Winter Fantasy
by Dawnya Sasse
During the long stretch between New Year’s and
Valentine’s Day, it can seem like winter will never end.
Brighten a cold afternoon with a Winter Fantasy tea
party, reminding guests of the beauty of the winter
landscape, while you warm them with your hospitality.
Choose invitations with wintry scenes, and ask guests
to wear a favorite woolen scarf to the party. Each guest
can also contribute a candle to a “fireplace” you’ll build
on a tray lined with aluminum foil. Set the tray where
you can admire the flames ( at a safe distance from
drafts and loose hanging drapery.)
Think snow and ice as you plan your decorations: lots
of white linen, lace, and china, and all your best silver.
Place votive candles on small mirrors down the center
of a long table, alternating with cut glass dishes of
jewel-toned jellies and jams.
Set places for a sit-down formal afternoon tea,
giving each guest a napkin tied with an elegant strip of
lace. Prepare a place card for individual guests, decorated
with snowflake designs or real white feathers. Make cards
with the names of each dish and type of tea you are serving.
Spray-paint winter branches white, and stand them
around the room in clear glass jars tied with white satin
ribbons. Drape white gauze around pictures and
windows. Blanket windowsills with more white gauze,
nestling pine cones into the folds. Line metal baskets
with paper doilies, and fill them with candies wrapped
in silver paper.
If you’re lucky enough to have a snowfall after you
send out invitations, collect fresh, clean snow and store
it in your freezer in plastic bags. You’ll be able to serve
authentic snow cones in champagne or wine glasses,
drizzling them with berry preserves thinned with ice
water. (your guests will love this!)
If snow is not a possibility consider creating “snow balls”
out of round scoops of vanilla ice cream rolled in coconut
and served on a brilliant silver dish.
Soft classical music will round out the mood. Mozart,
Bach, and Handel are always in season. Choir music and
English madrigals bring the warm of the human voice
into your party.
To break the ice, ask guests to each share a story about
a time when they were unusually cold. Make sure the
room is warm and cozy, and that everyone’s cup is
filled with steaming tea as they remember colder times.
Then go around the tables once more, asking each
person one thing they like about spring.
Management Suggestions:
1. Activities will play an important roll in this winter
themed teatime. Consider reading poems about snow
or history on winter related customs in a variety of
other countries.
2. Place winter related poems on each tea cup and ask
your guests to share read their quote out loud to their
table mates.
3. Bring in an interesting story teller who can weave
a tale of intrigue and suspense.
4. Be sure to give your guests at least 1 block of 20
minutes to chat amongst their table.
5. An “ice-breaker” is a necessity if you seat unacquainted
guests at the same table. Consider a simple game which
each table can participate in.
Menu Suggestions:
* Vanilla-scented black tea, ginger tea, smoky
Formosa oolong
* Small bacon quiches
* Pear and Stilton cheese sandwiches
* Cream cheese and spiced currants on date-nut
bread
* Cinnamon rolls
* Toasted English muffins with assorted jellies and
jams
* Hot fruit tarts with vanilla ice cream
* Chocolate torte sprinkled with confectioner's
sugar
* Snow cones, if real snow is available
(C) Dawnya Sasse
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Dawnya Sasse is the creator of the ultimate tea
business training school allowing students to discover
the secrets of the tea industry, "quickly and easily"
without ever leaving home.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Why do some people succeed in the tea business?
Discover how to "Unlock the Secrets of the Billion
Dollar Tea Industry from the Comfort of Your Own
Computer" and make your tea dream a reality.
Free audio mini course
http://www.StartATeaBusiness.com
by Dawnya Sasse
During the long stretch between New Year’s and
Valentine’s Day, it can seem like winter will never end.
Brighten a cold afternoon with a Winter Fantasy tea
party, reminding guests of the beauty of the winter
landscape, while you warm them with your hospitality.
Choose invitations with wintry scenes, and ask guests
to wear a favorite woolen scarf to the party. Each guest
can also contribute a candle to a “fireplace” you’ll build
on a tray lined with aluminum foil. Set the tray where
you can admire the flames ( at a safe distance from
drafts and loose hanging drapery.)
Think snow and ice as you plan your decorations: lots
of white linen, lace, and china, and all your best silver.
Place votive candles on small mirrors down the center
of a long table, alternating with cut glass dishes of
jewel-toned jellies and jams.
Set places for a sit-down formal afternoon tea,
giving each guest a napkin tied with an elegant strip of
lace. Prepare a place card for individual guests, decorated
with snowflake designs or real white feathers. Make cards
with the names of each dish and type of tea you are serving.
Spray-paint winter branches white, and stand them
around the room in clear glass jars tied with white satin
ribbons. Drape white gauze around pictures and
windows. Blanket windowsills with more white gauze,
nestling pine cones into the folds. Line metal baskets
with paper doilies, and fill them with candies wrapped
in silver paper.
If you’re lucky enough to have a snowfall after you
send out invitations, collect fresh, clean snow and store
it in your freezer in plastic bags. You’ll be able to serve
authentic snow cones in champagne or wine glasses,
drizzling them with berry preserves thinned with ice
water. (your guests will love this!)
If snow is not a possibility consider creating “snow balls”
out of round scoops of vanilla ice cream rolled in coconut
and served on a brilliant silver dish.
Soft classical music will round out the mood. Mozart,
Bach, and Handel are always in season. Choir music and
English madrigals bring the warm of the human voice
into your party.
To break the ice, ask guests to each share a story about
a time when they were unusually cold. Make sure the
room is warm and cozy, and that everyone’s cup is
filled with steaming tea as they remember colder times.
Then go around the tables once more, asking each
person one thing they like about spring.
Management Suggestions:
1. Activities will play an important roll in this winter
themed teatime. Consider reading poems about snow
or history on winter related customs in a variety of
other countries.
2. Place winter related poems on each tea cup and ask
your guests to share read their quote out loud to their
table mates.
3. Bring in an interesting story teller who can weave
a tale of intrigue and suspense.
4. Be sure to give your guests at least 1 block of 20
minutes to chat amongst their table.
5. An “ice-breaker” is a necessity if you seat unacquainted
guests at the same table. Consider a simple game which
each table can participate in.
Menu Suggestions:
* Vanilla-scented black tea, ginger tea, smoky
Formosa oolong
* Small bacon quiches
* Pear and Stilton cheese sandwiches
* Cream cheese and spiced currants on date-nut
bread
* Cinnamon rolls
* Toasted English muffins with assorted jellies and
jams
* Hot fruit tarts with vanilla ice cream
* Chocolate torte sprinkled with confectioner's
sugar
* Snow cones, if real snow is available
(C) Dawnya Sasse
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Dawnya Sasse is the creator of the ultimate tea
business training school allowing students to discover
the secrets of the tea industry, "quickly and easily"
without ever leaving home.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Why do some people succeed in the tea business?
Discover how to "Unlock the Secrets of the Billion
Dollar Tea Industry from the Comfort of Your Own
Computer" and make your tea dream a reality.
Free audio mini course
http://www.StartATeaBusiness.com
posted by Lady Dawnya at 5:45 AM
