People: 40
Rentals: High top tables x 2, small round tables x 4 with appropriate linens, white folding chairs x 16, champagne flutes x 4 dozen, 3 tier plate stands with plates x 4, tea cups and saucers x 4 dozen, plates x 4 dozen.
Food: Tea sandwiches, cheese and meat platter, truffles, scones with devonshire cream and jam, lemon tarts, cookie cups with mousse and fruit, shortbread, profiterole's, mini fruit tarts.
Drinks: Four types of tea with the choice of adding booze to one (Cream Earl Grey, Tropical Green, Blueberry, Mocha Rooibos). We also had a Signature drink which we named a Kir Royal (not to be mistaken with Kir Royale). My baby niece's name is Royal:)
Playlist: Brigitte Bardot, Gotan Project, Serge Gainsbourg, Nouvelle Vague, Ella Fitzgerald, France Gall, Eartha Kitt, Charles Trenet and Edith Piaf.
We wanted to create a cozy feminine feel. We pulled out all of my mum's bone china tea cups and put roses in each one. We also pulled out all her silver and polished it all up with Wenol (which is actually quite time consuming - so make sure to do it a couple days before). We bought so many roses we were stuffing them in teapots and anything we could think of (Costco flowers are ridiculously cheap, but only last max two days - perfect for the occasion).
Another thing that helps in a larger group is name tags for champagne glasses. It's really frustrating when you stand at a hightop table and lose your glass. Then you proceed to hold up each glass to try and match your lipstick to the glass. So to stop the confusion I made name tags for each person and tied them with a silk ribbon around each glass.
For the tea sandwiches we had four different types, and cut them into different shapes so everyone could differentiate. I also created a legend so they would know what they are eating, as pictured below:
Charysse
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