Prim, proper, and lovely

We interrupt this regularly scheduled blog about motherhood and parenting to bring you… a gush about the Royal Wedding and all things prim and proper and lovely. (I can’t help myself!)

As this posts I’ll be preparing to pile into our living room with several girlfriends where we will “oooo” and “ahhh” over Kate Middleton’s dress, the flowers, the choir, the kiss… and all other things royal and weddingish.

Most likely we’ll be sipping tea, eating chocolate, and lighting up like school girls as we watch all the pageantry unfold in a land far, far away… imaginations running wild with thoughts of princes and princesses, castles and coaches.

So for now, I’ll leave you with a couple more beautiful photos (all taken by the lovely and talented Joanna) from a High Tea birthday party given in honor of my friend Sara earlier this week.

It was divine… The garden setting, the lavish spread (a potluck never looked so good!), the pretty dresses, the sparkling eyes of dear friends, the bounty of freshly-snipped garden flowers decorating tables and headpieces, the personalized party favors (antique tea spoons that Sara has been gathering), and the warm afternoon sun providing the perfect setting for girl talk and laughter and celebrating. Oh, and let’s not forget the glowing mama-to-be birthday girl.

Yes, it was divine.

the happy birthday girl is on the left and i’m under the big sunhat on the right. my face didn’t actually make it into any photos. 🙂

since ryan is away i got special permission to bring a man to the party.

Sara’s garden party High Tea was the closest thing most of us will get to anything resembling royal treatment anytime soon. (And she totally deserves the royal treatment herself!) But I’ll tell you what… prim, proper, and lovely has never been so appealing or so much fun. (Not to mention so exquisitely beautiful.)

Dear friends, when is the last time you did something as fun as attending a grown-up tea party? And, what I’m really getting at here is… will you be watching the wedding of the decade* along with the other (estimated) two billion of us?? 🙂

Giddy with anticipation,
Adriel

* They are saying “the wedding of the century”… but I’m just gonna keep it “the wedding of the decade” for now. A century is a long time to speculate about!