My dear friend Kat­rina got mar­ried in April and I threw her a bridal lun­cheon the day before her wed­ding. The theme was an Eng­lish Tea, since it was on April 28, which hap­pened to be Prince William and Kate’s wed­ding day. Katrina’s mom is also British, so it was perfect!

I did a post right after the lun­cheon, but I only had Black­berry pics to show. The Schultzes did an amaz­ing job with the pho­tog­ra­phy and were kind enough to post the party on their blog. I highly rec­om­mend them for wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy!! They are the best!

Lynette from The Bloom Room did the flow­ers in vin­tage teacups and teapots. She is my favorite florist in Charlotte!

Hope you enjoy the pics….

Invi­ta­tion

Array of pink flow­ers in vin­tage teacups and teapots

Peonies, Renon­cules, Eng­lish Gar­den Roses

Flow­ers arranged on the tables

How amaz­ing are these?!?!?

Beau­ti­ful flow­ers on the buf­fet table

Yummy food!

Tiers of desserts

Mono­grammed M&Ms and hand dec­o­rated sugar cubes!

Flow­ers everywhere!

My Den

Katrina’s Maid of Honor and me help­ing her put on the bridal tea hat I made

Katrina’s girl­friends wear­ing tea party hats

Me with Katrina

I hope every­one enjoyed the Royal Wed­ding this morn­ing! I was up late last night prepar­ing for a tea I was throw­ing today, so I had a chance to see some of it. Kate Mid­dle­ton looked stunning!

One of my dear friends is get­ting mar­ried tomor­row in Char­lotte, so I wanted to throw her a bridal lun­cheon at my home. Since today was the Royal Wed­ding and her mom is British, I thought it would be per­fect to have a Eng­lish themed tea party!!

I had a tent put up in my back­yard patio and set up 2 round tables and a food table. My color scheme was light blue and pink, which was designed around some Cath Kid­ston nap­kins I ordered from England!

{Cath Kid­ston}

I’m sorry for the awful Black­berry pics but my cam­era died! For­tu­nately I had the amaz­ing Cheyenne Schultz shoot the party, so I will post her pic­tures soon!

Ven­dors:

• Pho­tog­ra­phy– Cheyenne Schultz
• Flow­ers– Lynette at the Bloom Room
• Rentals– Party Reflections
• Linens– Cath Kidston
• Food– LaTeaDas
• Cre­ativ­ity– Moi

The Setup

Table Set­tings

I used lots of pink Peonies, Gar­den Roses, and Renon­cules. I bought sev­eral vin­tage teacups and saucers to put flow­ers in. I also ordered some Cath Kid­ston cups to match the linens!

Close up of the Peonies

The teapots– Straight from Eng­land and filled with pink roses.

I found the same Cath Kid­ston fab­ric from a seller in China on Etsy. I had it made into a table­cloth for the food table.

Cas­cades of fruit, cheese plat­ter, tea sand­wiches, petite ham bis­cuits, chicken salad crois­sants, find sand­wich wedges, but­ter­scotch scones with lemon curd, brown­ies, cook­ies, white choco­late rasp­berry bars, eclairs, tur­tle brown­ies, yogurt pret­zels, cheese­cake lol­lipops, choco­late cov­ered straw­ber­ries, Nor­man Love assorted choco­lates, tea sugar cook­ies and cus­tom M&Ms!

{Me in my tea hat I ordered from Etsy}

My guest of honor Kat­rina. I made a spe­cial bridal tea hat for her.

Cute girls in their tea hats!

All the beau­ti­ful flow­ers are sit­ting on my cof­fee table!

I’m sav­ing these for a pho­to­shoot of my home on Monday.

I pot­ted some flow­ers on my deck for the occasion.

It’s start­ing to look a lot like spring!