Tea Party

As many of you will know, my favourite "meal" of the day is afternoon tea, there is something entirely decadent about eating gorgeously decorated cakes and sipping tea from a china tea cup, especially when sharing it with fab friends! Which is exactly what I spent the majority of Saturday afternoon doing in my newly decorated dining room...



..and I just couldn't resist colour coordinating it all, down to the icing on my freshly made cupcakes. It all started when I found the most beautiful striped wrapping paper by Caroline Gardner from John Lewis and then teamed it with coordinating ribbon and paper from Hobbycraft...





I spent most of the morning baking, much to the pleasure of my fiance who would magically appear to lick the bowl!

We indulged in red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting (my favourite)...





rocky roads...



vanilla cupcakes...



and a couple of treats courtesy of M&S...





and the final touch was some fresh white tulips...



everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and we were all suitably stuffed by the end of it!

Rebecca xx

Working with colours: Breakfast at Tiffanys

On one of my many visits to the wedding section of Martha Stewart's website (if you haven't been already I would strongly recommend it!) I discovered some fab images of a New York wedding themed entirely around Tiffanys...



I love the subtle twist (tiffany blue alone is just too easy!) Through adding coral and blush pinks it lifts the tiffany blue and adds more depth to the colour scheme...



It's one of my favourite ways to work with colours, pick your favourite colour and either team it with different shades of an opposite colour or different shades of the same colour, the effect is always beautiful!

Happy colouring!

Rebecca xx

images from www.marthastewart.com