I’ve been feeling very sentimental lately. Maybe it’s because my son turned 10 (sniff…sniff) on Tuesday. Or maybe it’s because this is the last week of the school year. Or maybe it’s because my youngest has her Kindergarten graduation Thursday night and these next months will pass all to quickly and soon I won’t have my little afternoon buddy home with me since she will be heading to first grade in the fall. Sniff…sniff…
To say I’ve been a bit of an emotional mess lately would be an understatement. The tiniest things bring tears to my eyes. Hearing my kiddos laughing together in the other room, playing games as a family after dinner, slipping into their rooms at night to tuck the covers around them and marvel for the millionth time that I get to be their mommy. Or maybe it’s PMS…yeah…let’s say it’s that, OK? 😉
Whatever it is, as we are looking forward to the next chapter in our lives, I’ve also been doing a little bit of looking back. And I thought it would be fun to share with you my daughter’s Tea Party which we hosted for her 4th Birthday.
The guests were greeted by a rose covered number 4 hanging on the front door.
This is so easy to make! Buy an extra-large piece of foam, trace out the number, and then using a sharp knife cut around the lines. Break off the excess pieces of foam a little bit at a time and then insert roses or any other flower with a thick stem. I hung it to a wreath hook using floral wire.
Instead of a cake the girls enjoyed individual teacup cakes. All I did was bake cupcakes and then place them inside the teacup. The frosting looks like whipped cream on top!
For extra little treats I made these darling candy-filled teacups using ice cream cones, cookies and gummy ring candy.
I broke off the top of the ice cream cone and attached it to the cookie with frosting. The gummy rings were cut in half and attached to the sides with frosting forming the teacup handle. Aren’t those fun?
The girls sat outside in the lawn under a canopy of trees. The table was set using a quilt as a tablecloth and lovely paper goods including the pink butterfly place mats which my grandmother had given me years before.
Fresh flowers, tea pots and individual tiny tea cups and saucers completed the setting.
Here is the birthday girl enjoying her very first meringue.
This sweet day holds such a special place in my heart. I loved seeing these girls enjoying all that is feminine and dainty about a tea party and yet adding their own silliness and fun to it at the same time!
My girl turns 6 this summer and is currently agonizing over which theme to choose for this year’s party.
So far it’s between Lalaloopsy, Bambi, Stuffed Animals and Sea Creatures.
Do you think I could convince her to just do another tea party? 😉
Thanks so much for joining me on this walk down memory lane today,
Looking for some more party ideas? Check out this inspiration from our Contributor Julie!
Such a sweet post and a beautiful party for a little princess! Don’t worry, mom, she will grow older but still need and love you just the same and more! My ‘princess’ just turned 24 and she’s my best friend!!~~Angela
I don’t know what it’s like to have a daughter, or any children, but my baby sister is graduating from high school next year and I am beside myself. I cried when I took pictures of her for her Senior Prom.
Sweet, precious party. I love hearing your tender heartfelt
Stories…now I’m crying!
Girl, I think you could convince ANYONE to do a tea party if that’s the way it looks! How wonderful–you made it a day to remember, for sure. Would you believe that my 4th birthday party is one of my earliest memories? 🙂
What a lovely party! The flowers are very pretty. Your daughter is precious. Wish I had been there. Oh wait, you could give me a tea party. Hehe
So beautiful! I love the cupcakes in tea cups with the frosting! Adorable idea! It’s so hard to watch our kids grow up!
Such a sweet party. Yes, they do grow up too fast. xo
Oh Vanessa, what a sweet post!…and I have gathered so many great ideas…Hey, I can so totally relate to the “sniffs”…my son would say, “oh mom’s getting teary eyed again”…..it never stopped..I guess it is just the joy that our children and now grandchild for me brings to us…I no longer suffer from PMS and still “sniff away” …. I so love the gorgeous rose covered “4”..and those tea cup cakes will be on the table for my next tea party with my granddaughter and her little friends…Just keep lots of tissues handy for the many joyous memories to come!!
Oh Vanessa what a sweet tea party!Wish I had thought to do this as a party for my daughter 🙁 .But we did have lots and lots and lots of tea party’s together.Some of my favorite memories and hopefully my daughters too 🙂
xx
Anne
What adorable ideas! Those flower arrangements are just stunning also. Beautiful!
I love every single detail. If you posted this before, way back when I first started following you, I have forgotten. Plus, if you did, that was before pinterest. I am pinning these ideas.
Yes, I know I don’t have a little girl around here. I have granddaughters who live in my head, though, and I’m positive they would love it all.
This is just too sweet. Brought a little tear to my eyes – having all boys I’ll never get a cute tea party like this one! lol I love it – every little bit. Pinning.
xoxo
THE ONLY THING SWEETER THAN THE PARTY IS THE LITTLE BIRTHDAY GIRL! HOW ADORABLE!!! I love the cupcakes in the pretty tea cups!!! Oh how precious!!!
Aw. and wasn’t she the sweetest little party girl too. You know, everyone tells you to savor every moment because it flies by, and you try! But it still flies by. I feel ya Vanessa. Austin only has two years of school left…
It was a beautiful party 🙂 Shannon
I adore the #4 roses, and the cupcakes are perfectly darling….your daughter is too:)
This is so pretty! Love all the sweet and feminine details, and the cupcakes in the tea cups is so genius!
Oh my goodness – this is SO SWEET Vanessa! All the details are just perfect! Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely adorable!! Love the flower number! She looks like an angel!
Vanessa, that has to be the sweetest tea party I’ve ever seen. As a mom to all girls it’s a definite pin for their next birthday celebration. Everything about it…the perfect place mats, the cookies under the cup and that awesome flowered number. I want to throw a tea party just because…thanks for the great inspiration.
This is SO adorable!!!! I love all the details and the sweetness is delightful! Great job!!!
How beautiful! Yes, they grow up way too fast!
Sherry