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Lavender 'n Lace Tearoom & Restaurant

Today I am sharing about my experience at Lavender 'n Lace Tearoom and Restaurant ! I had been dreaming of going here for years and finally got the chance to for my birthday last month! Let me just say... it was all that I had imagined and more! It was fascinating to learn a bit about the history behind this place. My server told me that the business has been running for 30 years. I also discovered that the property was originally an estate house that was built in the 1920s. How cool! As you can see in the photos, it is an absolutely beautiful establishment (and very aesthetic for Instagram pictures if you're into that sort of thing like I am!) The outside is blooming with luscious flowers and greenery, while the inside houses multiple rooms, each uniquely decorated. The food was certainly delicious, all home-made, and freshly prepared. I couldn't believe how affordable the prices were considering! The entrées averaged $13.99. I ordered the Chicken Salad, my mom got the Chi...
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Sips by

I was so excited last Christmas when my aunt surprised me with a year long subscription to Sips by ! It's an amazing company that puts together boxes of teas to send directly to your home, personalized with your taste in mind. Since I had such a great experience, I thought I'd share some of the information in case anyone is looking for clever gift ideas for the tea lovers in their lives! When I started it at the end of last year, I was prompted to fill out a little questionnaire on their website so that they could get a sense of the types of teas I like and dislike. They used that information to help determine what to include in my boxes. I was pretty open minded when answering the questions, so I ended up with a wide variety of options. That is exactly what I wanted because it gave me the chance to try teas that I might not have normally purchased myself! Below is a glimpse of what the boxes and their contents look like: Each box came with 4 different kinds of teas to enjoy an...

Spooky Tea Party

  My latest tea party was frightfully delightful! I asked my friends if there was a theme they would like for my next tea party and they chose 'spooky'. Since it was still summer at the time, I was careful to not include specifically Halloween/fall time details such as pumpkins. Another one of my goals was to make this event feel eerie and dark, while still maintaining a tea party-esque atmosphere, adding touches of elegance amongst the gore! I set the table with these cut-out sugar cookies that are made to look like decapitated people. (Yikes, maybe I should have put a trigger warning at the top of this post?) I used a Christmas gingerbread man cookie cutter, sliced off the heads before baking, and then added some red icing after they cooled to look like blood. For the second dessert idea, I made red velvet cupcakes and decorated them with dyed pink buttercream frosting to look like brains! My favorite of all the food I served were the "finger sandwiches"! (Get it? S...