Set the table in style....

As we all know, things move fast in the wedding industry and Vintage Twee will not be left behind! Introducing the latest range of vintage inspired table décor, the first of four new products are the beautiful Vintage Paper Rose Place Settings. Guaranteed to add a touch of timeless appeal to a vintage or music themed wedding or event, these place settings will certainly catch the eye of even the most difficult to please guest!

Each rose is hand crafted from layers of 1920’s vintage music sheets, sourced from antique shops or craft fairs. The delicate petals have been scalloped and accentuated with brown ink to really add an authentic feel- there’s nothing like music and rose’s to really make an event special!
You can see your guests name clearly displayed on the leaf shaped place setting card and you can choose one of two ways to attach the leaf. Why not nestle it amongst the petals, unobtrusive and space saving, it’s the perfect way to achieve maximum effect whilst allowing room on the table for other items. Alternatively, you could incorporate them fully in to your tables and use pretty vintage lace to tie the name card leaves to each individuals napkin.


Not just limited to name place settings, the roses also make stunning decorations without the leaves, or how about treating your guests to special corsages?

A lovely keepsake for your guests, each rose is most definitely unique… and remember, as they are made from genuine vintage music sheets they will definitely be limited edition! The lace used may also differ slightly due to only using vintage lace as supplies are limited! Rest assured though it will always compliment the rose and be just as beautiful!

They are priced at an extremely reasonable £1.50 per rose and as always, Vintage Twee will be happy to discuss any special requirements you may have. As per the well know quote, if you want to say anything, say it with flowers!

"I Do" love a cupcake...

Firstly, we’d like to apologise for the lack of blogs over the last ten days! Things really have been incredibly busy and despite wanting to write up every single event the days keep ticking by in a blur of tea, cakes, weddings and parties! Ok, that doesn’t sound so awful…

Although Joanne has been crafting away dispatching orders to lovely brides across the world, she has still found the time to design a fantastically simple and effective take on the popular Party Pick! A great idea for brides looking for something to make the guests smile, the original Party Pick has been altered to show how versatile and fun they can be. Pictured are the “I Do” Cupcake Sticks, ideal for popping in to your cakes and other sweet treats. We can imagine how stunning they would look if you were having individual cupcakes for your wedding cake and are something the guests can remove and take home to remember your special day. Of course, as with the majority of Vintage Twee’s products, they can be customised to match your colour theme and have the wording of your choice. So whether your wedding is classic vintage buttercream and dusky pink or modern, bright fuchsia and turquoise, the Cupcake Sticks can be made to complement your colour scheme perfectly. Adding the cute embellishments just finishes them beautifully and will ensure the transformation of your cake stand, buffet or tables!

Priced at just £3.00 for a pack of 8, what are you waiting for?! Check them out in more detail on Vintage Twee’s Etsy shop http://www.vintagetwee.etsy.com/ and don't forget to message Joanne if you have any requests!! joanne@vintagetwee.com

Once upon a Fairy Tale Favour Box...

No matter how grown up we become on the outside, we at Vintage Twee strongly believe there’s a little girl still nestling inside all of us. Which is exactly where the inspiration for the latest Vintage Twee product has been drawn from. For who can resist a Fairy Tale…. Romantic and enchanting, it’s the perfect way to tell your very own love story!

Joanne has created these stunning Enchanted Fairytale Pillow Favour Boxes, ideal to add the finishing touch to a special and memorable occasion. Each box has been hand crafted in to the shape of an adorable little pillow, notice the gold tassles embellishing each corner! Decorated with excerpts from a classic book of English Fairy Tales dated early 1900’s, the boxes are vintage in style and depict the words associated with this genre that we have all come to know and love. Traditional fairy tales are chosen including Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty and quotes such as “Once upon a time…” and “Happily ever after…” are shown in a beautiful vintage font. Bringing the enchanted forest back to life, a touch a decorative reindeer moss and a deep green gemstone is added and finished with a sprinkle of vintage gold glitter and a small pearl heart (gold glitter on loan from the Fairy Godmother of course…) Complete the love story by filling them with confetti, candy or even some magic beans! Your guests will be transported in to a world of romance, heroism and imagination… you may find they start requesting a ball gown and handsome Prince to accompany them to the ball!   

Priced at an extremely reasonable £2.25 per box, you CAN afford the favours of your dreams! Of course, they can be custom made to your requirements so choose your fairytale script, colour and quantity and they will be magically winging their way to your wedding or party!

Give your tea bags the display case they deserve!

As promised, the creator of Vintage Twee, the lovely Joanne, has been busy crafting away this week on the design of the latest vintage-inspired product! We are pleased to introduce the beautiful Vintage Tea Jars and Table Name Holders, perfect for weddings or that all important tea party.

Each jar is carefully altered using the finest vintage lace and material in stunning shades of ivory and white. Providing a fantastic excuse to display your tea bag needs in the kitchen, the front of the jar reads “tea” on a gorgeous lace-decorated label and strings of pearls add that complete vintage feel. Whilst they wouldn’t look out of place on a glamorous 1940’s sideboard….bring them in to 2010 by displaying them in neat rows on the windowsill!

As we at Vintage Twee like to ensure that all our hand crafted items have more than one use, these unique jars work not only as the perfect gift for a special friend or a treat for yourself, but also as amazing centre pieces for a either a tea party, English Garden or Vintage themed wedding. They could be filled with rose petals and placed in the centre of the tables, use 4 of them grouped together to give maximum effect! The labels can be customised to read words of your choice… how about reflecting the theme of your wedding in the words by using them to display your table names? Or go for simple classics such as “Love”, “Honour”, “Cherish” and “Respect”. Maybe you’d prefer to stick with the tea theme and label each jar with a different flavour of tea? Of course, it would only be right to fill the jars with the corresponding tea bag and ask guests them to help themselves! (Approx Size Per Jar: Height 5.5 inches x Diameter 12inches)


It would be lovely to hear your feedback on our new items, feel free to comment on the blog post or to email Joanne for any further information. We welcome any special requests- if you would like your jars custom made in particular colours, embellishments or wording, just email with your ideas and we will do all possible to help!

Fabulous Forties, Fun and Frolics!

If you’ve ever watched “Goodnight Sweetheart” and wondered what it would be like to step back in time to the 1940’s…. then you should have been at the Meltham Memories event this past weekend! Vintage Twee had a stall in the Tea Rooms and had the most amazing experience reliving those war time days. From re-enactors dressed as American and British soldiers through to elegant ladies in their fox furs, this event had it all. We were delighted to be surrounded by treasures from this memorable era, even including being served corned beef hash at the local café! Organised by Pam Howarth (see left) from the vintage shop, Oh La La, there were tank displays, parades, singers… and not forgetting the brilliant make up artistry of The Vintage Beauty Parlour who recreated that 40’s look for so many women. Pam and her son Adam certainly had their work cut out- they served tea and cakes to over 700 people during the course of the weekend!   

Vintage Twee’s top selling products of the weekend were the Heart Posies, Recipe Cards and Tea Bag Holders. These products just keep on proving to be a hit with our customers and it re-assures us to know we are doing exactly the things you like! A top use for the Heart Posies is to fill them with pot pourri and hang in the living room or bedroom for a sweet scented experience!

On the hunt for the next live event… keep checking back for regular updates!!

The gorgeous and glamorous Joanne, working those fab vintage gloves!

Remember the 1940's with Meltham..

If you love all things nostalgic and beautiful just like us Vintage Twee girls, then you can’t afford to miss the fantastic “Meltham Memories” 1940’s event this weekend, Sat 17th and Sun 18th July at Meltham, Huddersfield. Situated in the historical county of Yorkshire, this incredible event will have you blinking back 70 years in a heartbeat. Think vintage vehicles, parades, performers, dancing and a huge sense of community spirit. This year they also have a vintage fair in the Town Hall, selling all manner of hats, shoes, uniforms and jewellery. And guess what….? In the Vintage Tea Room you’ll find Joanne, displaying and selling the latest and greatest products from Vintage Twee! This includes our current top selling item, the cute and unique Party Picks! From 10am-4pm, come along and we’ll raise a mug to the live music from up and coming star Natasha Harper, daughter of the famous Paul Harper. If some reason none of the above convinced you to swing by, then how about getting your hair and make up done vintage style? Bethany Davies will be on hand to give you that 40’s starlet look and in case you want to remember it forever, there will be a professional photographer present so you can get your portrait done!

Picture courtesy of Haworth Vintage Fairs
http://www.haworthvintagefairs.co.uk/

Almost time to go, but if you haven’t yet ordered your copy of Vintage Life.. don’t delay! We received our copies yesterday, turned straight to page 44 and there we are! The column looks great, big thank you to Vintage Life Magazine for the opportunity.

Discovering talents in Vintage places!

July is certainly proving to be the month where potential brides and party-throwers decide to choose their table décor! Vintage Twee has barely the time to make a cuppa in between replying to all the lovely and encouraging emails we are receiving from our fantastic customers! Some of the ideas our ladies have for their orders are truly beautiful – coming soon will be pictures of the stunning table plans, favour boxes and place card settings Joanne is busy crafting!

Like little girls on Christmas Day, Vintage Twee absolutely cannot wait for the soft thud on the carpet indicating the arrival of Vintage Life magazine! Out today both online and in print, it houses our first ever column and we shall be thumbing the pages excitedly until we see our name in lights! We have already received some feedback from the lucky few who were sat down by 11am, tea in one hand, Victoria sponge slice in the other and Vintage Life propped up in between! They love our article on how Vintage Twee was born, what we do and what they can expect from future issues. This in turn has led to some interest from other independent companies wanting us to write articles and possibly blogs for them! The conversational style of writing seems to be proving popular….after all, who doesn’t like reading something that reminds you of a cosy chat with your best friend? So, this week I will be working on setting up my very own blog which will track the growth of my seedling writing career, upcoming nuptials and everything else in between! Of course I shall still be in charge of blogging, press releases and any articles for Vintage Twee – it’s the old adage of women and multi tasking again! Joanne and I have lots of ideas for future products which will hopefully be able to combine both of our strengths – unique hen party memoirs and souvenirs to start with….

Further updates to follow along with the blog address once I’m up and running. In the meantime, pop online and order yourselves a copy of the entirely retro and energetic Vintage Life for some true vintage inspiration!http://www.vintagelifemagazine.com/