A Shabby Chic High tea Party brings all the best elements of vintage to the table. It’s a little bit rustic, a little old-fashioned, a
Invitations
Invite your guests to a gorgeous Shabby Chic High Tea party and set the scene early with shabby chic style invitations. Lots of lace and ruffles in pastels, pinks, coffee creams, pearl, vintage white, bashful blues, greys and chalky greens. The dress code is any type of vintage with hats, gloves and pearls.
Shabby Chic High teas suit large venues with lots of guests like old barns, town halls etc. They can also be perfect for small intimate gatherings on back porches or in the garden. Whichever venue you choose, decorate it with lots of vintage bunting, lace, and flowers everywhere.
Setting the Scene
Set the tables with long flowing white cloths and run long burlap or hessian table runners or try using a bright floral table runner. Cover these with lace doilies to really amp up the shabby vintage style.
Fill vintage mismatched teacup and teapots with bunches of fresh flowers and decorate down the centre of the table.
Place Settings
Use mismatched vintage teacups and saucers to set each place. Work the mismatching by choosing a common theme or colour of the cup and saucer. Place a mismatched side plate under the cup and saucer to really show off the shabby chic style. Use pink or gingham napkins tied with lace or ribbon. If you are also serving bubbly wine set the table with tall champagne glasses. For a really lovely touch place an iced cupcake into each teacup at each setting along with a place name and a menu card.
Serve the food on gorgeous old fashioned mismatched plates and cakes stands. Tiered plates look perfect in this setting.
Shabby Chic High Tea Food Selections
Savoury: Bread with herb butter, cold meat platters, cheese platter, sausage rolls. mini spinach and ricotta quiches
Sweet: Strawberry cream sandwiches. Victorian Naked Sponge Cake decorated with fresh flowers, carrot cake, chocolate-dipped strawberries, lemon tea cake, red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing, cinnamon scones, shortbread
Drinks: Tea and iced teas: Peach, Strawberry, Lady Grey,
Homemade lemonade. Floral ice cubes, strawberry ice cubes
The New Vintage Tea Party Book has lots of ideas, recipes, and inspiration for your next event.
Equipment List
Per Place setting:
Mismatched vintage teacups and saucers
Mismatched Side Plates
Tall Lemonade Glasses
Champagne Glasses
Mismatched silver teaspoons
Vintage Cake forks
Vintage style handwritten Place markers
Menu Cards
For the table:
Large old fashioned Lemonade jugs or glass tanks with taps
Water jugs with floral ice cubes
Vintage Cake knife and slice
Sandwich tongs
Mismatched Cream spoons
Tea Strainer
Glass and Porcelain Cake Stands
Pink and cream coloured mismatched Sandwich plates
Mismatched vintage Teapots
Glass Sugar bowls
Mismatched Milk Jugs
Jam Dishes and Cream Bowls of all sizes and shapes
Vintage teacups and teapots filled with fresh flowers.
Long white tablecloths
Floral or burlap table runners.
Bunting from vintage lace or fabric
Ribbons, lace, flowers
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