Introducing... Teacup Wilbur

Hi All!

I am back!  Hope everyone is really good and enjoying the on/off spring weather and brighter days!
It has been some time I know but I really do think it's about right to come back to my blog.  It's been about four months since I got carried away with work, other projects etc to have time to blog and I miss it terribly so.  I am still super hectic with everything but hope I will be able to post an entry here and there about my goings on.

The first project I would like to introduce my lovely readers to is Teacup Wilbur!
This here is my sisters loving project and new business.  I have been helping her bring it to fruition and intensely working with her the last few weeks ready for the launches!  Saturday was the first of two launch events held in Pirbright, Surrey which went without a hitch.  Everyone had a jolly good time mingling, eating, drinking, buying and cooing oohs and ahhs over the displays and designs.  The little 'uns played games, laughed and ate all the sweet treats on offer. (Photos very soon)

Here's a little something from Teacup Wilbur's website to introduce themselves...

"Teacup Wilbur loves to organise a good party for little ones and grown-ups; from styling an area of your party to complete party planning, set-up and breakdown. We offer a bespoke and customised solution to suit your needs.

Our aspiration is to make your party a unique moment to remember; bringing personal touches to life and creating experiences that tell a story. It is the small details that turn a good celebration into an incredible one. With our bespoke service focused on ensuring “every detail matters”, the results will speak for themselves."

As well as telling you all about TW, what I really want to tell you all about is the upcoming launch event taking place this Bank Holiday Saturday here in London.  I shall be in attendance of course and would love to see you all there!  It will be more of the same fun and laughter, cakes and tea, amazing displays and your chance to find out a bit more about Teacup Wilbur and what they can do for you.  And if you RSVP here before the event you will even receive a free gift :D 

My involvement in all this?  Apart from the obvious of helping my sister I am the illustrator behind all the drawings you will see for the brand.  From the logo posted above to all the props you will see at their parties.  Yes.  I have picked up my pens/pencils/paint brushes again and am ecstatic to be getting back into my artist past.  I may even have some interest in a commission from another client already.  Happyhappy!

I hope to see some familiar faces there and if you really can't make this Saturday afternoon do pop along to their website!  There might just be something there for you that Teacup Wilbur can help with.  On the other hand they are always looking to work with other lovely creative people.

This is not the first and last of my come-back so see you again very soon!

Take care,

Alison xxx

Göteborg, del en - Let's talk food!

Firstly I just have to apologise for having not posted in a while.  I have just been away on holiday as you will read and the run up to that I tried to squeeze in so much that I never had the time to post a blog!

Now I am sooo excited to write all about my trip to Göteborg for my friend Malins birthday bash.  You may have read an earlier post (Aloha!) where I mentioned about this.  Well, there were so many exciting things that I am now splitting the posts so do come back after this one for more installments :)

My lovely Malin also happens to be into the 1950's and so on our first outting we went to have brunch at Egg & Milk.  E&M is a cute little American style diner near Linneplatsen in Göteborg.  Open only between 7am and 3pm it has all your breakfast, brunch and lunch needs taken care of.  Apparently if you go at the weekends after 9.30am you are in for a looong wait with a rumbling tummy to boot.  There was the usual diner style food - a variety of pancakes, 12 types of bagels(which are hard to come by in Sweden by the way), eggs and bacon, smoothies, milkshakes and other delicious treats.  I shared the blueberry pancakes, eggs and bacon with Marea plus a freshly squeezed orange juice on the side.  Yumyum!

I could easily talk about brunch all day but that wasn't all we had to eat.  On Sunday Marea and Pelle who were also visiting Malin from Oslo for the weekend were leaving.  So here we had some traditional Swedish 'grub' before they had to catch their coach home.  Sausage and Mash but not in the English style.  It has been around since the 50's and were available in the 'fastfood' sense before all the diners started to pop up.  Unfortunately I didn't sample this dish due to the sausage being made of beef but it sure looks filling.

In Sweden they love to take coffee breaks.  They are huge on coffee, kinda like our afternoon tea I guess.  On my last day we strolled around Haga and stopped by Cafe Husaren for a little rest time.  They had the best and biggest lookin' cinnamon rolls in their window!  Haga is a really old part of Göteborg and so you will notice that the exterior and the interior of this cafe is really lovely.

Of course, I bagged myself a Giant Cinnamon Roll to take home.  As if you had to ask :p

I also quickly popped into the supermarket before packing up to pick up a few Swedish sweeties!  I'm sure you recognise a few favourites here :)

More to come!  God knows how many parts there will be.
Miss you Göteborg xxx