Valentines Tea

During the daytime tea everything was "PINK"...even the

food was pink.

Our daytime menu consisted of.....

Cranberry Whip (pink*)

Heart Shaped Scones

Heart Shaped Cucumber Sandwiches

Strawberry Cream Cheese Sandwiches (pink*)

Broiled Salmon & Chedder on Canape (pinkish*)

Linzer Hearts (pink*)

Chocolate Truffles

Berry Tarts (pink*)

and the finale....

Black Forrest Torte (oozing with pink*)

The ladies enjoyed themselves, lingered and slowly filtered
out as we began preparations for our next
group, the couples.......who were greeted
by twilight glows in the yard as the arrived....
Hurricanes along the walkway in the snow :)........

I was sooooo EXCITED to find these roses!!

I found them at the Dollar Store!! They were a dollar

each, but that is less than half of what that normally cost.

The Couples menu was almost the same, only they

had Greens with Strawberry Poppy Seed Vinegrette and

with the sandwiches they had beef or chicken pasties

and with the finale....they had choices,

Black Forrest Torte or Apple Upside Down

Torte with Caramel Sauce or Cheesecake with

Rhubarb Sauce. :) Yum!

For the couples, I added these table toppers to give

them a more "elegant" feeling......

I was happy to be able to use something I had on hand,

my sister-in-law gave me a whole roll of this decoraters

fabric, I also plan to make curtains out of it!! :) But I

thought it went well and was fun to dress up the

tea tables for a "Candlight Tea".

And those "little bit bigger" red teacups I bought for

the gentlemen...well, they worked very well.

Happy couples!!

Happy Tea Time!!

We all had fun, none of my helpers were available, so my daughter served as usual, but my husband had to help us, especially with pouring tea!! It was funnyat first, but he was AWESOME!! It actually added a touch of class having agentleman serve tea. The ladies especially loved it.