I’m not sure there is ever a better excuse to get a little “carryed” away than a royal wedding, and with Meghan and Harry’s May 19th nuptials today, I was definetley ready to throw a little “royal-tea”! My mom, sister and I got together with a bunch of girls from the neighborhood and treated ourselves to Mimosas, Macaroons and Meghan (and tea, obviously)! We didn’t get up at four o’clock in the morning, but watched the entire thing from start to finish on Hulu while we dished about the celebrity guests, the queen and of course, the dress.
The Menu:
I whipped up a few little things myself including some pretty delicious (if I do say so) iced lemon scones and traditional cucumber and roast beef tea sandwiches. But, as Ina Garten warns me not to, I didn’t try to make everything homemade; I also purchased some sponge cakes and filled them with strawberries and cream as well as both macaroons and macarons (yep- there is a difference!) We had Mimosas and of course, tea. We served Twinning’s Buttermint Tea (it’s so good) in my mom’s sliver teapot, which honestly, I’ve looked at all my life but never used until today. Everything was served on my mom’s wedding china (which is used only slightly more often than the silver).
Who Can Guess the Dress the Best?
We had a little friendly competition to see who could “guess the dress the best” and everyone came to the party with a sketch of what they thought Meghan’s dress was going to look like. It was so hard not to see a million pictures on social media before our tea started at noon! We were going to give points for the closest sleeves, skirt, veil, fabric etc. but my little sister’s sketch was so dead on that we just gave the prize to her. Controversial opinion: we all pretty much agreed that she did look beautiful, clean and classic, but the dress was ill fitting and the wispy hairs falling out of her ‘do the whole time were driving us bonkers.
My mom and I may or may not have driven around in the rain looking for those lilacs and gotten out of the car on the side of the road to trim some from a tree… but how gorgeous are they in my mom’s silver and glass vase? She said we just HAD to use it because it’s meant to be used for weddings! The glass trumpet piece on top is removable and back in the day, the bride’s bouquet would be arranged in the small glass vase and she’d place it in the silver stand after carrying it down the isle!
Getting together with a bunch of girls to celebrate the perfect combination of fairytales, fashion and true love was the perfect way to spend a rainy Saturday. Cheers to Harry and Meghan!
Question: If I have a bit of a champagne hangover now…does that mean I won’t have one in the morning?! Here’s hoping!
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