Just a Quickie Today...

I have been very busy this week, so finding time for my weekly Saturday blog has, I'm afraid, been limited.  As has my inspiration...  I think I have used up my creative juice quota for the week!

To start with I have been working away at producing the ongoing order of vintage tea cup candles for a wedding next month - I'm half way there now; though with my over-strict self-imposed quality control, it could take me right up to the last minute to complete!

Also on the candle front I have been making "Sumptuous Sundaes" - some delightfully tasty looking layered candles in wonderfully kitsch 70's sundae glasses.  For this project I have kind of made it up as I go along... I always work better this way.  I start out with an idea of what the finished product will be, decide where to start, and then re-assess progress at every stage.  The result so far with my sundaes is very pleasing!  We start with a rasberry cream base, followed by a layer of blackberries, followed by a layer of cherries, topped with banana custard, and then cream on top of that!  The finale has yet to be made - I want a cream swirl on top of each, finished off with a cherry...  Yummm!!!  They should look (and smell) good enough to eat!

I have also spent much time networking - Twitter and Facebook (yes, I think I finally cracked it!), keeping in touch with other crafty people and followers everyday.  And I have caught up with some much belated blog reading - there are so many great ones to read - and I have updated the list of my favourites here on the blog.  Each one is thoroughly recommended!

On the subject of blogs - yes, I have changed my look yet again!  But I am happy with it now, so I think (I hope!) this look is here to stay for a while... In addition I have added a couple of new features:
I have added a link to my Facebook page...
I now have an Etsy Store Preview - a revolving gallery of items in my Etsy shop...
I have added new buttons for links to other sites...
I have a great new toolbar feature at the bottom there...
Oh, and countless other little tweaks...

I do hope you like the new look!

Other activities this week have included a grand clear out, finding many things to list on Ebay - my addiction spreads to selling as well as buying! - tackling our Monster Meadow of a garden (talking about the state of it, not the size) and finally getting to grips with the Great Washing Mountain.

In between this there has been physio sessions, dog walking, mosaic making, sewing, charity shop browsing, compiling statistics, photography, baking, reading... 

God, I love my life!!!!

Any One For Tea...??

My dining room is beginning to resemble a tea shop!

A few weeks ago I got a commission to supply 60 tea cup candles as table decorations for a wedding, and I have been buying new stock ever since. Now, with just 6 weeks to go until delivery, the china is stacking up – and I have run out of storage space!

This has been a wonderful opportunity for me – I have totally indulged my passion for shopping for vintage crockery, and I have built up a stock of beautiful, gorgeous and stunning cups and saucers, which I can offer for hire again and again... if I don’t decide to keep a few pieces for myself...

My budget has allowed me to step up a gear and source more desirable items, and focus my interest on the types and styles of crockery that I would like to specialise in. My area of particular interest is in the supply of ENGLISH fine bone china – true vintage pieces, delicate, high quality, dainty, pretty and very lovely – because, sorry if I am going to offend anyone, but historically us Brits do make the best bone china!

My next venture, once the wedding is over, is to assemble a couple of Shabby Chic Vintage Tea Sets – two sets of 4 or 6 cups, saucers and plates, a milk jug, sugar bowl and – of course – a tea pot. They will be totally unique sets; 15 or 21 individual pieces of best quality, gorgeous crockery, every piece different, no two items the same – but toning and matching simply because of their chic-ness and beauty. I just know that they will be highly desirable – and I hope they will fly off the shelves like hot cakes...
Be here to be among the first to know when these are assemble and ready to sell.
(here's a taster...)

If you are interested in hiring or buying my gorgeous          
vintage crockery – or vintage tea cup candles, please
either visit my website, or contact me at
anna@bohochic-boutique.co.uk
I look forward to hearing from you...