Thursday was the most wonderful day and the weather could not have been kinder to us. For those of you who are not aware my daughter gave my Mum a voucher for afternoon tea the Dorchester In London as a gift for her 80th birthday in November. As Daisy was only 2 weeks old at the time he thought it better that her, my Mum, me and Daisy would go together in the spring time. May seemed the perfect time and we booked it for Thursday. My daughter and I took the train up to London with Daisy in her pushchair and arrived for afternoon tea at 1pm at the Dorchester. My dear Mum was already waiting for us, having travelled up by train from Kent.
The staff at the Dorchester could not have been more helpful to us and the Doorman helped us lift the buggy up into the entrance.
Afternoon tea is served in the most luxurious surroundings.
Daisy even had a high chair brought over for her to sit in. We were served champagne to start.
and then enjoyed sandwiches
followed by limitless cakes and pastries
...and of course never endings pots of tea. The Dorchester blend is delicious. Even Daisy approved.
My Mum was so thrilled to have her daughter, granddaughter and great granddaughter all with her. Daisy was such a good girl and looked so pretty in her new dress.
After 2 1/2 hours we had finished munching our way through lots of sandwiches and cakes and decided to walk back to Victoria station together via Hyde Park and enjoy the wonderful warm sunshine. London always looks beautiful to me but on Thursday it looked even more stunning. The trees in Hyde Park are in full leaf now and the grass is lush.
We walked past Eton Place and admired the houses we would love to own if we could afford one. Even just a single bedroom flat in one of these properties sells for nearly 2 million pounds.
Belgrave Square also has the most exquisite houses.....Downton Abbey eat your heart out ;0)
One thing I also love about London is the amount of green space around. Little parks and gardens are everywhere. Some are owned by the large squares of house.
But others are open to everyone.
We so enjoyed our stroll back to the station. There we said our goodbyes to my Mum and the 3 of us made our way back home. What a wonderful afternoon of memories we have of enjoying tea and the sunshine in London. 4 generations of girls together, how lucky we are.
My girlies have gone home again and the house seems very quiet. I chose a card for my challenge that I have made as a GD card for Ignacio of
Nicecrane Designs today. It is very appropriate as it features a very sweet vintage childhood image. It is available, with others as a digi sheet in his shop
here. This lovely sheet is by the artist Jessie Wilcox. I used another of these sweet images to make my Mum's Mothers' Day card recently.
Here is a close up of the backing paper I made using an embossing folder, distress inks and some embossing glitter.
This card is for sale in my Etsy shop
here
I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;
Feeling Crafty
one for the girls/ ladies
Craft Hoarder's Anonymous
ribbon/ twine etc
Loves rubberstamps
Girlie glittery and glam
Crafting from the heart
anything goes
Allsorts
Purple Passion
We are off to a family party in Bristol this evening and my Cinderella slippers will be getting another airing ;0) The weather continues to behave and it really is feeling like summer is on it's way. It reached 23c yesterday afternoon here in Surrey...I am a very happy girl.
Thanks as always for visiting and the kind comments you take the time to leave me. Have a wonderful weekend,
Back soon,
Bye for now,
Jane x
