About Bellasia Tea

My name is Mercedes – yep, the queen in the book – and as you might have guessed, I have a beautiful daughter named Isabella. I started Bellasia for a few reasons. My husband and I could not conceive, so we adopted the most beautiful little girl in the world: she’s the shining star that completes our lives. I grew up on fairy tales and ‘happily ever after’s so, naturally, so did she. I noticed that she was quite distraught that there were no adopted princesses and even in some cases, certain stories shed a not-so-flattering light on non-birth parents as a whole. I felt pretty bad for her, so I would think of fairy tales that had adopted princesses in them and that made her smile. The second reason I started Bellasia is, if like me, you have kids, chances are pretty good that you’ve been a part of a tea party. Although husband is retired military, I’ve caught him on several occasions dressed in boas and tiaras while enjoying a cup of imaginary tea at a table that was entirely too little for him. When she got older and wanted to stop pretending and start partaking in real tea, I couldn’t find any “princess tea.” How can this be? I found tons of princess tea sets, tables, dresses, etc. – but no princess tea! Then my adoption tales started reeling in a different direction and Bellasia was born! Finally, as much as I love all of the stories we all grew up with, I wanted Isabella to know that it’s up to us to create our own ‘happily ever after’s.’Read their story