Tea party inspiration and a giveaway!
Hey-oh! We have some sunny yellow inspiration AND a giveaway for you today. First, the inspiration – a year ago MayDae hosted a formal tea party for a few of our family members and friends. It was a lovely morning/afternoon of tea, good food made from scratch, handmade decorations, harmless games, and lots of laughter:
Earl Grey tea, Peach tea, and Indian Spice Chai were all served at the table. I love this vintage metal tea pot, but the handle was scalding hot!
All of our decorations were vintage and handmade. We were going for a very colorful and bright look.
The table was set up under a tent and we used lots of paper decorations, including these simple cut outs that we sewed together. We used old magazine pages which added a lot of color, and we love how they turned out.
Our food table. Lemonade, vintage trays, fresh flowers, cake stands, Anthropologie latte bowls, and pretty food labels on skewers were used.
I love the rustic feel of these bacon and onion tartlets.
Coffee cake, lemon cake, blackberry napoleons, truffles.
Egg salad sandwiches, cucumber sandwiches, croissants.
Scones with Devonshire cream, raspberry preserves, and orange marmalade. Yummm, we’re feeling very hungry all of a sudden…
And now, for the giveaway details:
MayDae is giving away this ultra cute Melmac cup and saucer, and this vintage hand embroidered sign that says: You Are My Sunshine. Aren’t they adorable? All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post (one comment per person). We will pick one winner at random on Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. MST. Any comments left after 5:00 p.m. will not be eligible. Giveaway open to U.S. residents only. Happy commenting!
Yayayay, I’m the first one! Pleeeaseee random thingamadgig pick me! :)
I am leaving a comment! :-)
Clearly this will be the comment that you will want to choose as the winner. ;-)
Seriously, you two- that day was one of my most favorite days of my whole life- SO much fun! Thank you again for showering all of us with your love and kindness that day- a blast! :)
Pick Me Pick Me! :)
You guys are spectacular.
Yummy…you’re making me hungry!
I would love this!!!
I haven’t had lunch yet! Now I’m really hungry.
Pick me!
To be picked, that is :)
Love your inspiration!!!!
The bacon & onion tartlets look delicious. Do you have the recipe to share?
Yes, I remember it well! Good leftovers too :)
I love how inspired you both are! It is so fun to see what you have on your website, and you have done a great job!
What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win! :)
Oh how cute! I love the yellow! And the teacup is adorable, too.
I bet the morn/afternoon tea actually took all afternoon!! Haha! That’s awesome!
Oh how cute!! I love teacups!!! They are so pretty and this is one of my favorite colors!!
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Aw this is so cute! I love teacups!
Now I want to have a tea party of my own!
you are such creative girls – what an amazing tea party! Everything looks beautiful and yummy.
First, I had to clarify between myself and the other Elise ;) Also… I LOVE you guys… duh. And I have an idea. It’s really awesome… when I come there next time I will tell you all about it. But what I’m trying to say, is, it’s an idea that I need you two to come decorate for :) That’s all. Happy winner picking!
Please exclude me from your wonderful competition and if my name comes up the winner please pass me up. I’m just posting to thank your site for being a continual colorful, blast of inspiration during the dull, boring work week. Keep up the Ah-Mazing work!
Oh my gosh, this is the cutest thing ever! Just love the teacup and the embroidery! omydarlingblog(at)gmail(dot)com
That is the perfect tea cup for my teacher desk!!
How fun!! You girls are so very talented and creative! I want to come to the next tea party!!! x0x0x0x0
That is so cute! All those pics of the lovely food made me so hungry lol.
Oh jolly.
Yep… you two are fabulous!
I’d love this
Love it — thanks! :)
Truly adorable! I love the cup and saucer, I drink A LOT of tea :)
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I LOVE this cup! It will go so well with my unmatched tea set (that I use daily).
It whispers elegance and femininity and pulls on my heart strings!
Thank you for this splendid give away.
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So adorable, thanks for the opportunity! :)
What great pics! Hope I win!
I LOVE the fun bright colors that make all ladies HAPPY!
That tea party looks amazing :) And so does that teacup.
An airplane ticket would have been worth it to be an attendee at your wonderful tea party. Love your creativity and love you!
how pretty the party turned out! and i LOVE the hand embroidered sign! :) thanks for the chance to win!
I love tea parties, tea shops and how grown up it makes you feel, don’t you?
I think ANOTHER tea party is in order! Except you have far too many people outside of the close friends and family who will want to come ;) You should open a tea shoppe that is like a tea party all the time :) And, I should win the tea cup for giving you a brilliant goodness-spreading idea :)
Awww! My roommate used to sing “you are my sunshine” whenever I would try to cheer her up. Sweet huh?
How adorable! Thank you for this opportunity :)
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I love it so cute! I adore teacups and would love to give the You are my Sunshine to my best buddy for always cheering me up!
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Your tea party looked like so much fun. Thanks for sharing. Your creativity is inspiring. Love it. And of course I will win or come close because I always win things. You have to believe, right? Be blessed.
I need this in my life!
Oh wow!!! I loved all those yummies!!!!That cup and saucer are very me!!! I would love to drink my morning tea or afternoon or evening tea out of it! HA!! Yeah,I drink lots of tea!!!The you are my sunshine sign would lovely on my desk!!!!Please count me in!!!!jacksoncrisman@yahoo.com
The tea party pictures look so lovely! I love the scones and jam, and the decorations are lovely! Now I’m hungry! Thanks for the giveaway; I LOVE the cup and saucer!
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I love melmac! Fingers crossed… Thanks for the giveaway!
This is very beautiful! You must have had a blast!!! My mom, sister and I have a tea party yearly for our daughters and my grandma who is about to turn 81!! Hope others can have a wonderful time with this as well!
This is adorable! Hope I win.
I absolutely love this. I am obsessed with tea sets! I hope I win!
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I like I like!
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Hey gals! I’d love to add this little beauty to my collection…
So cute! Thanks so much for this giveaway!
This is adorable! :D Nice giveaway.
that tea cup is so cute!
Looks like I am just making it time wise for this contest,. I love the cup and saucer!
How did I miss this?! Can I still enter? ;)