A Violet February Tea

Hello everyone!  Welcome to tea again this week!

First, I'd like to share with you a wonderful giveaway I won from Judith at Lavender Cottage.  The package arrived with not the usual brown wrapping paper, but with beautiful paper decorated with hummingbirds!  Here's a picture of the pretty wrapped gifts inside the cute box.

Look at the sweet card Judith made and it matches the beautiful rose soap!  Also in the gift box is a darling embroidered sachet filled with sweet smelling lavender, a cute Valentine stick pin, and a toe ring with lots of bling!

But that's not all, also included is a journal and my favorite, a teapot book mark and yummy Friendship Tea!

Thank you so much Judith, for this wonderful giveaway!


Now shall we have tea?  This week for tea time I'd like to invite you to a Violet February Tea.  My violet tea sets are at home so I'm sharing a tea I had last spring in my tiny farm cottage bedroom.

I bought the tea set a few years ago at a thrift shop.  I think it goes quite nicely with the violet folding chair!

Wish I could remember the name and markings of the tea set!

The party hat cookies are real easy to make.  Last March in my Spring Tea post I shared how to make them.

I love the sun shining down on the tea!

Well, it will be a lone while before violets are blooming in my garden, but it was fun to remember this spring tea!

Thank you so much for coming by today!  I always enjoy your visits and sweet comments.  Wishing you a wonderful week!

I'll be joining the following parties this week:  Make it Pretty Monday, Teatime Tuesday, Friends Sharing Tea, A Return to Loveliness, Teacup Tuesday, Tuesday Cuppa Tea, Tabletop Tuesday, Cottage Style, Share Your Cup Thursday, Sweet and Simple Fridays,  Home Sweet Home, and Show and Tell Friday.

Valentine Tea in Florida

Hello friends, will you be my Valentine and come to tea?  I've been saving some of my antique mall finds here in Florida for today.  I had so much fun dressing the tea table on my little privacy patio.

Help yourself to a cup of  "Love Spice" tea  from Hanna's Tea Times, (a black tea with cinnamon, cloves,almond flavor infused with orange), and sweets as I show you my treasures.

While I was out and about I found the teapot with the rhinestones at Ross.  I know my sweet Granddaughter will love it!

The pink rose teacup was a find for only $5.00.  Its made in Germany.  Love the sweet roses!

The dessert dishes were four for $3.00.  I couldn't resist that deal!  The tulips and sweets are from the local grocery store.  The sandwich bread is Pepperidge Farm swirl strawberry banana.  I filled it with strawberry cream cheese.  So yummy and a treat for me as our grocery store back home doesn't carry this bread.

Thank you so much for joining me for Tea today!  Now that we had our tea  its time for my hubby Valentine to have tea with me.  Wishing you a wonderful, happy Valentines Day!

I'll be joining these lovely parties this week:  Teacup Tuesday, Teatime Tuesday, Friends Sharing Tea, Tuesday Cuppa Tea, Cottage Style, A Return to Loveliness, Share Your Cup Thursday, Simple and Sweet Fridays, Home Sweet Home, Show and Tell Friday, Feathered Nest Fridays, and Pink Saturday.

A Summer Valentine Tea

Hi everyone, happy February to you!  We are still here in Florida and when thinking about sharing a Valentine post I thought of a tea I had last summer among my roses.

The red climbing rose is an Explorer rose called Ramblin Red.  It is so hardy and never dies back in our sub zero winters.

I used a trio set of dishes marked Triumph, American Limoges, U.S.A. 22 k gold.  A Romantic set!  I love how the gentleman is serenading the lovely ladies.  I wonder which girl he has has lost his heart to?

Did you notice the back of the chair has a heart in the middle!

Someone is peeking at the tea table!

I can't wait until Summer!

Thank you for taking time out of your day to visit me and I'm wishing you a wonderful week!

I will be joining the following parties this week:  Teatime Tuesday, A Return to Loveliness, Teacup Tuesday, Tuesday Cuppa tea, Tabletop Tuesday, Friends Sharing Tea, Cottage Style Party, Share Your Cup Thursday, Home Sweet Home, Simple and Sweet Fridays, Show and Tell Friday, and Pink Saturday.

Miniature Tea

Hello and welcome!

I hope you all had a good week!   Today I want to congratulate Sandi from Rose Chintz Cottage on her three year anniversary of her lovely blog.  She so graciously invites us to a beautiful tea party every week.  Sandi loves roses so I chose to share a bouquet I received my my Son and Daughter-in-law last Mothers Day.  Did you know that peach colored roses signify feelings of appreciation and gratitude?  We so appreciate your blog, Sandi!

I also thought I'd share with you some miniature tea parties I had at the farm cottage last spring.  My Daughter-in-law gave me the darling tea shop.  It is perfect for storing tea!  I see a tiny garden fairy is enjoying her tea in front of the tea store!

The next tea is on my fireplace mantle.  I started out by putting a sheet of moss on a book and taking an old doll house table and covering it with a hankie, and used the miniature items I've collected over the years.

Last spring I invited a couple of ceramic little ladies for tea in the garden.  They are enjoying tea among the creeping thyme.

Eloise is enjoying tea among the miniature pinks.

Lastly, a couple of flower girls taking time for tea.

Lots of tea time today!  Hope you enjoyed the little bit of whimsy!  Thank you so much for visiting me and I wish you all a lovely week.

I will be joining the following parties this week:  Teatime Tuesday, Teacup Tuesday, Tuesday Cuppa Tea, A Return to Loveliness, Garden Style Party, Friends Sharing Tea, Share Your Cup Thursday, Show and Tell Friday, Home Sweet Home, Feathered Nest Friday, Show and Tell Friday, and Pink Saturday.

A Year of Tea Time

Hello everyone,  we had a safe trip to Florida and I'm enjoying really nice warm days.  I've been to a couple thrift shops here and hopefully will find enough items to do a tea party post from here before we head home. In the meantime I thought I'd share some tea time posts from 2012.


In January of last year I did a post about my antique highchair and my Christmas teacup.

February was a Valentine post.

In March I gave a Spring tea with a picture of my sweet Granddaughter and me.

April is all about my Easter tea.

The month of May started my outdoor tea's.  This one by the pond.

A June tea was under the rose bower.

A Patriotic tea for the 4th of July.

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In August my Granddaughter and I had a Victorian tea.

September was a Harvest time tea.

In October I posted about a Pink Aster tea.

November brought me inside for the tea's.......a Fireside tea.

In December I gave two Christmas tea parties.

My friend Sue (on left above) recently started a lovely tea blog called SereniTea-sb.  I know she would appreciate it if you would stop by to meet her and leave a comment.

Thank you so much for coming by to visit me and I hope your January is going well.

I will be joining the following parties this week:  Teatime Tuesday, A Return to Loveliness, Teacup Tuesday, Tuesday Cuppa Tea, Friends Sharing Tea, Share Your Cup Thursday, Feathered Nest Friday, Simple and Sweet Fridays, Home Sweet Home, Show and Tell Friday, and Pink Saturday.