Welcome to the next installment of “on a tray” blog tours. Today I am sharing a themed “tea on a tray” styling along with 19 other bloggers. Grab a cup of tea ?, make yourself comfortable and look around at all the tea goodness.
Thank you to Katherine from Katherine’s Corner blog for organizing this amazing blog tour, providing inspiration from 20 different point of views. It’s truly inspirational and so much to look at and learn from everyone’s different styles. All the participating blogs are listed at the end of the post for you to enjoy at your leisure as you sip your cup of tea.
If you’re coming over from visiting Maria @ Simple Nature Decor, welcome. Maria has an amazing style and her tea on a tray does not disappoint. In case you missed it, the last tray tour was the winter wonderland tray. I will also list all the other tray tours at the end of the post for your convenience.
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Details of the Tea Tray
Since it’s a “tea” tray the star of the show is of course the tea pot. If you’re a regular around here, said pot might look familiar, since I just introduced her when I shared my latest thrift haul @ thrifted goodies – insights & inspiration. I gave her a good polish and she’s all set to go in her new party dress.
The silver plate tea pot was the perfect fit for my vintage tea tray styling. As we all say on repeat on these tray tours, trays are wonderful decorating vessels to corral a vignette and create a stylish decor accent design. I set the tray styling on our coffee table in the living room.
I used my parent’s sterling silver tray which has an engraved monogram. Love! I absolutely love monograms, and I hope to some day get all my thoughts together to dedicate a post. In the meantime you can read about my parent’s sterling silver collection, which I now own here {metals II – sterling silver} and our {monogram gallery wall} here.
I styled the tea tray with a vintage, sophisticated vibe using our wedding china Lenox Citation Lace tea cups and Meridian Vase, which was also part of our wedding registry. I absolutely love the creamy Lenox finish with the gold trim.
The crystal creamer and sugar bowl are also wedding engagement gifts from Waterford. We did not register for these but were gifted them anyway, and they coordinate with our wine goblets beautifully. I love using them every chance I get.
Thoughts about Tea in General
Soooo, I am not a huge tea drinker although I indulge every once in a while. I have my decaf cappuccino most mornings, but tea is an infrequent occurrence for me. Although, I love indulging in the high tea experience on special occasions, I do not drink it regularly.
What I do remember about tea drinking from my youth is pondering why you couldn’t drink tea with milk AND lemon. My mom would say that to my brother and I repeatedly (as she could foresee the future), and one day alone in a hotel room we looked at each other and commiserated about this quandary. Soooooo, as children do, we added milk and lemon to the tea.
And…. the milk separated and the tea looked disgusting. Wondering why I don’t drink tea frequently? Lol, only kidding. But lesson learned. Experiments are always a good learning tool.
On that note, I drink my tea two ways. I either drink it with milk and sugar OR with lemon and honey. SO I set my tea tray for indulging either way. I also added some nibbles to enjoy with tea. I made these chocolate covered wafers as I shared here {the best & easiest way to make chocolate covered strawberries}, placed in a pretty porcelain compote.
Tea Traditions
Tea time evokes a very formal affair to me. Not only tea, but foods, including scones and finger sandwiches. These traditions also tend to be enjoyed mostly by women.
But I love to enjoy these indulgences in bed as well. Eating in bed, not because of illness, but for comfort and luxury is always a special treat.
More Tray Inspiration
Make sure to follow the blog tour to the next stop and visit Meagan @ Decorative Inspirations. Remember there are 20 creative bloggers and you can visit them all to be inspired by their tea tray masterpieces.
Other Tray Blog Tours
Get the Tea Tray Look
- Silver Tray with Handles
- Turkish Silver Tray
- Round Silver Tray
- Silver Tea Pot
- White Porcelain Tea Pot
- Another Tea Pot
- Citation Lace Tea Cup and Saucer
- Waterford Crystal Footed Creamer and Sugar Bowl
- Lenox Vase
- Garnier-Thiebaut Jacquard Napkins
- Peony Bouquet
- Tea Forte Sampler Kit
“A cup of tea is a cup of peace.”
Sen Sshitsu VX