I would invite my three best girl friends because any party is special when your friends are there. I know exactly which color butterfly mug would be best for each one -- they're perfect for us!

One of my best friends (practically my sister) just asked me to be her Maid of Honor. Since her soon-to-be hubby is in the army and will be shipping out in the near future, they are going to have a small ceremony of close friends and relatives before he goes. But the bride-to-be still wants to maintain some of the key traditions of a typical wedding and so I will be throwing her a bridal shower and a bachelorette party before her special day. These would be perfect for our "Maid of Honor and Bride-To-Be Tea" (a tradition some of our sorority sisters came up with a while back) that we will having to celebrate one another and our friendship! I'm sure she'd love them! And she'd adore the fact that they're from skirt! We're both avid readers and get together once a month for a Starbucks and skirt! day to catch-up and read the latest edition!

How perfect! Four beautiful tea cups for my mother, two sisters and I to enjoy a special time together!

If I had a tea party, I think I would invite those that have been "true friends" and those that have have made a real impact in my life, to thank them for their friendships and support. To let them know how something they did or said, touched my heart or made me a better person. For those that said "You Can" when at times I felt there was no way I could, whether it was a task pertaining to my job or an ordeal I was dealing with that I didn't think I could get through. Linda Ellis

and could invite anyone, I would invite my great-great-great-great-great grandmother, Mourning Deen. All I know about her is that she gave birth to ten Little Deen's, and was the woman who married my Irish ancestor, Shadrach. (They just don't make names like that anymore, do they?!) Speaking of names, there simply *has* to be the most amazing story behind her name: "Mourning". What led her to leave Ireland for America in the 1700's? Who did she leave behind? I have so many questions and am convinced I would learn a lot about myself between the sandwich and scone courses. Tipping my teacup to all skirt! readers this Mother's Day!!! Tea Lover Denise http://TeaInLondon.com http://GreatTearoomsOfAmerica.com

If I had a Tea Party, I would invite my Mom, Grandmothers,and My Favorite Aunt; They have all past, but if I had my way, we would sit under the Magnolia Tree, have our tea and feast on my mother's homemade Tea Cookies. We would talk and I would catch them up on all the family events over the last 20 years;then they would tell me what it's like in Heaven. "Dragonfly"

If I would have a tea party it would be a gathering of some military friends across the U.S. Carolyn, my battle buddy (i.e. my roommate, teammate, friend, "family") from our deployment to Iraq; Kris, who in only the few short months I got to know her before heading to Iraq became like family (my daughter and I visit her and her family as often as possible); Liz, my partner in crime since we went through some of our initial military schooling together about nine years ago (after she became an officer, I asked her to do my re-enlistment while we were in Iraq...it was only on the ground, but we sat in an Apache helicopter for the ceremony); and Tiffany, from the moment we met it seemed like we had known each other for ages. It would be an opportunity to see and talk with friends there isn't always the chance to. Not all of us would know each other, but it wouldn't stop us from having great conversations and getting along, after all we all have the common thread of being women who have served or are serving in the U.S. Army.

if i would have a tea party, i may invite my highschool friends. i terribly miss them because we just graduated and most of us were in vacation. so we have never seen each other since after our graduation. so, it would be good if we have a tea party together...

If I hosted a tea party, I would invite my granddaughter Tra'Niece because she is so girly, girly, (she is seven years old)and would thoroughly enjoy the preparation, dressing up in hills, and make up, and having a special time with Grandmother.

I would like to know where I can buy those butterfly tea cups. My mother loves all things with butterflies and it's b/c her mom loved them so and she passed away a few years ago. I would like to buy them for her.

It is spring, but with none of the pollen that always made her sneeze...that makes me sneeze now. She is wearing that white dress she always has on in my dream, the one where she and Papa are walking down the sidewalk holding hands, both of them young and healthy and very much alive. She is late, of course, and my mother and daughter and I make our usual jokes about why ("I'll bet she lost her glasses again. She'll find them on her head, I bet."), and finally she arrives with the real story and something extraordinary in tow: "I just had to stop and pick these flowers. I haven't seen these growing wild on the side of the road since I was a little girl." We take our seats and I pour the tea, and she asks for ice to cool hers even though it's barely hot now, and the clink of her ice, and our spoons against our tea cups, and four generations of laughter, are like wind chimes moving softly in the breeze. It is spring, and I am having a tea party in my dreams with my grandmother, who died last August.

If I had a tea party, I would invite my mother,sister, aunts and closest girlfriends (including my best cousins). I would have them to wear sundresses and hats. I would have it early in the day for a brunch outside before it gets too hot. We would have small plates with brunch food and an assortment of teas. While having food and tea everyone will have to tell about a special moment in their lives and it has to relate to at least one lady there at the party.

If I were having a tea party I would invite my best friends over. That would be my only sister and my two daughters. Together we would solve all the world's problems (since they were probably started by the men we're either married to or involved with). We'd end up laughing so hard that we'd snort the tea and it would come out our noses which would lead us into another hilarious conversation. People walking by wouldn't "get it" because it's just the connection the 4 of us have. But each of us would leave feeling really "good".

I'd invite over the moms in my daughter's class that I've been wanting to get to know and have a Last Hurrah Before School's Out tea. I'd make them wear big fru-fru hats and their prettiest dress with sneakers! (Because while you can look fabulous from the ankles up, there is no need to suffer blisters, bunyons, and twisted ankles.)

I'd serve "shower" chicken salad, the kind with fresh grapes that you only get at wedding and baby showers, on croissants. I'd buy petit fours in decadent flavors.

Then I'd invite all their daughters over in the summer so that we would have an excuse to get together as well!

and serve a mixture of store-purchased and homemade cookies and then test them to see if they could really tell the difference! I'd offer a little "nip" and watch in amusement to see who really let their hair down. My big question, what's the biggest secret you've ever kept...between us girls...hehehe.

I would have a tea party outside with my siblings and daughter. It would be a great way to get a chance to be more social!

If I HAD room for a garden, I would LOVE to have a party in it! I'm picturing an English-style soiree with me in a floaty, cream puffish dress that is reminiscent of The Great Gatsby. Mind you, this is nothing that I could get away with in real life, but while I'm dreaming..... I see four tea cups in the picture, and the blue one is mine. That being said, my other invites are easy breezy. 1. My daughter. I would adorn my 3 year old baby woman in the fluffiest, most disgustingly pink gown I could find. She would have ice cream colored ribbons in her hair. It would make her happy. In doing that, I am happiest. 2. My mother. After I convince her that she CAN put sugar (lots and lots of it) in her tea, though it may be hot, she's sure to be in. She only need grab her regular "Southern Sunday" garb, as it would be suitable for ANY fancy occasion calling for flowers galore. I would hope the invite would let her know that she is appreciated for all she has done for me and our family,and that I do, no matter how bitchy I can be at all times, love her beyond measure. 3. My grandmother. If this party is a figment of my imagination, it allows me to include her. She passed a little over a year ago, and is the one female in my life that made a little girl a strong woman. She was fiesty, opinionated, bold and brash, and truly my kind of lady. Not to mention always game for tea with me. I would adore the opportunity to have one more conversation, one more cup of tea, one last garden party with the most important women (no matter how small, or how gone)in my life. How long do you try? Until.