Bridal Shower

Lady Anne's Vintage Tea Room

This past weekend I went down to the GuyLand to celebrate my sister’s ever sooner to be wedding (aka- Bridal Shower.)

As you can deduce from the image to my left, the family went for a very traditional and lady-like affair. It was held at a lovely little place in Hempstead called, Lady Anne’s Vintage Tea room.

Everyone had their own mismatched vintage porcelian tea cups and saucers. Mine (to the left) bore a striking resemblance to a tea cup that I received recently from Miss Martha. Strangely enough, Miss Martha was just in the store yesterday after a long sabatical, as if she knew I was just thinking of her ^_^. In fact, Saturday seemed like a very physical marker that spring has sprung and things are changing. Miss Martha was back as was Freddy, the store’s “adopted” cat. He belongs to the people in a house adjacent our building and has been inside all winter. Now he’s finally back to help us pacify customers with cuteness!

The beatiful food stand, soon to be filled with yum yums.

But I digress, back to the party. There were unearthly good scones, finger sandwiches, and decadent desserts. The EB tea was delicious, although I’ve moved on to coffee now in my life. Let me tell you, do not tell the attendant at a Tea Room you’d like coffee. It’s almost akin to asking your waiter for Pepsi when they serve Coke. It’s almost the same thing, but its different enough for their circuits to run short.

My gift to my sister: Wedding Toppers make to look like their Mii avatars!

My sister really wants to have a very handmade wedding, and in the spirit of that my Mom and I have been making things as much as possible. Mom is making the chuppah, among many many things, and here you can see one of the things I’ve made for her uniquely Kristin and Andrew wedding: Wedding Cake Toppers fashioned after their Miis (Nintendo Wii avatars). I made them out of polymer clay (specifically Fimo) and their approx. 4″ tall each. It was a lot of fun to make them and I cannot believe how much a little avatar can really look like someone. Everyone at the party kept saying, “Oh my god, the one of Andrew is REALLY Andrew.” \^-^/ I hope they like them and that everything holds up well on the big day. Maybe I’ll bring a small tube of Krazy Glue, and not just for i the toppers break. Krazy Glue and DW40: cause you just don’t know, maybe a Bridesmaid will have a squeaky shoe, or be hungry. (Yes, you can eat DW40. It’s all natural!)

Finally, here’s a photograph of all the ladies in our family. It was so nice to get to see some of them that I never really get to at all. My two younger cousins are growing up so insanely fast that it really puts things in perspective. To hear Cayla tell me she wants to be a dentist, makes me think, “But hunny, you don’t even have all your teeth yet.” Then I realize she’s sixteen and driving, not sitting in a high chair eating Cheerios and Bologna, (don’t ask.. my family is weird.) It was really mind blowing to see Erin, my other younger cousin who I haven’t seen or spoken to since middle school at the earliest. Basically, it’s been ages. Now she’s a young adult talking about colleges and how she wants to be a fashion designer and go to FIT. (Who knew fashion sense was genetic ^_~)