Saturday 21 January 2012

~Time for Tea - Jan event~

Six ladies sat down to tea today, for a lovely afternoon where we all tried (hard) to forget about diets just for a couple of hours...
Thankyou to all who attended and of course J for her help and donning her trusty apron again! Guests included Anne from Marmalade & Catmint blog, who has taken some photos and posted on her blog too here... Thankyou for the tulips Anne, seen on my new header, and also the wine encased in a cosy garter-stitched jumper!
The table was set with a red and green theme, using some of my favourite china and linens, including this Woods ware green cup and saucer.  Thankyou to Teapigs tea for their support too - guests took some teabags home too, along with polka dot packets of veggie seeds and leftover cake.
The theme was 'Comfort Food', so I had to include my favourite nostalgic treat - Battenburg!

Also a very rich Brownie Cake...
I ended up substituting Yorkshire Fountain's Gold cheese for Swaledale, also from Yorkshire and still as tasty with the green tomato chutney.
Looking forward to February's event - time to get my thinking cap on!

13 comments:

  1. Sally your table looks beautifully set, I love your china and linen. It sounds like you've all had a great afternoon and I'm licking my lips just looking at that battenburg, what a thing of joy, my favourite!
    Hope you get to relax for the rest of the weekend after all your hard work. x

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    1. Hi Sally, it's been a busy but lovely weekend thankyou, hope you could come along and join us another time x

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  2. It all looks wonderful. I'm determined to get to one of your afternoon tea events!

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    1. Definitely, it is such a joy to laugh, chat and eat scrummy cake!

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  3. Sally, thanks again, it was a fab afternoon and I hope we can do it again soon.XXX

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    1. Me too, I will issue you with a loyalty card Anne, there will be a cakey reward when your card is full! Congrats on the weight loss, I'm sure Saturday won't cause too much havoc! x

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  4. It sounded such a lovely afternoon and your tea looked absolutely superb.

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  5. Glad that all went well for you Sally it sure looks lovely.Hope that I can get along to one of your lovely afternoons.Love Jill xx

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  6. I love your new header - it's lovely and 'spring-like'! Glad that the afternoon went well. Luv Jx

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  7. I wish I lived near you! Actually, we lived in York for 2 years (Strensall) 16years ago when my husband was in the army. Loved it. Sad you weren't doing this then, it ALL looks delicious.
    Kx

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  8. Aw, thankyou, I think I have realised I love baking for people to enjoy...just like my lovely Nana did! She was a wonderful school cook, and a fab baker.

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  9. Hi Sally,
    I've just discovered your gorgeous blog, via Marmalade and Catmint (her photos of your wonderful tea made me feel very hungry). I'm so glad I stumbled upon Lavender Attic - and I'll definitely be visiting again.....
    Carly
    x

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  10. I've just been looking at your tea party on Anne's blog, you put on a delicious spread.
    I'm glad you are in Yorkshire, I hope to come to tea one day.
    Carol xx

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