Mother Daughter Tea

Sometime, early in the new year, maybe late January or early February, at one of my mom get-togethers, Tabitha mentioned that she was feeling like hosting a tea party!  I had had a similar notion just days before, so we started to play for a faraway May date!

Tabitha booked us a date with the church. Over the course of the two or three months I found a tea service set at a thrift store, for $10!, and a few teapots to compliment the set.  The set was pretty, with 13 cups and saucers.

As the date got closer, Grace started helping me plan, and create things for the party!  We pulled out a few things to put on a prize table, for the winners of the games that Tabitha had planned! = )

Grace made a Waldorf Salad.  It came out pretty tasty, though I don't recall ever having it previously.

I made some finger sandwiches, while Grace drew up a guide sheet.

I didn't have any plates that gave off a tea 'vibe' so I pulled out an idea that I'd seen years ago online, but never made!

Billy had to help me punch the final three plates, because my hands were so worn out, and Grace's hands just weren't quite strong enough for whatever finish they put on these paper plates!

Grace did an excellent job of threading and eventually had enough confidence to help tie the bows too!

The next morning, I trimmed the beautiful bush outside of my kitchen window, because some of the boughs were rubbing up against the house, and the discarded branches came with us to the tea as decor.

Grace and Lily were both excellent helpers!  They helped every step of the way.  The flowers and fans were from Tabitha's stash, and the hoop made another appearance from the basement!

Alice, Emily, and Juliet had gone to a rummage sale with my mom that morning, so she dropped them off at the tea, which meant I got to have all four of my girls there with me!!!

The food pictured is just what Tabitha and I brought, more arrived as more guests arrived, but I didn't get updated pictures.

Looking at this picture, I realize that I forgot to take the sacrificial bread off of the sandwiches before snapping it. oops.

When I found the cute little metal cups, I thought they would be perfect for the Waldorf salad, and so they were!  I also found some doilies hiding in the craft bin in the basement!

The Jello salad was really good, but meant for a bigger crowd, I think!

Everyone one got to take their teacup home as a favor, but the teapot became the prize of the hot potato game!  The other teapots also got to go to new homes, because I didn't need any of it.  I think Grace might have picked out a prize at some point though*.   I did end up bringing home the vase with the branches, and it sat on the table for another week, looking quite pretty. = )

It was a lovely, beautiful, day, and I was so happy to spend some time with all of my girls. = )

When Tabitha posted about it, I'm pretty sure she called it the first annual one of these, so this might be the first of many! ; )

later days

*which was crazy, since the prizes came from our house!

edit 5-14-25: backdated for continuity.