tea party day!

yay!  bienvenidos a la fiesta!  i'm glad you could make it.  please come in, make yourself comfortable, and enjoy looking around.  there are some name tags on the corner table, feel free to write your name and/or blog name so we can recognize you faster.  next, check out the huge buffet table covered in goodies from around the world, the tea bar brimming with freshly steeped tea in a every flavor imaginable and an array of cups, saucers, and tea pots both old and new.  take your cup of tea and sip it while browsing through the tea-themed gallery or sit down and chat with some of the other guests.

i've already enjoyed my first cup of tea:

i decided to go for a simple, but colorful outfit for the day, including my favorite big red resin beaded necklace.  for the evening portion of the party, i plan to go fancy...in my most comfortable floor length black gown and bright pink candy earrings:

i decided to drink out of my brand new bright orange tea cup and blue-striped saucer but i also brought along my collection of vintage cups and saucers:

 

it looks like some of them have already been used.  i think between all of us we will be able to drink tea all day and never have to reuse a cup!

i also set up some place settings  and flower arrangements for those of you who prefer to sit while you mingle:

my food contributions are sweet, sweet, and more sweet. some yummy fruit tarts, mini-chocolate layer cakes, and for those coming to the tea party in the morning, some just baked chocolate croissants:

and my sister decided to bake us all a cake and bring some pretty moroccan tea glasses:

my mom brought some wonderful tea sandwiches and her famous banana chocolate chip muffins.  i better slow down, i'm already getting a stomach ache!

don't forget to to let me know once you've posted.  i don't want to miss anyone.  and also send my your address for favors.  if you're brave i'd still love to see some photos of you!

i'm off to mingle with all of the other ladies who made it (from australia, bulgaria, canada, denmark, ecuador, england, france, germany, holland, israel, japan, norway, portugal, scotland, and from all over the united states):

julie with her girls and some freshly-picked lemons

louise and her collection of international tea ware

paula sharing little stories and facts and who was smart enought to bring her camera

divine seating and lovely gracia

vanessa brimming with sparkles and lace

an incredibly cute drawing and miss denitsa

whimsical vintage cups and saucer (but no chai!) arrived with tiel

veronica and some argentinean mate

a beautiful watercolor, yorkshire teacakes and sweet lila

britt-arnhild shares stories and golden tea cups

corey and her antique adventures

cute kitties and a rainbow hammock arrived with djbebe

some vintage goodness, coffee, and phyllis

sarah and the cute little waitress, eliza

a tea party picnic with jill

janet in her wellies brings spiced apple tea and wine (i love that we now have wine and coffee to go with the tea!)

ashley in a bathrobe

paula2 with her tea, or is it coffee?, cup and saucer

beautiful roses and a great teapot came with lovely lisa

dear shari brings tom, abigail, fancy tea cups, and more

and abigail brought freesias, in the way only abigail can

lemon ricotta biscuits and peppermint lattes and marsha

alex and her sweet mismatched teapot

sabine and friends and cupcakes

owls and smiles with jillypickle

more cupcakes (one can never have too many!) and donuts arrive with wendy

loonytick brings lady grey tea and cornbread

denise and mmmm...bubble tea

lisa-gabrielle and a whole gaggle of little friends

an animated photo! and tatjana

super busy ellia relaxes with chai

more owly goodness with sarah2

vintage fiestaware came with kristin

vanilla chai and jane

shash brought laughs

genevieve and a lovely white-haired couple

egg salad tea sandwiches came with stephanie s

and black spice chai with gina

taryn drinks tea the persian way

emily likes her tea cups EXTRA large

babelfish wears polka dots

a polaroid catches jerusha's fun

yay! yah brought an extra special cupcake

amisha with stories and darjeeling tea from darjeeling

jordan, my love, shares a poem

pretty drawings from marieke

la vie arty and her orange and almond cake

a beatrix potter cup and bowl are being used by cute nancy

mariyarn and swan-shaped biscuits

anastasia brought polka dot tea (i love polka dots!)

chamomile (manzanilla) tea and stories of childhood with monica

geek+nerd in her pajamas

renee made it just in time

and don't forget christy

tricia just made it

as did tracy

and rebecca

thanks for coming!  be sure to check back as this list will continue to grow! (from now on new guests will be added to the bottom of the list to make it easier for those of you who are coming and going.)

Comments

[jungle dream pagoda]

Risa,this event rivals anything in high society. I'm afraid some rather irreverant residents from the Pagoda,decided to get there Tea-party on too.
My little one and I decided to keep an eye on them though.

[greenbeanbaby art]

thanks for the invite :) i am literally drinking my chai now, while typing, and t rying to get a hold of the insurance company... its supposed to be relaxing right?! but it sucks when the insurance AND the dentist place won't answer their phone... so, i will sit back, drink my chai, email, and listen to elmo in the background :)

[greenbeanbaby art]

okay, i posted on my blog :)

[sarah]

Let's just pretend I'm fashionably late and not ill-prepared. Thank you for comming up with this idea! I've gotten to see a bunch of blogs that I didn't know were out there! I hope it's ok that I invited my self! I figured the more, the merrier!

You look lovely in your outfits! Your hair makes me dream for my short hair again.

[myra]

Eeek! How absolutely fun and such a wonderful idea! Everything looks lovely and delicious. :)

[Jane]

A well needed Distraction for today- Your timing could not be better.
I can't thank you enough...

Happy to have found you today!
XoxoxoX
Jane Wynn
(I posted a photo...hahaaa!)

[kristin]

I'm joining, nice meet everyone! An extremely cute idea, thanks for hosting.

[tatjana]

Hi! Sorry I'm a bit late...I love all your tea cups! And that ensemble with the classic black dress and pink earrings is just fab-u-lous!

[Karen]

This was such an awesome idea Risa! I've been really enjoying visiting everyone... When is the next one?

[Denise]

Now I am really sad that I have no pictures to post. I want to show all my tea pots..I will have to wait..But everyone looks so nice and all the wonderful teas and goodies. Makes the 1 degree temperature outside seem not so cold!!

[stephanie s]

i was hoping to arrive earlier... but i am so pleased to be here now. i brought some tea sandwiches if anyone is interested. now, where is that cup and saucer i have?, i need to fill it up.

[Gina]

I am thrilled to be invited to this lovely gathering, looks like everyone is having fun and what lovely settings.

[Anabel]

Thank you for organising this lovely party!:-)

[cruststation]

Hi Risa, you look amazing! Thank you so much for hosting this wonderful party (I have brought you something...), we are spoilt by everything you prepared!! Love your collection of vintage cups and beautiful table setting. You are the best!

[emily]

You look adorable, Ms. Risa!
I'm sorry I'm so late coming to the party...I just posted, and was having internet/other issues earlier.

Your cups, etc. are amazing! Goodness gracious. :)
Happy tea drinking, my dear!
xoxo,
emily

[jordan]

you are cool, mi vida. it's good to be here. i was going to make a cd but i brought a pablo poem instead. jillypickle? someone else? ta. : )

[Yah]

Thanks for the invite Risa! I'm there!

[jerusha]

hi risa! love the photos of you! and your cup collection is wonderful! thanks so much for hosting the tea party!
xo~
jerusha

[Tricia]

Here is a good tea quote. I wrote it on my kitchen blackboard:
If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are too heated, it will cool you. If you are depressed, it will cheer you. If you are excited, it will calm you. ~Gladstone, 1865

[Janet]

hey cutie, what a big star you are to have created this tea extravaganza. Thank you so much xxx

[La Vie Arty]

hello risa!
I'm late, I'm late like the rabbit in Alice in Wonderland but this is such a good idea, I can't remember how I stumbled across this but I've posted from my little corner of London - don't even know if it's still Friday where you are, where are you?
Thank you for doing this! XXX

[lisa s]

how cute are you?!?!?!??!?!?!

thanks for organizing this risa!! it's been so fun and i can't wait to see what everyone else has been up to!

[Anastasia]

Everything looks wonderful!!! You are so pretty! love your teacups and the tea snacks look a treat!!!

[kristin]

you are too cute for words!!!!!

[mariyarn]

Thanks for the invitation. It is always nice to share a cup tea with friends.
http://mariyarn.wordpress.com/2007/01/13/tea-party-at-muerto-de-risa/