Witches Tea Party

Inspired by Donna at Party Wishes, Karyn & I hosted a Witches Tea Party. We invited all of our favorite "witches" and asked them to wear their very best witch hats.

The invitation:
The invitations were labor intensive, but really simple to make. My favorite part is the picture of the witches at tea!
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Yard Sign: Made this sign using a Cricut die-cut machine (Jasmine cartridge) and cardboard. We put it outside to greet guests as they arrived.
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Spell Table & Spell Book:

Easy decorations using empty bottles, food colored water & labels printed in Word. The spell book is an old book I had that I glued in a couple of spell pages, made a paper bag cover for & distressed. I think I'll put out my spell table every year!

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Tablescape:

Each place setting had a die-cut spider web (made with Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge), plastic spider glue dotted to plate (wash spiders first in case they come in contact with food) & a cauldron favor. It is hard to tell in the picture, but the stem of each goblet has a glittered spider ring attached. The glittered spiders were so easy & fun to make - I just bought a bag of $1.00 spider rings from Walmart & glittered them using Martha Stewart glitter. I hung the spiders on dowels secured to styrofoam to let the rings dry after glittering.

The centerpiece has another die-cut spider web, Dollar Tree raven, glittered pumpkin (made the same way as the spider rings) and silk roses I spray painted black. The purple candles are also glittered! Lanterns hung over the table. They were purchased at Walmart & Dollar Tree.

I wrapped each chair in 2 yards of tulle and tied it in a square knot. I love the look of the tulle - it gives a festive look and helps to unify the mismatched chairs. Plus, it is only 77¢ a yard!

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The Menu: I printed up a menu of our buffet making up spooky names for all of the food. I then distressed the paper by ripping it & inking the edges & glued it to a styrofoam tombstone. Both the tombstone & black plate holder were purchased at Dollar Tree - I told you I party on a budget!

I printed one of the invitation pictures , matted it on Halloween striped paper & placed it in a black frame. I love how it turned out!

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Name tags: My awesome mom made cauldron name tags using her Cricut (Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge).

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The Buffet: Since the Tea was at 9:30 in the morning, we served brunch type food such as breakfast casserole, mini quiche, danish & croissants, deviled eggs, fruit salad & bacon & sausage. We had coffee, tea, hot chocolate, OJ & ice water to drink.

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Let's Party!

Here's Ronda from Ronda's Rants & her daughter Rachel:

Some more witches:

Here's my 93 year old grandmother - doesn't she look just like one of the lovely witches pictured on the invitations?

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Favors: Karyn & I sent everyone home with a mini cauldron filled with a witch finger, glittered witch hat magnet (easy to make using a wood hat cut-out from Joann's that I glittered, glued a ribbon & glittered spider to and glued a magnet to the back) & spider ring.

Every witch took home a cd of classical Halloween music.

And a witch finger pretzel finger made with the Wilton candy mold.

The party was a great success and I think it is unanimous that it become an annual event!