Thankfully we had lots left over which we are now tucking into with gusto - it's a chore, but someone has to eat them ;)
Friday, 22 June 2012
Sample cake selection
Samples of our mini-victoria sponges - both classic style and our updated version with buttercream and fresh raspberries and blueberries - and a chunk of Chocolate Guinness Cake are now with a potential customer...we hope they enjoy them and place an order!
Thankfully we had lots left over which we are now tucking into with gusto - it's a chore, but someone has to eat them ;)
Thankfully we had lots left over which we are now tucking into with gusto - it's a chore, but someone has to eat them ;)
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Good news!
Sometimes it's all about being in the right place at the right time isn't it?
And it would seem that our right place at the right time was ten days ago at the Jubilee Vintage Fair at The Nichols Building Vintage, Arts and Craft Centre.
A lovely lady who writes the fabulous Pretty Used Things blog stopped by our stall and took some photos that later appeared on her blog.
Another lovely lady from The (amazing) Vintage Fair Company read that blog and saw the photos of our stall. And then she contacted us atTeatime Vintage to ask if we would be interested in running the tea party at the the next Sheffield Vintage Fair in the Town Hall on the 14th July.WOULD WE EVER!!!!
We are so happy and excited about this, and also incredibly thankful to Gina from Pretty Used Things for including us in her write up about the Jubilee Vintage Fair.
Thank goodness we (as a company) were wearing our best frock and had remembered to put our lippy on that day :)
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Tea party!
We're having a party! It's a tea party! Not only that but it's a 'pop-up tea party'!
And we're just a little bit excited as you may be able to tell :)
We'll be 'popping up' on Sunday 1st July in the function room of the Harlequin Pub in Shalesmoor Sheffield where you can join us for some delicious teatime treats... delicate finger sandwiches, sumptuous cakes and decadent handmade truffles all served up on the finest of our vintage china collection.
Not only that, but profits from ticket sales will be going to the fantastic charity that is The Children's Hospital Charity.
Tickets must be purchased in advance of the event. You get to choose between two time slots:, from 12 noon until 2pm OR 3pm until 5pm.
"But how do we get them there tickets?" and "how much are they?" I hear you cry!
Tickets can be purchased by either emailing teatimevintage.2012@gmail.com with details about the number of tickets you require and which time slot you wish to attend, or by phoning Ju on 07920 422 337.
Tickets cost £10 per adult, £5 per child under 12 and under 2's come free!
Co-hosting the party with us will be our friends Patisserie Lola. As well as baking up some gorgeous treats for you to indulge in during the tea party, they will be bringing along a selection of artisan desserts that can be taken away and the most unbelievably good hot chocolate that everyone should sample at least once in their lifetime.
Here at Teatime Vintage we are already preparing a retro sweet bar to bring along and will also have some handcrafted items available for purchase. 20% of takings on the day will also go to The Childrens Hospital Charity.
And if real ale or a sip or two of gin or rum is more your thing then you couldn't be in a better place than the Harlequin who have a mighty fine selection of all three - I can't recommend the Geranium Gin enough! Drinks from the bar can be brought up to the tea party. All we ask is that you remember that a tea party is a civilised affair and as such the drunk and disorderly will be thrown out ;)
Hurry hurry hurry! Tickets are limited to 25 per time slot so don't delay, get your tickets today! :) See what I did there? "Don't delay, get your..." *ahem....bows head in shame and wanders off...*
Enough of the madness already. Seriously people, this is a really worthy charity that you will be supporting and we promise that we'll make it all real pretty and tasty and glam.
Please come along, we'd love to see you there!
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| Mad Hatters Tea Party - a John Tenniel illustration taken from the book Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. |
We'll be 'popping up' on Sunday 1st July in the function room of the Harlequin Pub in Shalesmoor Sheffield where you can join us for some delicious teatime treats... delicate finger sandwiches, sumptuous cakes and decadent handmade truffles all served up on the finest of our vintage china collection.
Not only that, but profits from ticket sales will be going to the fantastic charity that is The Children's Hospital Charity.
Tickets must be purchased in advance of the event. You get to choose between two time slots:, from 12 noon until 2pm OR 3pm until 5pm.
"But how do we get them there tickets?" and "how much are they?" I hear you cry!
Tickets can be purchased by either emailing teatimevintage.2012@gmail.com with details about the number of tickets you require and which time slot you wish to attend, or by phoning Ju on 07920 422 337.
Tickets cost £10 per adult, £5 per child under 12 and under 2's come free!
Co-hosting the party with us will be our friends Patisserie Lola. As well as baking up some gorgeous treats for you to indulge in during the tea party, they will be bringing along a selection of artisan desserts that can be taken away and the most unbelievably good hot chocolate that everyone should sample at least once in their lifetime.
Here at Teatime Vintage we are already preparing a retro sweet bar to bring along and will also have some handcrafted items available for purchase. 20% of takings on the day will also go to The Childrens Hospital Charity.
And if real ale or a sip or two of gin or rum is more your thing then you couldn't be in a better place than the Harlequin who have a mighty fine selection of all three - I can't recommend the Geranium Gin enough! Drinks from the bar can be brought up to the tea party. All we ask is that you remember that a tea party is a civilised affair and as such the drunk and disorderly will be thrown out ;)
Hurry hurry hurry! Tickets are limited to 25 per time slot so don't delay, get your tickets today! :) See what I did there? "Don't delay, get your..." *ahem....bows head in shame and wanders off...*
Enough of the madness already. Seriously people, this is a really worthy charity that you will be supporting and we promise that we'll make it all real pretty and tasty and glam.
Please come along, we'd love to see you there!
Mad Hatter: "Would you like a little more tea?"
Alice: "Well, I haven't had any yet, so I can't very well take more."
March Hare: "Ah, you mean you can't very well take less."
Mad Hatter: "Yes. You can always take more than nothing."
Alice: "Well, I haven't had any yet, so I can't very well take more."
March Hare: "Ah, you mean you can't very well take less."
Mad Hatter: "Yes. You can always take more than nothing."
Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll.
Tuesday, 5 June 2012
Jubilee Vintage Fair - part two
The day of the Fair began with another early start to bake the final batch of cupcakes of the lavender variety.
It was then time to pack up our (small car) with the first load to be transported. We are realising that we may soon need to invest in a van!
Arriving at The Nichols Building I began to feel a little nervous. What if our stall didn't look very good? What if no-one bought anything? We soon began to feel better when the lovely ladies from 'Betty Willow', the stall next to ours, arrived. It was their first time too so it felt as if we were all in it together.
We set up and before we knew it the place started to fill up with potential customers.
Initially sales were slow - a bit too early for cake and sweets maybe? - but about twenty minutes in, we had our first sale and things picked up from there. Our most popular item was definitely our mini- Victoria sponge cakes which soon sold out.
There was a fantastic atmosphere in the centre, a real buzz about the place, helped along by the fab music and Lindy Hop dancers.
It was a great experience for us and we were really happy to have been a part of the day. The best bit by far though was the people we met...our neighbours from Betty Willow, the gorgeous Dolly from Dolly's Delights, a permanent unit in The Nichols Building, the lovely lady from the brilliant Moonko - another Nichols Building unit holder - a fantastic company who promote emerging artists.
Thank you to all our customers who bought cake and sweets. You gave us some very positive feedback which really made our day!
Thanks also to Darren in the cool and quirky Eat Cafe who very kindly helped us with baby food preparations (special thanks from our 10 month old Will who was very hungry!). And also to Louise who runs The Nichols Building Vintage, Arts, and Crafts Centre for letting us be a part of a brilliant day!
Our next adventure is to be our first pop-up tea party on 1st July with profits from ticket sales going to Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity. More details about that tomorrow...
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Dolly's Delights and Moonko can be found on facebook, @komoonko, @NicholsBuilding and Darren Beadsley @Eatatthenicholse can be found on twitter.
It was then time to pack up our (small car) with the first load to be transported. We are realising that we may soon need to invest in a van!
Arriving at The Nichols Building I began to feel a little nervous. What if our stall didn't look very good? What if no-one bought anything? We soon began to feel better when the lovely ladies from 'Betty Willow', the stall next to ours, arrived. It was their first time too so it felt as if we were all in it together.
We set up and before we knew it the place started to fill up with potential customers.
Initially sales were slow - a bit too early for cake and sweets maybe? - but about twenty minutes in, we had our first sale and things picked up from there. Our most popular item was definitely our mini- Victoria sponge cakes which soon sold out.
There was a fantastic atmosphere in the centre, a real buzz about the place, helped along by the fab music and Lindy Hop dancers.
It was a great experience for us and we were really happy to have been a part of the day. The best bit by far though was the people we met...our neighbours from Betty Willow, the gorgeous Dolly from Dolly's Delights, a permanent unit in The Nichols Building, the lovely lady from the brilliant Moonko - another Nichols Building unit holder - a fantastic company who promote emerging artists.
Thank you to all our customers who bought cake and sweets. You gave us some very positive feedback which really made our day!
Thanks also to Darren in the cool and quirky Eat Cafe who very kindly helped us with baby food preparations (special thanks from our 10 month old Will who was very hungry!). And also to Louise who runs The Nichols Building Vintage, Arts, and Crafts Centre for letting us be a part of a brilliant day!
Our next adventure is to be our first pop-up tea party on 1st July with profits from ticket sales going to Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity. More details about that tomorrow...
________________________________________
Dolly's Delights and Moonko can be found on facebook, @komoonko, @NicholsBuilding and Darren Beadsley @Eatatthenicholse can be found on twitter.
Monday, 4 June 2012
Vintage Jubilee Fair - part one
Well, we've been and gone and done it! Our first 'official' outing as Teatime Vintage :)
Yesterday we had a stall at the fabulous Vintage Jubilee Fair at The Nichols Building Vintage, Arts & Crafts in Shalesmoor, Sheffield.
For anyone yet to discover The Nichols Building, well, let me tell you, you are in for a treat! Made up of little shops within one big showroom, you walk in and find yourself surrounded by the most gorgeous mix of vintage and handcrafted items available to buy from a central sales desk. And not only that, but there is the coolest quirky cafe you could hope to have a cuppa in!
Before I move on to 'the big day', I'll start by sharing a little about our preparations...
Saturday - the day before the 'big day' yesterday - was, to say the least, busy busy busy! The day began at 6am when, with my head full of ideas I felt the need to get up and get cracking!
I started by finishing the crafting project that I had been working on which is now know as 'The Butterfly Collective". Inspired by traditional Natural History Museum framed butterfly collections I had decided to use an old framed canvas sourced locally and in need of a new lease of life. I'd already painted the canvas out and was ready to apply the (paper) butterflies that I was using.
I've always had a bit of a 'thing' for butterflies, bugs and birds - maybe it's a wing-thing?! I really love this piece (photos to follow in part two!) and will find it hard to let it go should anyone choose to buy it. But rather than feel sad I plan to create a whole collection of pieces around this theme. Until it is time to say goodbye to these butterfly friends the pictures will become part of our styling 'kit' at our pop-up tea parties. Hiring them out is another possibility.
Anyway, back to my busy Saturday. The day moved on with a marathon baking session! Now, although I have a love of baking and feel confident in my baking abilities, the Jubilee Fair was to be my first attempt at selling my baked goods to the public. I was feeling a little apprehensive about this. Would they be good enough? Would people buy them. If they did buy them would they like them? Or would their faces crumple in disgust at my attempts?
I wanted to create an interesting selection of tasty treats from which people could choose. I'd agreed, when signing up for the stall, to produce cupcakes but I wanted to ensure that there would be an interesting choice of flavours. So I went with lemon, lavender, and banana and chocolate which sat alongside the more traditional vanilla and the good old favourite chocolate.
Mini-Victoria Sandwich cakes topped with raspberries and blueberries were added to mix along with lavender shortbread biscuits and lavender floral cremes - possibly the sweetest handmade sweets that have ever existed in the history of the entire world!
As my marathon baking session came to a close I picked up the childcare baton from Andy who had been looking after baby Will all day. Andy was now free to prepare our retro sweet selection in the vintage style jars we have been collecting - no rest for the wicked ;)
At the end of a very long day we all collapsed in to bed with our heads full of what was to come the following day....
Yesterday we had a stall at the fabulous Vintage Jubilee Fair at The Nichols Building Vintage, Arts & Crafts in Shalesmoor, Sheffield.
For anyone yet to discover The Nichols Building, well, let me tell you, you are in for a treat! Made up of little shops within one big showroom, you walk in and find yourself surrounded by the most gorgeous mix of vintage and handcrafted items available to buy from a central sales desk. And not only that, but there is the coolest quirky cafe you could hope to have a cuppa in!
Before I move on to 'the big day', I'll start by sharing a little about our preparations...
Saturday - the day before the 'big day' yesterday - was, to say the least, busy busy busy! The day began at 6am when, with my head full of ideas I felt the need to get up and get cracking!
I started by finishing the crafting project that I had been working on which is now know as 'The Butterfly Collective". Inspired by traditional Natural History Museum framed butterfly collections I had decided to use an old framed canvas sourced locally and in need of a new lease of life. I'd already painted the canvas out and was ready to apply the (paper) butterflies that I was using.
I've always had a bit of a 'thing' for butterflies, bugs and birds - maybe it's a wing-thing?! I really love this piece (photos to follow in part two!) and will find it hard to let it go should anyone choose to buy it. But rather than feel sad I plan to create a whole collection of pieces around this theme. Until it is time to say goodbye to these butterfly friends the pictures will become part of our styling 'kit' at our pop-up tea parties. Hiring them out is another possibility.
Anyway, back to my busy Saturday. The day moved on with a marathon baking session! Now, although I have a love of baking and feel confident in my baking abilities, the Jubilee Fair was to be my first attempt at selling my baked goods to the public. I was feeling a little apprehensive about this. Would they be good enough? Would people buy them. If they did buy them would they like them? Or would their faces crumple in disgust at my attempts?
I wanted to create an interesting selection of tasty treats from which people could choose. I'd agreed, when signing up for the stall, to produce cupcakes but I wanted to ensure that there would be an interesting choice of flavours. So I went with lemon, lavender, and banana and chocolate which sat alongside the more traditional vanilla and the good old favourite chocolate.
Mini-Victoria Sandwich cakes topped with raspberries and blueberries were added to mix along with lavender shortbread biscuits and lavender floral cremes - possibly the sweetest handmade sweets that have ever existed in the history of the entire world!
As my marathon baking session came to a close I picked up the childcare baton from Andy who had been looking after baby Will all day. Andy was now free to prepare our retro sweet selection in the vintage style jars we have been collecting - no rest for the wicked ;)
At the end of a very long day we all collapsed in to bed with our heads full of what was to come the following day....
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