Teacups- Party Ideas

Dainty vintage tea cups can be found at flea markets and quaint antiques and second- hand stores. Today, we present some ideas for using these beauties at your next party to show off their vintage glam and dress up the party table.

Teacup Candles

Follow an easy tutorial from Georgica Pond to create this loveliness on your own party table. Bonus, you’ll be able to use all the broken and less than perfect candles in your home!

A Sweetly Vintage Tea-Cup-Cake Party Idea

Simply dress a cupcake in a coordinating cupcake wrapper. Then, tuck the cupcake along with a delicate bag of tea inside a vintage teacup. This also makes a thoughtfully unique gift, perfect for the teacher on Valentine’s Day!

Photo: Style Me Pretty

Teacup Flower Vases

Teacups make graceful, petite bud vases. Scattered in numbers across the center of the table, in combination with tea lights, they make a stunning statement on the party table.

Teacup Place Cards

Place cards double as a pretty party favor at each place setting with these teacups planted with tiny succulents from Hall Weddings & Events. Tags, labeled with each guest’s name, mark the place settings in a beautifully simple fashion.

Turn those teacups into treasures!

Holiday Gift Guide: Hostess Gifts

Heading into holiday season, it’s always a great idea to stock up on a few stellar hostess gifts. This holiday gift guide will help get you ready to party-hop all season long!

Simmering sachets (get the how-to here) will keep the hostess’ home smelling like the holidays, even when she’s taking a break from the baking.

Hostess gift giving best practices include bringing a small gift that will make the hostess feel special and appreciated, and make all her friends swoon… just a tad. And, let’s face it, we tend to run with a circle of beloved friends and family, so having a huge list to pull from, so each gift is personal, is a plus. (You don’t want Aunt Betty to get the same gift she saw you give to your sister last week!) Choose your favorites from our holiday gift guide, and stash them in a covered bin or basket in the closet. No more dashing out at the last minute so you can show up to the party with a gift in hand for the hostess, and you’ll have a bushel of beautifully unique gifts for your special hostesses. Here’s the best part. Forgot a Christmas gift for the teacher? Not a problem, visit your holiday gift stash for that too!

So, in true Party Diva style, we’ve collected some of the most memorable and thoughtful hostess gifts in our holiday gift guide that can be put together in minutes. Tried and true holiday gifts are great, because there are a few favorites that everyone loves to receive. How not to be boring, though? Presentation is everything.

Holiday Gift Guide—the hostess

Slate coasters keep the guests drinks claimed, and the water rings off the furniture!

Ladies love candles. This idea from Good Housekeeping is just simply pretty.

Make the morning after the party easy on the hostess with this homemade holiday muffin kit. These gifts inspire a lazy Saturday morning with coffee and muffins, or an easy way to get a continental breakfast on the table for a house full of overnight guests. Be sure to grab the free printable recipe card.

Wine, the classic hostess gift, is a great option. Jazz up this tried and true gift with a personal touch on the presentation. These vintage wine tags are perfection!

Pretty pastries and carefully crafted pops can make lovely indulgent food gifts for the hostess. She can present them to the guests… or stash them away for when the guests leave! Simple containers, sweet cupcake wrappers, and a delectably delightful dessert come together as a fantastic holiday hostess gift.

Bathroom beauties are a prized luxury, and doesn’t every gal like to put her best soaps forward while she’s entertaining? Pretty soaps, bath salts and lotions are always a hit. It’s easy as pie to make bathroom basics beautiful. Here’s an easy bath salts recipe and sweet packaging idea with free printables for the bath salts. The chic, versatile window tin can be found here.

For even more ideas with pictures galore, visit our Hostess Gift Ideas Pinterest board—Hostess Gift Ideas.

Christmas Cupcakes

Hot cocoa Christmas cupcakes:

Christmas cupcakes make the sweetest dessert on Christmas day, but they also make a perfect small gift for the teacher, Christmas party treat, or Christmas party favor. Use these creative cupcake packaging ideas to transform any ordinary cupcake into a divine display of sweet goodness. This hot cocoa cupcake, dusted in cocoa and topped with a marshmallow, will melt even Mr. Scrooge’s heart. The clear mug lets the sweet Elf Laundry Christmas cupcake wrappers show through. For a topper, we used a plastic candy cane ornament. These creative Christmas cupcakes make great office gifts or Christmas party favors.

Cupcake creations, in a jar:

Creative containers turn otherwise ordinary cupcakes into festive cupcake creations. For these Christmas cupcakes, we used short, round jars. The cupcakes are skirted with the polka dot Christmas cupcake wrappers from the Elf Laundry Dessert Skirtz collection. We used a festive red and white striped ribbon to attach a spoon… gift-worthy.

Christmas Cupcakes in lanterns:

We placed these festive Christmas cupcakes in mini lanterns. Topped with a candied orange slice and cranberry, this one is a handful of Christmas cheer. The best part… the lantern is a candle holder. It’s a gift in a gift. Candles and cupcakes, what’s not to love?

Jingle bell cupcakes!

These chocolate cupcakes are covered in creamy cherry frosting. The cupcakes are skirted with fun, pink and green Christmas cupcake wrappers. The toppers are oversized pink jingle bells…easy as can be. How sweet will these Christmas cupcakes look on your table? Make a statement!

Think outside the box for creative Christmas cupcakes packaging. Have some fun Christmas cupcake ideas? Do share your own cupcake creations…