A full year of special teatime ideas from Emilie Barnes invites the blessing of friendship into readers’ home every month. Each special theme includes tempting recipes, ideas for décor, and delightful details about the story of tea. These 12 ready–to–plan parties place friendship as the centerpiece for every celebration:

• Start the new year off right: A Celebration of Beginnings
• Chocolate brings friends together: A Celebration of Sweet Pleasures
• Mothers are queen for the day: A Celebration of Women

As she did for the popular The Twelve Teas® of Friendship, artist Susan Rios accompanies Emilie’s inspiration with new paintings of tea services and idyllic settings that invite the reader to create memories of good cheer with a friend.