Afternoon Tea Baby Shower

This year has been full of pregnant ladies and babies, and two of those pregnant ladies just so happen to be my sister and her sister-in law. This seemed like a perfect excuse to make up a dessert table and have an afternoon tea (here is the first dessert table we did). Afternoon tea's and dessert table's are brilliant because they give you the creative licence to do whatever you want with the decor and the menu.

We decided to make the invitations ourselves (which we had a lot of fun doing), most of the pom poms were home made as was the bunting hanging from the table. Food wise we had a mix of home made and shop bought which turned out really well, because if you don't have time to make all the food there are so many bakery's, deli's and other food places that do brilliant food for occasions like this. It always worth having a look around in your local area for places like that. For serving dishes we used a combination of things that all three of us had, what our mothers had and we hired the tea cups and tea pots from the bakery where we got the cake from (And the dish ran away with the spoon). Flowers also make everything look prettier, we decided on one big pitcher of flowers and a few smaller jars of flowers dotted around the table.

All in all I think it was a big success and it just goes to show that a mix of home made and shop bought can work really well, and just have fun with it. Here is the vlog of the whole thing

  

Vintage Tea Party

The other day me and few of the ladies in my family attended a charity Vintage Tea Party at The Living Room in Manchester. It was hosted by Islamic Help who are a volunteer run charity and are the founders of the Smiles Better campaign. The Smiles Better campaign works with people who have been victims of acid burns. They help victims who live in counties that don't have the adequate medical and legal help to restore their lives after these horrific attacks. They have other charity events going on through out the year if vintage tea parties aren't your thing just check out their website or Facebook page to find out what they are doing next. Unfortunately we had to leave a bit early but here are a few pictures from the event:

Loved the tea set 

Mmmmm cake

Islamic Help Cake 

You can't have a tea party without tea

Loved the lights and drapes

We did a 'get to know each other' game and this is what we ended up with 

Had the pleasure of meeting the lovely Amena of Pearl Daisy

Of course it was raining on the way home