Tea Party

I'm so excited!  I'm hosting a Tea Party tomorrow at my house :)  A while ago a friend and I had been talking about girlie things and I said I wanted to have a tea party.  She said she'd come if I did - so I planned one!!  I just invited a couple friends nearby and my neighbors - didn't want it to be too overwhelming for me for my first one :)

I am having each guest bring a cute teapot, a teacup, and at least one bag of flavored tea they want to try.  Oh, and to wear a sundress for the occasion.

This is my fare I'm preparing:

-Muffins
-no bake cookies
-spinach pinwheels
-Cucumber Tea Sandwiches
-Almond Chicken Tea Sandwiches
-Pineapple Cream Cheese Tea Sandwiches
-Bacon-wrapped Water Chestnuts appetizers
-Turkey Sausage Breakfast Casserole

I'll be sure to blog about what was good - and hopefully nothing will not be good :)  I made sure to try to a sweet thing, tea-ish party things, a hearty thing, and a salty thing.  Not a lot of each, just a little.

One key tip I've discovered to having a successful food event that doesn't stress me out because I'm making so many different foods, is to write down a "timeline" of the foods I'm preparing so I can see exactly at what time I need to be preparing things, and at what time to stick foods in the oven.  This also helps you notice if you're planning dishes that will conflict in cooking times -especially at Thanksgiving! You can see what foods you need to pick something else to make sure your oven schedule all works out.

I'll blog about it next week how it went!