May 24th QUEEN VICTORIA'S 206th Birthday Celebration

QUEEN VICTORIA'S 205th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

 May 24, 2024 marks the 205th

birthday celebration of

Queen Victoria.

I decided to take my direction for

a table setting from one of her

many portraits with very dramatic

colors:

I am also sharing a vintage French

lace alencon tablecloth I found a 

while back.  I had been looking for

a long time until I came across one

that was a bargain.

The napkins have Prince Albert

on one side and Queen Victoria on

the other.  I have always admired

Prince Albert.

Also, the back of the tea

cozy has an image of Albert:

Since this table setting was a tribute

to the Queen, a few items were

placed around the table.

 

I have shared my collection before which

includes lusterware pieces that were sold

as souvenirs at the Great Expedition

and one cup and saucer for each King

or Queen that followed after Victoria

up to Queen Elizabeth.

A few commemoratives:

Click here to link to

some of my past 

posts about

Queen Victoria.
 

204TH QUEEN VICTORIA BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for "Tea In The Garden"

 As I have shared over the years, I

am rather fond of Queen Victoria

and Prince Albert.

Queen Victoria was born May 24,1819 and how thrilling that an entire era is

named after her - not many can 

say that.

You might enjoy watching the BBC

series "Victoria".  I have the sound

track and play it often.

I had made this banner many years back

when we lived in Colorado.

I have several books

about Queen Victoria:

When doing my floral, I tried to

 incorporate the Victorian

era passion for color.  They

put orange with red.

The garden is changing from spring

to summer and I don't look forward

to the hotter temperatures ahead so

this weather now must be enjoyed

to the fullest.

These 2 cups and saucers commemorative

Queen Victoria's Diamond 60th Jubilee:

If you would like to bake these

scones, they are Cherry Vanilla

and the recipe is Marie's at

The English Kitchen:

My math was a little mixed up when

I put on my FB page that this was her

104th birthday today.  Naturally, a lady

quickly straightened me out and I corrected it.........senior moment.

QUEEN VICTORIA'S 203rd BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

 

Today marks what would have been

the 203rd birthday celebration of Queen Victoria.  1819-1901

I decided to have a little celebration

in my garden which I hope you will

enjoy.  Queen Victoria and Prince 

Albert have been my favorites in the

long line of English Royalty.  Queen

Elizabeth has now far exceeded the

years Queen Victoria served.

Today I am using my Queen Victoria tea

cozy with the Queen on the front and Prince 

Albert on the back along with 2 of my

commemorative 6oth anniversary cups

and saucers.  We are set up out back

in front of the arbor.

I have set us up a little tea table where

we can enjoy the views of the garden

today and the lovely weather. Much to

our surprise we are having much 

cooler weather in the 60's now after

 last week when we had 3 days in the 90's.

You probably watched the PBS series "Victoria".  We have watched it several

times and I have the music CD and

really enjoy the theme song.  What a

different day that was during her reign.

Actually I have several different DVD's

about the life of queen Victoria and

enjoy them all.

I was impressed with the 

accomplishment of Prince Albert

with his oversight in the building of

the Great Exhibition Glass building.

It was however, so sad that he died

so young and left Victoria so early.

 I made these napkins

below:

This summer might be a fun time to rewatch

the Victoria series.  Since I have several

versions I can tell you the most charming

Lord Melbourne is definitely the newer PBS version.

Click here to see

the succession from Victoria

to Queen Elizabeth

CELEBRATING QUEEN VICTORIA'S 202nd BIRTHDAY

 Monday, May 24 was Queen Victoria's birthday. (1819) 

I decided to invite some special ladies for an Afternoon Tea to celebrate.  I did some special sewing for the occasion and this

is the back of my large tea cozy:

 

I also made some napkins.   I will be posting some of these cozies to sell on my Etsy site this week. My tablecloth topper was a print copied from a tablecloth with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration motif.

 I was being tight with my fabric so

I made a couple toppers as I really

wanted us to sit outside on the deck.

We have had cool weather but the

projected day was expected to be hot

so I wasn't so sure about being outside.

  I love the 

history of Queen Victoria. I am also

very interested in the character

and integrity of Prince Albert.

I am sure you probably watched the

PBS television series "Victoria".  I

purchased the CD music on ebay

to play for the

 ladies during

 our tea.

You may recognize these ladies who

I knew before I moved to Missouri as

I "met them" through blogging!

I love the little finger foods for

Afternoon Tea.  As you probably know

this is often mistakenly called "High 

Tea" but that is not the correct term.

I am sorry I didn't get a picture of my

food items.  We started with a salad of

mixed greens, peas, crunchy onion rings,

cheeses, mushrooms and nuts.

Then 3 savories were:  Ham biscuits with hot pepper peach preserves, little asparagus, mushroom, onion and parmesan quiches and cucumber sandwiches with cream cheese and dill.  My scones were lemon with cream.  For dessert we had a Queen Victoria Sponge Cake.

I have shared my 1851 Great Exhibition

souvenir pieces already on this site.

Karen has these pieces and after seeing

her's, I got interested in finding some myself.

Most of mine came from a gal in the 

Netherlands.

First we enjoyed iced tea and then 

with dessert we had hot tea.  The tea

was a gift from Donna Hardin at

Miss Spenser's Tea Room in New Virginia,

Iowa and it was a black tea with orange.

It was delicious!

When these friends come to my house or I go to their's, we always bring a little hostess gift which is so fun.  It just wanted you to see the bag Janice (Curtains In My Tree blog) made  with her gift:

And now available on Etsy:

Do you like learning about

Queen Victoria?