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Vintage Bridal Soiree ~            ‘Help Yourself Sugar’                Candy Buffet

In our final blog about the Vintage Bridal Soiree, I wanted to show some of the wonderful photos by PH Weddings and Serendipity Photography of our delicious vintage style candy buffet that we designed especially for the event in our chosen colour-scheme of lemon, aqua and coral.

(Image by Serendipity Photography )

To serve the candy and desserts, we used items from our collection of apothecary jars, smaller jars and vintage cake stands. Sally at the Chimney House had suggested we use her glass table in the venue for the candy buffet so we picked out mainly clear glass jars and serving jars to match the table and a few pink!:

(Image by PH Weddings)

(Image by Serendipity Photography )

(Image by PH Weddings)

As the colours we had chosen were from a 1950s colour palette, we then looked at giving it a bit of a 1950s twist and sourced some extra serving items that were original 1950s plates and pyrex pots. Instead of using scoops we used vintage silver spoons:

(Image by Serendipity Photography )

We sourced different colour sweets to fit our colours theme, in different shades and contrasting tones ~ Lemon and Raspberry Bon Bons, Blackcurrant Dyna Sticks, Barley Sugars, Sherbert Pips, Chocolate Foil Balls, Flying Saucers, Tutti Fruti Candy Canes, Lemon and Rose Turkish Delight, Alphabet Letters, Candy Necklaces and Iron Bru Lollipops.

For the backdrop, we went with a ribbon theme in lemon, aqua and coral and thought these would look great hanging against the Chimney House’s brick walls. We also wanted to ‘write’ a message for the partakers of the candy buffet so we came up with a ‘vintage’ saying and used Circus Alphabet cards from Cox and Cox on the ribbon to spell it out:

(Image by Serendipity Photography )

We liaised with different suppliers to make some delicious tasty items to fit our theme and colourscheme ...

Blush Cupcakes made a variety of amazingly cool cupcakes in our three main colours ~ Lemon, rosehip and peppermint cupcakes, decorated with sweets and seaside rock:

(Image by Serendipity Photography )

(Image by PH Weddings)

(Image by PH Weddings)

Coco Catering made some lovely yellow and orange fondant fancies ...

(Image by PH Weddings)

(Image by Serendipity Photography )
... and milkshakes using ice-cream from Yee Kwan Ice Cream.

Love Candy Cakes made a wonderful wedding cake in our three colours with a vintage lace design:

(Image by PH Weddings)
(Rose supplied by Swallows and Damsons)

We asked Lucy Ledger Designs to create name labels to tie in with the colourscheme and fairground and circus theme:

(Image by Serendipity Photography )

(Image by PH Weddings)

(Image by PH Weddings)

Do get in touch if you’d like Hansley Beard to design your candy buffet or dessert bar to fit in with your wedding or party theme and colourscheme.

We also hire out our candy buffet jars and cake stands if you’re planning to do it yourself. Contact us via our website contact form.

Finally, I just wanted to say a big thank you to Rosa, Myrtle, Katy and Shannon for helping me on the night!

Vintage Bridal Soiree – organised by Hansley Beard, Little White Book, Coco Catering & Swallows and Damsons

Posted Sun, 31 Oct, by Jennie Beard in Aqua, Candy Buffet, Candy Station, Catering, Circus, Dessert Bars, Fairground, Lemon, Photography, Vintage Cake, Vintage Crockery Hire, Vintage Styling | 4 Comments

Vintage Bridal Soiree ~          Pose for the Photobooth

We wanted the Vintage Bridal Soiree to be edgy and current whilst creating some new inspiring trends so we decided to use fresh colours from the 1950s such as aqua, lemon and coral.

We also wanted the Vintage Bridal Soiree to be a fun evening and wanted to include a photobooth concept. As we’d agreed to go with a circus and fairground theme, Laura from Little White Book offered to make a kissing booth for our event, which was absolutely amazing and one of the highlights of the evening!  Guests dressed up in hats, feather boas, scarves, shades and a whole range of other props from our prop collection at Hansley Beard and posed for photographer Helen from PH Weddings. Once again the Chimney House provided the perfect backdrop:

Wearing vintage dresses from our collection to match the colour theme, Katy and Shannon then posed for the camera:

Models: Katy Bangert and Shannon Alesayi

Photobooth Photography: PH Weddings

Kissing Booth: Little White Book
Props Hire: Hansley Beard
Colour Swatches from House Beautiful
Cupcakes by Blush Cupcakes

Vintage Bridal Soiree – organised by Hansley Beard, Little White Book, Coco Catering & Swallows and Damsons

Posted Wed, 27 Oct, by Jennie Beard in Aqua, Circus, Coral, Dresses, Fairground, Lemon, Photobooth, Photography, Vintage Styling, Vintage Weddings | 29 Comments

Vintage Bridal Soiree ~ Fairground Food and Vintage Crockery Hire

In the third of our blogs about the Vintage Bridal Soiree event, we want to talk about food and vintage crockery hire ...

Blanche from Coco Catering suggested we integrate the authentic vintage wedding theme with some fairground and circus elements to give it a modern yet historical twist on vintage.

Guests were treated to Coco Catering’s fairground themed food of mini beef burgers with hot sweet pepper relish in a sesame bun, mini chickpea, coriander and feta burgers in a sesame bun and mini hot dogs with a choice of sauces.

“Coco Catering love working with clients who are passionate about food and want to make food a feature of their wedding” said Blanche, “The Vintage Bridal Soiree was a fantastic opportunity for us to be creative and demonstrate how couples can incorporate food into their wedding theme. Vintage themed weddings have become incredibly popular recently; as well as the traditional afternoon tea which has become very popular recently, couples have requested great British classics such as sausage and mash and pie and pea suppers or retro foods such as hot dogs and mini burgers. We have lots of ideas for wedding food on our website but we are always happy when clients approach us wanting bespoke menus.”

Blanche also went round with a specially made tray serving delicious sweet & salted popcorn:

(Images by Serendipity Photography)

... and served a delicious array of old-fashioned drinks ~ cloudy lemonade, ginger beer, cream soda, innovatively served in jam jars with straws ~ and toffee apple cocktail & candy floss cocktail, all served in beautiful vintage cups and saucers from our Hansley Beard Hire Collection:




(Images by PH Weddings)

(Image by Serendipity Photography)
The beautiful drinks signs were designed and produced by Lucy Ledger Designs.

We also displayed a selection of our other vintage crockery and glassware, all available to hire from our Sheffield studio:

(Image by PH Weddings)

(Image by Serendipity Photography)
Cupcakes by Blush Cupcakes and Bridal bouquet by Swallows and Damsons.

(Image by PH Weddings)

To add to our fairground theme, I also brought along a picture from my own mum and dad’s wedding trip to Blackpool in 1963!:

So, for delicious vintage inspired food for your wedding contact Blanche at Coco Catering. And if you’re looking to hire vintage crockery contact us at Hansley Beard via our website contact form.

Vintage Bridal Soiree – organised by Hansley Beard, Little White Book, Coco Catering & Swallows and Damsons

Posted Sun, 17 Oct, by Jennie Beard in Catering, Circus, Vintage Crockery Hire, Vintage Styling, Vintage Weddings | 1 Comments

Ultimate Brides Wedding Show

Last Sunday, we had the pleasure of showcasing our stunning pink and black ‘Vintage Boudoir’ at the brilliantly organised Ultimate Brides Wedding Show at Magna in Rotherham. We coordinated and collaborated with fifteen other top quality local wedding suppliers to create our themed stall. The show was attended by hundreds of brides and their guests, from all over the region and beyond. Here’s a selection of the best photos from the day:

All Photos by CandM-Photography

The Vintage Boudoir Dessert Bar:

Vintage Crockery Hire:

Make-up Demonstrations:

Caricatures:

Suppliers:

Styling and Theming: Hansley Beard
Dessert Bar Design: Hansley Beard
Vintage Crockery Hire: Hansley Beard
Wedding Stationery and Display Signs: The Happily Ever After Project
Caricatures: Rich Smith Illustration
Cupcakes: Blush Cupcakes
Desserts: Coco Catering
Chocolates: Cocoa
Flowers: La Boutique Paeony
Make-up Artist: Simone Kania
Model: Sophie Mei
Vintage Hats: Tricia Cox Millinery
Bridal Lingerie: All She Needs
Circus Performer: Greentop Circus
Umbrellas: Valentine & Whicker
Vintage Dresses: Tasty Vintage, Sheffield Antiques Centre
Mirror: Mirror Mad

Ultimate Brides Wedding Show organised by Ultimate Brides

Posted Sun, 13 Sep, by Jennie Beard in Caricatures, Catering, Circus, Dessert Bars, Flowers, Lingerie, Photography, Shops, Stationery, Suppliers, Themes, Vintage Accessories, Vintage Clothing , Wedding Fayres and Shows, Vintage Weddings | 3 Comments