I need a diet that includes cake!!

I know I need to lose weight, but do you know what, I can't be bothered!! We've got a day at home today and everytime I go to the kitchen I keep looking at the oranges in the fruit bowl. Yes I know they're healthy but I'm seeing carrot and orange cake. I can't help myself I'm off to bake! Anyway, I need to test out our latest vintage china purchase and a big fat cake will do just the job!

One of the best roses ever!!

I adore Rose Sweet Avalanche. It's big and blousey in the softest of soft pinks. I've teamed it up with numerous other flowers but I particularly love this combo of sweet avalanche and cow parsley for a soft vintage look.

Hurry up sunshine!!

After Christmas and new year, all I want to see is spring flowers in abundance. I love their fragrance, form and all the amazing colours. Here's a Violets and Velvet wedding from last March. Smell those hyacinths!!!

top tips to achieve vintage style at your wedding table

*Use a simple vintage teacup and saucer filled with flowers at each place setting.
*Table linen- Use vintage tablecloths, or fabrics instead of white linen. Stick to your colour palette and then mix and match styles.
*Use vintage glassware and vases for your flowers. Remember mix and match works amazingly well for the vintage style
*Mix and match coloured glasses for a really eclectic look.
*If you opt for a cream tea instead of the traditional wedding breakfast use vintage teapots for your flowers.

Vintage Violets: A new venture

Vintage Violets is our new vintage china hire service. I, along with my sister-in-law to be Niki,thought that we would turn our personal collections into a business. We are now hiring out our beautiful 1940's and 1950's vintage tea and dinner sets for weddings, private functions, photo shoots etc. For more information please email us at info@violetsandvelvet.co.uk