A farewell to Summer tea

Elissa and I had been planning a summer tea all summer, but with being sick and having no energy it kept being put off. Elissa thought she could handle most of the preparations so she began preparing. She did a marvelous job! She made the seashell candies in the centerpiece. The "sand" is a mixture of brown sugar and white sugar. She made the sugar cookies and decorated them all by herself. She tried a few new techniques she had been reading about in the book Cookie craft. I think they turned out fabulously! I made the cloth napkins and Steve tied the string around them. So it was a cooperative effort! ;o)

We decided since most people consider Labor Day weekend to be the last weekend of the summer, we would have a farewell to summer tea.
We had a small menu. We always (!) go overboard and have a ton of leftovers so we just made a few things and did small batches of each.

Our menu consisted of:
Chicken salad sandwiches on croissants
Mushroom turnovers
Cream scones
Sugar cookies
Earl Gray Tea

We are already planning our Autumn tea! ;o) We are taking reservations if anyone wants to come have tea! ;o) Here are few pictures from our tea. They are all clickable.
As a side note, I have also updated our craft blog with two posts.


Steve tied the knots on our napkins. I think he did a lovely job.

The sugar cookies that Elissa made.

Some of the seashells that Elissa made.

Enjoying our tea. Steve ate one of the candy seashells from the centerpiece. I told him "You might be a redneck if you eat part of the centerpiece!" ;o)

The lovely centerpiece.

Our lovely table.

~Heather