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Friday, 6 March 2015

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



Friday, 19 September 2014

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!