{GUEST POST} vintage tea party

{GUEST POST}

sweet vintage little girl tea party

i am so excited today to introduce you to jennifer of 

double the fun parties

she is an amazing party planner and mom who was voted #9 on 

the circle of moms top 25 party planning moms of 2012!

on top of that she is a total sweetheart and you will LOVE her!!

*********************************************

I’m so excited to share our Vintage Tea Party with you! Call me a stick-in-the-mud, but I like a truly traditional tea party – and not a tea party mixed with any other activities you might find at a spa party or fairy party or princess party.
Just a good, old-fashioned tea party. So that’s what we had.

You can recreate this party using our Vintage Tea Party Plan and Vintage Tea Party Kit!

I used my china cabinet to display our food and desserts. Since the cabinet has a mirrored back, I covered the mirror in a pink and yellow rose-patterned chintz. (See my tutorial here.)

I drew inspiration from this delicate pink and yellow teacup. I am in love with this pattern and I pulled the party colors from it.

 

For serving pieces, I used white, glass, silver and added pops of pink. The mini stands holding the lemon curd and Devonshire cream I made using this tutorial from The Party Dress magazine. I also got lucky and found a pink hobnail vase for $4 the day before the party.

When it came to the sweets, I tried to incorporate the party colors. Treats included strawberries, blueberry white chocolate scones, cranberry orange scones, berry cupcakes, cotton candy cookies, meringue cookies, candy sticks, madeleines, and dark chocolate-dipped coconut macaroons. (I may have helped myself to a few of the macaroons.) The birthday cake was a white chocolate and raspberry 3-D teapot cake — so pretty!

Hope you like it!

Jennifer

be sure to check out the party activities too 

and the rest of the party details and vendors!

************************************************

thanks jennifer!

be sure to follow along with double the fun parties

{blog}

{facebook}

{twitter}

{pinterest}

happy entertaining

mindy starr