Real Party: 60th Birthday Party

I've been talking about the 60th Birthday Party that my friend Ruby and I helped to style recently.  Our clients were very happy with how everything turned out & I'm so excited to finally share the details! 

The party was thrown by the birthday girl's 2 sons and daughters in law.  Each daughter in law had received tea sets from the birthday girl as wedding gifts, so we knew this had to be incorporated into the decor.  We decided to make the party a tea party, and then settled on the theme of "Six-Tea".  It was so much fun! 

First up: the dessert table!

The centerpiece was a teapot with flowers and a custom sign with a teapot graphic that I made.  

(We had a little mishap with the styling: the hostess in charge of bringing all the flowers was running very late, so we improvised and found some in the backyard.  I think they looked okay.)

Goodies on the dessert table included cake pops, chocolate covered strawberries, yogurt covered pretzels, vanilla cupcakes, sixlet candies, frosted brownie bites, and madeline cookies. 

All the candy was labeled with a custom label with the teapot graphic. 

The teapot graphic was also featured on the to-go boxes. 

Also in the kitchen was the tea station that I showed you recently.  We rented a hot water percolator, and displayed the two hostesses many tea cups and saucers.  Several kinds of tea and the invitation were also displayed.  Ruby made a {TomKat Studio inspired} garland to hang around the table. 

We also rented several cocktail tables and spread them around the level of the house where the party took place.

On each table was a fabric square to match the dessert table background.  We grouped various other teapots, teacups, and creamers on each table.  With the flower debacle, we had to improvise again, and ended up putting candles and chocolate candies in them.  And my little signs stuck in the spouts. 

The hostesses served made little sandwiches and fruit kabobs, which I did not get a picture of. 

What a great day! When I returned to help clean up, every bite of the desserts was gone! People had packed their to-go boxes full! :) Happy Six-Tea Jaye!

Vendors: 

Tables, linens and hot water percolator were rented from Your Party Rental Company

To-go boxes from Paper Mart

Pretzels from Nuts Online

Sixlets from Candy Direct