A sunny afternoon in Islington

Mr S and I decided to brave the Olympic crowds (well I had been doing it all week anyway) and head in to London to celebrate my birthday with some close friends.

We headed to the beautiful area of Islington and started off with some delightful Turkish food, Aubergine stuffed with chick peas, peppers and tomatoes big yum!

Having left the menfolk in a pub to watch the start of the Murray game, we went off to explore the lanes of Islington. Unfortunately it being a Sunday meant that some of the antique shops where closed and I have put myself on a self imposed teacup buying ban as my space for storage is becoming extremely restricted ( I can't turn round without the risk of knocking a teacup or teapot).

Trust us to run across a shop full of teacup but fortunately it was closed so I was not forced to test self restraint.

We arrived back at the pub in time just to see Murray win his gold in the men's single so with that we thought it would only be fitting to toast Murray's success with a frozen yoghurt from Samba Swirl.

A perfect Sunday afternoon- food and teacups

Ruby

www.rubysvintageteaparty.co.uk

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 

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

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Weekend of weddings- Nic and Aaron 9th June 2012

We were very excited to feature this wedding on Ruby's as it was of our dear friends Aaron and Nic. Mr S was also getting to practice his speaking for our big day as featuring as best man at this fabulous wedding.

Having heard so much about the wedding planning, we were excited to see how it all pulled together at the stunning Granary in Sudbury. Knowing Nic had loads of shabby chic touches at her wedding, the Granary provided a fabulous backdrop for their big day. And our lovely cake stands were one of her main features so we were very excites to see it all pieced together.

So here is their day in pictures....

Ruby

www.rubysvintageteaparty.co.uk

Jubilee fever rocks the nation- The Royal Survival Guide

You only have to open a magazine to see that cool Britannia is once again cool, awash with the Red, White and Blue. Even Oxford Street in London has had it's own Jubilee make over.

I have always admired the Queen for her calm attitude in a crisis, all those funky carriages and her amazing ability for colour blocking and still finding the right hat for all occasions.

 So it felt only right to hold a tea party in her honour. Well if that is one thing us Brits are good at is that we know how to throw a good party with pomp and ceremony and we always love an extra long bank holiday thrown in to the mix!


So events kick off on the 3rd June in grand style with the royal floating pageant along the Thames. I personally will be on the lookout for what amazing hat HRH pulls out of the bag but in the spirit of the event I went on a hunt for the coolest Jubilee themed hats. Well it doesn't seem right to be holding a tea party without the proper head attire.
 I found this beautiful piece by Hobbs and is right in the Union Jack Spirit! Priced ay £79

But now you are decorated in your finest, what about your abode, of course there is the traditional Union Jack bunting bur I have found a funky twist on this idea via eBay.This particular bunting is sold by seller scdp1694.

As we all recover from our tea party hang overs ;) on the 4th June, there will be the lighting of beacons across the UK to celebrate the Queen's 60 years on the throne. Given the unpredictable British weather at the moment, you might require one of these.

http://www.johnlewis.com/231417711/Product.aspx

The funky Carriages get their outing on the 5th of June when the royal family go to St Pauls for a service of thanksgiving and we all get to enjoy the RAF fly-by

Keep Calm ma'am and Carry on Reigning

http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/catherinecolebrook/product/jubilee-tea-towel

Happy Jubile Ma'am

Ruby x

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Ruby's off to a Fayre at.. Seabright's Barn

Last Sunday Mr S and I packed up the car with our china for our final wedding fair before our own wedding in July and off we went to Seabright's Barn in Great Baddow. This charming venue has only recently launched weddings packages and this was their 1st fair to promote themselves.

Organise by the fab Karen and Sam from Essex Events Company http://www.theessexeventscompany.co.uk, this turned out to be a great event to meet brides, grooms and suppliers. It was also lovely to put faces with all the names of the people we have met since starting our business in January such the wonderful Tracy Williams who might remember supplied us with stunning images for the photography post.

Ruby's was there alongside the Golden Whisk www.thegoldenwhisk.co.uk to serve afternoon tea as afternoon tea should be served of course with proper china and take a look at the result. We also got to show off a wider range of our china and our new postcards!

Ruby's is now able to offer a full afternoon tea package by either contacting us www.rubysvintageteaparty.co.uk or via contacting the Golden Whisk.

As the afternoon ended and the bride and Grooms left for the day, we had the pleasure of meeting Emma Brooks www.emmabrooksmakeup.co.uk and Tina Crossley www.beautifulhair4weddings.co.uk. These ladies had created a beautiful vintage make over and we got this stunning picture with china our china.

Ruby x

www.rubysvintageteaparty.co.uk

Save the date! Vintage stationary

Cast your minds back to Ruby's visit to the Granary wedding fayre all those months ago!


Whilst we were browsing the among the stalls we came across a great new stationary supplier who specialised in vintage and quirky styled stationary for all of you looking for something different.


Sarah Sherry originally worked within the silk industry as a textiles designer and has set now to produce bespoke stationary. One might say from one fashionable industry to another!


Another business that was born out of a wedding like Ruby's, Sarah had been uninspired by the choice of wedding stationary that was available and decided to set up Ferris Design




Well this fashionable lady is now in charge of creating the paper based table decorations for mine and Mr S big day. Having used one of my best friends Miss M's photoshop skills to create stunning art deco invitations, I hired Sarah to use the cool and quirky touches from those and ingrate them into my big day. What a fab job she has done too! But me and Mr S will be keeping those secret for July but she kindly sent us some examples of her work to share with you all!

Ferris Design

Ferris Design

Ferris Design

Ferris Design

Sarah can be contacted via the below
www.ferrisdesign.co.uk
Facebook: Ferris Design
Twitter @ferrismonkey

Ruby x

http://www.rubysvintageteaparty.co.uk/

So off to another wedding fayre we went..

On a very wet and rainy Sunday we packed up our car and went off to the Selex sport centre in Basildon to a wedding fayre organised by the fab Sarah from Star weddings and craft fairs.

I had managed to convince Mr S that this would be a fun day so had enlisted his help with carrying the heavy stuff ;)

We had a great day meeting all the suppliers and brides to be. First of which was a lovely lady called Amy Jade's who was opposite us and was attending her 1st wedding as a supplier. I was obviously drawn in by her beautiful floral display with a teapot in the middle, at which point I did warn her I might steal it because it looked so delightful! I also loved the cake in a teacup which is a novel take on how to serve dessert to your guests.

Speaking of desserts, I had the pleasure of finally meeting Adam from Parry's ice cream bikes. I absolutely love his vintage inspired ice cream bikes which proves an unusually twist on desserts for your guests and as well as a fun attraction for the day!

Ruby's vintage tea party was lucky enough to have our china displayed on a table mock up, courtesy of Katie from Golden Whisk who offer bespoke catering services for all events. It was lovely to see our china displayed with cake as it should be! Made us hungry just looking at it :)

To top off the party sprit, there was entertainment provided by the beautiful Amy Langmead rocking that stunning purple dress and Joe Fryd who left Mr S and I swaying along.

Ruby's off next to Seabrights barn in Chelmsford on the 13th of May so come and see our china on display

Ruby x

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