop which is right up my street but as you move inside you realise it is a vintage tea room with enough royal merchandise to stock the gift shop at Buckingham Palace! Playing Glenn Miller (which I promptly brought the CD to play during my afternoon tea at the big day), we settled down to a treat of sandwiches and scones. Of course this prompted the discussion about which goes first, cream or jam!

I couldn't leave without taking some pictures of the stunning pieces to share with you all...

And to end with a sentiment for all new weds from the 1940s

 Having stuffed myself with scones, we decided it would be for the best if we tried to walk off some of our afternoon tea and went a wandering down the laines, where we came across this amazing flea Market on Upper Gardener Street.

I was like a child in a candy store with my poor friend looking on in bemusement as I selected six gorgeous trios to add to my collection with a very blue theme running through my selections. These will all be available to hire as I managed to get these safely across London with the help of my fellow travellers. 

 No trip to Brighton would be complete without a wander to the famous pier with it's stunning vintage features, though we did take this opportunity to play on the 2p slot machines! We also won a Hello Kitty mug which is not on par with my vintage lovelies but we had fun trying to win it none the less. Unfortunately the wind was not in our favour and I left the pier looking rather windswept but this gave us the opportunity to explore the beautiful seafront with it's vintage features.

We are already planning our return trip and this time we will be taking the car so we can pick up even more vintage loveliness

Ruby x

www.rubysvintageteaparty.co.uk