VALENTINES DAY TABLE

 

This is the time of year that I keep busy.

The truth is that when I am not busy,

I am bored.  I am looking for 

inspiration for my coming garden

 season or making something delicious

in the kitchen (this gets me in

 trouble here).

I spend time looking at new 

decorating ideas or making something.

I have been working

 on a Valentine

table:

Last year I found the middle plate but

recently I found 6 more of these

vintage Adams ENGLISH plates:

Each one has a different

couple.  Last year I found this

lovely lace old Quaker

tablecloth with cupids

and Colonial couples.

I made this tea cozy a while

back with vintage laces

and crochet:  it is available

on Etsy

Lady Madeleine and Lord

Chumley are ready

for tea:

I will use these vintage

napkins for our meal (I 

will replace the fancy

ones for actual use):

Do you love setting up a

pretty table for dining?

VALENTINE TEA MENU TEMPLATES

 Copy them first and with windows

fill in your own menu.  Then, print

 them out on landscape.

And here's another:

These may not be your style so you

can always design some yourself....

I am just an amateur learning!

For templates for

other seasons

click here

SCONES, ANTIQUE NAPKINS AND OLD VICTORIA MAGAZINES

 

It was a lovely, cold but

sunny day to pour a cup

of tea and have a 

yummy scone at the 

kitchen table.

Last night I baked some lovely

scones which you might like to try

too.  They are Cranberry Orange

Scones made with this

recipe.  I got 10 scones out of

the batter cutting them with a

medium scone cutter.  I also

substituted with buttermilk.

As I shared in a previous post, we

have been enjoying the bluebirds

outside on our deck and they are

in fact flying in to feast right now.

I pulled out a stack

of the old Victoria

Magazines which

were from past

Januarys and

I have been

enjoying them.

I want to share some antique napkins I

purchased from the other side of the world.  They are tea napkins which 

means they are smaller and these

are made

from Bobbin lace:

We only have a tiny bit of snow

but we have certainly had our

share of cold weather.

If you love romantic style you will find

old Victoria magazines "your cup

of tea".  

Winter is the perfect

opportunity for

Friendly Village

Johnson Brothers

transferware:

I hope you are staying warm and

having a enjoyable winter.  Winter

is a helpful time to learn something

new and I enjoy all the gardening

videos on YouTube.  You can find

so many videos about England,

Tea Time and whatever hobbies

you love.

BLUEBIRDS IN THE COLD

Baby it's cold outside.  It's cold everywhere

right about now.

Really, we don't have hardly any snow

but it is cold for Missouri at 4 degrees

today.  We have enjoyed

watching 4 bluebirds coming and 

going to our deck today.

And of course we always enjoy

the goldfinches.

I hope you are keeping warm

and keeping busy.  Earlier

I baked Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.

Bluebirds are not seed eaters so

I have coaxed them with mealworms.

SUNDAY CELEBRATION

 

JANUARY TABLE SETTING

 Now that January is here I still

wanted to enjoy my Johnson Brothers

Friendly Village dishes so I just

changed up things a bit with different

linens and put away the red

transferware:

The table is set with a Tuscan fillet

lace tablecloth and Point de Venice 

placemats and napkins.  My etched

glasses are various patterns.

I hope you are staying warm this month

as I have heard some snow may be

coming our way which is fine with me.

I have put quite a few Christmas decorations away but we are still

enjoying our tree.

As you probably know,  I love

making tea cozies from old doilies,

lace and linens.  This one is mine and

large and made from old crochet along

with an antique French Alencon lace

collar all sewn over tan fabric.

I have many cozies for sale

on Etsy:

This is my original design and I 

call it a "Drop In Snuggie":

 

NEW YEAR TEA MENU TEMPLATE

 Here is a free tea menu template

if you are having an Afternoon

Tea here in the new year:

And Happy New Year

everyone!

2023 YEAR IN REVIEW

 I did less blogging in 2023 and I

see that was true for others as well.

Here is my review choosing one post

from each month:

January 

 Celebrating Transferware

I decided to look for green transferware

and found it hard to find but found

a few pieces and will continue to look.

February

February Violets

March

Irish Tea Time

April

1st Tea In The Garden 2023

May

Old Country Roses

Table Setting

June

Lady Madeline and

Lord Chumley for

Tea In The Garden

July

Menu Templates for

Afternoon Tea

August

Diggory Diggory Delvet

For Tea In The Garden

September

Fall Has Arrived

October

The Old Mill Transferware

November

Oh Yes, It's Time

To Bake

December

A Friendly Village

Luncheon

I wish a very Happy and

Healthy New Year!