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I'm still on the hunt for some tea party inspirations and I found Le Cupcake. Who is the cupcake artist behind such amazing work? Kylie Lambert! Her cupcakes are so beautiful I can't imagine trying to eat it. If you're a bride from Australia you're so lucky! 
Turning 28 feels different than turning 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27. For those years, I've had parties planned, invites sent and events decorated. When I turned 23, I had a tea party in the backyard with assorted teacups and teapots and doilies. At 24... I forgot what I did for that birthday, but at 25, I had a fiesta party at a friend's house with festive streamers hanging from the ceiling and pinatas. For my 26th Birthday, I decided to host a movie night under the stars in the patio, screening "That's The Way I Like It" with popcorn and candies at the concession stand. Since it was so much fun and everyone raved about it, I hosted a second one the following birthday when I turned 27. That year it was Italian theme with a make-your-own flavored Italian soda station, pizza and other Italian snacks (tiramisu-flavored wafers), but we found out that the movie being screened was actually in German. It was too late to change themes. It was fun nonetheless.
This year, I didn't plan any party. I actually hadn't given it too much thought. It just sorta creeped up and said, "Hey! I'm here!" To which, I said, "Oh... you're here! How'd you get here so fast??" I wasn't ready to celebrate it. But others reminded me that I should because they think I'm special. So that week, I received a special delivery at work. A big long box. And the shipping label said 50 red roses! I've never gotten 50 red roses before! So I opened it with care and slowly uncovered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... 50 long-stemmed red roses! It was from my dear fiance! Wow! But what do I do with 50 long-stemmed roses!?! They're tall and there are a lot of them! But thanks to my co-worker who has a closet full of random vases and containers for special events and she pulled out two beautiful tall glass vases and they were the perfect height for my roses. They look gorgeous! So I had to separate the flowers into two to fit. But here they are.
*Excuse the grainy pictures, they're taken by my Sony Ericsson camera phone.
TIPS ON HOW TO CARE FOR 50 LONG-STEMMED ROSES:
1. Trim the ends of the stems at an angle before you put them in fresh water.
2. Watch out for the thorns! These ones still have them, so wear gloves if you have some at hand. Otherwise, just be careful.
3. Drop an aspirin into the water before arranging your flowers in the vase. My scientist co-worker told me that it would help keep the flowers alive and fresh (and it did!).
4. Arrange the flowers, then place the vase where you can enjoy it. In my case, I was going to have them as an entrance flower arrangement on either side of my cubicle, but decided I'd rather have them accompany me at my desk. (Plus people notice it more when it's peeking over the cubicle. You can't miss this from all the way across the room.)
5. Make sure you change the water every day or at least twice a day. Otherwise it becomes murky brown and they don't look so pretty anymore. And trim the stems again while you're at it.
I've been doing some more research on tea sets for our upcoming tea party and I stumbled upon these awesome tea sets. Design*Sponge posted up these new/old tea sets created by designer Christine Misiak. Such a brilliant idea because she reused parts from old tea sets and combined them with parts of a new tea set. And what she came up is so refreshing. 
I'm really smitten from these wooden handles and painted spoons to match. 
And this I love! The Noir tea set. Oh so perfect for our "other" tea party. That I'll tell you more later. But really, go check out her site and see more of this brilliance.
Especially on paper. It's so much more yummier. I've been dreaming about letterpressing on white. No colors in sight. Just the deep imprints left behind, begging for your touch.
