Would You Like a Little More Tea?

You haven’t had any yet, you say?
Well please, sit down!
You pour and I’ll tell you a little tale…

There once was a girl from…….
Oopsie daisy… ahem… wrong tale.
Let’s start again, shall we?

There is a place I have heard of…
a magical place of giggles, sweets, songs and fancy.
But to get there, is the trick. For you see, it is in a far, far, far away country.
And in that far, far, far away country is a forest.
A very, very deep forest.
Now if you want to find this magical place, you will have to travel to the center of the very, very deep forest in the far, far, far away country; which, mind you, will probably take a fortnight to reach.
But you will know you have reached the center, when you have come upon a meadow. Not an ordinary meadow…
A toadstool meadow.
(don’t eat the red ones… nasty little things they are.)

But, beware of the sleeping gnomes.
You must be as quiet as a church mouse in order to slip by without waking them. Which, believe you me, you don’t want to do. Waking them, that is. But you must get past them, for in the center of the toadstool meadow is a brier patch.

And in the middle of that brier patch is a tree.

Push past the wild brier rose, but be careful not to let it bite you, and through the sweet jasmine vines and there you will find it.

The Door.

If you can unlock the door and slip through to the other side, the path you will see will lead to much glee!

It starts early in the morning,

when the caged bird sings.

It’s a party. A party of Tea!

Decorations abound and abloom.
The table is laid…

Cakes and sweets

Pies and treats.

Once the tea has been poured,

by the host of the party,
and a grand, flourishing bow has been bowed,
the songs can be sung, the riddles riddled and the tales can be spun.

When the candles have burned down and twilight is settling in,

the path home will appear and good byes will go round…
‘til next year.

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A Fanciful Twist

Peace and Joy

Happy Sunday!

I spent the entire day, yesterday, partying. I had two Holiday parties to attend and we played White Elephant games at each.

Here is what I made for them...


The first party was with some scrapbooking friends.

Amongst other fun festivities, we had a pop quiz.... Christmas Trivia. Out of 20 (I think) questions, plus a bonus, I only got 8 right! Pathetic isn't it? Can you name all the of the children from the Sound of Music?! I couldn't.


The second was with the Texas Bellas. Shea and Debbie hosted in their amazing, renovated church. Seriously AMAZING!

They had an ornament project for us to do. Lots of fun! And it was so lovely to get to see so many Bella friends again.


Have a beautiful day!

Spring Art Party

Last Friday I hosted an evening of creative escape for my three closest friends and myself. It was a fabulous evening with a French theme.

We started with a laid back cocktail hour, minus the cocktails. But we did have French Lemonade and French Jazz.



Yes, a much needed wind down from the crazy week that we each had had.

From there we moved on to a seriously yummy dinner, al fresco.

Remember the paint chip collage peek I showed before? Here is the whole thing. I read an article in the winter issue of Sew Somerset... napkin rings created out of paint chips. It was a cool idea, so I thought I would try it. However, by the time I finished, they wouldn't curl around the napkins. But I really like how they turned out anyway. And I also made place cards with small silver trays, flowers and antique lace.

After dinner, we moved inside to create.

We made hand bound journals, or at least began them. There was so much laughing through out the evening, that by 1am we were only half way through the project and all dead tired.

We also have been working on a collaborative tag book, but again because of our crazy lives, none of us completed on them on time. So when those are finished I'll share.

Have a beautiful week!