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Picnic Tea Party



I hope everyone is having a delightful summer! My family and I wanted to do something special to celebrate the season this weekend, and what could be more summery than a picnic!? I thought this would be a great topic for my tea blog too because let's face it, a picnic is pretty much just an outdoor tea party anyway, right?! Especially when tea is your picnic beverage of choice... *iced* tea of course, since that Florida summer sun is shining bright! 


Since this picnic was kind of a last minute affair, we just threw together some things that we already had at home. Though I think it all came together pretty well! Everyone who attended the gathering contributed to the meal. My grandma assembled delicious crab sandwiches, my mom made deviled eggs (one of my favorite snacks!), I prepared the iced tea, my sister whipped up a cheesecake, and our friend Dani brought the cookies!



We had a bit of a peach theme with the peach iced tea and the cheesecake was also made with peaches. As you can see, neither of these were very elaborate, because like I said, this was an impromptu event. All I had to do was follow the recipe on the back of the container for the iced tea and the cheese cake was also very simple with just a pre-made pie crust and instant vanilla pudding.


Our awesome friends the D'Angelos (who you may remember from my Murder Mystery Tea Party!) are visiting for their annual month-long Florida trip! They are so sweet and brought us Smiley cookies from one of our favorite restaurants in Pittsburgh called "Eat'n'Park"! So we simply had to feature them in the tea party (obviously!) and we were so happy that Dani was able to attend this outing with us!



The location for this tea party was Blue Jacket Park in Orlando. This was our first time visiting this place, and we absolutely loved it. We chose it after seeing pictures of it online and thinking that the aesthetic was so perfect for a picnic tea party. Doesn't that white stone bridge and the luscious green grass make for a lovely backdrop? 


There was also a beautiful fountain area surrounded by the most gorgeous trees. We definitely took advantage of the scenery and got some fun photographs while we were there! 


I was really surprised that we basically had the entire park to ourselves on a Saturday afternoon. The only negative aspect of the experience was the ants at our feet while sitting at the table! I guess those are to be expected at a picnic though, huh? ;) We had such a fun time exploring the area together and playing on the play ground after enjoying our lovely picnic! 


Thank you so much to my mom, grandma, sister Livia, and friend Dani for helping me with this wonderful picnic tea party! I'm so happy we got to enjoy it together!

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