BRISTOL VINTAGE - MAKING THE WORLD MORE GLAMOROUS CUP BY CUP!

When Katie and I started the business nearly 8 years ago, little did we know how it would grow!  Starting off with afternoon tea crockery, we just couldn't stop collecting and are now able to supply full tea and dinner crockery for over 120 people!

We are completely addicted to vintage and select every piece ourselves.  If we don't love it, it's not in our collection. 

As we are total magpies, we now also have a large collection of props, including picnic hampers, suitcases, our vintage bicycles, Mabel, Albert & Rose, vintage sledges, typewriters, rugs, stepladders ... in fact we can sometimes source specific items for you!

We love helping you set up and style your wedding or just hire out the props and extras so you can do it yourself.  We can even provide a full waitress service and work with caterers to supply full afternoon tea or just scones and cakes.

If you're having a retro party, we have a large selection of Babycham glasses as well as lots of quirky ornaments, cameras, books and smaller items.

We have jugs, teapots and fishboxes which can all be filled with beautiful flowers ...

 ... and we're particularly proud of our collection of vintage wind-up picnic gramophones. We're even unveiling a new gramophone at the fair!

Our latest addition is a 'photo wall' which we'll be showing off for the first time at the fair as well.  So do come and say hello - the fair is our way of sharing all the vintage love that's out there so we hope you'll enjoy it as much as we do!  See you on Sunday! xx

BRISTOL VINTAGE - MAKING THE WORLD MORE GLAMOROUS CUP BY CUP

Katie and I started up Bristol Vintage over 6 years ago now. Katie was getting married and loved the idea of having vintage crockery at her wedding. We were both mad vintage hoarders and had started to collect cups & saucers wherever we could find them - car boot sales, auctions, charity shops, friends, relatives ... and Katie's wedding day was amazing!

Photo Courtesy of Pete Cranston

Katie and I had known each other for several years and knew we'd love working together and suddenly we had the perfect business - vintage crockery hire.  Once we'd started we couldn't stop collecting, and now we have afternoon tea crockery for over 300 people, 100 Babycham glasses, a full dinner service for 150 people and lots of props, including Mabel, our beloved vintage bike, working gramophones & typewriters, sledges, picnic hampers and rugs and our recently acquired vintage-style photo wall!

Yes, we're a little obsessed, but we love what we do and we just can't resist collecting more for our brides!

Although Katie left the company after her third child, we still meet regularly to bounce ideas of each other and Katie can often be seen waitressing at one of our events, along with our fab team of the loveliest waitresses you could find!

We supply crockery for afternoon teas for two, up to a full wedding including set-up and style and waitress-service. We can introduce you to fabulous caterers, stunning dressmakers, delicious cakes and pretty much everything you need for the perfect vintage wedding.

I'll just have a small table of crockery & props at the fair as I want to focus on my exhibitors, but please do come and have a chat if you'd like more information. I'm really looking forward to meeting you all!

Flo-Jo Boutique

On a popular independent shopping street in Bristol you'll find a beautifully styled shop that Bristol Vintage loves... 

Designing, sewing  and making all things vintage-inspired since 2004, owners Delia and Erika of Flo-Jo Boutique on Gloucester Road host brilliantly fun knicker-making and sewing parties.

The knicker-making workshops are a very popular hen party choice. Over 3 hours you'll make a pair of knickers and contribute to the making of a garter for the bride-to-be using a selection of new and vintage lace and trims, retro-style prints, buttons and bows.

Flo-Jo Boutique serve tea and cakes on vintage china and you'll finish off your party with a glass of bubbly in vintage Babycham glasses. 

Groups have a really good time bonding over their making experience and it's something that mums will enjoy too. They cater for all ages and sewing experience, from total novice to fashion designers. 

Flo-Jo is more than just knicker making.  They have a gorgeous selection of designer fabrics, quality haberdashery and craft gifts to inspire.  Looking for a retro fabric print?  These are your ladies!  They also offer a year round program of dressmaking and craft courses, children's sewing parties and baby showers!

So join the knicker-making revolution with Flo-Jo Boutique and make sure you visit them at our 2015 Fair on Sunday, March 8th. Delia will be bringing a selection of their wares to inspire you.  Save the date!

The Dandy Cabin

We at Bristol Vintage love The Dandy Cabin and we know you will too. This beautiful wooden teardrop trailer is a mobile drinks bar perfect for weddings!

She can arrive complete with Babycham glasses for your champagne toast...

... or, because she's perfectly self-contained, she can sit in a field or garden and you can still have a yummy cup of hot chocolate or Fairtrade tea and coffee.

So whether you're after a champagne bar for your reception, or tea and cakes to keep your guests fed and watered while you're having your photos taken, The Dandy Cabin is the way to go for a vintage-style wedding. She certainly turns heads!

Find out more on the website or follow owner Katie Daniels on Twitter.

The Dandy Cabin

If you’re looking for something truly unique for a special event, then The Dandy Cabin  - a mobile drinks bar, a beautiful, head-turning vintage teardrop trailer, may be the very thing.

Let The Dandy Cabin be your outdoor Champagne bar for the day. She’s the ideal place from which to serve champagne and, as every vintage lover knows, any good glass of bubbly should be served in the finest original Babycham glasses, all available to hire with the Dandy. She can even be supplied with her own Dandy waiting staff!

The Dandy Cabin also doubles up as a hot drinks bar - organic, Fairtrade teas, fresh coffee and yummy hot chocolate all served up with the best free-range, buttery cakes.

The Dandy’s owner is vintage aficionado, and co-founder of Bristol Vintage, Katie Daniels. With a background in Film, TV and event planning, Katie’s little black book of contacts is seriously impressive. She’s found the very best local cake suppliers, and sister-company, Bristol Vintage, can provide vintage china for up to 300 people as well as an array of wonderful vintage props including gramophones, cake-stands and tea trolleys.

  

They love what they do here at The Dandy Cabin. They want to spread the love, and always make sure they're decent, both to the planet and to the people who work with them. They only use Fairtrade, organic teas and coffee, and their disposable cups are all bio-degradable. Plus, they only work with independent local suppliers who share their values.  

The Dandy Cabin draws a crowd wherever she goes. Katie's seen people hanging out of their cars on the motorway to snap a photo! The Dandy is perfect for weddings, tea parties, festivals, corporate events and even childrens’ tea parties. She can also be hired as a prop for TV and film. You can catch up with The Dandy Cabin’s adventures on Twitter, or simply book direct by calling 07816 372 017 or emailing thedandycabin@icloud.com - but make sure you catch The Dandy Cabin in action at our next Fair - Caterers with a Curve at the Zoo on March 10th!

Our February 2012 Fair: Stylish Hen Party Ideas

Our February Fair showcased some wonderfully stylish hen party ideas and here are just some of them to inspire you...

Why not start with a party in your own home and hire vintage crockery, bunting, cakes and some gorgeously retro Babycham glasses for your bubbly from Bristol Vintage.

We've even got a gramophone & vintage props you can use...

If you're after something really different of course, why not try Babes in the Woods -

 "Ultimate glamping with a touch of the wild".

You could include a vintage hair & make-up session from Beehive Brides or Shear Madness...

 

Have your own tea party at Cox & Baloney...

Or even a knicker-making workshop with Flo-Jo Boutique...

Our thanks as ever to Dawn Wilkins for the gorgeous photos.  We've lots more to come and plenty of inspiration in its way...

Bristol Vintage

We’ve been showcasing some wonderful exhibitors for this year’s Bristol Vintage Wedding Fair and as it's not only #WW today [that’s Wedding Wednesday, you know] but also the #Wedding Wednesday of the year, I [that’s Sarah here, *waves hello*] thought it might be nice to tell you a little more about the lady who makes the annual Bristol Vintage Wedding Fair possible and what she does when she’s not organising this brilliant event.

I expect you know already that Bristol Vintage is a Bristol based company co-founded by Ali Cook and Katie Daniels and, since the birth of Katie’s baby girl, is being run by Ali.  She has over 10 years experience organising boutique events, weddings, parties and film premieres and the idea for the company was inspired by her passion for vintage and love of tea-cups and cupcakes.

It was after attending a number of fairs and realising that they were looking for something that little bit different, that Ali and Katie realised a dedicated vintage wedding fair was exactly what the South West needed.  They came up with the idea to hold their own and last spring held the very first Bristol Vintage Wedding Fair at the Clifton Pavilion.  

This year’s fair is bigger and better, as they welcome back some wonderful exhibitors and showcase some new ones for you, each handpicked and offering gorgeous vintage dresses, fabulous corsets, brilliant headgear and stunning cakes as well as exceptional photographers, beautiful, bespoke stationery, fantastic florists and more.  There’s retro and romantic entertainment and of course there’s always cake served on Bristol Vintage’s very own crockery.  Like last year, there are goodie bags for the first 250 visitors and entry is completely free.

Last year was incredibly exciting for Bristol Vintage with growing wedding orders and even supplying crockery for the fabulous Miss Marmite Lover for her festival pop-up dinners.

This year Bristol Vintage has a few more things up its sleeve and, having just supplied the M-Shed with Babycham glasses for it’s fabulous Norman Parkinson launch Ali is now working with the RWA on a Mother’s Day afternoon tea in the stunning RWA building.  So if you'd like to get in touch or you're planning a wedding or party, come along to the fair on 26th February and meet Ali in person, or you can email Bristol Vintage at info@bristolvintage.co.uk