Tea Time Tuesday....#151

 It was tea time last Saturday with my Pacific NW Tasha Tudor group. We met at Diane's beautiful home in the country. Look at the beautiful table she had set for us!

My sweet friend Diane and partner in crime....Diane.

Sterling, flowers and pretty pink lusterware. Tasha Tudor had so many sets of pink luster. Several of us are on the hunt for a teapot. They are very hard to find.

Yummy tea time sandwiches....egg salad, curry chicken and salmon delights.

Pretty pink and red decor with a fresh fruit cup to enjoy!

One of our desserts was a cherry almond cake from Tasha Tudor's cookbook. The frosting was very light but it was really delicious.

Here I am with sweet Carla. She is a fellow quilter and quite the gardener.

Connie read us a wonderful essay she wrote about the missing rag doll. It was so touching.

Joyce and Connie enjoying tea time.

After we finished our tea, I shared a little craft with the group. It was fun and easy and everyone enjoyed it.

Susan and her daughter Lily look pretty serious along with Jane!

The little hearts for the dolly Valentine's turned out so cute. Everyone was quite individual. I had very good pupils!

Monday Made....Valentine Hanky Dolls

The Gathering on Saturday went well! We had so much fun. I will post more about it this week and share more pictures but today is Monday Made on my Take Peace Tasha Tudor group. I wanted to share this Valentine dolly that I made for the gals in my group, using vintage hankies.

I found the craft with instructions on Pinterest. It was floating around and I checked it out. I did pin it on my Pinterest board. For directions and the pattern go to www.vintageimagecraft.com/hankie-doll.html

I thought they would be so fun to make, so I started collecting vintage hankies. I did buy a few Valentine hankies as this was a Valentine party.

The blog gave me a print out for the two ladies, the heart and a back piece to hold up the hanky. I did adjust the heart as I thought the original pattern was too large. I added the paper heart dollies.

I used scrapbook papers and matched up the colors the best I could. The instructions will give you directions for ironing the hankies.

You glue the pieces together and slip the hanky top under the waist band to make finish off her dress.

I wanted them to hang, so I glued on little ribbons on the back under a little square tag to hide the ends of the ribbon.

I was very pleased with the finished product and the ladies really liked them. It was a fun project and it feels good to be crafting again.

Ready For A New Tasha Tudor Adventure

I am so very excited tonight! We will be heading for Long Beach WA tomorrow for a little getaway.
My Tasha Tudor friend Diane and I have been trying to start the Pacific NW Tasha Tudor Museum Chapter for about a year and a half. We are doing it! We are meeting on Saturday February 18th for a belated Valentine's tea. It's going to be so fun to actually meet these ladies in person and get to know each other.

Tasha and her children had a little post office and the family made tiny Valentines for their dolls. They were delivered via Sparrow Post. As fans, we like to make doll Valentines for our friends.

These are some that Tasha made years ago. You can know buy the set from the Tasha Tudor and Family site. Of course, it is always fun to make your own. All the ladies who are coming are bring their dolls and everyone has made cards for the all as well as the dolls.

Diane has planned a Valentine tea for our group. We will meet at 11 am....I can't wait! It's going to be so much fun. 

Valentine's Dinner

It was such a miserable wet and windy day yesterday on Valentine's Day! Duane came out to see about the roof on my cottage and I felt so bad for him, up on the roof in the wind! He said about 8 shingles were missing on the backside. He came over today and replaced them, so I am thankful.

Jimmy brought me roses and these are so lovely. They are named Arleen and I love the old fashioned look. Isn't the color so pretty? He is so faithful about bringing me flowers and  I do love it.

Otto and his mommy stopped by and brought me this fun little box of candy. He thinks the Hershey's miniatures are funny little candy bars. I'm not supposed to be eating candy, so these are treats. I will share them with him when he stops by. He had to show us his Valentine's from his preschool party. It sure is exciting to be 3 years old!.

We stayed in for dinner, so I set a little table and fixed a simple meal. We are going away this weekend, so we will have a nice dinner out in Astoria at one of Jimmy's favorite restaurants.

I fixed turkey meatloaf, green beans and a baked red sweet potato. It was simple but yummy.  All low sodium too.

Jimmy brought some chocolate dipped strawberries home for dessert. They were very good. I love to use my sterling silver strawberry forks. This is the pair I bought in New England on my first trip back there for our first Tasha Tudor Gathering.

Just for fun, I had to wear my Valentine socks! It turned out to be a pretty nice day and dinner was good...especially with my sweetie. 

Happy Valentine's Day!

February 13th

It was a challenging day! The electricity went out around 11:00 AM and was out until 2:00 PM. A huge Douglas fir tree went down on Troutdale Road, about six blocks from our home. I drove by about 4:00 pm and they were still cleaning up the mess. Luckily, the tree did not hit the house, but it did destroy the fence, fell on the power lines and the tree ended up blocking the street.

The wind was blowing so very hard that the shingles on my studio cottage were blowing off! Our handyman Duane is going to come out tomorrow and see what he can do before the rains come back on Wednesday! The wind is still blowing tonight with sustained wind at 35 mph. Occasionally the house just shakes with the big gusts. We have had so much wind this winter.

This weekend, Jim and I are going to the Washington coast for a few days. I am so excited to join my Tasha Tudor friend Diane at her lovely home for the first meeting of the Pacific NW Tasha Tudor Museum Chapter group. We have been working on this for over a year. Diane is providing the tea and I am doing a craft project. This photo shows what I was doing today! Lots of goodies and treats are all ready for the gathering. I will show them in detail after our meeting. I don't want to show too much right now and spoil the fun. All the ladies are getting really excited. Dolls are invited and there will be a tiny Valentines too!

February 11th....Full Moon Tonight!

Full moon tonight! We have clear skies and it is bright out there. The moon has many wintery names this month...snow, ice, wind, sleet, rabbit, crow and storm to name a few. These graphics are just so cute and include the rabbit, cupid and the full moon.
It was a busy day today and I am ready to call it a day. We will be celebrating our 3 February birthdays tomorrow in the afternoon...Ava, Jimmy and Chris. It should be fun.

February 10th

Today was my Jimmy's birthday. I thought it would be fun to feature some ideas I found on Pinterest using CONVERSATION HEARTS. who doen's like conversation hearts?

Have fun and enjoy some Conversation Hearts to celebrate the season.

Dolly Thursday~A Friend's Birthday

Today is Dolly Thursday on my Tasha Tudor group. I wanted to wish my friend Christine Crocker, one of our members, a Happy Birthday. She is the maker of this wonderful doll. I named her Ladye Lydia Rose and I have featured her on my blog in the past. She is just a charming doll and one of my most cherished dolls.

Christine lives in Madras, Oregon and I have had the pleasure of meeting with her a few times. She is charming. She has a great love for dolls from this time period.

I do love her tiny feet and dainty shoes. Christine picked the colors for me as she lives in my tea room.

I wanted to bring Ladye Lydia Rose out of the tea room to have her picture taken with some Valentine decorations. It is the season!

Happy Birthday dear Christine. Thank you for making my most wonderful doll.