Party Styling, Bonbonniere, Cake pops, Doily Bunting – Sugar Coated Mama
Photography – Natalie Latu Photography
Ruffle Cake, Cookies, Cupcakes, Pomanders – Just Treats
Ruffle Table Skirt, polkadot backdrop – Hannah’s Mum Sews
Chair covers, table cloths, candelabras – Diva Events & Candy
Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Cupcake liner pomander tutorial found here.
This is what Sarah said about planning the party– “Every woman loves a beautiful High Tea. It’s an opportunity to indulge in conversation and delectable food with a touch of the femme. When I was asked to organise and style a High Tea for 50 women of all ages, I was super excited as it was my first High Tea. I came up with a vintage inspired theme with a pastel flavour and straight away I started dreaming of pastels in all their varieties. It consumed me and I loved every minute of it! A few of the ladies wanted to bring food for the dessert table, so I selected some lovely homemade treats for them to cook that would fit with the theme, and it worked out so beautifully that it was a sensory overload of magnificence (even though I am prone to exaggeration at times, I really mean it)!! The desserts included everything from Australian lamingtons, caramel & raspberry cheesecakes, butterfly cupcakes, rosewater meringue’s with Persian fairy floss, peppermint crisp cheesecakes for a pop of green, white chocolate coated peanut butter balls (yummo), butterfly cookies hanging beautifully in a cage, Ivory Ruffle Cake with pink gradient mud cake inside, incredible teapot cookies, and so much more. They were all divine. A few of the ladies who helped with the baking are so incredibly talented that I continue to use them for many of my dessert buffets!
For some of the accessories and backdrops, I was lucky enough that a friend of mine was throwing out her old vintage tea sets, curtains (which I used for the backdrop of the main dessert table), sewing sets, doilies, even a cupboard and chairs. I embraced all of this for the styling of the party, and it was perfect! It was a truly beautiful party, which was topped off by an 78 year old lady coming up to me at the end and telling me it was the best day of her life!”
Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
The cupcakes and cakepops are too yummy looking! Great job on the entire event!
Great job! Love the butterfly cookies on the cage, and the heart tea cookies are too cute! The entire event looks lovely really.
Thank you so so much for featuring my High Tea on your blog Kara. As a new business, it is soooo amazing to see my event up here and the beautiful comments, thank you again, you are the best! xs
Thank you so much for your lovely comments Kelli, I loved styling this event.
Love all your colors and styling! FYI though it would be better to call this an afternoon tea. High Tea is often thought of this way but is nothing fancy. It was referred to as a man’s meal at 6 pm after he got off work, eaten at a high table.
just wondering where you got the pink tea cup form? it’s gorgeous
thanks naomi