Sweet Little Girl's Tea Party!

I recently did a little girls Tea Party for the cutest little 4 year old girl. It was absolutely ADORABLE. 

Her mommy made all the decorations herself, and all the details were fabulous. I provided all the food, tea and birthday cake. I also did a "grown up" tea for all the mommies too.

As usual I had no time to take photos, but, luckily, mommy is a blog writer for the OC Family magazine and you can check out all the great pictures on her post here.

Happy birthday to a sweet girl :-)

Baby Shower for Jaime (and baby Breckin)

My daughter-in-law and her friends hosted a baby shower for their friend and co-worker, Jaime, last weekend and I provided some treats.

What a wonderful job they did... all the decorations were hand made by my daughter-in-law and her friends! So cute!

Treats provided by me, "English Rose Teas"... chocolate covered peanut butter balls, chocolate covered chocolate chip cookie dough balls (mmmm! thanks to my daughter-in-law for suggesting this one), mini cupcakes with vanilla and chocolate buttercream icing, millionaire bars, fondant covered cake-pop bonbons and lemon loaf cake.

 

Sangria to drink (not for the mommy to be though), lemonade and iced water with fresh fruit ice cubes made by the girls.

It all looks so lovely! I trust they had a great time. WELCOME to baby Breckin!!

Barbara's Birthday Tea

I was so happy to be asked by Heather to cater an afternoon tea at her home for Barbara's birthday a couple of weeks ago.  

Even though it kind of got off to a rocky start (car problems for me!), my son came to the rescue, picked me up with all my stuff, and got me to Heather's house, somewhat late, but thanks to all of  the "helpers" who came to the rescue and set everything up, eventually, everyone was able to have a scrumptious, calming, afternoon tea :)

Heather, you were a wonderful hostess to all the birthday guests, and so much help to me. I LOVED your kitchen (wish that I had it)... so much space to prepare the tea and set out all the goodies!

I hope that everyone had a good time and enjoyed all the treats. Heather, thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to be a part of the celebrations.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARBARA!

Jill's Bridal Shower - a Very Special Day!

Here are some pictures of a very special tea I did for my dear friend Flo for her daughter’s bridal shower. What a special day!

Flo and I have been friends for many, many years, we’ve been through thick and thin together as our children grew up and I’ve known her daughter, Jill, since junior high school!  It was truly such an honor for me to be asked to do this event.

The day before, as is typical, I worked into the night and early morning hours. My friend drove up from Del Mar early on the morning of the shower to pick me up. As I finished up last minute things she started to pack everything into our two cars and we then sped off to Long Beach to set up for the bridal shower “tea”.  We busily got everything set up, with the help of Jill’s future mother-in-law Chris, her sister-in-law, Jen and friend Caroline. Thanks to everyone for helping!

It was such a FUN day. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and Flo and I had a lot of laughs, along with Flo’s family and friends. It was so nice to meet everyone.   

Jill and Matt will be tying the knot next weekend at a beautiful winery in Temecula and I cannot wait for this wedding.  I know Jill is going to be a stunning bride and Matt a handsome bridegroom.  They are a great couple and it's going to be a beautiful affair. 

Thank you Flo, my dear friend, for giving me the pleasure of preparing this tea for everyone :) 

Mothers Day Tea

I just did a Mothers Day tea last weekend for some of my favorite young moms. I always LOVE to see and hear these moms having time together, being able to relax and just enjoy each others company and conversation with no interruptions!

Lovely day :)