I have been very excited this week to have received a really lovely letter in the mail from the QUEEN of letter writing herself – Claire from Letter Lounge, based in London. This lovely handwritten envelope landed on my doormat with a flutter, rather than the usual thud of a handful of unwanted leaflets and holiday brochures… The pup didn’t even woof at the postman on this particular morning…. I LOVE th

Hello from The Secluded Tea Party HQ!  I hope that this post finds you well? I have been so busy with all things Tea and Cake related, and there is no sign of things slowing down…. HUURAH : ) First things’ first… And for the not so weak hearted of my readers…  THE SECLUDED ZOMBIE TEA PARTY – COMING TO A WOODLAND NEAR YOU?!…  I am now pleased and very stupidly proud to announce, that we have

This weekend was the only weekend that I could get away with Mister Flay for a few months, so we decided to head to Suffolk on a Food Tour and try out some destinations whilst camping in a BEAUTIFUL Orchard in the middle of the Countryside.  What we hadn’t expected was that we would get soaked through to the bone on both the Friday night whilst pitching our canvas home… Stressful!… And again whilst walking al

MINISTRY OF ZOMBIES .… The Secluded Tea Party is now pleased and very stupidly proud to announce, that we have one of the worlds most fanatical and clued up Zombie survivalists attending as a VIP zombie tea party guest on Friday 8th July! Sean T Page is a zombie blogger and is zombie-renowned for writing “The Official Zombie Handbook (UK)”.  He has trekked across Patagonia, the Alps and the sahara, learning m

MINISTRY OF ZOMBIES .… The Secluded Tea Party is now pleased and very stupidly proud to announce, that we have one of the worlds most fanatical and clued up Zombie survivalists attending as a VIP zombie tea party guest on Friday 8th July! Sean T Page is a zombie blogger and is zombie-renowned for writing “The Official Zombie Handbook (UK)”.  He has trekked across Patagonia, the Alps and the sahara, learning m

How many of my blog readers can actually say right here, right now, that you love camping? I would imagine a fair few of you!…  My answers….Well, I LOVE camping now that I can go with a huge blow up mattress that upsets the peace and quiet of the entire tent-al neighbourhood, and when I can get away with not having the stress of the pup in tow ; ) Hehe the last time we took the pup camping was in the middle of a fa

Last week I booked myself a few days off from my day job and enjoyed some great weather, offering me the chance to relax, get on top of some of those chores that I have been putting off and given the chance to catch up with friends and family.  It was only 3 days, but it felt like a week! It was pure bliss. On my last day, naturally, I had the end-of-holiday-blues and decided to enjoy a lovely long walk around Cambourne and it

A little while back I shared with you a few tracks from my Ipod Play list, and I asked if you could guess which one of those talented guests might be attending The Secluded Vintage Tea Party on Sunday 26th June 2011…. Well, I am still not going to tell you who it is!… haha… I know, I am evil, but I love teasing and making my guests wait and see, as you will be aware by now : )  I can confirm, that one of my p

This cake was the star attraction at The Secluded Crafty Tea Party.   It even received it’s own celebratory comments in my Guest Book!….  I feel it is only fair (And about time to offer out another delicious recipe) to share this with you all, as each slice is amazingly addictive and it’s a very moist cake recipe indeed.  There is nothing worse than a dry carrot cake, so give this a go! I can’t rate it

A few months ago I had a very welcome email from a lovely lady called Alice at the Cambridgeshire Journal.  Alice wanted to talk to the mysterious Miss Sue Flay and discuss an article planned for her magazine in June of this year incorporating Afternoon tea and Cupcakes with a local spin.  How could I resist? – It sounded perfect for me, so I got into a good old email conversation with her about her plans and thoughts on