Tea With Friends

We received our first shipment of a book titled”Mini Teatimes” today.

Camellia Rose is featured in this book which is authored by Susan Rios

and published by Harvest House.  The book contains two wonderful

recipes from Camellia Rose along with other recipes. 

 It retails for $9.95 and is a perfect gift for yourself or someone else.

  We intvite you to stop by and see it for yourself!

Cheers,

Ellen

I just wanted to thank Lynn for visiting us and writing

 a kind review of  Camellia Rose.  I enjoyed

 visiting with you and your daughter during your teatime. 

 And congratulations on becoming a grandmother again soon!

Hope to serve you, your daughter and future grandchild again

at Camellia Rose. If anyone would like to read the review

 just click the link below.

http://southshore2.tbo.com/content/2009/dec/30/great-food-and-atmosphere-camellia-rose-tea-room/news/

Cheers,

Ellen

My mind is filled with new ideas to celebrate this upcoming year. 

In addition to celebrating Valentines and our Mystery Tea Party

 in February  our first new event is all about Camellias,

 scheduled for  February 6, 2010.    We invite you to join us

 for a special  presentation about Camellias.  During teatime

we will have an horticulture expert here to share his

 knowledge about raising Camellias. He is a walking

 encyclopedia regarding every exact detail of Camellias.

 This will be your chance to probe his mind about

 gardening in general. 

Stay tune for more upcoming celebrations!

Cheers,

Ellen

During our busyness on Christmas Eve, we had a

special visitor. “The Mistletoe Tester”  (aka Derald)

stopped in to visit us and his cute wife, Shirley. 

 Shirley has been employed for me since the

 tea room opened. She prepares the delicious food

 we serve to our guests.  She also has a beautiful

 voice and sings to our guests. We love you

Shirley & Derald! 

Our guests were delighted during tea time yesterday as Brianna

serenaded them with Christmas songs.  I was especially touched

as she sang “O Holy Night.”  We love having Brianna and her

 mom, Susan, visit us at Camellia Rose.  We look forward to

having her sing for us in the future. We are blessed!

We have met so many wonderful people through our

tea room and some have become special friends.  Today

our friends from Walt Disney’s Grand Floridian Tea Room

were here for tea.  Dotty and Pat are not only our regular

guests but Camellia Rose friends!  They are a blessing to us.

We will see you again soon ladies!  Merry Christmas!

Ellen

“MERRY CHRISTMAS!”

I just love saying that to everyone this time of year.

We have been celebrating Christmas everyday with our

guests.  From the beautiful Christmas lights and

decor, Christmas music we play all day long, our

delicious food, which includes the cutest little

Christmas mice and scrumptious beef tenderloin,

and of course the many delicious teas. But more

importantly we are celebrating the birth of our

Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  Yesterday our guests

were reminded of the true JOY of Christmas during

our  mystery tea party.  Then we had an old fashion

Christmas celebration with carolers singing our

favorite Christmas carols.  It is hard to believe Christmas

is almost here.  I want to invite you to discover the JOY

we are celebrating at Camellia Rose.  Please stop in so

we can wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS personally!

JOY IN CHRIST,

Ellen

The Plant City Community Choir sang Christmas Songs

 to our guests last week.  We look forward to hearing

 them again on Dec. 12 during the Plant City Christmas Stroll.

We hope you can join us.

I just received exciting news that Camellia Rose is

featured in a new book titled “Mini Teatimes” authored

by artist Susan Rios and published by Harvest House!

This book is expected for release in January 2010.  I  am

looking forward to viewing “Mini Teatimes” and we will

have them available for purchase.  I will keep you updated.

Cheers,

Ellen

The Camellia Rose staff had lots of fun celebrating tea at the Grand Floridian!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I am so blessed to work together with my beautiful mom and daughter!

I am truly thankful that someone in our community nominated

Camellia Rose for the “2009 Growing Business Award.” 

I would also like to congratulate “In The Field” magazine for

winning this award. If you  would like to read about the awards

just visit the link below.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/nov/06/plant-city-businesses-library-take-bow/

Cheers,

Ellen

We have soooooooo much fun at Camellia Rose.  Christmas is always

memorable at Camellia Rose.  We have a very special menu planned,

our beef tenderloin with gruyere mashed potatoes is always a

favorite for our guests.  Everyone always looks forward to our

chocolate mice!  We look forward to the Plant City Community Choir

performing on Saturday, November 28,2009 during tea time.   Tracie Arnold

will be here on Saturday, December 5, 2009, presenting a “Victorian Fashion

Teatime.”   We will focus on the real meaning of Christmas December 12, 2009, when

our “Camellia Rose Acting Troop” will present “Who Stole the JOY from Christmas”

 mystery tea.  Then later that evening we want you to discover historic downtown

Plant City during our first annual “Christmas Stroll!”  Many stores will be open that

evening serving Christmas savories and delectables.  The Plant City Community Choir

 will be strolling downtown singing Christmas Carols.  We hope you can join us for

the sights and sounds of Christmas in Plant City this year!!

Merry Christmas

P.S.  You can also view our upcoming events at www.Teamap.com

Our guests had a wonderful time at

our “Gone with the Wind” Fashion Teatime.

Tracie’s costume was beautiful.

See you in December at our “Victorian Christmas Fashion Teatime!”

Suzanne and her family had a lot to celebrate today.

Her daughter, Daneen, pictured on the left, was home

from Iraq.  She is in the Army and is serving our country

in Irag.  She will return the end of this month.  We look

forward to seeing her when she returns next year.  Thank you

Daneen for serving our country!

I love seeing our guests enjoy their special time

together at Camellia Rose!

This cute couple enjoyed tea time together.

My daughter with her fiancee, Jimmy on right and his family.

Love him and his family!!!

It is always a pleasure having guests dine with us.  I especially love

making new friends.  Wendy visited us for the first time last spring

and we were thrilled when she brought her friends back while they

were on holiday here from Scotland.  We are so excited because

we plan to  visit her in Scotland this summer! New friends are

just one of the blessings that come from owning a tea room.

My servers pose with Tracie and one of her creations from the

Edwardian Era. Don’t you just love the servers new uniforms?

Tracie poses with one of her beautiful dresses.

If you would like to view a glimpse of our

Titanic Tea Event, you can view a short

video on www.thefocusmagazine.com

under the Plant City section, Sept. 23, 2009.

This lovely lady has become a friend and frequent guest of

Camellia Rose.  We love having Susan and her beautiful

daughter, Brianna, visit us.  Brianna brought her friends last

week to experience teatime.  Lovely little ladies.

Everyone had so much fun! 

Our first Victorian Tea Time was a great success, so we have

scheduled two in September and two in December!  Tracie

is pictured here with my servers dressed in the servers

costumes made for them.  Give us a ring to make you reservations!

I just love to see and hear our guests have fun.  The sound of laughter

filling our tea room is so refreshing.  I enjoy stopping and chatting with

our guests as they spend time together.  It is always interesting to

discover where our guests are from, if there is a special occasion they

may be celebrating, their personal stories about tea and tea rooms, good things

 or not so good things going on in their lives, what brings them to Plant City and

Camellia Rose, and any other comments they want to share.  I am always

making new friends.  I invite you to stop in and say “Hello!”  Cheers!

Every year in June our community has a fundraising tea for the Plant City Pregnancy Care Center.  We always host the tea tasting table and sponsor a table for this worthwhile event.  This year we chose a baby shower theme so that we could give some of the table decorations to the center and they can pass them on to the moms.

Our centerpiece had baby dolls and fresh roses!

Of course this was a team effort, so I recuited some talented friends, Judy, Joann and Erica.

Erica monogramed baby diapers to use a napkins for the event.