A Little Bit of Sunshine Birthday Tea

To have one last outdoor tea party, you need

a little sunshine, and since we have been

having rain, rain, rain, a last minute

decision had to be made on whether

we were going to chance this birthday tea

in Joanne's fabulous back yard for our craft night.

She had planned such a beautiful table that we

decided at the last minute to chance it and

move it if we had to.

The Garden Fates were with us as we had a

beautiful hour of sunshine in a week of rain.

Joanne provided the setting and Laura provided the

lovely plates and serving ware.

Ahh, you can see the sun in the background!

It actually made for easier pictures and we

wouldn't have wanted to miss this lovely

double birthday tea party.

You can see that hats were provided on each chair

for us to wear.

I adore the flatware placed in the gloves with a

bouquet of flowers on each glove.  It made me feel

like a real lady.

Joanne provided her Buttercup sterling silver.

Look at the beaded edge of that glove.  How elegant.

A little crystal with antique ribbon and flowers were

a take home gift for each lady.

I just love these name tag holders that 

were purchased at a thrift shop.

Remember our last craft night and birthday party where the

dogs wouldn't pose?  Well, Winston is willing to pose tonight.

He even matches the tablescape.

Who wouldn't want to make sure we had the opportunity

to experience this, and again you can see the sun favored

us with its presence.

Joanne's husband hinged these beautiful doors together just

for this event and wired the chandeliers.

Pure Magic!

We had this beautiful cake and cookies made by 

Amy Perkins.  She made them to match one of the

tea cups that was filled with flowers for the top of the cake.

Lovely Amy even stayed for the tea.  She looks like

a bride in her hat.

I made my Grilled Almond Peach Salad.  Natalie smoke

some chicken, which we added to the salad to make

it a main dish.

Laura treated us to jams, honeys and lemon curd 

that she brought back from London.  Oh, were they

fantastic!

Jann made us cucumber sandwiches.  They were the

best cucumber sandwiches I have had.

Laura also treated us to Trader Joe's bake your own

croissants.  They tasted straight from France.  I didn't

know they had those, but we are definitely going to

be buying those from Trader Joe's.

Brenda made us scones and Devonshire cream.

This was a rosemary and sage flavored tea.  It was fabulous.

These ladies know me!  They made my tea cup purple!!

Here is the table with all of the glorious foods.

Tonight we were celebrating Natalie's birthday,

and our hostess Joanne's birthday.

I had this lovely black hat.  What a fun party.

The teacup cookie tastes as good as it looks.

The raspberry and lemon cake was the most amazing

cake I have ever had.  Aren't they just gorgeous?

This was the Halloween craft we made.

I am so blessed to have such a wonderful

group of women who are so talented and fun.

I hope you enjoyed this little bit of sunshine 

at 

Purple Chocolat Home today.

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