Simple Fall Tea & Cake for Two

 

I have to meet a friend a few times a month

 to exchange women's club info - we work

as a team but seperately.

 

 I am the membership officer and she is the treasurer.

 

When we have new members to join our club

the application and dues go first to her,

 and then to me....each with seperate job roles

doing what we need to do for the club.

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes she and I meet out,

 sometimes we just drop info off then fly off to do our own thing,

 but sometimes we take a little time out for one another.

 

 This time I am simply having her over for an easy

 quick & tea and cake visit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing over the top, nothing that is difficult or fancy,

just two friends getting to know one another just a tiny bit better

on a mild, sunny and pretty autumn day.

 

 

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My super crafty eldest daughter hand-made these amazing

brown-eyed Susans for my birthday a few years ago!

 

I keep them in this gorgeous vintage brown marble vase.

(I love the veins running through it, and the golden brown on it.)

 

These flowers look right at home in it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My other crafty amazing daughter, my youngest,

made 4 of these awesome place mats for me

when she was only in the 5th grade. She is 30 now.

 

(That was a very long time ago!)

 

It was the first Thanksgiving decor item I ever owned.

 

They have really held up well and kept their colour

all these years, too - I adore them!

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

This beautiful fall tea cozy was made by a friend

 and really does a good job keep a big pot of tea piping hot!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The simple gold tea/coffee cups and saucers

 are part of my every day dishes and

I love how well they work for this gathering's

 palette of colour.

 

 

 

 

Here is a nice Williams-Sonoma heavy plate charger
 that I didn't end up using but was pretty enough to show off. 

 

 

 

And yes perhaps it is a bit too fussy to some using linen napkins,

 napkin rings and golden forks....

but any excuse to use gold utensils is just plain FUN for me!

 

Of course using real napkins is GREEN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's nice to make things pretty for a new friend's visit for tea.

 

 

 

Getting to know you

Getting to know all about you

Getting to like you

Getting to hope you like me

 

Getting to know you

Putting it my way, but nicely

You are precisely my cup of tea

~Jay Lerner 

 

 

 

 

Linking:

 

Make it Pretty * A Return to Loveliness * Tabletop Tuesday

 

Tea Time Tuesday * Teacup Tuesday - Terri * Share Your Cup

 

 Tuesday Cuppa Tea * Friends Sharing Tea