Tea Party

About a month ago, I decided to plan a little gathering for my friends in BG. I had some recipes I wanted to try, and I was missing seeing everyone regularly at school, book club, or common meal. Yesterday was the big day. I started cooking on Sunday, and I'd been pretty busy getting things ready each day since then. But everything came together for yesterday afternoon's tea party (well, almost everything--I totally ran out of time to make the scones, but it turned out we had more than enough to eat without them!). I should also mention that most of the recipes came from my favorite food blog, Our Best Bites. I had a pretty good turnout, and I think this might become an annual (or semi-annual) event! Thanks to everyone who stopped by! Here's some pics of the food:

Caprese salad:

Pistachio and almond poppy seed breads:

Sugar cookies:

Chocolate covered strawberries:

Garlic artichoke and hot corn dips (both from Our Best Bites): 

Fresh pineapple:

S'mores marshmallows: 

Yum! And since I went a little overboard on quantities, I get to savor the leftovers! :-)