Jubilee countdown!
May 3rd, 2012With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee now just around the corner, it seems the nation is gripped by Street Party Fever! The whole idea of street parties is so lovely and nostalgic - I think we still go for inspiration back to the post war pictures of the Queen’s coronation in 1952, and use that as a template. And - appropriately - it’s such a British institution: our version of the Spanish Fiesta is tea, sandwiches and plenty of cake with the neighbours!
Here in Great Haseley, we’ll be pushing the boat out, with our own street party as the crowning event. In preparation,we’ve been making our own bunting for the village at A Right Royal Bitch & Stitch workshop - tea and a good old catch-up whilst actually doing something useful too!
If you’re not terribly handy with a needle, there is some wonderful bunting around to buy at the moment: here at Velvet Brown we’ve gone for a lovely distressed wooden Union Jack version, with little heart-shaped pendants which will look great even if it’s raining cats and dogs on the big day! And for around the house or garden, to set the mood, try our matching hanging distressed wooden Union Jack hearts - they’ll double up in later in the year for the Olympic celebrations too!
On the catering front, seeing as this is the most traditional and British of occasions, we love the idea of an old fashioned English tea: quick and simple to do, with little sandwiches and pretty cakes, perhaps fittingly displayed in our crown cupcake stand.
If you’re making your own (and you know you should!), good old M&S have some sweet little cupcake decorations, which we particularly like for the little Corgi flags! And needless to say, if you’re NOT making your own, I suspect M&S can help you out there too….















the bottom line is that even if you’re not a fan, it’s still sort of nice to get a card, perhaps some flowers or a pressie. Although in my experience restaurants on Valentine’s Day can be the most dismal of places, even if you’re there with The One You Love.








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