Afternoon Tea @ The Langham

Today was my sisters 40th birthday, so we celebrated in olde English style with Afternoon Tea.  The tradition was reputedly started by Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford in the 1840s and first served at The Langham in London in 1865.

 

The service was wonderful, very attentive, the tea was yummy, they provided the leaves on the side of the pot to inspect and have a whiff of.  This pic is of the savouries & scones, the deserts came on a gorgeous old creaky trolley.  My favourite taste of the day were the savoury macaroons, which were apple and blue cheese.

In another part of the hotel they were setting up for a corporate function and had pictures of movie stars and a red carpet.  

I got to have my picture with Cary Grant.  
Now if only he'd drive me around Rome on my Vespa....

Highlights

5 orders this week for stuff I make from lovely workmates

Tried newly re-opened local restaurant which was fab

The sun is shinning and is supposed to be like this all weekend so that means a trip on Audrey to the beach :-)

Have successfully remembered to do the etsyhookers promo thread before I go to bed

Made 4 chokers using the paperclip for the market stall

Purchased some lovely off-white cotton to make myself a summer shawl using a bigger version of the paperclip

It's Friday afternoon and I've finished work for 2 whole days

And to round it off, here are some highlights from a fellow etsyhooker www.PixieWorx.etsy.com; a fab brolly that would add interest to an outfit all year around, and a very fun ski hat :-)

Spring Time means Audrey Time

Audrey Hepburn is, in my opinion, the most gorgeous and sophisticated woman ever. My favourite of her movies is Roman Holiday. I dreamt of driving around Rome on a Vespa for many many years before I actually bought one.

She's just like this one and she is of course called Audrey. As a totally fair weather rider Audrey gets put away under cover for the Winter, and now with the warmer weather on it's way it means that Audrey gets to go for her service this weekend and it's time for rides to the beach!

Hence my favourite purchase from etsy recently is this pendant from www.LaughingVixenLounge.etsy.com