Charity tea party

Well, we've been and gone and done it...last weekend we held our first charity pop-up tea party!

It was quite an intimate event really.  We had 24 guests - 17 adults and 7 children to whom we served up this menu:-

It was great that all who came were complimentary about both the food and the styling of the event. It always feels good if you can surprise people and give them a little more than they were expecting.

We  worked hard to create a nice atmosphere turning a traditional pub function room into tea room heaven... these place settings, made with freshly cut lavender and rosemary for our garden, provided a wonderful aroma as well looking pretty.

Our pictures, lamps, candlesticks, vases, trinkets and books all added to the scene setting...

Once we had covered costs, we have been able to donate £115 to the Children's Hospital Charity. We'd hoped to raise more but it's not a bad start really is it?  Hopefully next time we can host a bigger event and get people who are directly involved with the next charity to work with us to encourage greater numbers to attend.

If you have a charity close to your heart and you'd like to work with us to raise money from our next charity pop-up tea party then we'd love to hear from you - email teatimevintage.2012@gmail.com

And in the meantime, I'll leave you with these photos of our youngest son who not only took great delight in our tiny cake tins but also tasted a strawberry for the first time...I'm sure the fact  that it had been dipped in chocolate had nothing to do with the fact he ate three but has since refused to even look a non-chocolate strawberry in the eye... ;)

Eat cake!

Our cakes have been getting around a bit during the past week.

Last weekend we were very happy to deliver two cakes to 'Eat@ the nichols building' which is the cafe at the fabulous Nichols Buiding Vintage, Arts and Craft Centre in Shalesmoor, Sheffield.

And here's Darren who runs the cafe, pictured with our cakes - a classic Victoria Sponge dripping with cream and raspberry jam along with a rich Guinness Choclate Cake.

If you haven't been to 'Eat@ the nichols building' yet you really should pop yourselves down there.  It's full of character with mismatched furniture, wonderful works of art and vintage treaures - most of which are available to purchase.  Not only that but you also get to listen to real vinyl tunes in all their retro crackly fabulousness!

The downside of me delivering cakes to Eat is that I end up spending more money than I'm earning because I can't help myself from exploring all of the fab units that make up the Nichols Building Retro Centre. 

"Don't buy any more furtniture"  was the instruction from Andy as I got out of the car.  And I didn't.

I did, however, manage to bring home lots of lovely old cake tins and a jar of banana chutney which sounds strange but tastes AMAZING!

I need to thank again, the lovely Louise who owns and runs the Nichols Building, for kindly lending me a collection of gorgeous fancy silver teapots that have  to help 'dress' our charity tea party that was to take place the following day - but that's another story entirely...