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.
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.
