After we had eaten our savoury course we all ventured outside of the bandstand with the balloons that had been attached to all of our chairs to make wishes as we released them into the sky en mass. It was such a beautiful moment and even though the temperature outside was alot colder than I had hoped, the cloudy sky makes for quite a fabulous set of images I think!
Beautiful Becky and Nicola looking fabulous in there exquisite chapeau's! Special thanks for your help with setting up the band stand ladies.
The band stand, special thanks to Nicola, Becky and Mummy for your brilliant balloon blowing skills! Photo courtesy of Miss Moller.
The dining table complete with old jam jars which we drank our Pimms and ginger ale apperitif from and vintage tea cups and saucers for the chilled Prosecco that flowed during our grown up tea party!
Large gumball machine which was a bit dusty but has cleaned up a treat (£5), it completely dwarfs the one I found a few weeks ago but will look great for what I have planned, terracotta pots (6 for £2), beautiful wooden, hand painted vintage toy train with moveable soldiers, (a gift for a very special little boy), and an array of vintage books (£5), basket (£3).
Don't you just love the spotty book at the bottom. It is entitled Haunted Britain, which almost put me off purchasing but I thought I won't be reading it as I'm far too much of a scaredy cat and it does look pretty so it came home with me anyway.
I had wished for a basket like this to use as a shopper for some time now after spotting a fabulous Japanese girl in town sporting one as her shopping bag, this one is such a great oblong shape, making it very easy to carry, I love the way it looks perched on our huckleberry finn coat rack by the front door too, which used to only house my cycle helmet and Mr. R's vespa helmet, this looks far more Bijoux!
A couple of weeks ago we visited the same Antique fair where I had met this lovely man who services gramophones {several months ago}. We went to collect my newly refurbished wind up picnic gramophone and of course to have a look around. Mike {my new best friend} has been an avid collector of gramophones and old 78's and had kindly sorted some out for me to buy from him as I need to get my collection underway and am a little clueless as to what to look for. I got all of the above records for £40 which was an absolute steal. Titles worth a mention are Elvis - All Shook Up and Hard Headed Woman, Diana by Paul Anka, Why Do Fools Fall In Love - The Teenagers, In The Mood - Fox Trot - Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and his Comets and Why Don't You Do Right by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra - to name but a few! 
Also pictured above - 16 jam jars bought for 20p each were the perfect glasses for Pimms and Ginger ale at the hen do {again - photos to follow}, Oliver Twist book, printed in 1890 - 20p , 2x sweetie jars -20p each, mother of pearl handle cheese knife - 20p, smaller glass some - £3 and finally these gorgeous Blue Topaz, CZ, White and Yellow Gold vintage earrings £20, which I LOVE!
Firstly, I must apologise for my lack of posting in recent weeks. Miss R's wedding is fast approaching and I have been a very busy bee, sewing the bride to be's wedding dress, as well as my own bridesmaid frock! All is going well and I am nearly there with both of them - one more weekend of sewing and I think we will be in business. On Saturday we celebrated Miss R's hen do and what a wonderful day it was (well not the weather - but that is another story!) Thank you to everyone who made it such a magical day. I will be doing a proper post all about it in the next few days, but I thought I would whet your appetite with a photo of the delightful rose water and raspberry jellies I made for the occassion that unfortunately did not actually find their way to the Mad Hatter's tea party I organised on the gorgeous old Bandstand in Queens Park. Even though they are laced with gelatine (so not a bit vegetarian friendly for myself or Miss R), I must admit they do look adorable and highly edible!