Category: Featured Clients - My English Tea Party

Add a Make-your-own-bouquet Station at Your Bridal Shower Tea Party

11/6/2015

A make-your-own-bouquet station is a great way to add beauty and fun to a Bridal Shower Tea Party. Basically, your guests are making their own party favors while they spend some happy precious time with you!

Take a look at these pictures we received recently from a bride-to-be during her Bridal Shower Tea Party. My English Tea Party provided the vintage crockery and the bride's mother, lead florist at Waterlily Pond, provided the flowers.

With very little, you too can buy your favorite blooms, a few scissors and ribbon, and rent a tea party crockery and cutlery package. We guarantee you lots of color and joy!

Now get inspired by these beautiful photos, courtesy of Jessica McGowan-Vanderbeck.

A Patio Shabby Chic Afternoon Tea Shower

5/12/2015

I met Kori a couple of months ago when she emailed me inquiring about My English Tea Party's vintage rentals and tea service for her bridal shower. It did not take long to realize she is the kind of person who knows exactly what she wants, and will make it happen!

Her brick patio, farm tables and umbrellas, along with a couple vintage dressers she picked up at a second hand shop, set the stage for a shabby chic (more chic than shabby) afternoon tea. My English Tea Party added to the decor with table runners, matching bunting and flowers, and of course, the delightfully mismatched vintage crockery and cutlery.

Kori was truly the master mind behind the plans - including the yummy mimosas, but I also want to thank her mom and close friends without whom this perfect afternoon tea shower wouldn't have come together so effortlessly and fun!

Here are some of my favorite shots of the day, which hopefully inspire your next event!

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Afternoon Tea Service, Delivered Anywhere in the San Francisco Bay Area

5/8/2015

When my mother-in-law's good friend Nancy heard I was leaving my marketing job to launch My English Tea Party as a vintage crockery rental and tea service company, she was hesitant about how many tea enthusiasts would hire me.

Months later, Nancy's youngest daughter became engaged and suggested they host a casual but tasteful pre-wedding afternoon tea for her bridesmaids and out-of-town guests - and perhaps even get a little playful wearing vintage hats and fascinators. It turns out My English Tea Party was the perfect answer, and I was happy to help them make it a reality!

If you don't have time to scour Goodwills, Etsy, garage sales and eBay to collect enough beautiful vintage crockery for your event, or perhaps are not quite sure what to serve and how to set up for an authentic afternoon tea experience, contact My English Tea Party and we'll make sure you impress your guests and have all the fun without putting all the work!

Besides the vintage crockery and cutlery, My English Tea Party's all-included tea service comes with the quintessential afternoon tea menu, and bottomless organic loose leaf tea. It also includes hats and fascinators to loan your guests, as well as flowers, bunting and table runners to create the perfect tea ambience!

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Spring Baby Shower Tea Party at San Francisco's Cookhouse

4/20/2015

Cookhouse is an amazing space in San Francisco's North Beach where you can host parties and do (or hire) all the cooking for your party without having to move an inch!

Besides being a beautiful venue, one of the greatest things about Cookhouse is their state-of-the-art cooking equipment. They also provide seating, flatware and delicate white plates to serve up to 25 guests without no extra cost.

This spring, My English Tea Party helped facilitate a Vintage Baby Shower Tea Party at Cookhouse. Our client hired us to provide additional tea crockery in soft colors to match the aqua table runners and Sally's Stripes-Robin's Nest napkins from the also local company, La Tavola.

Here is the end result in a few amateur pictures I could not help sharing!

My English Tea Party has vintage crockery and cutlery packages for parties of up to 8, 14, 20 and 30 guests. You can also solicit a custom quote for larger events, or to accommodate a special need.

An all-included tea service is also available, so you don't have to worry about rentals, set up, decoration, catering or hosting! Contact us for pricing and availability.

Office Parties that Are Fun and Impress Without a Hefty Budget (or Putting the Extra Work!)

4/20/2015

Nobody likes a so-so office party! So why do it?

If you are looking to throw a birthday party for your boss, a baby shower for the new mama-to-be at the office, or want to do something completely new for the next office holiday party without breaking the bank (or putting extra hours at the office) you might have found the right place.

My English Tea Party specializes in afternoon tea events, perfect for both private and corporate celebrations. Our tea service, PinkiesUp, includes set-up, catering and a hostess so that you can skip a lot of planning and coordination. We will even breakdown and do the washing up so that your event can impress without doing all the work!

Here are a few more pictures from our last corporate Baby Shower Tea Party in San Francisco.

Special thanks to the Event Planner and America's Executive Assistant at our client for adding their creative genius to the decoration, beautiful party gifts and surprising the guests with bubbles!

Other Ideal Occasions for Corporate TeA Events

Fundraisers

Client or donor appreciation events

Board meetings or shareholders meetings

Inauguration of new offices

Tea stations at executive retreats

Art show openings, and more!

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Baby Shower Tea Party for a Girl

2/10/2015

It gives me great pleasure to facilitate happy parties, but the pleasure is truly immense when those happy events create and sustain community!

In this post, I share Kavitha's pictures from a Baby Shower Tea Party she organized for a dear friend expecting a girl. Kavitha was excited to have found a company like My English Tea Party in San Francisco. I am more excited to show the tea experience she created, as well as all the love that showered the mama-to-be.

To make her idea a reality, Kavitha rented a package of vintage crockery and cutlery and table runners - together with a couple other stands she owned, and food she ordered for the special occasion, she served a scrumptious afternoon tea!

View Kavitha's Yelp review of My English Tea Party, and how to rent delightfully mismatched vintage crockery and cutlery to create your own version of a Baby Shower Tea Party.

Baby Shower Tea Party for a Boy

1/12/2015

I just received the pictures from a client who rented My English Tea Party's vintage crockery for a baby shower tea party, for a boy. Her color palette was comprised of different tones of blue with a splash of light green, deep red and pinks. It turned out to be a lovely combination!

Also notice the charming baby clothes hanging line in the pictures. It is such an easy way to decorate a baby shower tea party. To complement these pictures, I took the freedom to add three other DIY ideas for baby shower tea parties:

Invitations: For a vintage look, line your envelopes with paper doilies.
Decor: Hang a cheap white umbrella with paper water drops above the presents table.
Party favors: Chocolate dipped spoons! Mismatched spoons, no matter their size, is exactly what you want.

Altogether, they can make a big impression with very little time, money and expert skills. View everything below.

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A Simple and Practical Tea & Coffee Wedding Reception

1/6/2015

I met Liesl and Patrick the day before their wedding. They came by to pick up the crockery for their reception. It was a quick exchange as Liesl and I had agreed on the final count weeks before. At this point, I knew very little about their wedding - just that it seemed like a simple and practical wedding reception, at a park with their closest friends and family.

I kindly asked them to share some pictures, but never imagined how happy they would make me! The simplicity, authenticity and happiness in them was truly palpable. Besides, it is always a treat to see My English Tea Party's crockery shine, and be used to celebrate love.

Scroll down to view the pictures, and don't miss Liesl's description of their ceremony, and their donuts, tea & coffee wedding reception!

We held a small ceremony in the Tilden Park Botanical garden. We had a Quaker style ceremony so no one officiated --we married each other. Our guests all gathered on a lawn area surrounded by birch trees, next to a pond. We stood up and explained how the ceremony would work and then opened it up for people to speak if they felt moved to share about marriage, love, about us as individuals or as a couple, etc. Then we exchanged vows and rings and signed a wedding certificate we had hand painted for the ceremony, and then our guests signed the certificate too, as a means of consecrating the marriage --by witnessing and signing, they were pledging to help protect and support our marriage as our community.

Then we all went up the hill to a picnic area for our donuts, tea and coffee reception where the rest of our guests were waiting for us! We had rented big silver samovars to hold the hot water and coffee, and our friends gathered early to set everything up for us. Finally, Fist of Flour Pizza came and served wood fired pizzas and an accordionist came and played David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, The Clash... It was a lovely day!

Liesl and Patrick are from Oakland, CA. Most of their wedding photos showcased here are by Brett Antony Photography (gougeaway@mac.com).

Loveliest Tea Party Wedding by My English Tea Party | San Francisco

11/12/2014

Bec and Michael planned from Australia a San Francisco destination wedding for 30 of their closest friends and family. We chose their stunning wedding as our 2013 loveliest tea party wedding. We couldn't be happier to have been part of their celebration!

The ceremony took place at Golden Gate Park near Chain of Lakes, then Bec planned a tea and treats station for guests to enjoy before the reception. We worked with the experts at Loop Event Arts to orchestrate the perfect vintage crockery for their big day, and created a custom hand made bunting for the couple to hang and take home afterwards.

The setting and decor was perfect, but the day was also made a feast by local favorites Batter Bakery, Red Blossom Tea, and the neighborhood restaurant, Zazie where they had the reception.

We hope you get inspired and enjoy the photography by Jonas Peterson - who couldn't have done a better job!

We will soon feature all of our 2014 tea party weddings, so if you have yet to send us your photos, please do! You can email them to info@myenglishteaparty.com.

And to learn more about our vintage crockery, cutlery and accessories, view our rentals information here.

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Hello!

My name is Liliana Peliks, I live in San Francisco with my husband, our daughter and my imaginary (and very well behaved) cocker spaniel who has tea with us every afternoon.

I am also the owner and lead joy maker at My English Tea Party.

Thank you for reading!

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