Mother Daughter Tea Party

Yesterday, Kali and I hosted a wonderful tea party for loved ones. Our theme was to celebrate the special joys of mothers and daughters. We started planning about a month ago when we ordered invitations from a terrific designer on ebay, who also happens to be a Jill on ebay with me. Kristin customized these invitations for us. Next, we ordered a tea cozy from Rene' at The Cozy Teapot, to keep our teapot warm and cozy! Mrs. Wilt, at The Sparrow's Nest, has a lovely ebook for sale on A Proper Tea for a very reasonable cost.

Our guest list included my sweet mother-in-law, my sister and niece and my brother's fiance and her daughter. Unfortunately, my mother was out of town, but I'll make sure she's available before I set the date for out next tea. This picture is of the girls sipping tea and my mother-in-law with my daughter, Kali.

Our menu was a bit heartier than typical tea party fare. We did already have a snowstorm that cancelled school last week! The first course was miniature spinach quiches and spanakopita, followed by avocado and bacon sandwiches and turkey, lettuce and cranberry sandwiches. We finished with lemon blueberry muffins and a delicious apple cake, the recipe for which I found here. Thanks, Rene', it was a huge hit with everyone! Here's a picture of our little buffet and our teapot that held Raspberry Tea, kept warm with a cozy :)

At the end of the buffet, you can see the favors for our guests. We wrapped a candle in a holder (bought at the dollar store) along with a frame (again, from the dollar store). During the party, I snapped pictures of the guests with their daughter, or granddaughter, and used my little photo printer to print them out, and we filled the frames on the spot. So all went home with memories of a lovely time and a little memento to remember our day.

All in all, our first tea party was a wonderful success, everyone deciding that this should be a regular event. I'm looking forward to receiving an invitation soon!

I developed a sweet planner form for tea party planning, but I am having trouble getting it to upload and download again at my website. I hope to have this ironed out soon, and have many planning forms available! Here's a little picture to tide you over until I do :)