A Ruby Pear Tea Party

Earlier this summer I was thrilled and delighted

 that two dear tea society sisters of mine

held a belated birthday party tea

 for another of our society sisters, Karen.

I don't even know quite how to do this wonderful tea party justice!

Every single detail was amazing - and very special to us,

 as it was all about not only honoring our sweet birthday friend -

 but honoring a beloved tea house that closed in 2013.

*Please look for a link of my old blog post

about our last tea together there at the end of this post.

(It deserves revisiting, it was that special a place for teatime!)

You see, the hostesses Dawn and Marina

 were long-time regular customers to the Ruby Pear Tea House,

 and were very good friends with the owners.

A great deal of love went into preparing this tea

 for us to savor and enjoy!

(I am ashamed of myself for taking so long to post this!)

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We were greeted at the door with a specialty

wine spritzer with raspberry

which was a perfect cool relief on a very hot June day.

They used only recipes from The Ruby Pear's keepsake book

(and gave us each one as a momento to keep as well!)

Oh, my word, the food was just heavenly!

Karen, the birthday gal gave us all Ruby Pears she bought

from the tea house before it closed a few years back.

Dawn had hers on the table as decor.

Dawn had these amazing and beautiful 

marzipan ruby pear cupcake toppers

specially made for this party.

When we get together for a tea party celebrating a birthday

we try to remember to use a birthday teacup.

We lost our original one. I think it was my fault. 

Mary D came through with another one, she's the best!

I took a few pics of our birthday girl but they didn't turn out.
She was given a sparkly tiara to wear, too!

♥ QUEEN TEA FOR A DAY ♥ 

(At parties what few photography skills I have get even worse.)

Isn't this the prettiest tea cosy?

Here is a pc of our wonderful hostesses in their cute

matching embroidered tea-themed aprons!

   DAWN                       MARINA     

            

Another favor we were given-

a cute little fridge magnet!

This post has gotten a bit long-

I still have all my tea-themed pics taken around

Dawn's unique and awesome home to share in

another post in the near future!

And if you want a little more reading on RP:

--------> Here is the link to my old post

 about our last tea at our beloved

 The Ruby Pear Tea House

 the day before it closed. 

BTW: Here is a pic of my ruby pear Karen gave me.

It always looks especially great in

 autumn and Christmas time.

As always, thank you for your visit!

♥

~Michele

Linking:

Tea Time Tuesday   *   Bernideen's Tea Party   *   Mosaic Monday

Roses of Inspiration   *   Teacup Tuesday