Bridal Afternoon Tea

My bridal afternoon tea was where my wedding celebrations really began...

After researching weddings for quite sometime, I grew increasingly fond of the idea of a bridal shower, although very American, I loved the idea. That and the fact that as I was going out of the country for my Hen, so I felt I needed to organise something closer to home for people who unfortunately couldn't make it. My thoughts were to plan a sophisticated, vintage style sit down tea party for friends & family at my parents house in Cheshire as I came across an amazing local vender called 'Tamaryns Treasures', based in Alderly Edge (link below), local to my parents who supplied all things vintage and afternoon tea esque with a background of wedding knowledge.

http://www.tamarynstreasures.co.uk/

We catered the event with Marks and Spencer's 'Food to Order'. I placed a pre-order online and collected the food from a local store. It was a fantastic service and the food was perfect - I will defiantly order from M&S again in the future.

http://www.marksandspencer.com/l/food-and-wine/food-to-order/party-food-and-sandwiches

My take on a 'mimosa bar' - traditionally, mimosa cocktails are served with a morning brunch or to guests at weddings which is why mimosas were my cocktail of choice.

I gave Yankee Candle 'Wedding Day' favours to all guests

P.s one other idea I had for my bridal shower but unfortunately didn't get round to organising was to purchase a personalised bottle of champagne (Lanson and Möet Chandon were the best readily available brands I came across). Certain bottles in these brands come supplied with a marker pen and the idea is for your guests to adorn the champagne bottle with a personal message or mark, the personalised bottle being a souvenir of the special moment.

A fabulous idea and a great keepsake of your day.