Mrs Stokes Vintage China
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Nikki Cameron is the uber-baker behind Country Cupcakes, which won a National Cupcake Award in 2009. Nikki made Pearl Lowe's wedding cake and has seen her creations appear in Vogue, Hello! and The Times. She's a great lady and her cakes really are made for my china.
I met the delightful candle-and soap-maker Rebecca Amesbury when I first moved to Bath in 2009. She creates the most amazing candles that look like cupcakes which she sells all over the world. Together we organise "It's darling!" Bath's First Vintage and Handmade Fair, the first one of which took place on 17th July at The Guildhall in Bath.The Christmas fair is on 11th December 2010 at the Friends' Meeting House in York Street, central Bath. Contact me for more details or click on link below.
The Wiltshire Tea Company
I sell teacups, so of course I am always on the look out for wonderful tea - it really does taste better in fine bone china. I met The Wiltshire Tea Company at their stall at Green Park Station Market in Bath. It was a roasting hot day and the owner, Ian, made me a cup of white tea. It was so refreshing and delicate and really cooled me down. Ian really knows what he is talking about and we now hold tea-tastings - his tea in my china - on Saturday afternoons at Green Park Station Market, so please do pop along to see us.
PEOPLE I WORK WITH
Supplied china to Loopy Lorna's Tea House in Edinburgh
Gaynor Salisbury runs a brilliant cafe called Loopy Lorna's in honour of her mother who sadly died from lung cancer. It has won numerous awards including Best Tearoom & Coffee Shop in Edinburgh. In the Summer of 2010 I helped Gaynor open her second cafe by supplying her with a large quantity of mix and match china, so if you are ever north of the border, pop along to her Church Hill Theatre venue and sip from Mrs Stokes special china!
Ellen Roberts at Shepherd's Moon
One of the very first supporters of the "It's darling!" Handmade and Vintage Fairs in Bath. Ellen lives in Wales and weaves the most amazing woollen treasures.
Opened in August 2011 on the site of the original Bath Canary Cafe, I sourced the china for this cheery tearoom that is open from 9am-9pm. It's down the road from one of my favourite vintage clothes shops, Scarlet Vintage, too.