Bo Bunny Mini Album

I am sharing this too cute mini album I made using the BoBunny Little Miss paper collection.  I followed along with the 4 week blog class and had such a fun time putting this cutie together.  I have a special "pink tea party" planned for my two nieces, so those sweet pictures are reserved for this album.  If you would like to make the Little Miss album, click here and scroll down the page until you find it.  There is a complete shopping list and then a link to each week's video class.  Enjoy!

 

Following Directions

Since I teach a Scrapbooking class every week, it is usually me who is giving directions, but this week is a bit different, I am following directions instead.

I found an incredible members website called Inking Everything with Becky.  It was co-founded by Becky Roberts and Julie Brewer and features many tutorials.  I found it extremely useful to help me come up with new cardmaking ideas.  Becky herself had a tutorial for the below projects and I could not resist because it is tea related.  I so love the color combination as well.

The Paper Bakery is another website that I found back in the fall of last year and have truly enjoyed.  Sarah Hill makes up a gorgeous kit each month with step by step instructions included, it is amazing the ideas that she comes up with.  I have had the Family album kit partially completed and was finally able to find some time this week to finish it and I LOVE how it came out.  Now I will just need to add photos.

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Tea Time Tuesday

Welcome to another Tea Time Tuesday!  Sandi, our lovely hostess at Rose Chintz Cottage has a charming Tea Time Tuesday post this week.

This week I am sharing a very informal afternoon tea.  I have noticed that since my son has started back to school that I am making tea to correspond to the time when he and my husband will be home, which is about 3:30 to 4:00.  Since I make our dinner around 6:00, tea time is very informal and light.  Once winter sets in I will most likely serve dinner closer to 5:00 with tea.  It seems silly to need a "schedule"  for tea time, but it really is such a joy for our family and missing it would seem out of place.

On to tea then!

 

Since tea is informal, I have used several mis-matched pieces, but they seem to work well together.

I am using my Victorian Bird teapot, Federalist dessert plates, and Gracie China teacups and saucers along with my great-great aunt's white damask napkins that have a subtle bird pattern and my refurbished silver.

I made a very quick and easy peach dessert which I came up with using bits of 3 different recipes.

 

I made Peach Ginger Twist tea from Harney & Sons to complement the dessert. 

It is lovely to enjoy afternoon tea in the afternoon sun.

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It's Been Awhile

I finally got a card made.  Thank goodness for small miracles.  After several months of using my office as a catch-all room, I finally spent the last week getting all the clutter put away and my workdesk cleared off so that I could get caught up on projects.

My wonderful Grandmother had major surgery last week and is finally home now to begin healing, so it was a priority for me to get a card made for her.  I put a lot of work into it because I wanted it to be extra special and something she could keep as a memento.

I used a lot of fabric on this tag and card, which was all leftover from a quilt I made many years back.  I really love all the lavenders and purples in it.

The card itself is nestled inside a glassine bag.

I used a card I made earlier this year as my template to copy from.  You can click here to see it.  I just used different paper and changed to card size.

I added a little stamped image and sentiment inside of the card to match.  Isn't the tea-bag image too cute?

Supplies:

Paper:  Papertrey Ink White cardstock, Cosmo Cricket "Mitten Weather"

Inks:  Enchanted Evening (Papertrey Ink), Versamark and Zing embossing powder

Stamps:  Tea For Two, Tea For Two Additions and Fillable Frames #5 all from Papertrey Ink

Dies:  Tea For Two, Teacup and Fillable Frames #5 all from Papertrey Ink

Embellishments:  Spring Iris wrinkle ribbon from my Etsy shop, Melissa Frances white crochet trim, brads were made using fabric and the imaginisce brad maker, green carnival tickets

Odds & Ends:  Large white tag cut with Cricut, purple parcel tag, large glassine bag, fabric scraps

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Repurposed...Again

I have had this wooden crate for many years now and I have used it for many different things over the years as well.  Currently I am using it as my coffee and tea center with the cubbies holding various bottled items.  The tea set is from Johnson Bros. and the pattern is Old Britain Castles.  This was the very first set of dishes I began collecting and still I am always looking for hard to find or unique pieces in this pattern. 

I also did some rearranging in the living room and moved a small side table in front of the window, but now Dallas, my little Yorkie, likes to think this is his lookout spot.  He does spend a lot of time looking out the window.

 

Tea Time Tuesday

This is my first time to participate in Tea Time Tuesday and I am hoping I will get better at it as I continue.  I have been following Sandi's blog, Rose Chintz Cottage, for over a month now and fell in love with her blog and features.  Sandi hosts Tea Time Tuesday every week and it is always so exciting to see all the beautiful tea time links.

For my first post, I started out small and simple, but wanted to use my Rose Chintz pattern to compliment Sandi on her wonderful taste!  I made simple blueberry scones and a black currant tea for a relaxed afternoon tea with my husband.  I added just a little sugar to my tea, which I thought accentuated the berry flavor, so I had butter with my scone while my husband on the other hand left his tea unsweetened, but dolloped a big spoonful of double Devon cream and blueberry jam on his scone.  Yum!

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Ghosties High Tea

WOYWW #74


Before I get to my desk this week, I would like to share some "quirky" traditions that my family celebrates this time of year.  First off you must understand that my family on my mother's side, the Fitzgerald's, are Irish through and through, so I grew up observing  family customs that have been passed down through the generations.  My husband's family, the Maclaskey's, are Scottish, so we have combined our unique family traditions to celebrate with our child so that he too may pass them along to his children. 
It is customary for me to make a special meal to celebrate All Hallows Eve and this includes colcannon.  Though it is something I make quite regularly throughout the year, I do make sure it is included with our Halloween meal since it has always been that way in my family.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with colcannon, it is basically equal amounts of boiled cabbage and boiled potatoes mashed together with some cream and served with a "puddle" of butter in the center.  At times I will alter the basic recipe somewhat and make what my grandmother called "mash-of-nines" which adds carrots, turnips and a leek to the potato/cabbage mix. 
After our dinner, around 8:00,  we enjoyed "Ghoulies and Ghosties High Tea".  (High tea generally refers to tea that is taken after dinner as opposed to in the afternoon.)

Edit:  Mandi pointed out below that she thought High Tea was served with savories and cakes and afternoon tea is served with cakes and she is absolutely right.  High Tea is traditionally served with savories such as sausages, fish, etc. and in my case, colcannon,  and sandwiches and a simple dessert.  The term "High Tea" was used for tea served at dinner time and sometimes IS dinner because it was served at the high dining table rather than a low coffee table or parlor table but High Tea can be taken at any time of the day and as early as noon.  Afternoon tea is the more formal of the two and the most elegant.  It is usually served with a light meal with the best linens and silver.  So you aren't wrong at all Mandi!  :)

This year we had a sweet chocolate mint tea to coincide with the sweet treats given on Halloween.   I also made an apple pastry to symbolize the completed harvest and as a substitute for the custom of dookin for apples because we really didn't want to plunge our face into a cold tub of water this year.  (Sorry granddad.)
Halloween in our family is much more than trick or treating, it is about remembering our loved ones who have gone before us and paying tribute to our ancestors who have passed down our "quirky" customs.
And at last, I will leave you all with a look at my workdesk.  Honestly it really isn't much to speak of this week.  I am working on the Fall layout I will be teaching this evening in class.  Technically I had them finished last week, but I managed to put the left page into an ink pad and it was ruined.   I used my heat gun to heat the adhesive and salvage as many elements as I could.  Fortunately I had only to remake my base page and then re-attach the additional pieces.
I highly encourage you to visit Julia's Stamping Ground, the mastermind behind WOYWW, to have a candid peek into the workspaces of many creative souls.
Have a wonderful Wednesday!