Rather large news for Vintage and Cake...

Hello!  

Well where do I even begin with this post?

I have written and deleted so many ways of telling you our news so I have decided I will just come out with it...

WE ARE RELOCATING TO WEST WALES IN OCTOBER!!!

This is our new driveway :)

We are becoming smallholders on a farm in Newcastle Emlyn on the Pembrokeshire coast (don't worry no one has ever heard of it, its near ish to Tenby) and Vintage and Cake will be having a new lease of life with a purpose built studio offering lots of fab workshops, vintage style cakes and simply beautiful afternoon tea packages.

We will be back with lots of new classes

Come and get creative with us

Afternoon tea packages will be available for you lucky people of Wales

We are moving for a variety of reasons...Henry will get to grow up in the lovely rambling countryside like I was lucky enough to, we get to have a go at being smallholders, we can own some sheep and lambs... However the main reason is so we can be closer to my lovely mum and dad who have lived on the farm for 14 years and made it so beautiful.  We will be moving literally across the courtyard into a little cottage, that, lets say 'needs some work'.

The cottage has a long way to go before it becomes our dream home...

We will be living closer to these lovely pair..my parents.

It will take us a little while to get it all set up though, so while we get settled into our new home (we need to renovate it first... gulp) enjoy beach life and just generally get set up Vintage and Cake will be taking a little nap.

Our local beach 'Mwnt' you can often spot dolphins from here...amazing

Newport beach, I wonder if I will take up kite surfing...mmm perhaps not

We will be back with lots of beautiful workshops for you, plus we will still be hiring our vintage china and creating vintage style wedding cakes, so just watch this space.

I am not going anywhere though so until VandC is ready I will be posting our little journey here; the cottage renovations, the sheep, the smallholding and much more so I hope you will still be here to keep me company.

...and just because he is cute..here is Henry again for you :)

Lots of love

Vintage and Cake

x

Packing up vintage china

Hello all!

Just thought I would share with you on this gorgeous sunny morning some vintage china photos.  I am packing up some beautiful pieces today in my little vintage work room for a wedding at one of my favourite venues; Beechen Hill Farm in Ilam, Derbyshire.  This is such a stunning wedding venue and the family who run it are brilliant; they really work hard to make your day special.

I will be heading there on Saturday to drop off my vintage china and hopefully will be able to say hello to Sue and introduce her to my baby boy Henry, as last time I saw her I was very pregnant!





Have a lovely day

Vintage and Cake

x

I do love a wedding cake consultation

I had a lovely couple over for their wedding cake consultation on Saturday, they are interested in my sumptuous 4 tier Victoria sponge cake but they are going for some lemon tiers in there too with lemon curd and lemon buttercream, just too tasty for words.  Their wedding will be in October so the berries will be lovely Autumnal ones like blackberries, red currants and black currants, gorgeous!  The bride has also opted for rich dark coloured roses... in her words 'no pink' so the cake will have a Autumnal twist to it.

I always thoroughly enjoy preparing for my consultations and put on a 'right good spread' even though I do say so myself! with cake, tea served in vintage china, vintage tablecloths and lots of lovely flowers in antique bottles and vases.  I am in my element putting it all together, lighting candles and arranging things, then going back and rearranging them, getting things just right for when they walk in.

I really want my bride and grooms to enjoy their engagement and consultations are a huge part of this; tasting the cake that their guests will be treated to on the big day, sipping tea from china and having a really good chat about their wedding, I love it when the bride says 'oh I have some photos here of things I love' I get so excited for their day and enjoy feeling inspired by their ideas... yippee for weddings... I just love them and the excitement they bring!