Aynsley Cottage Garden Celebrates

02 Oct 2008 3 Comments

by Magik Quilter in Our Home, Thrifting Tags: , , ,

Ainsley Cottage Garden

Recent as new [complete with sticker] thrift find which we were very happy about as we recently celebrated our Silver Wedding and we found this bowl the day before that.

Anniversary flowers

We received our first piece for our engagement from David’s mother….who recently had a dreadful fall and is recovering in hospital now. Shall send her a photo of this so she can see it…..unfortunately she is not computer savvy so she cannot access flickr! We have a fair collection now shall get them together and photograph them although I like the look of this with my Portmerion too….seen below with our anniversary flowers from David’s family. Oh and Aynsley is still made in England...some of my friends are quite upset that Royal Doulton and Royal Albert are largely made in China these days.

These flowers were from Flying Flowers and were similar to the posy my in laws left for us in our honeymoon cottage in Northumberland twenty five years ago. This company is based in Perth and as I was writing this post Robyn Bishop [they have two Robyns] phoned to see how the flowers were when they arrived and if we were happy with them. This is a company that deals direct with the markets so there is no middleman/middlewomen and I highly recommend them.  They do need three to five days notice though…which is usually fine for most occasions. I am also not sure of whether they will arrange flowers at an additional cost….these flowers were unarranged….it is something to remember as some people do not know how to arrange flowers! I wish I had taken a photo of them after I had done that, oh well..had a few things on my mind. Many thanks to my inlaws and Flying Flowers and whatever neighbour let them into the building! The carnations and mums are still going strong as well as the greenery.

Anniversary flowers


3 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. Melanie
    Oct 02, 2008 @ 17:06:48

    Congratulations on your silver! The flowers are just lovely.

    Thanks also for your lovely get well wishes on my blog. Yes, I think you’re right, I think the thyroid is playing a bit of a part in it all.

  2. magikquilter
    Oct 04, 2008 @ 14:14:47

    comment from Carol at http://pananani.wordpress.com/ who is having some trouble commenting


    Kathleen – I tried posting this comment but couldn’t – here it is:

    Many years ago – (25 or 30) I chose my china pattern here in Panama. David and I have been married 40 years but we never had a china pattern. I had a hard time deciding between Portmerion and Villerory and Boch’s Botanica – I finally chose Botanica – but it has now been discontinued – wish I had chosen Portmerion – it is so beautiful.

  3. Judi
    Oct 06, 2008 @ 11:12:17

    Hi Kathleen
    Isn’t that something that you found that bowl right around your silver anniversary? And you received the first one before it all started…thats so special. Its beautiful…I love butterflies.

    The flowers are pretty. Carnations are so special because they last so long…they are beautiful and so hardy. Just remember to keep changing their water…. how lovely that your inlaws remembered you.

    I was reading about your long time school friend too. Isn’t that something that she was able to find you after all this time? She is so far from you….I hope you will be able to keep in touch by computer and share the years since you last saw each other.

    Have a lovely evening…ohhhh…your knitting continues sooo beautifully. The wool colours are so pretty…..you are doing such a beautiful job…

    Judi