In August 2017 we went to Canada to visit Kirsten: a friend that Stuart made whilst touring Africa a couple of years ago. Kirsten lives in Calgary and she took us around Banff, Jasper and Waterton for 10 days, showing us what the Alberta national parks have to offer. This year it was time for us to host Kirsten on our side of the world, so we spent the past 6 months trying to plan things to do with her whilst she’s here in the UK. Every time Stuart and I discussed ideas, I kept saying afternoon tea, but set afternoon tea can be expensive and afternoon tea vouchers can’t be bought for 3 people - they are usually for 2 or 4. After a couple of weeks of searching for something, I gave up and thought I like baking and hosting parties, why not host a DIY British afternoon tea myself? That’s how I ended up chatting to Talking Tables about my party idea, who I’ve worked with before on numerous blog posts, and I ended up with some beautiful Truly Scrumptious party decorations to decorate the table with.
The preparation
At around 6:30pm, the Truly Scrumptious party decorations were all out, the table was set and the food was ready, so it was time to surprise Kirsten.
The event
We had the savoury snacks and soft drinks first, before getting started on ‘dessert’ which included the cakes, strawberries and lots of tea drinking. My Mum’s Victoria Sandwich cake was the most popular sweet treat on the table, which is totally understandable seeing as she’s been making it for years and it is a really delicious cake.
We sat for about 2 hours at the table, chatting about the UK and Canada. Hosting an afternoon tea at home meant that we got to include my entire family in the experience, which was far nicer for me than going out, as Kirsten got to meet them properly.
We had such a lovely evening, showing Kirsten what a British afternoon tea is like. The Truly Scrumptious decorations transformed the kitchen table into a floral traditional tea party table and the decorations all complimented each other so well. If you have plans to host a traditional afternoon tea at home anytime soon, I’d highly recommend the Truly Scrumptious range and the parcel that Talking Tables kindly sent me included the following items:
I’m so pleased with the outcome and after seeing Kirsten’s reaction, I definitely think we made the right decision organising the tea at home.
A big thank you to Talking Tables for collaborating with me on this post. You can find some of my other collaboration posts with them here:
My Alice in Wonderland Uni Bedroom*
Halloween Tea Party*
Lunchtime Christmas Party*
My Alice in Wonderland Uni Bedroom*
Halloween Tea Party*
Lunchtime Christmas Party*
Thanks for reading my blog today.
Love
Kat
xxxx
*Talking Tables kindly gifted me the items listed above.
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