High Tea, Fine China and Hats

Over the past few weeks I assisted one of our sisterhood's committees with the marketing and promotion of a High Tea being held in honour of the wife of our Rabbi who is retiring soon.  The committee worked hard with all the arrangements, including determining and testing the food for the tea:  fancy sandwiches, baking, fruit skewers, and of course types of tea.  They decided that they wanted fine English china to be used for the tea and many of our sisterhood volunteered their own china.

The announcement of the event invited women to wear hats and gloves in the spirit of the English type High Tea.  The event was held this past Sunday, May 5 and was a tremendous success - with about 120 women attending.  I ended up packing up and using at the High Tea, my various fine china sets - about 32 place settings.  It was quite a job to get them there and back safely.

Here are some of the highlights:

Table Settings & China:

And the Hats:

And the Fabulous Food!  

Scones with home made blackberry jam, fancy sandwiches, about 25 different kinds of cookies, squares and tarts, and fresh fruit.

Lots of work, and it has taken me several days to recover.  But it as lovely and lots of fun!