Winter Afternoon Tea Party

I was invited to the loveliest of afternoon teas recently

and I am so pleased to be able to share this with you.

My dear tea society "sister/friend" Marina hosted a tea in January
 with the most perfect winter's theme and attention to detail!

This is a very pic-heavy post so I will hush and allow
the pictures to do most of the the talking.

Here was the gorgeous teacup I used.

I loved her blue and white and shiny tablescape!

I could spend an entire month showing you

 all Marina's collection pieces.

Her china cabinets are filled to bursting with exquisite tea items!

(And she has a great story behind nearly every piece, too!)

Oh, my, the food was so pretty and sooooooooooo delicious!

This was our delicious and pretty "welcome to tea" beverage

 in her gorgeous heavy leaded crystal goblet.

             (Which matched her yummy mini cupcakes perfectly!)

And don't they look nice all snuggled up

 to yummy frosty white pretzel bites?

I got lucky with the little gift bags I brought as gift favors for the gals-

seemed to fit in rather well with the tea colors.

Here are my very best of my best friends;

 my Sandy's Tea Society Ladies.

L to R:

Dawn, Karen, Pam, Mary, Auntie Pam, and Marina.

I absolutely adore these gals. They are so loving, polite, giving, kind, thoughtful and sweet.

My time with them is never enough. I miss them even on my way home from my visits.

They are truly beautiful both inside and out. 

The adorable snowman towels that were placed

 on the backs of our seats

was our thoughtful favor from our lovely hostess, Marina!

Thank you, sweet friend, for a most delightful tea party!

♥

As always, thank you, too for your visit today!

Hugs!

~Michele

Linking:

Inspire Me   *   Teacup Tuesday   *   Friends Sharing Tea 

Tablescape Thursday   *   Bernideen's Tea Time