Vintage Teddy Bear Tea Party

Today I am featuring this precious VINTAGE TEDDY BEAR TEA PARTY submitted by Katie Nguyen Wells of Petite Social.

Here is what Katie said about her party- "This party was to celebrate my daughter Lila's 3rd birthday. Playing dress up and having tea parties are two of Lila's favorite activities so it was pretty easy to come up with a Teddy Bear Tea Party and hire The Bear Bus, aka, "Build-A-Bear" on wheels that comes directly to your house!

DECOR ELEMENTS:
I wanted vintage and romantic, but since this was a 3 year old party, it needed to have some whimsy. I envisioned soft palettes of pink, blue, yellow and cream with lots of lace, ruffles, fabric, doilies, pearls,
florals, and of course, incorporate teddy bear.

I partnered with Lindi from Love The Day, who was able to take my vision and create the perfect 'Frilly Tea Party' collection.

PARTY DETAILS - I created a dessert table, food table, and children's
tablescape for this event.
1) Dessert table
I knew I wanted to make use of a distressed dresser that I had found on Craigslist (for $5) as my focal point. It was a shabby and distressed piece of furniture that was absolutely perfect for what I envisioned. To get a soft, romantic and vintage feel, I created a fabric backdrop mixing
in lace, floral pattern, and chiffon. I also wanted to incorporate the DIY doily lanterns and globes I had made. The plan was to hang them, but due to time constraints, I ended up scattering on the floor and actually liked it even better than my original plan!

2) Food table
Since the dessert table was mostly lace and doily, I chose to create a ruffled food table and had a tablecloth custom-made (luckily my mom is a tailor!) to get the look and also created a ruffled crepe backdrop to cover the windows.

3) Children's Tablescape
I put two kids tables together to create one large square table for 14 little girls. Each setting included a doily wrapped tea cup, lace trimmed party hat, and pom attached to their chair.

PARTY FOOD:
I got to work with my favorite sweets designers on this party, Sugar High for Cake, JP Creatibles for custom-designed cookies, and Edible Details for cupcake toppers. Using the printable collection, all 3 designers came up with their creations.

Cake -- This was my 3rd time working with Brenda of Sugar High and another slam dunk. Going with my direction of incorporating a teddy bear wearing pearls and sitting in a tea cup, Brenda created the perfect centerpiece cake and sweetest looking teddy bear cake topper.

Custom Designed Cookies -- Jen of JP Creatibles is amazing and I was so lucky to partner with her on my 2nd project. Using the printables as the inspiration, she created 4 different cookie designs that matched the printables to a tee. The colors, the florals, and the lace and ruffles were the perfect addition to the dessert table and truly a sin to eat!

Cupcake Toppers -- Brittany of Edible Details is also a favorite of mine. She created both flat fondant toppers in the shape of a doily to match our invitation and 3D tea pot and tea cups. All the kids were fighting over the little tea set!

Menu-- A simple tea party menu was created to include 3 different types of tea sandwiches, mini quiche, tea cakes and cookies, vanilla meringues, fresh strawberries and cream, and green salad.

DIY and the little details:
There was a lot of DIY for this party! Following tutorials found online,
I created:
1) Ruffled backdrop using crepe streamers
2) Textured Fabric Backdrop mixing various textured and patterned fabric,
dowel, and commands
3) Paper Doily Lantern using paper doilies and lanterns
4) Fabric Doily Globes using old fabric doilies, balloon, and fabric
stiffener

ACTIVITY:
The Bear Bus came directly to our house and provided a very fitting activity for this party. For a full hour, each child got to pick out their own bear, stuff it with love, dress it up, and name it. The girls
had so much fun using their creativity. All compared names and outfits and then proceeded inside for a teddy bear tea party with their new friends.

PARTY FAVORS:
The bears served as the party favors, but each child also got to take home a custom-designed cookie from JP Creatibles.

VENDOR CREDITS & RESOURCES:

Event Styling: Petite Social
Event Photography: MoxieSox Photography
Custom Designed Party Printables: Love The Day
Custom Designed Cake: Sugar High, Inc.
Custom Designed Cookies: JP Creatibles
Fondant Cupcake Toppers: Edible Details
Entertainment: The Bear Bus
Dresser: Craigslist
Doily Lanterns/Globes, Lace and Fabric Doilies, Crepe and Fabric
Backdrops, Vintage China Set: Goodwill, Dollar Store, Hancock Fabrics: Goodwill

Romantic Valentine's Day Tea Party

And up next... This beautiful ROMANTIC VALENTINE'S DAY TEA PARTY submitted by Sharon Pardon. Is that ruffle cake not the cutest cake ever?! I love the delicate cupcakes in the tea box as well. 

Here is what Sharon said about the party-- "I was inspired to do this Valentines day table. I didnt want to do the typical tradtional colours of red and white, so went with pink and blue. I like to think its a high tea romantic valentines day. I also love prettiness, and being that valentines Day isnt huge in Australia I wanted to make it feel softer."

Vendor Credits--

Photography : http://www.samanthapearce.com.au/index2.php#/home/
Drinking straws and Swizzle sticks: http://www.tlbc.com.au/
Chocolate Wrappers {Free Printables}: http://sweetscarletdesigns.blogspot.com.au/
Small hearts and tea labels: http://www.eatdrinkchic.com/
Little Tickets: http://misscutiepiegoes80s.blogspot.com.au/

Princess 5th Birthday Party

It's time for another gorgeous princess party. This PRINCESS 5TH BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Sriti Fusillo. Sriti not only chose to host a princess party for her daughter, but a tea party as well. Everything was put together so perfectly. Such a pretty party for a darling little girl.

 Here is what Sriti wrote about the party-

“I did a Princess Tea Party for my daughter Sarina for her 5th birthday. I hand-made the invitations to look like tea bags which folded out and gave all the details for Princess Sarina's Birthday Tea. I hand made all the food except the cake, which was made by It's All About the Cake. We had Petite Fours with fondant tea pot toppers and pink blossoms, chocolate cupcake pops, yogurt parfaits, brownie bites with fondant dahlias, and sugar cookies. I also made Princess Punch (sherbert with ginger ale) and we had pink tea (pink lemonade). The table napkins were mismatched pieces of material I had that I sewed into napkins. The napkin rings are toilet paper rolls cut and then covered with ribbon and a rhinestone. I designed the chair backing and all the printables myself (I am a freelance graphic designer) and my husband hung a small chandelier over the table using fishing line. The girls had a hair and makeup statio n where they could get their hair and makeup done and a crafts table where they could make their own crowns and wands. The goody bags were felt bags that were filled with princess items (a charm bracelet with princess charms, jewelry erasers, princess pops and truffles in a gown box) that each of the girls got to take home along with their made crowns and wands."

Photography- Blue Sky's Studio

Scrabble Tea Time Party

And up next, a beautiful SCRABBLE TEA TIME PARTY submitted by Kendall Burley of Cherry Kissed Events! What a terrific way to get together with your girlfriends!

Party details from Kendall- "Nicole and I had a chance to do a great photo shoot inspired by a garden tea theme. We have been planning a Tea Time photo shoot for some time now and finally got to put all our items and ideas together with some great vendors. And we had a lot of fun too!

First, we decided to use purples, golds, pinks, and greens as the main colors for the day.

Next, we decided what items we really wanted to include in our shoot. Such as using our DIY frames that we had worked on, bunting, a cute cake, and fun details like a pop of color on each plate by using a pear.

We used our favorite florist, Bonnie, from Florals by Flory in Roseville, Ca.

She did a great job using bright wildflowers and incorporating them with the DIY tea tins and the DIY laced wine bottles that we made.

We used our sweet friend, Tamsin, from the Sweet Bambino in Roseville. Tamsin makes great baby clothes and other fun items and she made us the cutest bunting. The bunting was made with burlap and felt and she added some cute flowers as a fun detail.

We met with Sweet Cakes by Rebecca in Citrus Heights and showed them the type of cake we wanted and they did an awesome job making us exactly what we wanted, and it tasted great too! We highly recommend them!

We had the chance to use our dear friend, Marci's, new business, Sacramento Vintage Crockery Rentals. She had some unique and original tea time items that really made our shoot look awesome. You need to check out her amazing selection.

We also had photos taken by our friend, Kiem, from Kiem Nyugen Photography. He is always so helpful and works quickly, getting our pictures to us quickly. He is a must for every party!"

Tea Party 3rd Birthday Brunch

Anyone up for some afternoon tea? I hope you enjoy taking a gander at this cute TEA PARTY 3RD BIRTHDAY BRUNCH submitted by Kelsey Phillips. Sunshine, green grass, bright colors, adorable children, fun treats, dainty tea sets, beautiful flowers & yummy desserts...what more could you ask for at a tea party?!

Everyone enjoyed a game of Tea Bingo-- where the winner had to stand up, hold a mustache to their face and shout out "Bingo" in order to claim their prize.

Vendors:

Art designs- Lisa Rupp and Caroline Farmer
Photography- Hawkins Photography
Bow ties, suspenders, and birthday skirt- Sew Simply Sweet