A hot chocolate and tea station

I think I might have mentioned that my beloved old tea trolley bit the dust last year. One wheel was so perilously close to collapsing that I got the vapors just thinking about how tragic it would have been had my Royal Winton Welbeck collection been suddenly dumped to the ground. Whew. But I do miss said tea trolley, as it gave me a little extra decorating space for tea wares, and I'm missing it. But I've been poking around at the few leftover pieces of furniture in Alex's old office, and lo and behold, he had found this little table somewhere and spray painted it off-white. "Hmm…" I thought. And so now I have a hot chocolate and tea station for my little neighbors to enjoy when they visit!

Frankly, I just needed this Martha Stewart Jadeite cake stand out of the way to make room for some Christmas decorations, and this was as good a spot as any. It also gave me an excuse to use that little pink teacup tree I found at T. J. Maxx the other day.

While there, I also got this tin box shaped like a patisserie, but it's a "hot chocolate kit" that contains the mix and some marshmallows. 

For sipping, we're using the reindeer mugs I found at Big Lots a few years ago.

I'm also displaying a Moon Pie tin simply because a beloved local artist, Martin Pate, provided the Santa artwork on this version of the tin. (These are coveted items here in Newnan, so I was thrilled to find one this year.)

Finally, we can't have a hot chocolate station without a Santa mug, can we? (Forks are for eating whatever treats I may have on hand.) So there you go! It's not a tea trolley, exactly, but as a temporary substitute, this'll do the trick.