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The Tea House Times is a bi-monthly Victorian Afternoon Tea Publication.  As a service to our subscribers and website visitors, this page lists all types of tea related events. Click headings below or scroll down the page to find Afternoon Tea & Victorian Fundraisers - Special events planned with The Tea House Times publication staff - Special Tea Events - Tea Classes - Victorian Events - Other tea related events - Tea Tours - Tea Rooms for Sale & Victorian Real Estate.  There is also a link taking you to our full page of events held at tea rooms throughout the USA.  Don't miss our new Tea Bureau with links to all aspects of the tea industry, tea news, and tea time fun.

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CURRENT TEA FUNDRAISERS below:

LIST YOUR TEA OR VICTORIAN THEMED FUNDRAISER

FOR FREE ~ WHEREVER YOU ARE. 

WE GET VISITORS FROM ALL ACROSS THE USA.

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List your Victorian or Tea-themed fundraiser here for FREE.

Click here or scroll down for bonus offers

if you are hosting a tea themed fundraiser.

FUNDRAISERS - see listings below this message.

List your tea event fundraiser here for FREE.  Plan ahead and email us the details.  Your listing request MUST include the following information:  Where, When, Purpose, Details of event, contact information, benefiting organization and contact, etc.  Whether you are planning a tea fundraiser to benefit a small town group, or a large well-known charity, list your tea fundraiser here for more exposure and the added benefit of free tea room publicity.  Be sure to let us know when you have sold out of tickets so we may list that as well.  Your event must be a tea themed event/afternoon tea to benefit a good cause.  Have your chairperson contact us with non profit status.

Are you a Girl Scout troop, church group, women's club, charitable organization, or other group looking for a unique way to raise funds?  Host an afternoon tea. 

Good luck and best wishes for a successful tea event fundraiser!!

For Services to help make your event a success-click here.

Click this services heading or scroll down to bottom of page for more information.

Need Tickets, Flyers, Place Cards, a bulk shipment of The Tea House Times?  Email to request pricing:  click here to email.   Use our website for Free Party Ideas, Party Planner, Party Games, Afternoon Tea Recipes and more. 

Click here to SHOP for Tea Party Napkins and more.

List your Tea or Victorian themed fundraiser here. Simply email all the above requested details to us and we will list your tea themed event asap. 

Click here to email.

Celebrating Mothers at Sonnenberg

Special Mother’s Tea offered Opening Day, Sat. May 10

plus “Dollar Day” admission on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11!

CANANDAIGUA, NY – What better way to celebrate Mom than a special outing to Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park on Saturday, May 10, when the 2008 Garden Season begins? Mothers, grandmothers, daughters, sisters and friends are invited to enjoy a lovely afternoon tea of sandwiches, scones, and sweets, served in the Mansion by costumed Victorian maids.

Tickets for the tea are $20 for adults, $17.50 for Sonnenberg members or groups of 10 or more and $12 for children ages 4-12. Specialty raffles will also be offered during teatime. Advance reservations are strongly suggested as our teas have limited capacity and often sell out. While our 1 p.m. serving time is nearly filled, there is still plenty of room for the 3 p.m. seating. Reservations can be made at (585) 394-4922, and advance payment is encouraged. Tickets for the tea include admission to Sonnenberg’s nine formal gardens, greenhouse conservatory complex and the 1887 Queen Anne-style Mansion, once home for New York City bank financier Frederick Ferris Thompson and his wife, philanthropist Mary Clark Thompson.

Then on Sunday, May 11, all mothers enjoy $1 admission to the estate (a $9 savings!) with a special “Dollar Day” entry in honor of Mother’s Day. Gates open at 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Enjoy strolls through Sonnenberg’s nine formal gardens, now bursting with the blossom of spring, walk through our greenhouse and conservatory complex, and visit the Sonnenberg Gift Shop, High Noon Café or Finger Lakes Wine Center.  Daily admission for those accompanying mom is $10 per person, $9 for AAA members or seniors ages 60 +, $5 for students 13 -18 or those with valid college ID; and free to Sonnenberg members or children 12 and under. 

Sonnenberg is located at 151 Charlotte St., Canandaigua, minutes from Canandaigua Lake.

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion, State Historic Park

151 Charlotte St., Canandaigua, NY 14424   www.sonnenberg.org

Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park is one of America’s longest surviving estates from the Victorian Era. The elegant Queen Anne-style mansion was built in 1887 in Canandaigua by New York City financier Frederick Ferris Thompson, and his wife, Mary Clark Thompson, as a summer home. Between 1901 and 1920, the widowed Mrs. Thompson and her staff created the nine formal gardens seen today. The grounds are open to the public from mid-May through early October each year. Sonnenberg is a non-profit organization dependent upon the support of members and sponsors and its dedicated corps of volunteers. For more information on the revival of the grand estate on the “sunny hill,” contact Marketing & Development Manager Doug Kane at (585) 396-7433.

“Strawberries and Pearls: Victorian Tea”

To be held at Tea for Time Tea House in Oakhurst, California

May 12, 2008 at 11 a.m.

Sponsored by the Wild Wonderful Women & Friends, a 501 (c ) 3 non profit organization who owns and operates the Wild Wonderful King Vintage Museum, a vintage clothing and accessories museum that spans over 200 years.  The goal of the Wild Wonderful Women is to operate the King Vintage Museum and to support the non profit organization efforts of our community including the Children’s Museum, the SPCA and more with their fundraising efforts.

The ticket price for the event is $17.95 and the website is www.wildwonderfulwomen.org.  The contact person for the event is Mary Ann Hutcherson, 43596 Cedar Grove Court Coarsegold, California 93614.  The museum address is P.O, Box 303, Oakhurst, California 93644 and the museum website is www.kingvintagemuseum.org.    To order tickets you can call Susan at the museum 559-658-6999 or call Mary at 559-641-5911 or email Mary at punkyboo@sti.net

The event is a fundraiser for the museum, but is also a celebration of May Museum Month which is being proclaimed by the Board of Supervisors on April 22.  The event will include a silent auction, raffle, and a fashion exhibit. 

Annual Red Rose Tea - Wade Figurine Fair ~ Windsor, CT

2008 - November 7-9

In November each year

Read about the 2006 first annual event - here

Held at The Hilton Garden Inn, Windsor, CT.

A weekend long, activity-packed event: 

Friday night dinner with fellow Wade figurine collectors.  Sat-Sun events: Wade Figurine Swap & Sell.  Victorian High Tea.  Hear representatives from Wade and Wade Club, Get the straight scoop from Wade authors Ian Warner & Mike Posgay.  Win items at the tea cup raffle.  Japanese Tea Ceremony, tea leaf readings, Children's Tea, Tea Tastings and more. 

Proceeds to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Red Rose Wade figurines come in boxes of Red Rose Tea made by Redco Foods, headquartered in Windsor, CT. 

For full event details, special hotel rate, and reservations, visit www.windsorcc.org or call the Windsor Chamber of Commerce at: 860-688-5165.  To learn more about the hotel, visit: www.windsor.stayhgi.com  or call 860-688-6400 x 5009. 

More info: www.RedRoseFigurines.com   www.RedRoseTea.com

Click here for information, vendor registration, tickets, Historical Society tea program, all info is online - Great Price! A Fun Time! http://windsorcc.org/events/annualchamberevent/redroseteafairnov/signupasvendor/

8^th Annual Quilts and Tea Festival

November 14 & 15, 2008, Davenport, Florida, Historic District

9 am to 3 pm both days  FREE ADMISSION

*Documentation of Florida Quilts  * Quilt Appraisals

*Displays   *Vendors   *Re-enactments of the 1860’s

*Vintage Vehicles  *Bed Turning

*Quilting B Demonstration  *Tea Rooms

*Carriage Rides  *Antiques

Embrace Florida history at this unique event In the quaint, small town of Davenport.  For more information; 863-422-2267 Email: Quiltsandtea@msn.com 

Preview at Polk Outpost 27 in October www.visitcentralflorida.org for Visitors information Davenport, Florida 33837

The Princess Foundation, Inc.

Various tea fundraisers throughout the year.

"Making the world a better place, one child at a time"

www.princessfoundation.org   502 833 2369

The Princess Foundation, Inc., 325 Turnpike Lane, Lebanon Junction, KY 40150

Blue Hydrangea Tea Party ^TM is a fundraising vehicle for ovarian cancer awareness.  Blue Hydrangea Tea Party coordinates a network of tea parties across the country to benefit ovarian cancer awareness and/or research.  They have links to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition and the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance at their website…Through their respective websites, Blue Hydrangea Tea Party hostesses can find local agencies in their areas to support through the donations that come from their party guests.  If they have a hospital in their area that does research specifically for ovarian cancer cures, treatments, etc., then they are welcomed to choose that option.  If they have trouble finding a local agency to support, BHTP can assist them.  Party registrations can also be taken over the phone at 1-803-699-5534…… Blue Hydrangea Tea Parties are held on the Saturday before Mothers’ Day each year, but women are encouraged to include BHTP in their planning when organizing group functions which may not fall on that day (i.e. regularly occurring meetings during the week).  There is a simple 3 step process-

1)      register your party

2)      host a party in your own special style and ask your guests to make donations to your chosen ovarian cancer agency -donations should be made in the form of a check made out to the agency you have chosen to be the beneficiary of your party, with the words “Blue Hydrangea Tea Party” written on the memo line at the bottom of the check

3)      total the donations you receive, mail them to the agency you have chosen to receive them, and let BHTP know your total and the agency that received them

 **Remember that each guest’s cancelled check is their receipt for tax purposes**

Blue Hydrangea Tea Party hopes to become the unifying force that will put ovarian cancer in a higher national profile.  For more information, visit www.bluehydrangeateaparty.org. Printable Blue Hydrangea Tea Party Invitations at the website!

List your event or fundraiser here.  Click here to email your event details.

EXCLUSIVE EVENTS WITH

THE TEA HOUSE TIMES

AND LADY GAYLE

Visit The Tea House Times and meet Lady Gayle every year

at World Tea Expo (www.worldteaexpo.com)

Next expo May 30-June 1, 2008, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

BOOTH #507

Click here to stay on top of current

tour details planned by The Tea House Times.

Charleston Tea Plantation Tour available at various times of the year for groups of 20 or more.  Tour leader goes FREE.  Please contact us for details and a modified itinerary. Don't have a group? Join a group, get your name on our waiting list.

Click here for info. and Sample Tour Itinerary.

Gatherings of the Mid-Atlantic Tea Business Association,

UPCOMING EVENT DATES 

July 14, 2008, Victorian Lady, Milford, DE

October, 2008 Teaberry's Tea Room, Flemington, NJ

January, 2009 Tea by Two, Bel Air, MD

April, 2009, Annual Seminar - Gypsy's Tea Room, Westminster, MD
 

Mid-Atlantic Tea Business Association, 118 S. Market Street, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

Inquiries regarding MATBA events may be made by calling 717-697-5785 or email nancyreppert@webtv.net.   Do consider attending one of these very special tea gatherings.  The food is always extra special and the level of networking is unbelievable. 

Click here for details of becoming a member of the Mid-Atlantic Tea Business Assoc.

The Tea House Times is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Tea Business Association

WORLD TEA EXPO NEXT SHOW: 

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA AT MANDALAY BAY

MAY 30-JUNE 1, 2008

See our press coverage of the World Tea Expo on our news page.  Includes product reviews, trends in the tea industry and other information about the expo you don't want to miss. Also see our exclusive interview with show President, George Jage~click here.

Visit www.worldteaexpo.com for more information and sign up for their free e-news. 

Why visit World Tea Expo?  Visit World Tea Expo for one stop shopping and seminars especially for tea room owners.  Learn more, sharpen your skills, find new products, shop for show specials, and network.  It's very important.  Plus you need to take a break from your business and talk with other people so you can clear your mind and go back to your business with fresh new ideas and a great new outlook.  Have fun! Be sure to VISIT THE TEA HOUSE TIMES AT THE EXPO!  BOOTH #507

Subscribe to The Tea House Times Individually or in Bulk Shipments, See our product review favorites, See our new line of Tea satin gift ribbons (wholesale) and more. Get your tea room listed in our directory!  Visit us at the expo!

SEE EVENT LISTINGS FOR TEA ROOMS AND BUSINESSES IN YOUR AREA BY CLICKING HERE ~ THIS WILL OPEN TO A NEW PAGE -

THESE TEAROOMS ARE ALSO LISTED IN THE DIRECTORY INSIDE OUR PRINT PUBLICATION - BI-MONTHLY. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TODAY!  Tea Rooms with a bulk subscription are included in the directory. Email for details.

Upcoming Events with Elizabeth Knight, Author - 2008

www.teawithfriends.com

Sat. May 31, 8:30-9:30 AM

Talk, Merchandising, Your Silent Salesperson and Secret Weapon

World Tea Expo, Las Vegas, NV   www.worldteaexpo.com 

"I attended your course ...I'm happy to report that rearranging steeping pots and cups 

produced a 300% increase in sales! Textiles, properly displayed, produced a similar 

increase. I used the grouping methods you discussed in Las Vegas, which really 

made the items stand out."

Elizabeth Knight will also be signing copies of all three of her books 

at the Elmwood Inn Booth #206 at the 2008 World Tea Expo.

SPECIALTY TEA INSTITUTE

Tea Certification Program

CLICK HERE FOR AN OVERVIEW OF THE

STI TEA CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.

For more details about STI’s Certification Training courses, please visit www.teausa.org

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is a one of a kind, step by step, online tea business class, available to you in the comfort of your own home.

Learn  how to own and operate the perfect tea business for your own personal lifestyle.  Discover the secrets of why tea professionals succeed and how you can too.

This amazing online class is offered several times a year and profiles 17 different types of tea related businesses. 

Click here to Visit Start a Tea business website. Sign up for your complimentary audio mini course or call 541-279-1023 for more information.

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TEA TOURS IN NEW YORK CITY

with Elizabeth Knight

Join certified English Tea Master and author, Elizabeth Knight as she guides you on a series of fabulous walking tours through New York City based on her book Tea in the City - New York.  Knight shares her expansive knowledge of Manhattan’s “must sip and shop spots.” This unique experience is steeped in the expertise of one of the USA’s leading tea authorities.

Programs offered include:

Various classes are offered for groups of 6 or more.

Tours: Japanese Tea Traditions, Chinese Tea Traditions, English & French Tea Traditions, and Harney's Tea Tour.
 

For complete tour details, dates, and times, visit www.teawithfriends.com   Be sure to tell Elizabeth you saw her tour information here at The Tea House Times website!

Read about Lady Gayle's experience touring with Elizabeth Knight.  See Lady Gayle's Blog entry for March 24, 2007 - Click here.  See Also Tea Room Reviews Click here and go to the March 24 entry for Arium in New York City.

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Book a Victorian, Edwardian

Fashion Show for your Tea/Event!

In full Victorian costume, Sue Quincannon will take you back in time to the flamboyant Victorian, Edwardian and Deco eras.  She will present her museum quality collection and offer your guests an exciting account of the fashion, etiquette, and customs of the day.  (For events in close proximity to New Jersey - call or email for pricing and to book a show - Contact information is below.)

This show has been featured at:

Conventions including Atlantic City, Historical Societies, Charitable Organizations, Sales & Promotional Events, Special Occasion Luncheons, Dinners, and Bridal Showers, Universities and Schools, Fundraising Events, Community Celebrations.

A very special event when combined with A VICTORIAN TEA.

  Have Bustle Will Travel

Call: Sue Quincannon (732) 946-2526

Email: quincan6@aol.com

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Every year in September Annual Victorian Days, Belvidere, New Jersey

For tickets to teas, home tours, and event information, visit www.victorianbelvidere.com 

Every year in October Victorian Week in Cape May, New Jersey

Victorian Week Highlights at a Glance

Victorian Week: is the best time of year to visit Victorian Cape May and celebrate the unique heritage of America's first seashore resort. Experience 10 days of exciting and entertaining activities: historic house tours, evening ghost tours, vintage dancing, lectures and mystery dinners, brass band concerts, and much, much more. Come see why Victorian Week has been named "A Top 100 Event in America."

VICTORIAN WEEK: Hailed as “A Top 100 event in North America,” annual Victorian Week is Cape May’s 10-day extravaganza of tours and events that celebrate the Victorian lifestyle. Highlights include Historic House Tours, which showcase the unparalleled collection of famous restored Victorian bed and breakfast inns, guesthouses and hotels that are the signature of this National Historic Landmark City. Featured activities also include: Private Homes Tours, murder mystery dinners, antiques and crafts shows, Victorian fashion shows, glass blowing demonstrations on the lawn of the 1879 Physick Estate, brass band concerts, workshops, tours and lectures. Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC). For more information, call 609-884-5404 or 800-275-4278 or visit www.capemaymac.org

Need accommodations?  Check out The Queen's Hotel: www.queenshotel.com

and The Queen Victoria www.queenvictoria.com

READ ALL ABOUT LADY GAYLE'S VISIT TO CAPE MAY-2005! 

CLICK HERE.

TEA ROOM FOR SALE  IN CALIFORNIA

Donna Maria's Tea Time, 1620 Alpine Blvd, Suite 114, Alpine, CA 91901   Click here to email.  Phone: 619.445.9830  Business for sale minus a few personal items. 

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TEA ROOM FOR SALE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 

The Music Garden LLC, A Tea Room and Gift Shoppe in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is for sale.  It is a growing business with repeat clientele and the price of $55,000 includes all equipment, inventory, porcelain tea cups, tables, oil paintings, decorations, cash register, and contents of gift shoppe.  Very favorable lease-can get a 6 month summer lease (Wolfeboro is a very popular tourist town) or a full 12 month lease.  Contact 520.825.3755 for more information and to submit an offer.  Thank you.  Linda Griffin, Owner   Click here to email.

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NEWTON, NEW JERSEY: 

The Tea Hive, 310 Route 94, Newton, NJ   Website: www.teahive.com

Owner Retiring.   Located in Sussex County, northern NJ in Newton has six rooms each with their own ambiance.  This highly successful and very popular tea room is located inside an 18th century renovated farm house built in 1793.  You immediately sense you are in an English Countryside tea house with marvelous hills and beautiful views.  Enjoy The Garden Room; The Victorian Room, The Linens and Lace Room; The Bee's Knees gift shop; The Carriage Barn.  Contact:  Nancy Battifarano, Broker, Century 21.  973.948.5552 ext 104  or Click here to email   visit www.ourbranchville.com   

TEA ROOM FOR SALE IN VIRGINIA

Owner retiring.  Victorian-style teahouse for sale.  Located in 100+

year old townhouse in Historic Downtown Culpeper VA.  Culpeper, a

Virginia Main Street Community, has a thriving, vibrant downtown with

unique shops and excellent restaurants.  Tea, Lace & Roses has an

excellent reputation and prides itself on customer service.   Please

visit our website, www.tealaceandroses.com.  Serious parties only.  

Sale includes business and building, turnkey operation.  Possibility of

second floor rental.  540-829-9700 or Click here to Email.

123 W. Davis St., Culpeper, VA  Website:  www.tealaceandroses.com

TEA ROOM FOR SALE 

List yours here.

REAL ESTATE:

Services for tea events--Tickets, Flyers, Place cards:

NEED A FLYER, TICKETS, OR PLACE CARDS FOR YOUR EVENT?  

Contact us for details.  See gift shoppe page for examples/place card/paper choices.

NEED TO SELL SOMETHING (besides tickets)

TO RAISE FUNDS FOR YOUR EVENT?

Contact The Tea House Times to see what items we may have available for you to sell and profit from towards your event.  Send email to info@theteahousetimes.com

NEED PARTY FAVORS?

The Tea House Times makes a perfect favor for all tea parties and tea fundraisers.  Need more info? Click here.

Bulk Pricing is available for tea rooms, tea shops, tea merchants, flower shops, quilting shops, antique shops, bridal showers, baby showers, fundraisers, libraries, tea society groups, women's clubs, Red Hat Society groups, or anyone hosting a tea themed party (minimum order of 25 for bulk pricing). TO ORDER A ONE-TIME BULK ORDER -- 25 OF THE CURRENT ISSUE, PLEASE GO TO THE GIFT SHOPPE

NEED A DOOR PRIZE FOR YOUR TEA FUNDRAISER?

First, send all details about your event, place, time, ticket price, location, contact information, website, etc. and we will list the details here on our event page.  Include your name, phone number, and mailing address for our files.  Upon request, we will donate a one-year individual subscription to The Tea House Times for one lucky winner at your tea-themed fundraising event. Must be for a fundraiser and we must have all details and contact information.  Contact us.

NEED HELP WITH PARTY IDEAS & ACTIVITIES?

Check out our Party Ideas and Party Games

and Party Planner for other FREE party ideas.

NEED DISCOUNTED PRODUCTS

FOR YOUR TEA FUNDRAISER?

Christopher Brookes Distinctive Foods (one of our very fine advertisers!) is generously offering a 15% product discount for charitable, tea themed events.  In addition to the 15%, they are offering to waive origination fees for personalized labels.  (For example, you can sell private label curds with your name and logo and make $4. per jar!)  Their wonderful product line includes Elizabethan Pantry lemon curd, other curds, jams, teas, and clotted cream.  Check out the full line at their website.  See www.cbdf.com and send email to: garyw@cbdf.com --mention this offer on behalf of The Tea House Times. 

Kimberly Shaw Graphics (another one of our very fine advertisers) offers some suggestions for invitations:  Working with fundraising organizations has been fun for us, says Steve Shaw.  The charities usually have a major event and need to send out invitations to potential donors or attendees.  Others have a no-tea, tea event or also is termed a phantom tea.  They use our teacup cards with their custom messages and mail out to their customer base.  To keep costs down, we try to print these cards when we print our other new designs.  They can get a nice, custom event card for just the cost of design fees and  the wholesale cost of our cards.  Visit www.kimberlyshawgraphics.com for contact details. Ask for Steve.

Mothballs In My Attic: Unique One-of-a-Kind Fundraising Opportunity: Mothballs In My Attic is a fun new nostalgia book where ONE word is worth a thousand pictures. Mothballs In My Attic has 12 chapters with over 220 ONE word fill in the blank sentences that will bring back childhood memories which lead to a myriad of visual feelings and sensations. A great book for the holidays and anywhere conversation takes place.  Easy to sell, profitable for your organization and memorable for your customers. Retail price is $14.95 and profit for your organization is $3.75 per book!(Shipping charge TBD) You will receive a sample book and order forms and books will be delivered to you within one week of completed form. You may also print ideas from the website at www.mimabook.com. Contact Cindy at 732-549-2368 or mimabook@aol.com for more information.

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Celebrating a Passion for Tea, Victorian Treasures, & Friendship

Tea is becoming the most popular form of socializing.  Let's help each other spread the passion!  Exchanging stories and offering ideas for tea parties.  The Tea House Times newsletter is a pleasant reminder of a wonderful tea room experience; fine china, mismatched silver, beautiful teapots, ladies wearing hats, and the pleasure and friendships of socializing the old fashioned way--over a pot of tea.  Makes you want to visit your favorite tea room more often!  SUBSCRIBE NOW.

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