How to Make Your Party Come to Life

Tea party essentials are what bring your event to life! With all the elements in place, your party breathes that whimsical feeling of magic. Today, we’ll walk you through the teaware and party essentials you need to create a memorable event that will leave them speechless!

The Most Important Tea Party Essentials

You can throw a tea party in any fashion you like, but these staple teaware pieces bring a tea party together. Gone are the days of Old Country Roses tea sets. Instead, we suggest investing a small amount in a neutral style teaware that can uplift any theme you throw at it. 

Teapots

Our favorite teaware pieces are made of sustainable and decadent borosilicate glass. Use large teapots to serve a few of your favorite teas. Most of Teabloom’s teapots have removable infusers so you don’t have to strain your tea as you serve or worry about over-steeping it.

Teacups and Saucers

No teapot is complete without its teacup. You can choose from modern or classic styles in Teabloom’s vast teacup collection. Their handled teacups and saucers are a traditional nod to British afternoon tea and their handle-free teacups are a beautiful tribute to the East. 

Small Plates and Small Utensils

Tea party essentials also include small serving plates and appropriately sized utensils. Teaspoons and small forks and knives are a necessity for any afternoon tea party.

Additional Serving Ware

When you have your teapot and cups all sorted out, you can seek out a few other additions. Here are a few extra tea party essentials to make your party feel even more delightful and authentic.

Tiered Stands

If you can find two- or three-tiered stands to present your party food and goodies, this is a beautiful way to display them. Most tea-goers agree that tea time doesn’t feel all that complete without a tiered tea experience. A three-tiered stand will display sandwiches on the bottom, desserts and sweets in the middle, and warm scones on the top.

Serving Utensils

Apart from everyone’s individual utensils, make sure to include appropriate serving utensils. Cake servers are great tea party essentials for transporting pies and slices of cake from the tiered stand to your plate. Tongs are excellent for picking up warm scones, as are mini tongs for small cookies or accouterments. 

Accompaniments 

When hosting a tea party you want to be sure you have all the additional tea fixings displayed on the table. This will include sugar bowls and creamers with whole milk, or even honey jars. You can also thinly slice lemons and fan them out on a small plate for people who enjoy a little citrus in their tea.

Creative Ideas for Decor and Creating Ambiance

You can certainly host a traditional tea party, but chances are you have some kind of vision in mind. Here are some tea party essentials for bringing your event to life in your own fashion.

Choose a Theme - Or Don’t

We are fans of tea party themes from a Classic Mad Hatter Party to a Witchy Halloween Festivity and even take pride in nerdy tea trivia from time to time. With your perfectly neutral glass tea set, you can make any theme come to life! Or, if you want to stick with the basics and just host a traditional afternoon tea, pick out a color scheme and decorate it with a simple balance of elements. 

Linens and Fabrics

Special decorations and a beautiful tablescape can be transformed with the help of linens and fabric accents. For a traditional old-fashioned tea, doilies and white linens and lace cloth are almost required tea party essentials. You can spruce up your tablescape with table runners or even use cloth napkins with thoughtful themed details like napkin rings.

Centerpieces

Whatever you decide for your centerpieces, make sure your guests can easily see over them and engage with one another. Fresh flower centerpieces can be displayed in old teapots and teacups. You can even use blooming tea sets as a creative floral show and display.

Light Accents

Don’t underestimate the power of a tealight candle. Scattering these small flickering flames inside candle holders and scattering them around the table adds a dash of charm. Twinkling fairy lights are also a whimsical way to add glow and warmth to your tea party. 

Magical and Thoughtful Touches

The smallest touches can bring a tea party from great to grand. It doesn’t take much to add a little more magic to your event. These finishing touches might not be tea party essentials, but they will make your party absolutely memorable. 

Themed Name Cards

Does anyone else feel like fancy events always include name cards? Find some in your theme colors, or you can get even more creative! Instead of writing on a sheet of paper, use an edible food marker to write your guests' names on French macarons or iced cookies. 

Party Favors

Party favors aren’t essential, but they are a perfect sendoff for your guests. Show your gratitude and appreciation and gift everyone their very own borosilicate teacup and pair it with a few tea sachets. You can also send your guests home with a small booklet of the recipes you made or even a package of scone mix for them to enjoy at home. 

Background Music

Just like in the movies, a soundtrack is a tea party essential that completely sets the mood. Be sure the music isn’t too loud. You still want everyone to be able to talk at a reasonable level. Pick out classical music for a classic afternoon tea, or a fun collection of movie soundtracks for modern tea party themes.

Bring Your Tea Party to Life with Teabloom

Now that the wheels of inspiration have started to turn, write down a few ideas for your tea party essentials and visit Teabloom to get started. 

Since the very beginning, Teabloom has been on a mission to clean up the tea industry with sustainable and forward-thinking borosilicate glass teaware. Not only is this neutral-colored teaware the perfect foundation for your party but it’s made with your health in mind, too. 

Browse the vast selection of borosilicate teaware for a tea party that is as beautiful as it is delicious and memorable. 

Visit Teabloom, today!

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