Musical Birthday Tea Party #2

Just prior to Lori's birthday in 2008, I attended Tea Time Magazine's, An Occasion for Tea, in Victoria, British Columbia. Designer, April Cornell, was one of the speakers and she did a presentation on tablescape layering. She was so inspiring that the whole time she was talking and demonstrating, I was mentally layering the fabrics for my musical tea tablescape.

The bottom layer was a floor length, black cotton broadcloth. On top of that was black and white stripped canvas fabric to represent a keyboard. The center triangle cloth was the same musical fabric used the previous year for placemats.

Layering fabrics provides a much more dramatic tablescape as opposed to a single table cloth. [Compare these photos with yesterday's post to see for yourself.]

Floral centerpiece was in a black teapot, placed on a pedestal cake stand. The pedestal was removed when the guests arrived so vision wouldn't be obstructed.

The musical dinnerware was used again, with the addition of a newly acquired musical teapot with matching teacups and saucers, and Asian handleless teacups used for individual fruit bouquet containers.