Tea and Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party!



Happy October!  I somehow managed to miss almost all of October, but came back just in time to post a Halloween tea, with a very special treat.

 

 

 

What better way to celebrate a "not so scary" Halloween then with Disney?

 

 

At least that was my family's thought when we visited Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida last week.

 

 

I bought these two mugs while I was down there:

 

Mickey

 

and Minnie.

 

But now it's time for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party!

 

 (aren't those Marigolds?  October's flower of the month!)

 

The park decorations were terrific:

 

with lots of pumpkins

 



 

garlands of fallen leaves,

 



 

 

 

 and of course Mickey!

 

On the treat side, Disney had all sorts of goodies, including Halloween themed candied applies,

 

 

and of course ice cream!

 

 





Come dusk, characters came out in all their costumed finery:

 

(This is Jack Skellington and Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas.  Halloween is the only time they come out to play at Walt Disney World)

 

In true Halloween party fashion, many people (both adults and children) came to the park in costume, and, as night fell, there were all sorts of candy stations set up for trick or treating...for both the kids and adults.  Below was one of my favorite surprise finds of the night--Gaston (a Disney cast member) takes a picture with a guy who dressed in a beast costume!  That is dedication.

 

Once it was completely dark, a Halloween parade began

 

(a gravediggers dance)

(tombs from the Haunted Mansion ride graveyard)

(dancing ghouls)

 

 Followed by a Hocus Pocus themed show in front of the castle

Many different villains showed up to help the three witches out:

(Dr. Facilier from Princess and the Frog with a bit of voodoo)

(Maleficent herself)

(Hades from Hercules, the Evil Queen, Cinderella's Stepmother and Captain Hook)

 

And then fireworks!

 

 

 The lighting around the park added a bit of spooky fun.

 

 

This week I'll be sharing more about my trip to Orlando, including a visit to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. 

 

I'm linking this post to the following tea parties:

 

Tea Cup Tuesday-- http://www.marthasfavorites.com/

Tuesday Cuppa Tea--http://www.antiquesandteacups.info/

Berideen's Friends Sharing Tea

Rose Chintz Cottage's Tea Time Tuesday











Aloha Tea

Happy Fall everyone!  I can't believe it is fall already, so I thought the perfect way to say goodbye to summer on my blog is by sharing the wonderful tea party I went to this past weekend in Winchester, Virginia.  My aunt arranged this "Aloha tea" at her church, Opequon Presbyterian Church, to raise money for Relay for Life.  This is the second tea party I've attended at Opequon church, see here for last year's apple harvest tea.

 There were quite a few people there--maybe 50 to 60 or so would be my guess.

Each table had a sponsor who provided the dishes, linens, and decorations for that table. 



(see the pretty sea shells on a blue "ocean" below that gorgeous flower arrangement?)

Here is the table my mother and I sat at:

Below are a couple of others.  Unfortunately, we were a bit late, so people had already gotten up to get food and I didn't have a chance to take many pictures of the tables, although I did sneak in a couple:

Now on to the best part:  Food!

(I love the flip flop menu!) 

Food was set out buffet style, with tropical touches of course!

 (Starting to the right and going counterclockwise, Hawaiian Delights (pineapple, walnut, and cream cheese on raisin bread), Shrimp salad in phyllo cups (bonus savory not listed on the menu), and kau'kama rounds (cucumber)



(Pulled pork)

(Isn't that a cute flip flop pick for the pulled pork sandwich?  The last savory is the Maui picks, with pineapple and kielbasa). 

I always seem to skip over the tea though!  We were served three:  Ginger peach, Pineapple green tea, and Lady Earl Grey.

 Now on to dessert!

Fruit cups:

Peanut butter sandals (so cute!)

Finally, brownies.  A bit of icing forms an ocean, and lovely umbrellas!

One more picture because the display was so pretty, especially the pineapple flower arrangement.





Now, not only did we enjoy all that delicious food, one of the ladies brought vintage teacups and, if you had a sticker on the bottom of your place setting, you could choose one to take home!  I got the lovely handpainted Adderley teacup and saucer set.

 

 

Aloha'Oe!

  I'm joining these tea parties:

Tea Cup Tuesday ~ http://www.marthasfavorites.com/
Tuesday Cuppa Tea~ http://www.antiquesandteacups.info/

Bernideen's Friends Sharing Tea 

Rose Chintz Cottage's Tea Time Tuesday

Forget-me-nots and lace

Hello everyone!  Sorry, I didn't realize that I didn't put up a message in my last post that I would be gone for a bit--I went on another vacation!  I've got lots of new pictures to go through before I can post about that trip, but I have a few other things to share first.  To start, I thought I would both post a teaser of my trip and get September's Flower of the Month post done with a couple of days before the end of the month to spare!

One of September's Flowers of the month is the forget-me-not.

 

This set is Royal Albert's Caroline.  If you've been following me for awhile, Caroline is my full name, and I have a collection of different china patterns with my name.

 

But now on to the trip teaser.

 





The lace underneath the set I bought during my trip on a little fishing island, Burano, in Italy. 

 

Burano is adorable with multi-colored houses and little "rivers" running through town, and is famous for lace.  The very first shop I walked in the owner was working on lace herself--she actually made the small piece I ended up buying.  Here was the little shop:

 



I had a wonderful visit to Italy, and I'm really looking forward to sharing more about the trip--even though it may be awhile.