Marmalade and Tea Summer Spectacular

Today I was invited along to attend a special 'Summer Spectacular' event at one of my favourite tea shops.... Marmalade and Tea in Borrowash, Derbyshire. On a gloriously warm and sunny summer Saturday we were greeted with scrummy free cupcakes which went down a treat. The kids ordered their favourite caramel milkshakes whilst I had a darjeeling from the lovely tea pigs range.

We  were entertained by ukelele duo ThorntonClough who performed some excellent tunes including Guns n Roses 'Sweet Child O Mine' to packed audience. Face painting was on offer as was the opportunity to have your picture taken in their facebook photo frame with comedy moustache or glasses!!!

They have just started doing vintage afternoon teas which I am hoping to go back and sample in the near future and also launched The Great Borrowash Bake Off which takes place on Saturday 17th August. I've already planned my entry and there are categories for under 16s too.

You are always guaranteed a warm and friendly welcome at Marmalade and Tea so do pop in if you get chance.

Enjoying my scrummy cupcake!!! 

Dress by Vivien of Holloway

An Easter made of WIN!!!!

Now normally I'm the kind of person who doesn't win anything but over Easter my luck seemed to change......

First I won the Boobookitty Couture blog giveaway......some super cute sweater chains from Vintage Envy  ......check out their etsy shop for some AMAZING pieces of vintage jewellery.

Then I won some yummy Besame vintage make-up in the form of a sweetheart lip balm in cherry from Deadly is the Female for coming joint 4th in a recent competition they held for customers to post pics of themselves in clothing they had bought from the website (lots of fab vintage style clothing, check them out)

(here's the pic I entered in the competition which was taken at Stapleford Park Country House near Melton Mowbray where I went for a FABULOUS afternoon tea last September wearing my favourite polkadot Stop Staring dress)

And finally.....................well, they say things happen in threes, my daughter Stella won an Easter colouring competition at our favourite teashop Marmalade and Tea in Borrowash, Derbyshire and won a massive choccy egg, which she has very kindly shared with us all om nom nom. 

I highly recommend Marmalade and Tea if ever you're in the area, lovely tea, scrummy tarts (the lemon tart today was AMAZING!!!), gorgeous cupcakes and the kids love the milkshakes. I took my mum there for a birthday treat and we had the afternoon tea which was delicious and the ladies that run it are so nice.

Well.......still haven't won the lottery but an Easter of WIN made a rather pleasant change