Anglophilia

Well, it's coming. Yep, the Royal Wedding. I'm not really a Royal watcher or anything like that, but I've always had a soft spot for crazy celebrations and basically anything British for as long as I can remember (except Marmite - not a fan...). Apparently the last time a big wedding like this happened was 1981, and I quite frankly can't remember it as I wasn't quite born yet. This year, I'm going all out with my students, so I searched out some inspiration... As far as I can gather, the British enjoy their street parties. I could come up with some super amazing fact about the number of official street parties that will be taking place on April 29th of this year, but that would just be silly... However, there are several things that need to be present. 1.) Lots of little flaggy things 2.) Long tables 3.) British People 4.) Cucumber Sandwiches I love a good tea cup.

Ooh, look - aforementioned ubiquitous cucumber concoctions.

Not sure I can get my classroom to look anything like this, but hey - it's worth a try...

Alright, this is the aim. Less actual bone china (to avoid unfortunate dropping that will inevitably happen), but street party bunting visible in background, and super fancy cakes at the ready.

Aw pretty.

Confetti - I'm tempted. I'm pretty sure the caretaker would attack me.

Now this is quite lovely, this is by far the best commemorative china I've seen...but here's my question. Do you really want this in your house afterwards? I mean come on, it's a little odd. Am I just too Canadian to understand? Probably.

I think we'll have to make some crowns....what do you think?

Pip pip, cheerio!

xox

Ave

ps: I was joking about the cucumber sandwiches....kind of.

pps: Also about the pip pip cheerio....kind of.