Find a year of tea party inspiration to celebrate the seasons and holidays. You’ll find tea-pairing suggestions, party themes, DIYs, as well as easy and delicious recipes to enjoy with your favorite cuppa and for teatime.
Welcome to a special edition of Tea on Tuesdays!
Pam and I are celebrating our second year anniversary of Tea on Tuesdays
and taking a look back at our year of tea.
This is a photo heavy post, so pour yourself a cuppa or a tall glass of iced tea and get comfy!
Click on the highlighted links if you’d like more details and/or recipes.
You’ll find the giveaway details at the bottom of this post.
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Lazy Days of Summer + Easy Peach Curd and Blueberry Trifle
Peach Curd and Blueberry Trifle is an easy no-bake dessert for the lazy days of summer!
You’ll also find a method to make Cold Brew Tea to beat the heat;
an easy way to make refreshing cold tea in advance,
refrigerated and ready to serve for easy entertaining.
Celebrating Fall with Tea and Transferware + Apple Cinnamon Scones
Raise a cup of Apple Spice Tea to celebrate fall’s arrival!
You’ll find a keeper recipe for Apple Cinnamon Scones;
a taste of fall in a tender, flaky scone, filled with diced apple, spice,
and a sweet and crunchy cinnamon topping.
Rib-tickling October Tea Party with the Skeleton Crew
Rod and Rowena celebrate Pumpkin Spice Season
among the pumpkins and with pumpkin head friends.
Pumpkin Roll Log with Nutter Butter Acorns for a Whimsical Woodland Friendsgiving
Join my Woodland Friends for a whimsical Friendsgiving.
You’ll find a quick method and shortcut to create a Pumpkin Roll Log Cake
with Nutter Butter Acorns, for an easy and sweet fall treat.
It’s also fun to decorate, giving it the appearance
of having been foraged from the forest!
It’s paired with Pumpkin Spice Chai Tea, a black tea with the
warming pumpkin spice flavors
of cinnamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg and allspice.
Christmas Cardinals Tea with Santa and Tartan Tablescape
Cardinals have flocked to the table for some Merry Christmas nesting with tartan
and a combination of store bought and homemade treats.
Harney & Sons Holiday Heritage Colonial Williamsburg Blend
is a classic holiday tea with hints of citrus, cinnamon and a dash of nostalgia, served in a
a favorite Cardinal teapot, similar HERE.
Winter Respite Cozy Tea Table with Cardinals + Sweet Easy-to-Build Snowmen
January is a great month to recharge and relax after the hustle and bustle of the holidays.
Enjoy a winter respite with a cozy tea setting by a Winter Nesting Tree.
You’ll find Snowmen, Cardinals, a relaxing tea blend, as well as ‘Easy-to-Build’ Snowman Cookies,
a sweet treat and cookie decorating project for little hands to help with on a cold winter day.
How to Paint Macarons & Whimsical Tea Party with Feathered Friends
From cookie to canvas, find tips and materials to paint macarons and create edible art!
A fun way to decorate and customize macarons using Edible Ink Markers and gel food coloring.
🦉 🐦 🖌️ ☕ 🫖
Spring Tea Party with Bunnies and Sweet Treats
Bunnies hopped to the table for a spring celebration with treats and tea!
Flower-shaped sugar cubes add a little whimsy and sweetness to our
New English Teas Victorian Tea for our tea party.
Kentucky Derby’s 150th Anniversary Tea Party
Find Kentucky Derby tea party inspiration to celebrate the Run for the Roses.
You’ll find table and menu inspiration to host a tea party with recipes for
Buttercream Rose Mint Julep Cupcakes,
Cheddar Cheese Wafers, Brown Butter-Bourbon Scones and Sweet Tea Juleps.
Use thinly sliced cucumber, strawberries and radishes to make open face
Patchwork Tea Sandwiches, garnished with violas and herbs.
How to Transform Your Tea Time with Easy Sweet and Savory Shortcuts
Transform your tea time with quick and easy shortcuts for sweet and savory treats
and a minimum amount of hands-on and prep time.
Taylors of Harrogate China Rose Petal Tea
is a mellow, sweet-tasting tea with a wonderfully perfumed aroma.
And find a technique to embellish Black & White Cookies from the supermarket with Russian Piping Tip Roses.
Whimsical Garden Tea with the Flower Fairies
Suspend your disbelief and enter the Flower Fairies’ magical realm. . .
after all, only true believers are able to see the fairies!
Our tea menu was chosen to attract the Flower Fairies, from what I learned in Fairyopolis,
the secret fairy journal of Cicely Mary Barker:
“Fairies appreciate the following:
Sweet delicacies such as fruit, jam and cake. . .”
Bee-Inspired Summer Tea & Buzzworthy 6 Cup Vanilla-Almond Pound Cake
Find buzz-worthy ideas for a bee-themed tea for summer. . .
Including Camomile and Bee Pollen Infusion Tea, Honeybee Keepsake Mason Jars,
a Bee teapot flower arrangement and recipe for
a 6-Cup Vanilla-Almond Pound Cake in a Honeycomb Loaf Pan.
To celebrate our year in tea, Pam and I are both giving away a teacup, along with a copy of
Tea & Sweets: Fabulous Desserts for Afternoon Tea
by Lorna Reeves, editor of the award-winning TeaTime magazine:
Satisfy your sweet tooth with 136 full color pages of 100 recipes including cakes and cupcakes, tarts and cheesecakes, cookies and bars, from the editors of TeaTime magazine. Plus, take the guesswork out of serving tea with bonus tea-steeping and tea-pairing guides.
Feast your eyes and your tastebuds!
Here are a few recipes that caught my eye. . .
Mini Strawberry Jam Cakes with Strawberry-Cream Cheese Frosting, yes please!
Anything tastes better served out of a pretty teacup including
Cononut-Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta!
I’m a fan of lavender in cookies and baked goods
so Lemon-Lavender Shortbread is calling my name. . .
These pretty flower tartlets are filled with
Lemon-White Chocolate Mousse and topped with a raspberry and sprig of mint.
Blueberry-Lemon Mini Cheesecakes can be made a day
in advance and topped with berries right before serving.
And for fans of pumpkin spice. . .
Triple Layer Pumpkin Cakes with Orange-Cream Cheese Frosting.
To enter the giveaway and for a chance to win a copy of Tea & Sweets and teacup:
☕ Leave a comment telling me your favorite tea or teatime treat
☕ Pin a photo from this post and leave a comment telling me so.
☕ Subscribers/followers automatically get a second entry; subscribe by email and let me know by comment.
The Pin/Save button pops up on the upper left corner of each photo.
This giveaway is open to those living in the continental U.S. through midnight July 30th.
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
Visit Pam to see her year of tea and chance to win a pretty teacup
and copy of Tea & Sweets:
Pam at Everyday Living
“Teatime is a chance to slow down, pull back, and appreciate our surroundings.”
– Letitia Baldridge
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Earl grey is my favorite and would happily drink it all day winter and summer with any one of these sweet treats!
My favorite tea is Paris and tea and scones my favorite treat. I pinned the blueberry mini cheesecake. Beautiful photos.
Good morning, Mary. I enjoyed looking back over your year of tea with all of the beautiful settings and delicious recipes that you delivered each month! Each teatime was planned to perfection. I love your pretty Kent Pottery teacup.
Mary, two years of sharing tea with you has been a sweet blessing! I look forward to sharing a cuppa with you for another year. Wishing you a beautiful Tuesday🩷 ☕️🩷
My fav tea time treat is anything shortbread! Recently I purchased some lavender buds at the Eureka Springs, AR farmers market to make your lavender shorts.
We love Lady Grey with Cream and sugar served up with homemade fruit cake and slices of mandarin oranges
Good morning! I pinned Transferware & Cinnamon scones. My favorite tea is Chai. I picked this pin because I have always loved that beautiful iron teapot! I love anything cinnamon. Therefore, the scone recipe caught my eye! It was a hard decision because every display was tempting. GOOD LUCK to all on the giveaway! 🍀♥️🫖☕️
I am an email subscriber! I love this site and all the info and ideas it gives me! GOOD LUCK to everyone! 🍀♥️🍀♥️🍀
Your posts are Tea-Riffic, Delightful, and Inspiring! So enjoy your creativity.
My favorite tea is English Breakfast.
Oh, Mary, what a beautiful blog post! My favorite tea is Earl Grey, so refreshing any time of day. I pinned the photo of the three-tiered dish with delectable treats. Thank you for sharing this inspirational post.
Would love to have this book! I like anything with fall spices. I’d love to try the Pumpkin spiced Chai. My favorite tea party foods are anything sweet. All your pictures of the little cakes look delicious!
Mary, what a way to start the day! Beautiful pictures and every bite looks so tantalizing!
My favorite teatime treat, mini croissants filled with cranberry chicken salad., are always so pretty and good.
Thank you!!
Without a doubt my treat favorite would be fresh cherry scones. I looked like an ax murderer after pitting some of this summer’s bounty. I pinned the beautiful photo of the tiered cake stand.
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I Pinned the Peach curd and blueberry trifle. I’m planning on making the cold brew tea for a luncheon I’m hosting. I might just turn it into a tea party!! Thanks for the wonderful ideas and the giveaway!
Mary, I pinned the rib tickling tea party with Rod and Rowena, the whimsical garden tea with fairies and also the bee themed summer tea! So enjoy your blog. Always filled with such pretty ideas, delicious recipes, and flowers aplenty!
Many thanks!
What a mouth-watering post! My favorite tea time treat is cranberry-orange scones. They are a favorite with my tea-loving friends.
Well Mary…I think I gained five pounds just reading this post! I saved the fairy garden picture ( my second childhood has taken me to Fairyland) and one of the bee pictures ( I just built two “bee hotels” and am finalizing where to hang them…my save the bees efforts are kicking in).
I pinned the photo with the patchwork tea sandwiches. They are beautiful and look delicious.
Tuesdays are my fav day! Love Tuesday Teas! I adore the ritual of afternoon tea and your Posts always inspire me. My fav teatime treat is anything with lavender (like you)! Lavender madeleines with lemon are my favorite treat (after the requisite scones!). I would live to add this fabulous book to my teatime library. Choose me, please! 🫖☕️
I don’t have just one favorite, but alternate between decaf double bergamot earl grey, and tazo green ginger. Both have been refreshing this summer as we acclimate to the lowcountry. We have moved here in June!!!
Tea is my year-round go to drink: pots of hot tea in the cooler months and gallons of ice tea in the warmer months. My favorites are Earl Grey and orange spice. I love black and green and sometimes a combo of both.
My favorite treat for tea is a cup of freshly brewed le.on ginger tea and a freshly made bluberry scone. I will pin a recipe for the peach curd and blueberry tart which I plant to make today with N.C peaches and blueberries grown and gifted by my neighbor. Thankyou Mary for an incredible pictorial of past teas you have shared with us. Just wonderful inspiration. Kathy
Good morning Mary. I’m not a tea drinker but love scones!!
I live in Lexington, Ky so of course I pinned the Kentucky Derby post.
My favorite tea fluctuates as to where I am and what is being served. A wide selection of teas at a tea house is delightfully challenging to choose from! My favorite tea treat are cucumber sandwiches.
Thank you for this giveaway opportunity!
Can’t wait to try the cheesecake madeleines. They sound delicious. Thanks for the chance to win. I’m pinning the Bee Themed Summer Party. So cute!!
Aw Mary….mention tea time and I am already there….it is my morning ritual.
Love your months in review, I marvel at the energy you have and I know the work involved to get set up including carrying and tote-ing heavy and fragile dishes to a site. The angling for the correct picture and the sun and weather conditions. But the end result is lovely and you are so creative….not to mention the unique food recipes you so generously provide us. (I have made many)Yummy.
Stay cool, I am sure the lake breezes are cooler than inland, at least that is the way it is here in Florida. So glad (in some ways) we live near the Gulf.
I really enjoy your site! So many great serving ideas and floral ideas. Love my tea in the evening after having supper and relaxing after cleaning up the kitchen. Good luck everyone🤗
Oh my to pick a favorite tea or tea treat…..my favorite tea treat are those adorable cucumber sandwiches and right now I am totally enjoying any blend with green tea. My fav changes quite often! Peace.
My favorite tea is lady grey !
I pinned your post on taking time for tea
Sugar cookies are just the best with tea
I love love your potting shed 💕♥️
Ran a B&B for 12 years, loved using my collection of tea cups ! So special !
My granddaughter is coming next week for nana camp ! I will include a tea party for her and a birthday party tea party for her sister on the weekend ! I love all your ideas !
You inspire me to create wonderful tablescapes not just for holidays but for every day.
Mary, you have treated to some amazing tea parties over the last year. So difficult to pick a favorite. Each treat would satisfy my sweet tooth, especially with a delicious cup of tea. Of course, now, it has to be iced tea with our searing hot temps.
I’m a heavy tea drinker. Everyday all day long. My very fav is chai tea latte. Yum! You posts always inspire! Thank you!
Thanks so much for the give away. Hard to pick a favorite tea time treat but I going to go with cheese straws. I’ve tried to make my own but no luck. Luckily I live in Georgia so they are easy to find for purchase.
I pinned the pumpkin spice layer cake and can’t wait to try it.
I pinned the image with the black and white cookies. Those happen to be my husband’s favorite cookie. Not sure he would care for all the extra icing from those flowers but boy they are stunning to look at, you did a fabulous job.
I pinned the blueberry and peach trifle..looks delicious
I love Kusmi BB Detox tea, so relaxing! I’m also an email susbscriber
Such a lovely look back Mary, you always go above and beyond with your beautiful tablescapes and amazing creative treats and tips! Such a fabulous year in review through the eyes of a tea lover! The book looks like it is packed with wonderful sweet recipes, my mouth was watering as I looked at the photos! Lovely teacup and giveaway~
Jenna
Mary, your year in review of tea time truly shows off your talents in many ways! You are such an inspiration!! My favorite tea time treat is scones. I love them all. Thank you for a chance to win this beautiful book and a tea cup! I’ve been a long time subscriber to your wonderful blog!! Sheryl
What a beautiful post, my favorite being the skeleton crew. I am so ready for Fall and your pictures are all just delightful. Would be so excited to win the Tea and Sweets book and prepare some of those mouth-watering desserts!
Mary, Your tea tables are always beautiful! I have thoroughly enjoyed Tea on Tuesdays. Your tables always contain something special on them which is amazing. Congratulations! Clara❤️
My favorite tea is peppermint tea! I love its versatility; serve hot or iced. Served hot, it reminds me often of the holiday season with its touch of candy cane natural sweetness. A wonderful after dinner tea that adds a light touch to end your meal with, plus it can aid with digestion. Served iced it’s a refreshing summertime drink with no added sweetness needed.
Lovely…just lovely!
Your triple layer pumpkin cake with orange cream cheese frosting looks delicious.
“Earl Grey” and “British Breakfast” are my favorite tea. I pinned the “Apple Cinnamon Scones” and have been a follower and subscriber for many years. I always look forward to your wonderful posts. This post is extraordinary!
Mary, I always look forward to seeing your beautiful posts. Beautiful florals, decor, china and your themed presentations are always so inspiring. Of course my favorite always includes bee 🐝 themes! I’m anxious to try the ‘Chamomile and Bee Pollen’ tea in your post, of course along with a delicious scone!
I’ve pinned the bee post! Thank you for the continuing inspiration and the giveaway! Cheers
Hello Mary. My favorite with tea is shortbread, but I sooo love all of your beautiful tablescapes and dishes. I would love to see how you store all of your dishes etc. We’re planning a move and I need all the help I can get figuring out how to best create space for linens etc. Thanks
Hi Barb, I wish I could tell you that I had a great way to store all my linens. They’re folded in plastic bins and organized by seasons. It makes it a challenge when what I’m looking for is in the bottom bin. :) If you’re on Instagram, you might want to follow Suzanne Zingg. She shows how she stores her tablecloths using pant hangers, here.
What a beautiful book for the giveaway, Mary, with so many wonderful treats! My favorite teatime treat would have to be scones, as I making different flavors. As for tea, I love trying new flavors of tea, but still like my old tried and true favorites.
P. S. The Kent Pottery teacup is a beauty!
I forgot to say how much I love your beautiful posts and how much inspiration they give me. Thank you ♥️
WOW – beautiful pictures, Mary!! I recently converted a third of my backyard to a wild flower garden. Planning on putting a little bistro table set out there. I pinned the Flower Fairies post, and I’m thinking that would be a great decorating theme out there. I’m already getting bees and butterflies, and perhaps will start “seeing” some fairies. That fairy serving dish is precious, and if I were to fill it, I’d say it would be my “mini cream puff swans” surrounded by my “buttery shortbread cookies”. I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE your posts!
My favorite teatime treat is an almond biscotti. I admit it, I’m
A dunker!
Wow, so many wonderful recipes I am going to be thinking about. I love the book you have chosen and the teacup for your anniversary giveaway. Congratulations on two years of creativity inspiring us each month for Tea on Tuesday.
The picture of the Lemon Lavender shortbread is calling my name, too. My all time favorite tea is Earl Grey. I never meet a scone I didn’t like or a macaron.
Most times I pin something from all your posts but today I am pinning the collage at the end to remember the year of Tea on Tuesdays.
Congratulations on a lovely year!
Love the bee tea!! I have looked for the bee silver ware!!!
Love 💕 all the tea & flower info
Oh I wish I was your neighbor! I love all your seasonal decor and treats. I have pinned the blueberry lemon mini cheesecakes, they look so refreshing and I recently picked blueberries with my granddaughters. My favorite tea is Harney’s fruit peach! I am already a subscriber and receive your emails.
I pinned the mini strawberry jam cakes. My favorite tea is hibiscus tea in the afternoon when I can’t have caffeine and Jasmine tea in the morning. I love your fairy tea party!
Good afternoon, My favorite tea is English breakfast or Earl Grey teas. I posted the Whimsical Garden Tea on Pinterest, such a beautiful tea setting. I’ve been a subscriber for several years and enjoy your blog. Thanks for so many wonderful ideas. Jo
I love mint, lemon ginger, chai and many other teas. Little tartlets or mini cheesecakes or stacked pumpkin treats with cream cheese frosting are all great on the tea menu. I pinned the lavendar shortbread cookies, yum, yum, yum.
I especially love Christmas Holiday teas like the Williamsburg tea listed above. Hot tea & sunshine soothes my body so much since I have been diagnosed with the autoimmune disease, Polymyalgia Rheumatica. I posted the pictures on Pinterest of the cardinal teapot & tiered tray of Christmas goodies. Thank you for sharing,
My favorite tea sandwich is smoked salmon and cucumber. I prefer the savory treats with tea, I guess.
Hello again, I found it. Pinned both the lemon -white chocolate gorgeous cups AND the lavender shortbread .Who could choose just one?
Besides, I raise lavender so the shortbread is a given. Thank you for sll your wonderful ideas.
I am an email subscriber.
I guess I’d pick blueberry scones.
I pinned your photo of the giveaway book.
My favorite tea is Yorkshire Gold, hot or cold. I pinned the peach & blueberry trifle and the apple cinnamon scones.
In my opinion, there is nothing better than fresh ginger scones with tea – my absolute favorite!
I pinned the picture of the pretty summer tartlets.
Good Morning Mary,
I am late to tea time because we spent yesterday with our new grandson. He is perfect in every way, and we are in love!
What a lovely look back to your year of Tea on Tuesday! Your gorgeous settings, along with treats, sweets, and tea sandwiches, are wonderful! Thank you for all the recipes and tips!
I love all kinds of teas, but my preferences change with the season. In the fall, I enjoy spice teas or teas with hints of cinnamon. In the summer, I enjoy fruited teas. On other days, I like Earl Grey or London Fog. This past spring, I had a rose tea at a Tea Room in Carefree, AZ. It was delicious!
Congratulations to you and sweet Pam on your second anniversary of Tea on Tuesdays! I have enjoyed every one of them!
Happy week to you!
It’s hard for me to pick a favorite tea but when paired with a tea time treat I prefer a more simple tea such as jasmine green tea. One of my favorite treats to enjoy with tea is Pumpkin Bars but I also have my eye on those Blueberry Lemon Mini Cheesecakes that is in Lorna’s beautiful Tea & Sweets book.
I pinned the Rod & Rowena Celebrate Pumpking Spice Teas (because I love Rod & Rowena’s antics!) and the photo of the Blueberry Lemon Mini Cheesecakes from Lorna’s beautiful Tea & Sweets book.
I am a subscriber. I like a small piece of cake or a few cookie with my tea.
Marion
I pinned The Black and White cookies.
Marion
I am a long time subscriber and I like anything sweet and beautiful. I’m interested in scones.
Thank you for such a beautiful giveaway! I just subscribed to your blog, and I pinned several photos from this post. My favorite tea is chai, and I enjoy making it and several other types of tea, adding stevia, pouring it over ice, and drinking it from my “The Chosen” water bottle purchased for me by our sweet son. Thank you again for the opportunity to win, and God bless you for your generosity!
I have pinned this post! I love tea sandwiches. They are just so elegant. My favorite tea is green tea. Love your posts!
My favorite tea time treat is the scone, wouldn’t be tea time without them and there are so many variations! As always, your blog is scrumptious to read. My favorite tea is Earl Grey…
Mary, this is such a gorgeous round up of your lovely tea settings and delicious recipes! Congratulations on Pam and your second anniversary! I am so happy you both do these post. They are a ray of sunshine! Happy Sunday, sweet friend!
My favorite winter time tea has always been Bigelow Constant Comment, but I recently discovered Harney and Sons Cherry Blossom, and I love it. My summertime favorite is Twinings cold brew peach tea, which I drink all day long. When I was young, my parents moved and I stayed with my aunt and uncle for a few months. They started my love of tea by having hot tea with dinner, and I’m sure it was Lipton.
I pinned the picture of the teapot holding cups and saucers. I’m going search the internet to find one like it.
I am a email subscriber for many years :) I’m sure the sweet contest is over by now…I just wanted to let you know this post is amazing, tea, sweets and Linens! Of course I’d love to try every delicious looking sweets. Esp. my favorite the Lemon-White Chocolate Mousse. I love the tea cup & saucer with the violets…The photography of Tea Parties is Lovely…Happy Anniversary to the two of you. Kindly, Christie