Tea Set Gift

Another one of my favorite gifts that I gave Ashley was this tea set.

Ashley LOVES to have tea parties.  They aren’t your ordinary tea parties either.  She makes place cards, picks out the perfect cookies and punch, has fresh bouquets of flowers in the summer, and ALWAYS makes sure that there is entertainment.  In the past we have sipped out of little plastic tea cups.  This year I decided I wanted to give her a little collection of different tea cups and saucers for these parties.

I’m always in the thrift shops trying to come up with costumes for my kids’ special days at school, SO each time I would go, I would browse the dishes.  By the end of the year I had picked up 10 different tea cups, all different in design.  I think I spent around a dollar or two for each set.

I put all the tea cups and saucers in this vintage suitcase that lifts from the top, AND I slipped in a beautiful vintage tablecloth.  It really turned out cute.  Ash LOVED it of course!  I kind of wanted to keep it for myself though! :)

This blue teacup set below actually matches one of my mom’s sets.  I knew it looked familiar when I saw it, and was excited after mom confirmed that it was just like hers.

Ashley had a friend over today, and of course had one of her tea parties.  I think this girl may be the hostess for MANY a party as she grows older.