tea sandwiches | goat cheese, cucumber & chive
endives | tomatoes, feta, and toasted almonds
olives | lemon and salt
forget-me-not plates
special delivery | butter lane cupcakes
cupcakes, sampled
on saturday there was a garden party. just for me. i'm not one for wedding showers, but with the big day looming just over a month away, my sister, cait, planned a little surprise just-because. she invited old friends and new friends and made all my favorite treats. cupcakes sent from a faraway friend were delivered to our secret garden by my doting brother-in-law and we sipped on rhubarb iced tea and sampled all the flavors. there was nary a ribbon hat in sight, but there was a momma, who drove in two hours toting forget-me-not plates, just because i love them.
those cupcakes look a-mah-zing... and i'd take a few of those adorable goat cheese sammiches :D
ReplyDeletecheers!
Congrats! That sounds like the perfect bridal shower to me. I'm getting married next year and am kind of dreading the ribbon hat and shower games! xo
ReplyDeleteSo sweet! I'm glad you had a lovely time!
ReplyDeletean awesome afternoon. thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletebeautiful photos and what a lovely event, thanks for sharing lovely photos xhttp://2plus1dotme2.wordpress.com/
ReplyDeleteLovely photos. It sounds like the perfect afternoon party!
ReplyDeletethis is the most beautiful wedding shower i've ever seen! i'll have to remember these details.
ReplyDeleteyou are one loved lady :)
That sounds ideal and looks beautiful! Thank you for posting the article on air conditioning the other day as well, it was just what I needed to read.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a special recipe for those tea sandwiches? I'm a big fan of goat cheese. It looks like you had lot's of fun and one day when I have my own place I would like to have a tea party in a similar fashion.
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hi there, milynn! my sister riffed on this recipe from heidi to make the tea sandwiches: http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/000154.html !
DeleteThe endives looks like such a great recipe. I love garden parties. My favorite kind.
ReplyDeleteGoat cheese, cucumber and chive tea sandwiches. That sounds soooo good.
ReplyDeletehow special and what lovely photos. congratulations!
ReplyDeleteAw, beautiful! What a great little party! I had my shower this weekend too, lol. It's that time of year!
ReplyDeleteI love how the chives are on those little sandwiches. Looks great!
Beautiful photos, as always! Any chance you can divulge some more information about the forget-me-not plates so that I can stalk op shops, etsy and ebay in the hope of finding some for myself? They look amazing!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the last month of your engagement :) Rhi xx
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What an elegant meal! The cupcakes look so good. Lovely!
ReplyDeletelooks so perfect! congratulations! :)
ReplyDeleteWas so thrilled this morning when I opened my Google reader and saw the Joanna Goddard featured RMTL. WAY TO GO, ERIN. Big things are happening this year. xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice surprise and a wonderful way to spend a sunny afternoon. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful garden party!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely looking spread!
ReplyDeleteadooorable cupcakes and food choices!
ReplyDeleteSo sweet! One month away already? Yowza!
ReplyDeleteand fancy plates even! impressive. so soon!!!
ReplyDeleteAwwww, family.... they are the best! And friends too. :)
ReplyDeleteSweetness.
ReplyDeleteAwww. That was so sweet of your sister to plan that for you. I'm glad you had so much fun. :)
ReplyDeletelooks like such a beautiful afternoon. and those cupcakes -- yum! such a sweet mom and sis you've got :)
ReplyDeleteYour garden party looks amazing. I love your beautiful forget-me-not plate and the food looks delicious
ReplyDeleteHow dainty and elegant. Just the perfect thing for celebrating a bride! (:
ReplyDeleteSo sweet! I'm hungry just looking at these pictures!
ReplyDeletethanks for all of your sweet notes, friends. yes, indeed, the party was every bit as lovely as it looks. xo.
ReplyDeletelooks like a wonderful afternoon to me. the food, the plates and the cupcake! all perfection! happy to hear that you did not have to wear funny hat and play even more funnier games :)
ReplyDeleteThey look really tasty! Yummy!
ReplyDeletethe party looks lovely and you know i love those plates. exciting times for you two!. enjoy them and your weekend!
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