Enchanted Tea Party
I hosted my annual tea party at the weekend for the lovely ladies and it was a joy.
The girls were most gracious and brought me gifts of fancy tea, damson gin, french soap, posh chocolates, perfume bottles and other frivolities.
I have to say, I was rather chuffed with myself as everything apart from the jam and the wine was homemade. We partook of the madatory crustless cucumber sandwiches (as well as some smoked salmon and cheese & chutney ones), goats cheese and red onion chutney puff pastry thingies, scones with clotted cream and rasberry jam, rose creams, victoria sponge, summer fruit pavolva, almond shortcake biscuits, rose, lemon and coconut cupcakes and elderflower cordial (ahem, and rather a lot of pink wine!)
I even made tiny canapes and served a rose cocktail on arrival!
Needless to say, I kind of killed them with calories, but nevertheless, it was a much-needed girly get together after a rather frantic few months for many of us and an excellent opportunity to discuss and squee about our forthcoming holiday to the tower. Marshia, bless her, only got back in the country at 7.30 that evening but was whisked by obliging husband to the party post haste
Oh I do love those girls!
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The girls were most gracious and brought me gifts of fancy tea, damson gin, french soap, posh chocolates, perfume bottles and other frivolities.
I have to say, I was rather chuffed with myself as everything apart from the jam and the wine was homemade. We partook of the madatory crustless cucumber sandwiches (as well as some smoked salmon and cheese & chutney ones), goats cheese and red onion chutney puff pastry thingies, scones with clotted cream and rasberry jam, rose creams, victoria sponge, summer fruit pavolva, almond shortcake biscuits, rose, lemon and coconut cupcakes and elderflower cordial (ahem, and rather a lot of pink wine!)
I even made tiny canapes and served a rose cocktail on arrival!
Needless to say, I kind of killed them with calories, but nevertheless, it was a much-needed girly get together after a rather frantic few months for many of us and an excellent opportunity to discuss and squee about our forthcoming holiday to the tower. Marshia, bless her, only got back in the country at 7.30 that evening but was whisked by obliging husband to the party post haste
Oh I do love those girls!
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