Queen Bee Patisserie ~ Tea Party: Dainty Pastries

It is hard to decide which is better at a tea party; Savory Treats or Dainty Pastries! I am glad I do not have to choose since it is all so good. Last week I posted our Savory Treats and I am finally back to share the fun petite sweets. 

As I mentioned in my last post, this year was our 10 Year Tea Party Anniversary so to commemorate the milestone I decided to repeat the Bee theme again.  In fact, I made the Lemon Bee Cake pictured above for our tea party back in 2009 so I decided to make one this year as well. 

These little Caramel Mousse Stingers were easy to make and delicious.

Chocolate embossed Bees were the perfect toppers for the Honey Bee Cupcakes and also for the Chocolate Cupcakes both shown below. They were quick and easy to make.

The Bee Stamp cookies were also really cute however the first recipe I tried did not work as well as I had hoped so I made another batch using my trusted sugar cookie recipe. They turned out much better the second time around. 

The sugar cookie edges weren't quite as smooth however they looked adorable and tasted great. You can never go wrong with sugar cookies. 

More Bee's of course!

For these mini Bees Knees Cupcakes I made bumble bee toppers with chocolate covered almonds. These sweet little bee's appeared in several places since I made extra. 

Our buffet was covered with Dainty treats however I forgot to get a photo before our guests arrived. These were taken earlier when I moved them to make more room in the kitchen. 

Chocolate covered strawberries are a tradition at our tea parties.

There was a nice variety of sweet treats and the best part is that most of us tried them all!

Happy Monday!!

Queen Bee Patisserie ~ Tea Party Menu: .......................savory treats......................

This year was the 10th Anniversary of our Mother ~ Daughter Tea Party so I decided to use the Queen Bee theme again but with more of a French flair this time. For the menu I tried to incorporate the Queen Bee theme as much as possible. 

We had a variety of Savory Treats to start our afternoon tea. 

An assortment of tea sandwiches were served on platters.

The Chicken Salad Sandwiches were stacked in a white stoneware berry basket. 

Mini salads were served in Wonton baskets. 

We also had Oui Yogurt Parfaits. Not your traditional tea party food however they are so cute as well as 'French" that we could not resist. We served them in the sweet individual glass jars along with mixed berries and granola on the side. 

Of course a tea party is not complete without Dainty Pastries so I will be back soon to share more of our French Queen Bee Tea Party.

Have a fabulous day!

French Queen Bee Tea Party ~ decorations

Our annual Mother ~ Daughter Tea Party was last Saturday and we could not have asked for a more beautiful day. 

Miss E and I welcomed our guests with a sign in the lawn. I asked Mr. Wonderful if he would mind making me an easel for the tea party and he said no problem. It took me longer to paint it than it did for him to make but it turned out just how I had hoped.

I thought our Queen Bee Patisserie should have cute striped awnings and decided I could make them myself. I started saving boxes that I thought might work as the base.  The awning over the front door actually took two boxes to make it long enough. At one point they were not working out as I had imagined so I decided to scrap the idea and focus on other more important party details. After a few days though I couldn't quit thinking about the awnings and tried again. This time it just came together which made me so happy. We spray painted the awnings white, used canning jar lids as the guide to trace the scallops and used wrapping paper cut into strips to cover the top. I love when a plan comes together. 

We filled the basket on the door with flowers from the yard and used some "French" ribbon for the hanger. 

The Honey Comb was another fun project. So fun in fact, that we made several since I happened to have a large storage bag full of popsicle sticks for some reason or another. We spray painted them white and decorated them with flowers and bees. 

On the porch we had a sign asking the ladies to take a "menu" from the bucket. The menu's were another project that just sort of evolved. Again, I asked Mr. Wonderful if he had time to cut some small boards for me for the tea party. He said sure so I explained what I wanted and then we went and looked through his scrap wood supply and found an old fence board that was perfect. He sanded it down so that it was nice and smooth,  cut them the requested size, rounded the edges and attached the cute little clips I gave him. They were great however the next day I had another idea and asked for one more favor! I thought they would be even better if they could "hang" and asked if he had any old wire and if so could he drill holes in the boards and attach the wire? Of course he had the perfect old wire and he drilled the holes in no time. They turned out great and were perfect for our Patisserie menus. We did not have time to make the board to hang them on so I put them all in the sweet little french tin and it worked great. 

The menu boards also held the tea party programs.

The entry had a little awning as well which I loved. It was actually the first one I made since the smaller size made it easier to work with. After a little trial and error it was finished and fit perfectly over the mirror. 

There is more to share so I will be back soon with tea party treats and sweets!

Happy Thursday!

Ooh la la ~ It's Tea Party Time!

The invitations have been sent and we are busy preparing for our annual

Mother ~ Daughter Tea Party.

This years theme is a French Queen Bee Tea which will be served at our very own Patisserie! To get things started I needed to come up with an invitation that would fit the theme.

The stationery store sold out of the paper I was using, in one day I might add, so I had to choose another pattern.  Since I was short on time I used both patterns and ended up with two cute versions of the invitations. 

Fun Fact: This year will "bee" our 

10 Year Anniversary!

This was the invitation to our tea party in 2009 so I thought it would be fun to use the Queen Bee theme again. 

There you have it. The theme is set and the busy bees are getting ready for a fun mother ~ daughter tea party

Have a Beeautiful Day!