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.This is my new real wedding obsession. Not only does the fabulously styled bride have the 1920s look down to an art form she is also wearing a gray dress like me! Details about the wedding can be read on Martha Stewart Weddings.

.Oh and she changes into a second dress for the evening - a woman after my own heart!

.windmills

.Dr S has been busy at car boot sales picking up these lovely pieces.

.And my lovely Auntie Mary has been hunting around Harrow charity shops were she found these pieces and another set of 6 cups, saucers, and side plates (I have not taken pictures of that yet).

Thank to all of the help, I think we now have about 50 tea cups and saucers plus quite a few tea pots, sugar bowls and milk jugs. That is great going considering we only started collecting in the Spring and the wedding is 11 months away (yep, loads of time!)

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.The vintage tea seat hunt has been going quite well thanks to the help of family and friends.
Firstly, my mother and I found these little gems in various Hampstead charity shops. The gold set are rather ridiculous but I think they could look good in the context of a fully styled afternoon tea room (fingers crossed anyhow).

.andi + jarrett, i love you

.Love is a funny thing. Sometimes it grows gradually and sometimes it is instant. When I saw Andi + Jarrett's wedding on 100 Layer Cake this week my heart skipped a massive beat. It was total and utter love in an instant. Let me take you though the reasons why:

.Bride wearing the same wedding dress as me, 'Faun' by Temperley London (mine is dove gray) - check!

.Bride, like me, opting for vintage fur bolero at summer wedding - check!

.Vintage sparkly bag (I am not even sure when I am going to carry mine but I have one anyway) - check!

.Hip, non-ugly bridally, shoes (she wore YSL, I have silver Louboutins) - check!

.Super chilled getting ready vibe - check!

.The amazingly talented one and only Max Wanger, my absolute favourite US based wedding snapper, to cover the day - check!

.Attention to detail - check!
Note: the fur stole doing its thing on a hot summers day. I am feeling less silly about mine now - it is going to look chic like Andi's (*crosses fingers and hopes!)

.Groomsmen in bow ties! I would so do this if I was in charge of our boys - alas I am not.

.Beautifully mis-matched, yet matching bridesmaids - check!

.Personalised wedding ceremony - check!

.Sartorially exceptional guests - check!

.1920s diamond ring (mine is 1920s Viennese Art Deco) - check!

.Famous friends to play music at your reception - check!

.Bride changing into amazing dress for the reception/dancing - check!

.To my dismay, this seems to have been deemed my most controversial wedding decision so far. I don't care how silly it sounds, I am having two dresses!

.Initially it was going to be a gorgeous Kenzo dress from work but I was not in the office on the sample sale day and lost out (I speak of samples because I am a fashion PR - I figured one of you MIGHT have been interested). So now it is going to be an original 1950s dress I found in Vienna for 2 Euros - yes, really, TWO Euros!

.Dancing the night away to great (non-cheesy) music - check!

.Seriously, this wedding, what's not to love?

For better details of what really went down at Andi + Jarrett's wedding please check out 100 Layer Cake, Max Wanger blog and the Flashdance blog. All photos by Max Wanger.