Hi Tea Re*Creations: August 2012

It's Time for . . . . .HI TEA FOR HIRE

If you Live in or *around Launceston, in Tasmania and you are contemplating a

High Tea Style

Bridal Shower, Baby Shower, Graduation,

Happy Birthday , Happy Retirement or just contemplating Spring, I have a suggestion for you.

Hire your "High Tea" Crockery and Cutlery from

***Hi Tea Re*Creations for Hire***

Teacups and saucers. side plates, high tea 3 tiered stands and cutlery *delivered and collected (around Launceston) at affordable hire prices.

*(Please contact me for delivery destinations)

I have been a collector of these gorgeous items for many years and can offer two designs

VINTAGE Feminine Florals and VINTAGE Pretty Pastels

(currently catering for group up to 30 people )

SET INCLUSIONS ****************************************************************

-Cup and Saucers

-Plates

-Teaspoons

-Tea Forks
-sugar bowls, milk jugs
-teapots

-Hi Tea Re*Creations tiered cake stands , cake plates to suit occasion size

-Disposable Napkins

-Earl Grey, English Breakfast or Green Tea (Teabags or Leaves)

-(Place Cards also available on request)

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Vintage Floral Hire Set

Consider my

**Hi Tea Re*Creations**

Hire Service

Vintage Pastel Hire Set

for your next "Girlie" Celebration or Gathering.

HI TEA RE*CREATIONS

HIGH TEA HIRE SETS

Giving YOU more time to arrange your
Special Occasion and less time sourcing chinaware and cutlery for
Your High Tea Celebration


**Hi Tea ReCreations***

3 Tiered Vintage high Tea Stands for hire.

For further information please contact me through the comments box at the bottom of this post or go to :-

facebook.com/hitearecreations

One Man's Trash . . . . . . . .

You really don't have to look very far in this world full of "cyberspace" and "social networking" to search out precious reminders of your past and reclaim little items for yourself identical to those which reconnect you with a time past that was so happy and carefree. That special time when you were growing up. So if like me, you were raised in a happy supportive family, you will probably remember a time when decisions were made by dad while comfortable surroundings and wholesome meals and were prepared by mum. All the while being taunted and teased by siblings, who were older in my case, but who like me felt protected in the safety net of our family. This was my upbringing . It was warm and safe and easy. Money was tight so the simple things in life were the norm and special occasions were planned well in advance while treats were usually quite inventive. Most of all my thoughts wander back to those intrinsic things that were part of every day life.

These are the fundamental things that my hubby and I have strived to give our 3 boys during their upbringing and, more recently give to their families. We want for all them, what we had as children and adolescents, growing up during the 60's and 70's.
They may not understand at this time in their lives why "Oompah" (yep that really is one of the "nicknames they have given me over the years ) is buying all this "old stuff" for them to use when they come home to spend time with us , but I guarantee in time, that they will.

Enter- the first "childhood memory"
An auction recently won through a very popular online auction website:- SCORE!!! :)

Johnson Australia Sunflower Tea set

With the passing of time and more recently due to my re acquittance with beautiful items of chinaware while sourcing pieces to use for my Hi Tea Re*Creations cake stands, I have found that I am generally drawn to certain pieces for "the feeling I get" the minute I see it, wherever I source it from.


Johnson Australia 3 Tiered Stand For Sale

As well as all of the beautiful plates that I am turning into

**"Hi Tea Re*Creations"**

photobucket/hitearecreations

I have also found replicas of the contents of my parent's and grandparent's kitchen cupboards.

Enter my latest obsession:- Meakin and Grindley and Johnson Australia dinnerware.

J&G Meakin, Grindley and Johnson Australia

So, from what started out as a scavenger hunt for plates to make a high tea stand for myself , simply because I couldn't find one that I particularly liked, I have created a micro business which is really interesting and enjoyable and I have also managed along the way to find the chinaware from my own childhood that transports me back to a time that will always warm my heart and put a smile on my face. So it's true what they say. One man's trash . . . . . . . .

Hi Tea Re*Creations