It's all in the details — Ladies' formal tea

Over Memorial Day weekend, we had a ladies' tea at my mom's house. I refrain from calling it a "tea party" so as not to be confused with the political movement going on right now. Although I cannot say if the movement reflects the view of those present, because as proper ladies at a formal tea, we talked about other pleasant things, not politics. ;)


Mom had this table runner, and I pulled it all together. :)


Let's talk about these roses. Beautiful, aren't they?


I picked them from the front flower bed. Decor does not have to be an expensive endeavor!


But let me say this: they were THORNY boogers!!!! I can't for sure say blood was shed over them, but it came close.


Those thorns were NASTY. But the flowers were SO beautiful .... I was willing to wrangle a few thorns.


Let's talk about the setup. In times past (around Christmas), we'd just set the boxes out ... but I figured we could do better.


So I rummaged around in the cabinets and found some pretty goblets.


WIth some tea in packages and some not, I was trying to figure out what to do ...






So I tried printing out pieces of nice paper with the name of the tea on it.


I think it turned out pretty good. Someone even asked if I had hand-written them. :)


There was also loose tea, which I put into deeper goblets.


With cute little spoons.


And labels.


Isn't this spoon handle cute?


Last little detail.

More photos later of the party itself. :)