Monday, October 10, 2011

Birthday



for my birthday this year my mum and i went shopping in the city and had a lovely high tea at the queen victoria building tea room. if you know anything about me, it's that baked goods are just about my favourite thing in the whole world, so we stopped off for macarons and a hot chocolate at the lindt cafe with my dad before doing a bit of shopping and then heading to the QVB for our high tea.












i drank rose petal tea and feasted on finger sandwiches, warm spinach and cheese pastries, the most delicate little fruit flans, opera cake, huge scones with jam and cream, passionfruit melting moments, lemon curd cake and more macarons. and i wore a beautiful rose printed 50s style dress that my mum gave me that morning and spent the whole day being complimented by shop assistants and feeling like i'd walked right out of a caitlin shearer painting. :)


we followed high tea with more shopping and then my family and i went to a lovely french restaurant for dinner and i had a delicious ricotta and tomato tart, seafood risotto and petit fours for dessert (as if i hadn't been eating dessert all day!)

12 comments:

  1. Aw I really want to have high tea at QVB, it looks lovely :) Happy birthday, by the way!

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  2. Great pictures! I want to have a tea party like yours!

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  3. amazing pictures! love that tea set, and your dress is so whimsical, i want one for myself! <3

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  4. Happy belated birthday!Great pictures!

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  5. Happy birthday doll! Hope you had a wonderful day. I've never had high tea at the QVB before but you have definitely made me want to try it!

    By the way you and your photos are absolutely beautiful <3

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  6. Happy birthday, it looks like you had such a wonderful day, it's been so long since I last had afternoon tea I really have to go sometime soon. By the way that dress is so lovely you look so pretty xoxo

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  7. Beautiful photographs. This is one of my favourite activities. And happy belated birthday to you. Also I love how you call it high tea!

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  8. I cant think of a better birthday than one spent around miniature cupcakes and triangle sandwiches either. You look like such a vision in red as well, Birthday girl!

    Lots of love from Sydney too,

    x Kel

    rocky road trippin'

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  9. wowo these photos are so beautifull!! Very romantik. Love it!!

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  10. oooh, this looks like great fun!

    thea.
    xx

    spoonfulzine.com

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  11. oh so sad I missed your birthday :( but it looks so wonderful...pictures are amazing as always

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  12. those sandwiches are gorgeous! i wish i could go to places like that, i don't really like tea so i'd feel so out of place
    i love your boater hat too, i've been looking for one just like it, where did you get it? :)
    becky x

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