Vintage Croquet Party

About a month or so ago, a friend and I were talking about yard games- croquet, bocce ball and the like, and discussing how great they were.  We tossed around the idea of getting together to play a round of croquet.  A few days later, I happened upon pictures of a wedding that offered croquet for guests to play at the reception.  I thought that adding some sort of party element to our game would be fun, and thus the idea for the vintage themed croquet party was born.
We considered hosting the fete at our house, but considering the fact that our backyard is about the size of a potato chip, we rang up the parents instead, and asked them if they wouldn't be opposed to us comandeering their yard for an afternoon.  They agreed, and so we showed up on Sunday in all our croquet finery and participated in a wicket smashing, mallet swinging tournament of epic proportions.

Sorry for the overload of pictures, but I just couldn't narrow it down!

-alison