Lolita Tea Party Assistance

[silhouettesofamelody]

♥ I'm planning for a lolita tea party and I would love some recomendations as far as the menu goes. Um, Some simplistic ways to help transition a dress or a two piece that you really wouldn't consider lolita. If I have to I will make them dresses but its about eight or so people with different body types that I'd have to accomidate more. Where to find a reasonably price tea set, I have a tea set it's just not for the occasion.( Just to say, the tea set makes me think of something Hagrid (from Harry Potter) would own.) Types of tea you'd reccomend that would go well with the sweets.


I'd appreciate your input very much.

[BancheexBeauty]

oO; If I were you, I wouldn't make eight people outfits. As a costume designer, I had difficulty handling 4 at a time. When is this all to be done? Do you have to do these outfits from scratch or are you modifying?

I do reccomend, that you do activities to make something inexpensive.
Example, Make mini hats during the party! That's a fun activities to do Or bonnets, which are just as easy.

Are for goods/tea. I always go with earl grey or british black tea because it doesnt require milk or cream, just lumps of sugar. But my personal favorite flavors are orange peach and cinnimon apple. But I would keep it simple.

[SuGrocks]

OOOO. that sounds like fun =D
hmm, yea i would have to agree that its pretty difficult to actually make eight dresses.
hmm...you should have some sugar cookies, and cakes! yay yummy!
and as far as tea goes you should see what type of tea your guests would like.

[Kenta21]

ahhh now iam hungry. Sounds like fun.

[petrifiedexuberance]

Earl Grey or Darjeeling would be the traditional tea to use for this sort of thing. I do have to agree that 8 outfits is too much for one person. Anyway sounds like a lot of fun

[gloomth]

maybe really well decorated cupcakes!
i like to make cupcakes with the instant "whit cake" mix from the "Bulk Barn" (do you have Bulk Barn where you live?) anyway its super tasty and you only need water to make it so its foolproof. Just add a little red food coloring and you can have bright pink cute cupcakes or add purple for purply ones! whatever suits your color scheme for the party

You could also serve those tiny tea-time cakes that are exquisitely iced. yknow? all ala Alice in Wonderland. Maybe write "eat me" on some.
tres cute.

Im a nerd I really love little cakes and cupcakes. I make them for my husband and pretty much for every party we go to. I dont like to eat them really but i love making and decorating them.

Its fun to make cupcakes and then put whatever candy in the icing, people like those. Like little gummy hearts for valentines, or candy corn, or whatever.

I found some cupcakey inspiration for you also, some decorating ideas:







Im in research-mode so ill see what else i can find on traditional Loli' tea parties.

[gloomth]

Ok.

Are you doing paper invitations for this???
(I love paper invitations also)
Maybe have images from Alice in Wonderland on them? All theme like.

Recipes (other than cupcakes)
tea food
That link has a TON of tea time recipes!!! yummy looking too.

[NightChilde25]

I hope I'm not too late to help. I don't know what you will be serving and I know alot of this probably won't appy but I have a list of dessert/tea pairings for you:

Dark Chocolate: Assam, Darjeeling, Earl Grey, Gyokuro, Oolong or Pu-erh
White or Milk Chocolate: Darjeeling, Dragonwell, Oolong, Sencha or Yunnan
Baklava: Darjeeling, Pouchong, Oolong (any), Ceylon Black and Green
Carrot Cake: Sencha, Dragonwell, Vietnamese Green, Ceylon Green and Black, Darjeeling, Ceylon, Assam
Cheesecake: Sencha, Dragonwell, Vietnamese Green, Ceylon Green and Black, Darjeeling, Keemun
Citrus: Earl Grey
Crème Brûlée/Crème Caramel: Darjeeling, Earl Grey, Ti Kuan Yin, Tung Ting Oolong, Dragonwell, Assam, Ceylon Green and Black
Crêpes: Darjeeling, Oolong (any)
Dessert With Apples: Darjeeling, Dragonwell, Ti Kuan Yin
Dessert With Apricots: Oolong (any), Darjeeling
Dessert With Bananas: Ti Kuan Yin, Tung Ting Oolong, Pouchong, Ceylon
Dessert With Black Currants: Dragonwell, Darjeeling, Oolong (any)
Dessert With Coffee Or Mocha Flavors: Yunnan, Assam, Pu-erh, Formosa, Oriental Beauty, Buddha’s Finger Oolong
Dessert With Raspberries: Darjeeling, Vietnamese Green, Ceylon Green and Black
Desserts With Strawberries: Darjeeling, Dragonwell, Ti Kuan Yin
Fruit Compote or Tart: Ceylon, Darjeeling, Earl Grey, Yunnan, Dragonwell, Ti Kuan Yin
Pecan Pie: Oolong (any), Darjeeling, Assam, Ceylon
Pumpkin Pie: Dragonwell, Ceylon Green and Black, Darjeeling
Vanilla: Keemun, Ceylon, Darjeeling, Nilgiri

I've also included some fun recipes you might like and a few activities:
Cheesecake candles
egl: Strawberry Cheesecake Candle Recipe
cross dome triffle recipe
egl: Welcome to Aya's Cafe
Sewing do-it-yourself that you can do as group activites
Memorable Sewing & DIY Entries
This one is in Japapnese but it has pictures and a few translations.
egl: GothLoli Food!
A crossword
egl: It's Lolita Wordfun Tiem!!!

I hope you have a great party.

[georgiajulian]

Maybe it's just my circle, but the only lolitas I came across in Japan didn't have a very good rep - am I missing something? They wore lots of makeup, black, had hair in piggy tails, wore short skirts, corsets and leather... ???
Is this what you're talking about?

[NightChilde25]

Originally Posted by georgiajulian

Maybe it's just my circle, but the only lolitas I came across in Japan didn't have a very good rep - am I missing something? They wore lots of makeup, black, had hair in piggy tails, wore short skirts, corsets and leather... ???
Is this what you're talking about?

More like this: Japanese Lolita Fashions. I don't know about the ones you saw but most of the lolitas I know have good reputations, even if some people think the way they dress a bit odd. I hope it helps.