Rave May 1966

This months Rave cover is one of the most sought after issues. It features Jeff Beck & Keith Relf of The Yardbirds on front and has some great bits inside such as this super rare feature on the legendary 60's mod band The Action.

Tea Party!!!

As I have mentioned previously I was rather looking forward to Royal Wedding day. Along with all the excitement of the event itself and of course the dress which I think was just perfect, I had planned to host a Tea Party for the fam. Thursday was spent in a baking frenzy, everything was made from scratch. At midnight I was doing paper chains and 1am found me blowing up balloons! 

On the day itself I was up rather early so I watch all the drama unfold... I wore a vintage 70's navy polkadot cotton Biba dress, vintage strappy sandals and a rather jolly little hat (from asda!), oh yes and of course my Auntie's pearls. I did look for my white gloves but alas they are nowhere to be found! What do you think of my patriotic manicure? : )

Onto the spread, I bought an offcut of pink gingham fabric to use as a table cloth topped with an old lace cafe curtain, cos I think it looked pretty! The flowers are white hyancinth, blue hybe (both from the garden) and red gerberas - these sat in old jam jars tied with a little ribbon. There was also bunting & flags! The cakestands were from Fortnum & Masons (as were the biccies, preserves & loose leaf tea). A lot of the china was vintage but  a few bits are from Cath Kidston. 

I made carrot cake (grated my hand in the process - ouch), victoria sandwich, fruit & cheese scones, fairy cakes (soo proud of my piping!), sausage rolls, mini ham & caramelised onion quiches,  the Royal Pie is bacon, egg & sausage (we added the crown and rings after realising WC had another rather unsanitary meaning...), hand cut ham sandwiches, cream cheese & cucumber sandwiches - crusts off of course! A very kind neighbour provided the delicious gypsy tart. I had a lovely day and still have a few bits left (diet starts next week). 

I was soo exhausted I went to bed at 10pm! How did you all celebrate the big day?

Songs for Saturday pt6

Billy Joe Royal - Hush (1967)

In honour of the Royal Wedding today's song is by Billy Joe Royal, a lame connection I know, but after all the excitement of yesterday I forgot to schedule this post! Stay tuned for pictures from my Tea Party...

Hope you are all enjoying your 4 day weekend. For some reason I have agreed to go to an Ann Summers Party later (I'm scared) and I am bootfairing tomorrow morning so I better not have a late night!

Talking Eyes

Vintage Max Factor ad from 1967

I totally need to try out some of these looks, I think I like Groovy Talk the best...

Weekend

I do hope you are all enjoying this fine weather we are having! This weekend has been just lovely, I have bootfaired, jumble saled and charity shopped. Plus a bit of gardening where I caught the sun a wee bit (red nose!) and the mossies have had a right field day nibbling me.

On sunday night I met up with a couple of girlies for a night out, I was sadly sober (designated driver), but I had a blast. I have a busy week ahead, I'm snapping stock tomorrow so I can finally start listing.  Plus I have to plan the menu for my tea party on Friday, which means lot's of baking - wooooohoooo!

Here's what I wore....

Firstly a bit of a squint - it's very sunny you know!

Vintage Biba 70's lilac vest, plain lace trim white vest, H&M 70's style flares (love these - got them in black too, super tight), D-Havz gold & nude wedges, vintage leather whipstitch bag, Old England gold chain watch, vintage jewels. 

P.S. Sarah @ Misfits Vintage, this is a 99 - yum!