Pink and Roses Tea Setting

Outside it is wet, wet, wet. I so wish I could use some pretty pink Rose of Sharon blossoms for todays tablescape, but it is really, really soggy outside.

Today’s setting was inspired yesterday as I ironed a set of pink and white place mats with matching doilies. They were an Ebay find from a couple years back. As soon as they arrived I soaked and washed them; but they remained unpressed in a drawer till I took them out yesterday.

They are handmade of pink cotton or linen with white tape lace in the Battenburg style. I thought such dainty linens needed some pretty pink china and settled on Royal Albert “Lady Carlyle.” I am using the teapot, creamer and sugar, cake plate, dessert and bread & butter plates, cups and saucers.

The living room coffee table is just large enough for this afternoon tea setting for two.

The place settings have a dessert plate topped by a doily, then by a bread and butter plate.


The dessert forks and teaspoons are from a gold set with embossed floral pattern, A pale pink napkin is held in a cherub napkin ring.

The teapot rests on a round pierced brass stand topped by another doily.

Note that both the linen and china are adorned with roses. There are tiny crocheted white roses as the center of the floral decoration around the edge of the placemats and doilies.
An off-white compote is for sweet treats, while the cake plate is for savories.


Accents include a tiny white procelain teapot with a pink bow:

Also, a porcelain ball decorated in white and pink:


Isn't this a pretty setting for a damp, wet day?





I am glad to join Tablescape Thursday again this week. Visit Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for more Tablescape Thursday posts.


I just learned about Teacup Thursday at Miss Spenser’s Blog. (Related to Miss Spenser’s Special Teas, a tearoom in of Des Moines, Iowa.) I’ll link to that event, as well as Tea Cup Tuesday, co-hosted by Martha at Martha’s Favorites and Terri at Artful Affirmations.

Tablescape Tuesday – Four Sisters Club Afternoon Tea

Tablescape Tuesday is sponsored by Susan of Between Naps on the Porch.

This was a big family weekend as we celebrated our mother's 90th birthday. Sunday Sept. 21 was for the Four Sisters Club. My three sisters, one niece, and I were having so much fun at the Lancaster Marketplace, a large regional flea market, that we ran late in getting home to prepare the afternoon tea. Once back to Oak Rise Cottage, we each pitched in to get the table ready. We had to truncate my tablesetting and menu, but still had a great time together. My mother and aunt joined the party. Three brothers-in-law were in the kitchen having supper, but one of them asked for a pretty teacup so he could have some tea also!

We had Earl Grey decaffeinated, Mint Medley, Apple Cranberry and Blueberry teas. Honey stirrers served as sweeteners.

The tea setting included trios of two different patterns of pink dishes
Royal Albert "Lady Carlyle" from England

and one from Heinrich and Co., of Bavaria Germany

Gilt teaspoons were handy for a sip

Multigrain bread tuna fish sandwiches in shape of teapot, cup and heart.


To save time, other sandwiches were just cut in squares or triangles. The two types of sandwiches were egg salad and tuna salad.

Sweets were served from a three-tier silverplated server – lemon tarts, pirouline, ginger snaps, light Maria cookies from Spain, and guava bars

Amidst the tea food were tea related accessories to give the mood of a tea room



By definition a cream tea includes some type of cream – not for the tea, but to spread on the scones. So this was not a cream tea since to accompany the scones we did not have Devon cream as I had planned. Instead we had strawberry All-Fruit.


Thank you for your visit today. For more table settings see the list of participants at Susan’s blog.