Showing posts with label tea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tea. Show all posts

Tea Time-Day 1 of the Quilters Weekend

Well, after 8 months of planning, the Mountain Meadows Quilters Retreat/Workshop has come and gone...

We only had one RV camping on the property, but, in retrospect, one was enough!!
Discovered, that with unpredictable weather, trying to put RVs in any of our fields, would probably not work out!!! This one was parked in the gravel parking area, which worked out just fine!

The tea was Friday's event - and it went off without a hitch!! I had nothing to do with that! All the credit goes to Julie and Susan!!!

Susan and Julie, of Julieanna, outdid themselves- hanging vintage quilts around the room, quilt blocks and pin cushions as table decorations - Susan even came up with a lunch plate design of finger sandwiches that looked like a quilt block!!










Vicky was the official photographer!





Bobbi and Judy

Bobbi, Judy, Effie, Karen, and Kelley in backround






Cold melon soup with a sprig of mint - delicious!!! Blueberry spritzer tea, and teacup pins for all!


the quilt block finger sandwiches- how clever is this?


Winona and Kelley




The delicious scone - we thought THIS was dessert - we were wrong!


This goes with the scone 

We had a choice of several hot teas, the cold blueberry spritzer tea was in the goblet, and 4 courses!
Susan shared the 3 proper ways to eat a scone, and there was a lovely dessert to finish off the meal, AFTER the scone!!
Somehow, I did not get a pic of that - and can't for the life of me remember what the dessert was!! But, it was GOOD!!!
I'll get back to you on that one!!!

I got to put a face to at least half the names of the people signed up for Pat Sloan's workshop that day.
It was a wonderful start to the weekend!

Stay tuned for a detailed account of the Pat Sloan Workshop coming soon!!!

Another Wonderful Giveaway

Feedsack Fantasy is having the first of a series of wonderful giveaways!!!

Make sure you drop in and enter!!! This one will have you scratching your head on which one to choose - lovely tea items or wonderful primitive ornaments!!!!

Random Giveaway

Just a reminder - when I reach 75 followers- I will be giving away a cute little Japanese knot bag, filled with tea and goodies.
I am soooo close- 66 followers, just a few more to reach that goal of 75!!!
Won't you please join and follow me - I'll try to keep it interesting!!!!

Please go to this post, leave a comment and follow me (said the Pied Piper....!)!!!

Tea Party Tuesday


Kimmie from Art in Red Wagons is inviting us all to have tea with her on Tuesdays and to share with all. I see Patty at Magpie's Nest has joined the party with an exquisite cup and my favorite flowers!

As I am running out the door ( and forgot about this until just now) I will share a pic of a typical "tea" for me!!
It is usually in one of my many handmade pottery mugs (not made BY me, mind you, just collected by me!)Mint tea is always a favorite, but I've started mixing the loose leaf teas to make my own blends!

I am either sitting at the computer with my tea, or at the d/r table watching the wild birds soar in for breakfast at the feeder. When it's not raining, me and my cuppa are at the barn!

Next week, I will be more prepared, with a fancy cup (or maybe another 'fancy' mug) and a neat tea!!

Please click on Kimmie's link above, and join the tea party!!!


This 'n' That.......


Before I forget - a blog I just discovered is having a 100th post giveaway. You have to go there and enter - she's offering such cute stuff as a prize!!! http://cottagegardens-theresa-smith.blogspot.com/
I am definitely going to add her blog to my 'blogs I follow "list!!

This morning's post was prompted by something I read on Peggy's blog, http://passionsofanoddchick.blogspot.com/. If you haven't checked out her blog, you must - she is a wonderful artist and writer, and has a great little shop with some of the best teas and body lotions!!!

Do you find that having a blog, forces you to be a little braver in putting your work out there?
I find it is easier to show my work (and words) to an invisible public, thru a blog. I try not to peel back too many layers, but a blog seems therapeutic in a way, and keeps me creating, instead of procrastinating!

Now that I have a blog (or 2!), I have an obligation of sorts, to keep it active, and hopefully, interesting!!!

This reminds me of an article I read in the Washington Post last year- Does the Web have a role in promoting social isolation- or does it hold out a hand and invite the socially isolated back into the world?

What do you think? Does having a blog keep your creativity moving, is it easier to present your art to the world thru the internet?

That said, time to step away from the computer and go finish a couple of projects so I have something to show in the next post!!