As a young girl I loved having tea parties with my bears and other stuffed animals. Since I am an only child my imagination has always been expansive and vivid. Growing up in England drinking tea was part of every time of the day. We woke up - we drank tea. At lunch time we drank tea. In the afternoon we drank tea; and right before bedtime we had tea.
When I was a
child my family was really just my mom and I. My aunt and cousins moved all over
the world due to my uncle’s job; so we didn’t see them much. I remember that my
mom had a lot of friends who lived close by. While visiting they would sit
around the dining room table sipping tea while eating finger sandwiches and
biscuits (which is what we called cookies in England). The ladies would talk for hours, while I drew pictures in my sketch book. After a
while of drawing pages and pages of different things. I would
start asking, “Mum what time are we going home?” Sometimes it was shortly after I had asked
her for the fourth time. Other times, when it got too late, we would spend the
night.
We moved to
the United States when I was eleven. I’m not sure why we stopped drinking as
much tea. It could have been that my mom
had to work longer hours or because, when we first arrived, she didn’t know
many people to invite to tea time.
Moving
forward to my thirties, I tried to make a point of spending more one-on-one
time with my Mom. We started visiting
local tea rooms and, as we sipped, all of the memories from my childhood
starting coming back. My birthday is in
January; so, when it comes to party themes, my options are limited. I decided one year to throw a birthday tea
party. I bought my first tea set for 12,
rented white chairs and joined two tables together to make a huge square. After the guests arrived we started to chit
chat over tea and sandwiches and ended the night with pink champagne and with
chocolate covered strawberries. It was
one of the most memorable birthday events ever and has since become a tradition
for me and my friends.
After
hosting the birthday party for some years, I gained the confidence to venture
into taking my tea party on the road. On
November 21, 2014, Lady D’s Traveling Tea Party was founded and I began to
share my love of tea parties with ladies of all ages. We offer all types of
themes and also are able to customize the tea time according to our customer’s
request.
Each time I
host a tea party I feel great happiness seeing the guests smile as they enjoy
tea and one another. It closes the circle of warmth that I remember so well
from my childhood.
Everything
is better with tea!
XOXO,
D. Blooming
XOXO,
D. Blooming
