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Jan
26

A little tea party

Kuten perjantaina mainitsinkin, oli meillä ilo saada ystäväni ja hänen tyttärensä kylään viikonloppuna. Pidimme teekutsut ja myös tyttöjen Corolle-nuket oli kutsuttu juhlimaan ( en muistanut kuvata suloisia nukkeja, mutta rehellisyyden nimissä todettakoot, että ne eivät kyllä yhtä lukuunottamatta saaneet kovinkaan paljoa huomiota tai edes mielikuvitus teekupposta näissä juhlissa). Pienet ladyt käyttäytyivät oikein mallikaasti ja lähtivät sitten yhdessä leikkimään kun jatkoimme ystäväni kanssa keskustelua pöydän ääressä.

Last weekend I and the girls hosted a tea party for my friend and her daughter. The girl´s dolls were also invited but truth be told only one poor doll got a cup of imaginary tea. But the little ladies behaved well, all enjoyed more than one cup of strawberry tea and they managed to pour their own milk from a little silver jug and eat plenty of little star and heart shaped sugar cubes along the way. My girls were so excited about planning the party. They both sat with me to scroll through my Pinterest board about tea parties and were happy to go through the etiquette. They also wanted to help set the table and came with me to the bakery to choose the petit four. Cotton Candy even remembered to apply what she had learned about the etiquette. She was also the designated tea pourer and took her job with the pink tea pot in to heart. But I think even the 3 year olds managed very well. After they had tasted a little of everything they went to play and my friend and I got to sit at the table and chat with more tea and pink bubbles. We had a really great time. I even remembered to take a few photos before we started eating. Although not from the whole table scape as the little girls had already seated themselves and started drinking their rose scented lemonade…

I took this antique silver bowl to my favourite florist Inbloom along with a few pictures of what I had in mind for the flowers. They were absolutely perfect!

I found us grown ups a bottle of pink champagne from Fortnum & Mason ( they have made their own labels for Billecart -Salmon, some of the labels have texts like “Be my Valentine” or “Congratulations for a girl”) and the girls got this rose lemonade as their bubbles.

The pink porcelain tea set is from Pottery Barn Kids and the strawberry tea from Fortnum & Mason. For us adults I brewed their assam superb but we had to taste this tea too as the girls kept drinking it so happily. It was very good.

We went to Ekberg the morning of the party to buy some petit fours. Unfortunately they had already sold out on our favourite, the mini bébé pastries.

The best picture I could do of a whole table scape. Someone has already added some stickers to the deco.

I literally lifted the scones out of the oven a minute before our doorbell rang. They were good even though I say so myself.

I decided on three different flavours for the finger sandwiched. Smoked salmon with butter and dill, organic free range eggs, mayo and water cress and cucumber with herbed lemony butter.

The girls and I brought some sweets from London for the party.

And we also bought these condiments from Fortnum & Mason. Strawberry preserves, lemon curd and orange marmalade to enjoy with the warm scones.

Pretty sugar cubes.

I made ice cubes with fresh raspberries and mint. I really wanted to use edible flowers for these and to decorate the sandwiches with but they are not so readily available this season.

Some clotted cream to enjoy with the scones.

The girls and I got some great hostess gifts like this book the girls loved. Planning a tea party was a lot of fun and it´s such a great way to spend time together. Did you know there are many different ways to have tea? High tea is more of a meal and always includes a cooked dish ( for example a steak and kidney pie) and bread and butter. It should include a dish with meat. Afternoon tea is what we had minus the champagne. If you serve champagne at the beginning or sherry at the end it´s called a royale tea. Low tea is served on low chairs and a low table for example sitting on the sofa and serving the tea there on the coffee table. Cream tea is a simple tea served with the scones, preserves and clotted cream. Celebration tea includes a celebratory cake, although cake can be served with afternoon tea too like the traditional Victoria sponge cake with strawberries and cream.

Näiden kuvien myötä toivon sinulle hyvää alkavaa viikkoa!

Lattemamma

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Helen, on January 26, 2015

What a beautiful table setting! Your tea party photos are lovely and you are very knowledgable about the different ways to take tea! Where I live in England, a Cornish Cream tea is very popular. However, across the border into Devon, the same tea is served but it has to be done in the opposite way. So, in Cornwall it must be jam on the scone first and then clotted cream, and in Devon you put cream on the scone first and then jam!!! A bit of trivia for you. I think it lovely how your daughters rose to the occasion and wanted to help you so much. Thank you for another inspirational blog.

Sofia, on January 26, 2015

Thank you so much Helen! And nice trivia! We were pleased at how well all the girls behaved although they were all quite excited about the party. We actually got to enjoy some actual conversation although sometimes it is a bit of running around when little children are involved. I love that you leave comments here <3

Marenki, on January 26, 2015

Voi miten suloinen kattaus ja ihanan näköisiä leivonnaisia. Mistä olet hankkinut kauniit hopeiset kannut? Onko ne hopeaa vai terästä? Olen etsinyt vastaavia jo kauan, mutta tarjolla on yleensä vain hopeoituja tai sitten hopeisia, jotka ovat tietysti kalliimpia, mutta myös hieman työläämpiä huoltaa. Ihailen tällaisia aina ravintoloissa tai hotelleissa ja yritän kurkkia mitä materiaalia tai merkkiä ne on 🙂

Olen todella ihastunut blogiisi, löysin tämän joskus viime vuoden puolella ja luin siltä istumalta läpi. Kotinne on hurjan kaunis ja toivoisinkin siitä vielä enemmän juttuja ja kuvia. Sinulla on taito tehdä pienistä arkisistakin asioista kauniita ja merkityksellisiä ja mikä hienointa, opetat sen taidon myös tyttärillesi. Kiitos kun inspiroit ja jaat hyvää mieltä meille lukijoille 🙂