Welcome!
Kaleidoscope by inkspired and KaleidoCam app
“Come, let us have some tea
and continue to talk
about happy things.”
- Chaim Potok
I think it’s time for a tea party!
Vintage clothing ad, I believe.
You must have really great food
and
really great tea
and
pretty decorations
for a successful tea party,
don’t you agree?
Let’s start with the invitations.
There are so many free graphics out there
for anyone to use with a computer/printer
making it easy to create your own invitations!
Bring out your rubber stamps, inks, fancy stickers,
specialty papers and embellishments
to make your invitations really stand out
and become marvelously unique!
An inkspired original using Sizzix dies and sticker cardstock,
accented with Stickles glitter glue.
Found on Pinterest
A reverse color embossing technique original card by inkspired.
I would suggest staying away from ‘cutesy’
and focusing more on elegant.
Unless of course you have some darling ‘cute’ teacups
you have been wanting to use!
Otherwise, let the teacup designs show you
your style and color palette for the party.
Vintage tea party graphics, found on Pinterest
Decorations:
Courtesy Stone Gable, from Pinterest
Paper doilies cut with my Cricut machine
Before I get too carried away with invitations
and table decorations, let’s talk about
FOOD!
I will get back to other things later.
Stephanie /31 Daily, Pinterest
Traditional High Tea has 3 groups of food, as shown above.
You can certainly serve them as three separate courses.
Start with tea sandwiches (savory).
Second, serve a variety of scones and breads
traditionally with clotted cream & jam.
Last, offer sweets.
Really though, it’s best to serve all three together
so your guests can choose for themselves
if they want to start with dessert!
It will depend on your kitchen schedule,
table layouts and whether you want to go
all out with a formal High Tea.
4 ingredient Radish-Dill Canapés
Tea Time Magazine, Pinterest
Notice the flower & thinly sliced cucumber
decoration on top of each canapé?
Flower and Herb Cheese tea sandwiches with edible flower decoration
From Mary at Home is Where the Boat Is, Pinterest
These attractive sandwiches have been cut
with shaped cookie cutters.
Easy!
Spring Garden Bites
Tablespoon.com, Pinterest
These pretty little ‘Bites’ use a spiced
whipped cream cheese to help hold together
the carrots, snap peas, fresh Dill & radishes.
There are many charts available that list
flowers that are edible, what parts are edible
and what parts are not.
www.greensofdevon.com
Plan a Flower Tasting get together with
a couple of friends
and experiment with the different flavors
of each flower and its’ edible parts.
Test a few recipes that you hope to serve
at your Tea Party later.
This will help you decide what to make,
what flavors go with each course and what is
not worth the time and effort involved.
Call it a Rehearsal High Tea Party!
Author Dina Falconi and Artist Wendy Hollender
from ‘Foraging and Feasting Cookbook’
Lifehacker posted this Lucky Peach poster on Pinterest
There was an interesting comment on the above post.
A reader shared that sweet pea flowers
are poisonous.
Regular pea flowers are edible!
Always, always, always check
three or more sources
when learning about new foods,
especially wild grown foods.
(Think mushrooms, also).
Shortbread Cookies with flowers
The Kitchn, Pinterest
After deciding to try out some edible flowers
be sure to find a reliable source
that has used no pesticides,
fertilizer, etc.
The absolute best however is to
grow your own!
Home grown marigolds and Rudbeckia
Here are a few more edible flower
recipe ideas you may want to try:
Organic Coconut Flower Bark
Indigo Herbs - Glastonbury (Pinterest)
Pansy Salad
Martha Stewart Living
Nasturtium Tangerine Spritz
Well and Full
Flower Sun Tea
You will need:
1 gallon size glass jar
6 - 8 black tea bags
1 1/2 Cup edible Marigolds or Nasturtiums
Sweetener to taste
Optional:
Frozen edible flower and leaf ice cubes
*Mostly fill gallon glass jar with water.
*Throw in about 3/4 Cup Marigolds/Nasturtiums.
*Add black tea bags, twisting their tea bag strings together
to hang over the outside of the jar.
*Check to make sure tea bags are submerged.
Place jar in sun.
Outside works best, in full sun.
Move the jar as the day progresses
and the sunlight moves,
always keeping jar in full sun
as much as possible.
After several hours, bring Sun Tea inside.
Discard tea bags and strain out saturated flowers.
Add water and sweetener to taste you prefer.
Honey works well as a sweetener.
Just before serving
add remaining 3/4 Cup or so
of edible flowers.
If desired, add frozen flower and leaf ice cubes
to individual glasses.
Remember as they melt your tea
will become weaker.
Store leftovers in fridge.
Photo posted by Linda Wagner, Pinterest
That’s all for today!
Let me know how your flower filled recipes taste.
What is your favorite drink to have flowers in?
Show us photos of your invitations
and table decorations!
Oh!
and don’t forget to invite me!
‘Til next time,
inkspired
Truth, usually discovered before coffee or 10am,
whichever comes last:
When making Sun Tea, double check
that you have actually added the tea bags.
Otherwise,
at the end of the day you will have
a gallon of
Hot Water.
