Lindsay’s Vintage Bridal Tea Party

I am not one for planning parties, it’s not that I don’t like it ( it is actually quite the opposite!) but with 3 kids, a husband who’s a pastor, and working, there really has not been the time for it…. until now!

My little sister is getting married this spring, and if you have been following the blog, you know that I am extremely excited for her and  to have Michael for my new brother in law!  Lindsay’s meadow wedding will be very vintagie, so we (all her bridesmaids) wanted to follow the theme and give her a shower to match.  We literally put the shower together in 3 weeks because of all our busy schedules, and I have to say it was a huge success!  

I have to say that Pinterest played a huuuge role in getting all our thoughts togehter and sharing them with each other easily (see my board here!).

I was also blessed by a friend who makes and sells her items (many of them were her’s)  at the Drawers of Davlee, an occasional shop in Monticello.

Since I am a huge coffee drinker and rarely drink tea, I needed some advice on how to go about makeing the tea.  Another friend brought me with her to Tea Source in Minneapolis where we purchased the tea and then she taught me how to make a tea concentrate!

I also found these great and Free print-ables on the Wedding Chicks web-site in the Free Printables section.

We really wanted to incorporate our family’s history into the tea somehow.  My mom went through all our family’s china and crystal and brought it for us to eat on.  While going through it, she found a piece of china that was about 80 years old that was our great grandmother’s.

We had all the women coming to the party bring a tea cup or mug that represented them in some way and had Lindsay guess which one came with each woman.

Vintage aprons adorned each of us to make the party more festive.

It was such a great time, I can’t wait for more of the festivities to continue!!  Click here to see the entire gallery, no password needed.