Princess Tea Party (Part I) {Sunday Snapshot}

I know I am a little crazy but I took over 260 photos yesterday at Kate's party. So, I have uploaded most of them here if you wish to see them all (highly doubt most of you do~but my Mom and sister might want to). It was a beautiful party. The girls were deliciously sweet and polite. My sons were INCREDIBLE helpers. And her royal highness Kate Emerson was in her element. She shined. I am going to split this into two posts because a) I am so tired and b) I want to record it all since this is our scrapbook and c) it is just too many photos for one post. And since it is Sunday...this is my Sunday snapshot:)
So this post is all about the food and decorations. The next post will be about the girls and the activities they did at the party:)

Harry saw me working hard on the party and he desperately wanted to jump in. So he made this beautiful welcome sign for our door.

My friend, Lori made this gorgeous sign for Kate a few years ago.

The cake was so beautiful and I hear it was delicious too. I could not have any but we did freeze some in case I can have some in a few weeks:)

These are little wooden jewelry boxes that my friend L, Harry and I painted. Then I modge-podged each girl's initial on them and the girls decorated them with stick-on jewels at the party.

Well, my french macaroons did not have "feet" (meaning they did not come out exactly as they were supposed to). I tried SO hard. They are not supposed to be made when it is humid (and it is always humid here). So, I waited until Friday since it rained Wednesday and Thursday. I laboriously made them and the moment they were to go into the oven~our electricity went out! And it stayed out for over an hour! I was so disappointed. Everyone said they were delicious and someone even asked for the recipe but I know they were not the right texture (even though I could not taste them).

The French macaroons waiting to go into the oven.

"Tea croissants"

Little heart shaped tea sandwiches (I mixed raspberry preserves with cream cheese and topped with fresh raspberries).

Meringue princess puff with dragees (made by me and Harry), Flat French Macaroons, and sugar strawberry cookies (Harry and I attempted crowns but they came out looking like giant Shrek hands:)

I made these pink candy coated magic wands.

I loved making and doing all of this for Kate's birthday because I see how quickly they grow and the "at-home" parties don't happen anymore. Will turns 13 in about 2 weeks and needless to say, this is not the kind of party he has in mind:)

To be continued...