Tea Time

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The Tea Party was a success! 

I was so happy that after all of my planning, everyone enjoyed had a lovely Mothers' Day with their moms (and daughters)!  Getting together over tea was a great way to catch up with everyone, laugh, and enjoy delicious spread! I am very hopeful that Mothers' Day Tea will become a tradition and that even more people will be be able to attend next year!  

We had tea here, at the Veranda of the Kahala Hotel

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I had the Wedding Imperial Tea: a golden Assam with hints of chocolate and caramel

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On fine, Bernardaud china we enjoyed freshly baked scones, clotted cream, pineapple and coconut preserves, savory tea sandwiches, pastries, confections and cookies.

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The savory items included a California Club, Curry and Radish Cupcake, Salmon Open Face Sandwich, and a Cauliflower and Truffle Quiche.

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Mother and Me enjoying tea! 

Not only was tea a beautiful way to spend Mothers' Day it also crossed another item off of my Thirty Before 30!!!

RSVP frustration

RSVP is an abbreviation for the French phrase,

 Répondez s’il vous plaît 

Translation: “Please respond.”

Etiquette Note: When a host sends an invitation and asks you to respond, yes or no, it is expected that you respond (before the date indicated).  

The concept of an RSVP seems simple, right? I thought so.  Apparently I was wrong. 

When I sent out the invitations for my Tea Party I thought it was more than reasonable that I allowed for more than two weeks for guests to RSVP.  So can you imagine my shock (and frustration) when almost a third of the guests did not respond!  

As a host, I needed to know how many guests to expect.  When I made the original reservation I had agreed to pay for the number of guests expected, even if the actual number of guests as less than expected.  More than anything anything else, I am peeved because quite simply, it was rude for my guests not to respond.  

Moral of the story: If someone is kind enough to invite you to an event and asks that you reply whether or not you plan to attend, please, kindly respond. 

Okay. Great. Thanks. 

it's (almost) TEA time!

The Mister and I haven't begun our wedding invitations just yet (I know, I know! We will be mailing our deposit and begin work this month) but I had some invitation fun working on my Tea Party invites!  I really enjoyed perusing through weddingpaperdivas.com as well as picking the actual invitation design and wording.  

Although the invitations have pink-ish hue, I used a reliable double sided tape to adhere a lavender card stock backing, which I felt complimented the colors nicely; the card stock was also a great way to add weight and substance to the invitation.

All invitations are in the mail.  Time to patiently wait for the responses!  

and . . . decide what to wear!