This afternoon I hosted a bridal shower for my dear friend Cara. Since Cara is from Great Britain, I decided on an English Tea Party theme. Here are a few pictures of the results of my efforts:
The invitations I made. I put dark purple cardstock onto a blank cream-colored note card and then put the purple bridal paper over that and vellum on top over all. I used cute purple fasteners to attach all the layers together and wrote on the vellum.
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The table with all the goodies.
I made very delicate lemon cookies and put a lemon glaze over them. Yummy!
Scones, which were served with plum jam and lightly whipped cream (in place of clotted cream, which seems very complicated to make!)
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Cucumber sandwiches. We had egg salad sandwiches, too.
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Strawberries filled with whipped cream.
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Such a pretty teacup...
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how lovely....i had a wonderful time! can we get those pictures printed so i can make up my little scrapbook?
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sarah, everything looks so exquisite. when i get back, will you throw me a shower? we can make up some famous life event as an excuse ;).
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Sarah! I like the idea of a small shower. All the ones we've been throwing down here are rather huge - as many as 40 invitations going out (and you just can't make things as nice for that many people!) Did you guys have fun?
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ReplyDeleteThat was amazing Sarah!
Beautiful!
Christopher
I want a shower, too! Can I share with Melissa? We could celebrate being in America. I want the whipped cream strawberries.
ReplyDeleteYes, me too! The comforts of American food, I'm drooling already.
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