Tea party

The tea party was lots of fun. There were a total of six of us. We had a nice time visiting without all our kiddos.

Cleaning up the fun!

Tight shot of the table



Hyvee was having an awesome rose sale 2/$1, so everyone was able to have their own tea cup flower arrangement.


Zoom out shot of the whole spread.

The menu was blueberry and cran-orange scones, fruit, petticoat tails (Tea cookies), parmesan pecan shortbread, crumpets, chocolate covered strawberries and pretzels, onion tartlets, lemon curd and blueberry tartlets, chocolate shortbread cookies (store bought), peaches and cream tart, cucumber and goat cheese sandwiches, cheddar/pecan sandwiches, chicken salad sandwiches, and strawberry spinach salad. We had assorted jellies and I made creme fraiche and devonshire cream, which were both delicious.

The food all turned out delicious. It was so much fun to make it all--I love doing that stuff. We had a funny incident with the onion tarts--I had transcribed the recipe incorrectly. WAY TOO MUCH BUTTER. They were floating up out of butter in the oven, but we were able to save them. They actually taste really good-decadent with all that butter.