Tuesday freebie & Tea Time pages

Another hot day. Signs showed temperature at 99 degrees when I completed my last errand of the day. With heat index, it felt like 102. Busy day. Was supposed to go to lunch with my friend, Joyce, as late celebration of her birthday but we had to reschedule as her grand-daughter and great grand baby were on their way home from Tennessee. So I went with my husband to his doctor appointment. We thought it might be an all day thing, thinking he'd probably be sent for x-rays and so on. Instead the doctor thinks the problem with his hand is tendinitis and gave him a cortisone shot in his thumb. Ouch! We stopped on way home to pick up Philly Steak subs for lunch and after I went to pharmacy. Coming in from that errand, I decided I was too hot to do anything more and cooled off with a long nap.

I did put together some pages to show you a little of what our tea on Saturday looked like. Since we didn't have to wear Red Hat purple and red, we had a lot of variety in colors and styles of outfits.

I'm reasonably happy with page above. It's not too cluttered.Reading counter-clockwise from top, the first photo shows my good friend, Joyce Eagan, beside her Bonnie, and up front is Billie. Next phto: the lady in blue is our hostess, Jo Sinclair and the lady in green is Betty. At the bottom left that's me on the left looking like a frumpy 50s woman, and next to me dear friend, Mary Boykin, who is queen of The Red Lillies chapter I belong to.

This page is too cluttered but I didn't want to do a third page. It shows some of the variety in outfits but there was much more. Probably about 30 ladies in all. At top left is Rose Jory who, among other things, does teh Queen's Council newsletter for our area. On top right is Karen Swiney in green and Linda B. Brooks to her right. Karen sets up major events in our area such as the annual Hurray For Hats, Go Red For Women, and the Snowball Express. Linda is a very active Red Hatter too. In the center, is Sylvia Chambers looking stunning in her orange. Love that perfume shaped purse. On the bottom left is Karen (on R) again with a lady I have seen often but haven't met. Isn't her hat cute? And to the right, Mary and Joyce again with Caroline in yellow. Caroline always wears fantastic over-the-top hats that she designs. She was walking up to Jo's house when we arrived and reminded me ever so much of a fantasy daffodil!

Now for your freebie:

Lots of bright yellow and orange today.
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/BeachWeather/ws_BeachWeather_7.zip

Oops! Freebies again

I am so behind in posting! Thought I had scheduled a post for Saturday only to learn on Sunday that I had not. Planned to do 2 posts on Monday but family matters kept me from computer until just now and we're into Tuesday!
Here is what should have been your Saturday freebie:

Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/BeachWeather/ws_BeachWeather_5.zip

And the Monday freebie:

Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/BeachWeather/ws_BeachWeather_6.zip

I was away most of Saturday (including travel time) to attend a Tea with a lot of Red Hat Ladies. This private event allowed us to wear anything we wanted; did not have to wear red and purple. I will share some photos tomorrow. On the way home, two good friends, ladies from my local chapter, convinced me I really should go with them to the North Carolina State Red Hat Convention in October since some tickets are still available. I contacted one of the hostesses today and am mailing in my registration. Ladies at the tea said the NC convention was the best convention they had been to and some had been to multiple state conventions. Originally I hadn't signed up because the International Convention is being held in New York City in February 2017 and four of us were going to take AmTrack up and go. But as it turned out we decided against it as the only activities planned inside the hotel didn't sound interesting. There are a lot of excursions to other places (each with another fee) but who wants to tromp around In NYC in the winter? Weather could be bad.

More later today.

Must Have For Your Next Tea Party

I'd like to share a discovery I made on ebay recently. I happened across a shop called Rose Breeze Boutique and if you are a tea lover like I am, you will want to check it out. The owner, Katie, makes the most adorable rose tea favors. I love them all but at my age I don't have a lot of baby or wedding showers going on in the family so don't really need a lot of these. However, I'm expecting to make an out of state visit soon and will be having a small tea party with my friend, Liv. I thought the flowerpot rose tea bags would be a charming little touch.

These are even more beautiful in person! The rose contains a tea bag so the whole rose goes into the cup to brew. I hate to use these so will be ordering more just to show off. And there are a number of lovely designs to choose from.

I think these roses on "stems" would be great tucked into a centerpiece the next time I give my granddaughters or nieces a tea party. Then afterwards each could take one home as a favor.

I asked Katie's permission to show off her products and give you the link to her ebay store. Here are some precious favors for a Baby is Brewing shower:
You will want to chose the decaffinated version for Mommie to be.

And for a bridal shower, what could be better than an bridal tea? Make it elegant and feminine and use these bridal shower favors:
Or give them as favors at a wedding reception. There are also wonderful dress favors perfect for a bridesmaid tea or to be included in a gift package for the wedding attendants. They could decorate the package and serve as tags:


You can also purchase just the roses in bulk for a club tea or such. What a clever and charming idea! Please do check out Katie's store here:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/rose*breeze*boutique/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562
And tell her SherryD sent you, please.