Vintage Vivant » tea http://vintagevivant.com a monthly celebration of the Jazz Age Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:24:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Birdy Teacup Teaparty http://vintagevivant.com/2010/03/18/the-birdy-teacup-teaparty/ http://vintagevivant.com/2010/03/18/the-birdy-teacup-teaparty/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:01:12 +0000 Vintage Vivant http://vintagevivant.com/?p=2492 Last year I organized a swan boat outing on Town Lake for when Gala Darling was coming to SXSW. It was a grand time paddling about in afternoon finery, and I wasn’t sure if this year I could top it … but a few months ago I was brainstorming events and I thought a tea party, perfect!
Teacup and Birdie
Using my new tattoo by Sunny Buick as a jumping off point for decor, I gathered some sweet tea party supplies in Paris, including …
Sugar Birds and Gumdrops Little bird-shaped sugars that are meant to perch on the edge of cups!
Tea with Perched Sugar Bird At the Bon Marche where I got these sugars, there were so many different kinds to choose from: little lips, puppies, hearts and even the male symbol… I guess for a Prince themed tea party? Which gives me a great idea for a future party… a Royal Purple tea party!
Tea and Deck of Cards Sugar Spicy vanilla tea and sugar cubes in the shape of cards: hearts, diamonds, clubs and spade.
Tea Cups My collection of mix-match teacups, gathered from estate sales and antique stores over the years. Most of them I got for just $1 each, and when I’m not drinking whiskey or tea out of them, they hold my lipsticks and eye pencils at my boudoir table. I love how none are a complete set but all mismatch in just the right way. Underneath is antique pillow ticking fabric that I’m just crazy over.
Tea Party The tree in my front yard is blooming and I stood on a stool on tip toe and cut little pieces off while the dew fell all over my face. It made the room smell lovely. I placed them in old juice bottles and a sundae cup. On the table I sprinkled little tea roses and lavender essential oils.
Roses and Gumdrops The roses are from my Valentine’s day bouquet that I hung upside down to dry out. These gum drops were dumpstered by one of my roommates and taste like pomegranate, black cherry, and sunny citrus.


Teacups and flowers The menu: vegan waffles with apricot jam, ginger snap cookies, lavender & blueberry chocolates, and bellinis.
Strawberry scented bubbles from Toy Joy were provided for all to use at their leisure. I also had chinese checkers.
My outfit was centered around this sparkly silver feather. I hadn’t worn silver makeup since high school!
Sweet Angel! Angel told us fantastic stories!
Gala Darling and Molly Crabapple Gala Darling and Molly Crabapple had an adventure that morning involving put put clubs and a giant bunny!
I didn’t get a photo of the lovely Tina from Violetville Vintage, but she was wearing a lime green print dress with tiny goats on it!

Happy SXSW everyone!

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