12th Annual Hostess Appreciation Tea Favors and Door Prizes!

Hello!!!  This past Sunday was my 12th Annual Hostess Appreciation Tea, and this is always one of my favorite events!  Each year I try to come up with some fancy food, creative make and takes and super-special favors and door prizes to show my love and gratitude to the friends who come and who have been such a wonderful support to my business over the past year(s).    

This year, I decided to decorate some mini coffee cups and fill them with tea and chocolates for the favors.  When I saw the wonderful products in the Tea Room Suite (pages 14-15 of the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog), I knew they'd be perfect to use for this tea party!  Here are the altered mini coffee cup treats I created:

I used the Tea Room Specialty Designer Papers for the cup wrap and belly band and for the smaller circle on the lid.  I used 1-1/4" and 1-3/8" circle punches to crop the pieces for the lid (just discovered the 1-3/8" circle punch is retired, but there is a current scalloped circle in that size that would be beautiful as well . . . in fact, I'm tempted to get it for next time I put some of these together . . . need to make sure I don't already have it first, though! ;) ).  The ribbon, holding a small charm, tied in a bow around the cup is from the Tea Room Ribbon Combo Pack.  The stamps and dies used to create the "label" on the cup are from the Time for Tea Photopolymer Bundle and Stitched Labels Framelits.  All the stamping was done with Blackberry Bliss Classic Ink.  The pearl in the flower center is from the Share What You Love Artisan Pearls, and the stickers on top of some of the lids are from the Tea Room Memories and More Card Pack.  

For door prizes, I decided to alter some of the fabulous Copper Tea tins from the Tea Room Suite.  I again used the Tea Room Specialty Designer Papers, ribbon from the Tea Room Ribbon Combo Pack, and stamps and dies from the Time for Tea Photopolymer Bundle.  This time, I also used the fabulous Tea Room Copper Vinyl Stickers!  I love how these are perfectly sized to fit the tins . . . it just takes two strips from the stickers to wrap around the tin lid (or could go around the tin, if you preferred instead).  The stickers also fit really beautifully in the die cuts and around the stamps from the Time for Tea Bundle.  Here's how the tins turned out, as well as the coordinating 3x3" note cards and envelopes I created to go inside them:

For the note cards and envelope liners, I used the Tea Room Specialty Designer Papers, along with dies from the Stitched Labels Framelits and stamps from the Time for Tea Photopolymer Bundle, Tabs for Everything stamp set ("wishes" and "enjoy"), and the Varied Vases stamp set ("thanks").  I didn't get photos, but I also added a small tin of tea in with the notecards.

Hope you enjoyed these!  (If you are in the U.S. and would like to purchase any of the products I used to create these, please click the links on the product names to visit my online store).

Thanks so much for visiting!

- Michelle