Rules rules in London

I know this post is a little overdue but I hadn't forgotten to share some photos from my amazing birthday meal. My darling Hb booked a table for us to have lunch at Rules in London.
 Rules is the oldest restaurant in London and opened way back in 1798. It is in a side street just off Covent Garden...we had a little walk around as we arrived quite early.

If you haven't been to Covent Garden it's a fun place to visit any time of the year. When our children were young we used to drive up on a Sunday morning and have lunch and visit the craft market.

We walked round to Maiden Lane to Rules

and found there is still a lovely uniformed door man to greet you at the door. 

The inside of the restaurant is fabulous. It's like stepping back in time. Every inch of every wall is covered with memorabilia from the last 200 years.

 This is the entrance hall.

and inside a fire was blazing.

We were shown to our table and enjoyed a gin and tonic

This is just some of the artwork surrounding us.

The food is very traditional; roast meat, pies etc and it is first class.

I had dressed crab for starter

 For main course we shared a whole rib of beef. This is possibly the best roast dinner I have ever eaten.

Lemon meringue was my choice for pudding.

And the staff even brought me out a candle in ice cream.

After our lovely lunch we went shopping in Oxford Street and stopped for a cup of tea in John Lewis. We certainly didn't need any more food that day! An afternoon cuppa was just perfect.

It was a really wonderful birthday. Thanks M you are my star.  You spoil me and I love it ;0)


My card today was inspired by spring, cups of tea and my birthday meal at Rules.
I white embossed several of my Crafty Individual's  daisy stamps onto card and then used this as a resist to my inks for my background.

I used my CI time for tea stamp and embossed it in black and then started to colour it up with my distress inks.

I then put together a little afternoon tea scene and used the windows of Rules for inspiration too ;0)

We did indeed take a little time for tea.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

                                                    A Vintage Journey spring is in the air
                                                                    Paperartsy resists

Noor UK anything goes

Card mania 4/5  spring

The Ribbon Girl 1/3 any image goes

Creative inspirations favourite things 3/3 mine are embossing powder, inks, crackle paste, dies and stamping. 

Simon Says stamp Monday April showers brings forth May flowers

Stamping Sensations 3/3 one for the girls

Happy Little Stamper mixed media wings

Little Claires spring colours

Pixie's snippets playground #225 I used a snippet of lace and a snippet of card for my music die cut.

Thanks for visiting me today and for the lovely comments you take the time to leave. The sunshine is back today after a very rainy Friday and dull yesterday. We are Bear sitting and hope to enjoy a lovely long walk later on...I will be taking my camera to see what Mother Nature has been up to.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x