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<span style="font-weight: normal;">I am proud to announce that I have updated my blog finally and have a new and improved website for you all to view. Please head over to www.styleyourevent.uk.com to catch up with the latest news from Style Your Event. I really hope you like my new page.<br /><a href="http://www.styleyourevent.uk.com/">http://www.styleyourevent.uk.com</a></span></h3>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05469395133013651737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015597777562052901.post-77617312713290090182015-09-30T12:01:00.000-07:002015-09-30T12:01:57.851-07:00Back from a year of writers block! <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">For those of you still reading my blog I am back from a year of finding myself and have come back as a much more positive, confident and determined person. Life is always going to throw difficult and heart breaking situations your way but it is the way you deal with these situations that makes you a stronger person. I have to say without the support of my family and friends I would not be in such a good place, so thank you to those who read this post. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It is always said that time fly's by and although its been a tough year it has been an extremely hard working one to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I thrive on challenges and nearly a year ago today I was given the opportunity to become a Director for AJW Distribution. I completely appreciate that this is an opportunity that I am extremely lucky to be given; as this is my Dad's business which he has built up from nothing over the past 20 years. This role is one where I could develop new skills and also use my organisational skills to develop new procedures for the company, organise the offices and also develop new areas of the business. The past year has been totally non-stop and one I have loved every minute off. It has helped me grow my confidence within my work life and for the first time ever I have had the confidence to stand my ground on my ideas as I knew that my family would listen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Although I have given up my career choice of being an Event Manager for this role I feel it is the best decision I have ever made. I have developed skills I never knew I had and am continually developing as a person. With the best part of my working day being able to work with my Dad and brothers on a daily basis. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My next personal challenge is to grow and develop this blog which I thoroughly love writing for myself and for those who are looking for inspiration for their event. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05469395133013651737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015597777562052901.post-34889854070072153052014-09-10T11:35:00.000-07:002014-09-10T11:35:41.759-07:00Style Your Event takes on the challenge of Mudderella<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">On Saturday 30th August I achieved something I would never have thought I could have done, I took part in my first ever Obstacle Course Mudderella and I loved it. I think I may have caught the bug for these challenges and am already thinking about which one to do next. </span><br />
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warm up, which psyched us all up for the start of this event. Although we had
spent time studying the website we were not quite sure what to expect as none
of us had taken part in an arranged obstacle course event like this. As with
any race the first part is always the hardest getting used to running
especially up hill (you don’t get many hills in Cambridge) and getting into a
pace which works for each of us. The first obstacle I have to admit was one I
found the hardest the ‘wheelbarrow’. Debbie stormed this but I just couldn’t
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coated in mud and rather wet. The funniest one was the</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: center;">‘50 shades of Mud’, this consisted of around 10 mounds of mud with each one followed by a
ditch of muddy and stinky water. The only way to do this because of how
slippery they each were was to slide into the water then climb out and onto the
next mound. The end result was hilarious we were coated in mud from waist to
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we all found hard was the ‘Hat trick’. This consisted of us climbing up a cargo
net then up a ladder, the only way down was down a steep slide and into a pool
of dirty muddy water. The reason we found this so hard I think was due to the
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05469395133013651737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015597777562052901.post-60768145025418597202014-08-25T06:44:00.001-07:002014-08-25T06:48:12.641-07:00Style Your Wedding Over the past 16 months I have had the pleasure of realising one of my ambitions of becoming an Event Manager for a well known Wedding venue 'South Farm' in Cambridge. I have learnt some invaluable skills and also seen some amazing Wedding ideas. Although I had to give up running Weddings when I took on a full time role last October I did however continue to work at 'South Farm' showing further Bride & Grooms around the venue. This was only ever a couple of shifts a months and was always great fun it never felt like work as everyone I met was so excited to be visiting the venue. I have decided to give up this casual work though and so I wanted to say thank you to South Farm for giving me the chance to realise an ambition of mine and it was a huge pleasure to learn these skills at such a well respected and relaxed venue.<br />
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South Farm have been running Weddings for a number of years now and have perfected the planning and running of every Wedding. When I was the Event Manager for Weddings last year many people would comment that they would hate to do such a job and say it must be such a stressful role. Yes it was stressful to ensure that the day runs perfect for the Bride & Groom, anyone who says it isn't would be lying however South Farm is such a relaxed venue and the staff who support you during the running of the Wedding made this job an absolute pleasure to have experienced. The organisation behind ensuring each Wedding goes perfectly can not be faulted, the use of the Wedding planner which I referred to as the 'Bible' for the day is created to ensure there is no room for errors on the Bride & Grooms special day.<br />
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As a creative individual I loved to see what themes and ideas each bride would use for on their special day and I have to say I have seen some amazing ideas over the past nine months, with the most popular theme being 'Vintage'. A lot of bunting has been put up and taken down, with one Bride using fabrics from her life as the flags these were taken from old bedding, clothing and other personal items (what a lovely personal touch) The most popular flowers I have seen are wild looking flowers in jam jars some Brides adding candles to the tables whilst some painted jam jars and others wrapping them in tea stained paper. Even though this has been a constant theme I have seen through-out the last sixteen months everyone puts their own individual twist on the idea, which is lovely to see.<br />
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Although I will be sad not to be able to visit this venue every month I am pleased to be getting my weekend back to myself, hopefully it will mean I can spend more time on my blog which is being rather neglected at the moment. I will ensure I stay in touch with how the venue is developing by reading their blog and following them on Facebook as is it great way to see how one venue can be tailored to suit each Brides and Grooms personal style.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05469395133013651737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015597777562052901.post-20013680237352997782014-06-15T14:17:00.002-07:002014-06-15T14:27:32.115-07:00Happy Fathers Day!<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Happy Fathers Day to the most amazing Dad a daughter could ask for. So kind and thoughtful so generous and so caring I have definitely been blessed with one in a million I could not ask for a better Dad (or Mum for that matter) My parents are both truly amazing xxxx </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05469395133013651737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015597777562052901.post-33110045399116409352014-06-12T14:24:00.001-07:002014-06-12T14:25:19.107-07:00World Cup Fever 2014!<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As the World Cub begins in true brit style I am sure we are all optimistic that this year could be the year! I love the way the whole country gets behind such an amazing sporting event; and this comes from someone who is not interested in football at all. I will however be watching every England match where possible and have even entered the draw at work so am also behind Italy, Holland and Bosnia Herzegovina. Although having said this I am behind England all the way on Saturday night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As you can imagine there are hundreds of pages on the web where you can buy flags, bunting and various other World Cup goodies from. Here are just a few ideas which I have found, follow the links below to buy your goodies for your very own 'World Cup Party'.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05469395133013651737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015597777562052901.post-87846740434893368422014-04-02T12:43:00.000-07:002014-04-02T12:43:48.444-07:00Style your Flower Clubs 50th Anniversary <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My Mum is an amazing lady and an extremely creative one which I am sure is where I get my love for being creative from. As part of the local flower arranging club she has asked me to help plan their 50th Anniversary. I was honoured to be asked as I love to help my Mum out where possible and like to make her proud.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05469395133013651737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015597777562052901.post-36030283499343775062014-01-11T13:26:00.000-08:002014-01-11T13:26:36.765-08:00Looking forward to enjoying 2014!<br />
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Life has been pretty hard these last 6 months or so with many changes to get used to including dealing with loosing my Nan. So 2014 is going to be my year to enjoy life, be the old Charlotte who loves having fun and being slightly crazy sometimes. I plan to make the most of this year spend quality time with my family and friends and see where this year takes me.<br />
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I am sure a lot of you have decided upon some usual & unique new years resolutions. I usually go with the norm of eating healthier and working out more. However this year I am gong to make sure I do not loose myself again and make sure this is a year to remember. I am going to make myself my priority which will include spending time on the things I love including 'Style Your Event'. So I hope you will all enjoy what events I decide to arrange and write about this year.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05469395133013651737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015597777562052901.post-42772917485073748602013-12-17T10:15:00.000-08:002013-12-17T10:15:02.284-08:00Style Your Birthday!<br />
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Finally I hear you say she has managed to write another post, well I hope that is what your all saying. After a troubled few months I am feeling back on track more positive and ready to face the world and enjoy blogging again.<br />
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So I am going to start with the excitement of having recently celebrated my 34th Birthday. I was well and truly spoilt by the family and all my friends, they are all just amazing.<br />
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So then how did I style my birthday up well my friend Laura @mclaurs introduced me to the amazing new artwork that is flash tattoos! If you love the idea of having a tattoo just to match your outfit, or to jazz up that little black dress then look no further the flash tat is the perfect accessory. It is a must for your Christmas list if your still yet to write it.<br />
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I have to agree with my friend Laura that the best selection of flash tats are the Sofia selection. I chose to have one of the large peacock feathers on my wrist whilst Laura went with a diamond design on her back & Amina went for a diamond design on her arm. They are like any other transfer tattoos and are easy to put on with water. The good news is they also last up to a week so you can wear them for a few events if you have a few things planned in the same week.<br />
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I have certainly missed writing and am now determined to get my blog back on track posting at least twice a month on events which I organise and also giving others ideas for events which you are arranging. Thank you for being patient with me and I hope you will continue to read and use my event ideas as and when you are arranging an event for that special person.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Material Girls always set the room out perfectly with areas of fabric, buttons, beads and any other crafting materials you may need. Each time they supply the crafters with a selection of around 10 or more items which they can produce, they provide laminated instructions along with all the items which are needed to produce each of the ideas. You can pick from bunting to a candle holder, decorating a notebook to making a corsage. It is entirely up to you how many different craft items you make in the evening and also how you decorate them, you pick the colour theme and can put your own stamp on the item. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Finally the finale of my parents Wedding Anniversary and the wait to hear how the moustaches went down is over. I can honestly say I was slightly worried that people wouldn't get my sense of fun but I have to say everyone was a great sport and they loved them. </span><br />
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As I have mentioned we hired a room at the Felix Hotel Cambridge. It was ideal for us as we could all sit around the one large table, the perfect sociable layout. As you can see from the picture below we hung the bunting between the paintings on the walls on both sides. We placed the favours, heart shaped bird seed and heart shaped florentines on everyone's napkin and added silver '40' sprinkles to the table, next I placed the moustaches on the table in my homemade stands. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This completed the table settings so next it was using the items which the hotel supplied for our decorations.</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">First we placed the easel at the far end of the room with a large canvas of one of Mum & Dad's wedding pictures and balanced Mum's amazing wedding hat on the stand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I completed the tree with three heart shaped picture frames which included images of parents from over the years. I particularly love this picture of them which my Nan gave me years ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As I have previously mentioned it was my parents 40th Wedding Anniversary on Sunday 28th April. I am extremely proud to have had the pleasure of celebrating this special day with my parents and also for having the opportunity to arrange the day and make sure everything was just perfect for them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We had a few discussions about what they would like to do for their special day and they decided upon a dinner for 20 of the family and closest friends. This ended up being the perfect number of people for such an event, it was a social fun day for everyone. So the plans began by finding somewhere ideal for my parents taste and also someone easily accessible for my Nan. So I decided upon Hotel Felix in Cambridge <a href="http://www.hotelfelix.co.uk/">http://www.hotelfelix.co.uk</a> </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We hired a room which fit us in perfectly and having heard the food was exceptional & reasonable I felt it would be perfect. I must say that the staff and service on the day was fantastic so thank you to @FelixCambridge for making it a day for my parents to remember. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-align: left;">The next challenge was to get my hands on Mum's wedding hat, I managed this by just popping round and taking everything I needed. This included her dress, her shoes, her wedding album and a large canvas we printed for their 35th wedding anniversary. I definitely got Mum extremely worried I think she thought I would display her dress on a mannequin! I am glad I had her worried however I hope she knows I wouldn't arrange a tacky event...! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Next step was to create the bunting, I scanned in my parents wedding album and used the images to create triangular bunting which I attached together by folding over the top and stringing them all together using cotton. I made two small rows which worked perfectly for the event, they hung between the paintings which were already up in the room. These were easy to make and a great way of personalising bunting for that special occasion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We found the recipe for the Bird seed hearts on the below link. </span><a href="http://www.polkadotbride.com/2010/02/diy-project-birdseed-favors/">http://www.polkadotbride.com/2010/02/diy-project-birdseed-favors/</a> <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I tied twine through the hearts and printed off an image of Mum & Dad from their special day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">For those of you who would like to take up the challenge of creating your own 'Rainbow Cake' please find the recipe below. If my blog has inspired you to bake this amazing cake then I would love to see your pictures so please tweet them to me or email me your pictures. I have just googled rainbow cakes and there are some amazing pictures of different shaped rainbow cakes, so you could go for something different to the one I created. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br />I was recently asked by a very good friend of mine to arrange her husbands Surprise 30th Birthday Party and I jumped at the chance. The venue and disco were booked by Heidi (the wife) and I was given the challenge of coming up with a theme for the evening. As a keen football it was obvious that the theme should revolve around football and his favourite team Tottenham Hotspurs. Kev the birthday boy has a guilty pleasure of loving the song 'Call Me Maybe' by Carly Rae Jepsen so I suggested we also include this within the Birthday theme for a comedy feel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As I mentioned Kev loves 'Call Me Maybe' so I also wanted to incorporate this into the evening. I did suggest a corner dedicated to this theme where Kev had to dance when the song came on but I decided against this idea. Instead we decided to add the theme into the decoration in a more subtle way, so</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> we used pink balloons through-out the decoration with 'Call me Maybe' written on them. We also played this song as Kev walked in the door. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We certainly used the excuse of meeting to discuss Kev's birthday party as a reason for a girly catch up. It gave us a reason to meet up and ponder ideas over a glass of wine and nibbles. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So the ideas continued to develop through these meet ups and I am proud to present the final look of Kev's Surprise 30th Birthday Party. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A friend and I spent a good hour decorating the venue and I have to say I was extremely happy with the end look. As a lover of crisps and sweets we decided on three tables a cake table, a crisp table and a sweetie table. All of these ideas went down well and everyone enjoyed being able to help themselves throughout the night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I have some very creative friends so Marie made the selection of amazing cupcakes and Vicky made the football pitch cake. Everyone loved the cakes and were sent home with a cupcake each. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Luckily enough a few friends have had sweetie tables at their weddings so we had a great collection of vases to pick from to showcase the sweets in. We presented the crisps in some easy plastic bowls and presented them both together on this goody table below. I am sure you can all guess that there was not much left at the end of the night. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Along with the food I created a personalised football shirt birthday banner, this was a great way to include his love of football into the banners as they were shirt shaped and were coloured as the Tottenham Hotspurs kit which is Kev's favourite team. I loved producing this banner and will definitely be using this idea for future parties which I organise. If you are interested in me creating a banner for your event please email me the details. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After attending Kev's wedding last year we were introduced to the fact that his friends call him Gareth Bale so we created masks of his face for the front row of people to wear when Kev walked through the door. Unfortunately I didn't get a photo of this as I was getting ready for Kev's entrance. I can tell you though it worked and Kev found it hilarious. </span></div>
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Last year I had the pleasure of arranging my Mums 60th Birthday Party. She wanted a party in the garden where we drank champagne and ate strawberries on the lawn; what a fantastic idea. So the theme materialised from this idea and so 'The Afternoon Tea Garden Party' was born. </span><br />
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As a fab organiser herself my Mum looked into options for food and decided upon the Tea Room at Burwash Manor, Barton for the catering. She had the pleasure of tasting the food and choosing the menu for her special party. Along with the food we had the most amazing staff who made sure the Afternoon Tea was served in the perfect arrangement. </span><br />
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If you have never visited the lovely Burwash Manor and are local to Cambridge I suggest you put a day by to experience their array of shops and treat yourself to a piece of cake in the tea rooms. <a href="http://www.burwashmanor.com/">www.burwashmanor.com</a></span><br />
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To fit with the Afternoon Tea idea we looked into hiring vintage china for the day. We came across this lovely family run company in Haslingfield who hire out a large selection of beautiful crookery which is in perfect condition. Below is just a small selection of the china which we hired for the day but their sets included the most amazing teapots, milk jugs, sugar bowls & cake stands. For more details visit their website below. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It is with great excitement & honour for me to post that The Downton Abbey Cook has included me in her Tea Tuesday post. She has commented about my Downton Abbey Tea party being inspiring. I am so excited about this as I planned for the Downton Tea Party to be inspiration to my readers but I now hope it will also be of inspiration to The Downton Abbey Cooks readers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Please check out her blog on the link below it is full of inspirational</span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> posts and has some amazing recipes for all those cooks out there. Enjoy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We kicked the weekend off with some well needed retail therapy yesterday afternoon in the wonderful City of Cambridge. Love the quirky shops which are popping up around town including my two new favourite shops for gifts <a href="http://www.oliverbonas.com/">http://www.oliverbonas.com</a> and the lovely Lilac Rose on Bridge Street. You must check this shop out if your local to Cambridge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After a few too many hours shopping we were so behind on time that instead of going out for dinner we bought our Thai Green Curry essentials and had a homemade Thai instead of eating out. The next few hours were a mix of getting ready, drinking Procecco and deciding on which outfit to pick from our new goodies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So we finally made it out into town at 10 which is a late start for me so we went directly to La Raza, a great spot in town for dancing. So we spent the next four hours dancing, laughing and chatting. The tune of the night has to be 'Rudimental' Feel the LOVE, absolutely love this tune, a great one to dance to with your girls or your man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So onto the main event of the weekend and the '<b>Downton Abbey Tea Party'</b>. We have spent the past 6 hours eating a luscious Afternoon Tea, drinking pomegranate and elderflower fizz and playing Downton Abbey games whilst watching various episodes from the whole series of Downton. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As you are aware I just love making each event special so I researched how to make this a memorable day for my friends; so I began my search for how to make this a day never to be forgotten. As you can see from my pictures below I found some fabulous decorations on line, including some amazing games which we have thoroughly enjoyed this afternoon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I found the bunting on a beautiful blog called Little Vintage Trailer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I used our pictures in the room to put up sayings from the show, I found these on the below link, they made us chuckle all day. <a href="http://www.ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com/2013/01/fridays-freebie-downton-abbey.html">http://www.ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com/2013/01/fridays-freebie-downton-abbey.html</a> </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">To make this the perfect tea party I raided my Mum's house and borrowed some amazing goodies; this included the glass jug, cake forks and lace trimmed napkins which I used as a tablecloth. I was lucky enough to be given a china tea set years ago from a Great Aunt which turned out to be perfect for afternoon tea. I made a selection of sandwiches including cheese, traditional cucumber and egg mayo. Along with these we had cheese scones which @mclaurs made which tasted amazing. The savoury course also included hula hoops, cherry toms and picked onions. Obviously you can pick your favourite food for this course, maybe you would prefer ham sandwiches & a salad. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I bought a recent issue of BBC Good Food & challenged myself to create this cake. Although I wouldn't say it has turned out perfect I feel it was a great first attempt and it certainly tasted amazing. I will post the recipe soon so you too can set yourself this challenge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Last of all we come to the games which I found on the web. These included cut out paper dolls of Lady Mary & Matthew, O'brein & Thomas & Dowager Countess. Check out the printouts on the link below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I first found this idea on the 'Sisters Suitcase' blog, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It is a fantastic blog full of great ideas for every event. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The best game was Downton Bingo which was fantastic, we ended our day watching a few episodes of Series 2 whilst playing this game. It was great fun and one we all recommend to do if you are a Downton fan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">You can find the print outs on the link below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This weekend has been the perfect time, shared with two close friends & full of laughter and fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I hope that you are inspired to arrange your own Downton Abbey Tea party & I hope that you enjoy it as much as we have done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It would be great to hear your thoughts on my ideas and would love to hear if you do arrange your own event. </span></div>
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If you have been keeping up with my blog you will know that next weekend is my 'Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea' weekend. We have decided to make it a girls weekend not to forget with shopping on the Saturday, Thai at a local restaurant followed by cocktails and dancing in town. Then Sunday will be dedicated to 'Downton Abbey' eating afternoon tea whilst watching our favourite episodes. I can not wait.<br />
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One of my closest friends @mclaurs has created this amazing invite below; I will be sending this out to the girl today.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05469395133013651737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015597777562052901.post-47731759284112705952013-03-29T14:54:00.000-07:002013-04-09T13:46:08.481-07:00<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Style Your Ruby Wedding Anniversary!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">With huge pride I have the pleasure of arranging an Event for my parents RUBY Wedding Anniversary! It is not until the end of April but I have started to look into ideas of what to do. I am thinking a lovely meal with family and close friends. So the search is on for a lovely restaurant in Cambridgeshire which will fit this special occasion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There are so many amazing decorations and colour themes that I can pick from for this special occasion that I decided to create a few mood boards. I felt this would be a great way to look into a few options then I can present these ideas to my brothers who I would like to add will no doubt leave everything to me; however I do believe it is important for them to pick the theme and colour along with me. Then they can leave all the hard work to me...! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">My first colour option would be the classic rich, sumptuous feel that a 'Ruby' theme would give to this special day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The preparations will begin in the next week or so, so I will be updating the blog with what theme we go with. It will be interesting to see what the brothers response is...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This wouldn't be a blog about myself and my love of Events without including a few posts about 'Harley' my Hound! I was never a dog lover but Harley has completely changed my opinion on dogs. My partner Spencer befriended her under the garden fence as she used to belong to our neighbour. The next I know of it he is walking her to see if she would make a good gun dog. So one Friday afternoon he brings her to the front door to see what I think as the neighbour is moving to a flat and needs someone to take Harley for her. Well I must admit it was love at first sight! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">She never fails to make you smile, is always excited when you come home from work and has such a loving & fun personality. If your feeling low she will come and give you a hug, if your up for playing she will never say no and walks well I have never seen a dog get so excited about the word WALK, she try's to get her lead on herself just to get out of the door quicker. Considering I was bought up with cats, I would never have thought I would end up having a dog. I am so glad we gave her a home, she has made our family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Here are a few pictures for you all to understand why I just couldn't say no! </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05469395133013651737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8015597777562052901.post-31575701877170752482013-03-25T14:07:00.003-07:002013-03-25T14:07:57.676-07:00<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Style Your Afternoon Tea</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You can not beat Afternoon tea with your partner, friends or family. There is nothing quite like sitting down with your loved ones and enjoying an afternoon of eating a selection of delicious sandwiches, cakes and scones, whilst sipping on your favourite tea and bubbles if you fancy. This is most definitely a favourite way to spend an afternoon, unfortunately it is not one I do often enough but one I thoroughly enjoy when the opportunity arrises.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In January this year I had the pleasure of visiting a fantastic friend Steph in Perth Oz. She recently moved there to follow the man she loves and I can understand why Perth has captured her heart, it is a City full of soul and one which I will most definitely visit again. I had the pleasure of being shown Perth from a local point of view checking out all the vintage shops, the best restaurants and the most amazing beaches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As a belated birthday gift Steph treated me to the most amazing 'High Tea' that I have had to date. The venue was the amazing 'C Restaurant' </span><a href="http://www.crestaurant.com.au/">http://www.crestaurant.com.au</a> <br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It was situated on the top floor of the highest building in Perth and revolved so you had the best view over Perth for the entire dining experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We started our 'High Tea' with a selection of three layered sandwiches, this included smoked salmon, egg and ham. Each sandwich had two fillings which were encased in amazingly tasting bread. </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">To follow we had a selection of desserts including a lemon cheesecake and a chocolate tart sprinkled with gold leaf. Last of all was the scones which like any afternoon tea were absolutely delicious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">For my drink choice I had peppermint tea which I love followed by bubbles. I just don't think you can beat a glass of bubbles, this would always be my chosen drink. Especially after spending 2 weeks with Steph who loves them more than me I would say, my taste of bubbles has grown even more especially after tasting the local bubbles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am certainly inspired for my 'Afternoon Tea for my Downton weekend'. I will be using the sandwiches for inspiration for my own three layered sandwiches and will be baking my own cakes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I look forward to sharing how my homemade 'Afternoon tea' goes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As an avid fan of 'Downton Abbey', my best friend @mclaurs and I thought it would be a fantastic idea to have a 'Downton' weekend! For those of you who have never watched the series I suggest you look it up & put a few hours by to catch up on this fantastic series, as I am sure you will love it as much as I do. I am gripped by every episode and it's one of those programmes which I look forward to seeing. There are not many TV series which have me as hooked. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So to celebrate our love of 'Downton Abbey' we have decided to dedicate a girly afternoon to everything Downton. We are thinking a few hours of watching our favourite episodes whilst treating ourselves to afternoon tea, including my old time favourite cheese straws & cucumber sandwiches followed by an array of homemade cakes. A friend has just said she will bake a 'Coffee & walnut' Cake, yum yum! And obviously a girly afternoon wouldn't be a true girls event without some Procecco! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I plan on decking out my lounge in some Downton themed decorations so I have the fun of researching and making some ideas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A post documenting my 'Downton Day' with the girls will be up and ready to read in the week after the 6th April. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Love Downton, Love a girls weekend! </span></div>
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