Weekend Candy: Tea Party Decorations & Inspirations

via sweet designs by Amy Atlas

There was never a time where I really enjoyed going to a club. I was always very sensitive to loud noise (you can ask my mother about that, I loathed New Year´s Eve. In fact, I still do.) The music mostly isn´t to my liking either, you can´t really talk, everything smells of smoke and people are too drunk to have any reasonable conversations. Plus: Vienna is really small, so you get to see the same faces at the same places over and over again. Boring. I rather invite selected people to my home, serve them good tea and rich cupcakes and have a good talk with some crafting and chatting. Here are some ideas that I might integrate into my next tea party.

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♥ Please take a look at the Spa Day Guest Dessert Feature done by Emma Smith.
Aren´t the hibiscus cookies the most beautiful ones you have ever seen?

♥ I´m thinking of decorating my kitchen this way. So colorful! The wedding photography from Our Blog Of Love is generally really wonderful, you should look at the whole post. 

♥ Leigh Ann from Freckled Nest shows us how to Pretty Up Your Tea Party.

♥ Dust Jacket has collected some other photo inspirations on her blog for a more lady-like Tea Party. Definitely something that calls for your best dress and a nice hairdo.

♥ I wish I had had an invite to the Mad Hat Tea Party 2011 by A Fanciful Twist. I mean: Even the dog gets to wear a wonderful giant hat! I can see Alice growing jealous.

♥ Has there ever been a more colorful and hearty Blogger Meet + Greet than this one here in Seattle by the sweetest occassion? I don´t think so. It looks like so much fun!

♥ A bit more from the class side comes this past to present: timeless vintage details post by elizabeth ann designs.

♥ Itkupilli might give you some new ideas of how to re-use old glass bottles and arrange them nicely (probably something for your bathroom too?)

♥ Anyone in for S´Mores and Nutella? 2390583 calories per hour, but who cares? Le frufrú made it look so yummy, I just want to lick the screen.

♥ Simple, yet wonderful idea for a Under The Sea Birthday Bash from catch my party.

♥ The best Tissue And Tulle Flower Tutorial on the internet by greedy for color.

♥ Of course you need buntings! In case you don´t want to make them on your own, you can always buy them in the Knotted Nest etsy store.

♥ I don´t want to talk about my wedding here, but oh, I just came across Emily Heizer´s photography and I guess it will have to look somewhat like this. Perfect for mori girls.

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5 things I am grateful for today:

• finally somehow catching 8 hours of sleep. Not in a row, but with little naps here and there.
• spending the day in bed, re-charging my batteries.
• eating Lindt chocolate. Even the simple pure milk chocolate is so yummy.
• the fact that both of our cats like to cuddle under the blanket in the morning. 
• the many inspiring souls out there. Overwhelming. 

Happy weekend to you!
XOXO,