Farewell Tea Party Turned Dinner

A friend of ours is moving to KY with her hubby to pursue her Ph.D studies. I decided to throw a despedida tea party for them. But after planning and inviting friends, I was worried that they would stay longer so I decided to make paella also. When they found out about that, most of them brought dinner items too so the party lingered and we all had so much fun!

I used various tea sets since I served various flavored teas. For tea cups, I used Johann Haviland's Brown Rose and Warvel pieces made in Poland and also some Tirschenreuth Hutschenreuther Gruppe. Basically I picked patterns with pink in them since I used  a toile pink and blue tablecloth and napkins.

I first saw the toile tablecloth from Cherry Kay's table and fell in love with it and just had to have it.The colors clashed with our dining room walls but I did not care, I wanted to use it. Fortunately, nobody even noticed since their eyes were focused on the table.

The Bon Appetit napkin rings were some of my latest acquisitions. They were from a clearance table of Williams Sonoma in Destin, FL.

I used a fluted on pedestal Polish pottery bowl to serve the paella.

I bought this white lattice Gracie China Victorian Bird tea set from Illinois when I went there a few weeks ago for my mother's 94th birthday celebration. I placed the tea set on a "Fromage" plateau tray I also bought from WS in Destin.

The set consisted of several pieces including a coffee pot, tray, sugar and creamer, bonbon and this little basket that I used to served various sugars.

Here's the Tirschenreuth Hutschenreuther Gruppe teapot.

Mangoes, yum! I got them for 50 cents each at Walmart and they were so good.

Below is another tea set from Global design connection by Kate Williams. I brought it from TJ Maxx in Park City, Utah.

I cut a mix of flowers from the garden and placed them in a vase with pink roses and cherubs. The daisies on the right are faux.

Oh, I almost forgot about this. I also served tea from this Tirschenreuth Briar Rose tea set.

I ran out of room on the table after the food were placed so I used the buffet to lay the dessert plates and flatware.

I won the maidens compote centerpiece from my very first auction here in Natchez. I just borrowed it from the living room.

I usually keep my natural rock collection on it and spread some dried flowers for potpourri.

Here is all of us. After dinner and socializing a bit, we did Karaoke and had so much fun.

Thanks a lot to all of you for your visits!

And thank you so much to our hostesses for the parties listed below.

Marty's Tabletop Tuesday at

http://www.astrollthrulife.net/

Sandi's Teatime Tues a

 http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.com/
Martha and Terri's Teacup Tues at
http://www.marthasfavorites.com/

Tuesday Cuppa tea at

http://antiquesandteacups.blogspot.com/
Trish' Tea Party Tuesday
http://sweetology101.blogspot.com/

Kathleen's Let's Dish

http://www.cuisinekathleen.com/

Susan's Tablescape Thurs
http://betweennapsontheporch.net/

Miss Spencer's Teacup Thursday at
http://missspensersblog.blogspot.com/

Kathy's Home and garden
http://blissfulrhythm.blogspot.com/