Tea Party Teacup SVG

About this design

A birthday tea is one of the gentlest ways to celebrate, with sandwiches, little cakes and the good china. This design is made for that kind of afternoon. A deep, rounded teacup in soft blush sits on a wide rose saucer, with a narrow rose band just under its rim and a ring handle on the right. Three small flowers decorate its side: a deep rose rosette in the middle and a butter yellow bloom on each side. Two sage sprigs rise out of the cup like a little arrangement. Birthday sits at the top in an elegant italic serif, with TEA PARTY in spaced capitals beneath it.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 26 pieces and 10 cut-outs. The cup, handle, saucer, band, flowers, sprigs and both lines of text are separate parts, so nothing stays in place by itself: use tape for vinyl and a card base for paper. It passes our cut checks from about 7 inches wide.

The spaced capitals in TEA PARTY are fairly small next to the cup, so give them a careful look when you weed.

Color layers

• Base and lines in dark slate blue-gray: the backing and outlines
• Leaf green in muted sage: the two sprigs
• Blush in soft pink: the cup and its handle
• Rose in deep dusty pink: the saucer, the band and the rosette
• Butter yellow in pale buttery yellow: the two small flowers
• Lettering in dark slate: Birthday and TEA PARTY

Size guide

For standard invitations, place cards or cupcake wrappers, print the color file and cut it with Print Then Cut. Printing works at any size, so the small capitals stay sharp.

Planning a birthday tea

• Invitations, printed and cut in a batch on heavy cardstock.
• A welcome sign for the door or the garden gate, cut large from card or wood.
• Place cards with each guest’s name under the cup.
• Favor bags for loose tea or shortbread, with the cup on the front.
• A tea towel or apron for the host, in iron-on vinyl.

Keep anything cut from paper, vinyl or card off plates, cups and food. Labels and tags belong on the outside of a bag or box.

Assembling a paper teacup

1. Cut the saucer and glue it to the slate base.
2. Add the handle, then the cup over the inner edge of the handle.
3. Glue the rose band across the top of the cup.
4. Add the three flowers, then the sprigs above the rim.
5. Finish with the lettering.

For a vintage china look, try white with a gold band, or pale blue with white flowers. The guide to changing SVG colors explains how.

Pairs well with

The Botanical Birthday Cake makes a dessert table sign to match, and the Garden Party and Lavender Birthday round out the same soft palette.