Hello sweet friends and welcome to
The Shabby Tea Room #94! This week, Melissa is our creative host, and she has chosen the theme of
'A Colorful and Shabby New Year' for our challenge along with this festive photo for inspiration ...
... and Melissa asks that we create a card or project inspired by the above photo and USE PINK OR RED, BLUE, YELLOW and GREEN!
My husband treated me to this lovely tea set for two a couple weekends ago when we visited Wilmington! We had a tea party (yes, my husband went to a Tea Room with me!!!) and at the end, he told me to pick out a set that I liked! He knows I simply adore anything 'tea' related and love to host and attend tea parties, so this was a very thoughtful lunch that he treated me to ... and the tea set was the icing on the cake :)
So, I used this pretty little set as the spring board for my inspiration this week! My in-laws arrive tomorrow for their annual holiday visit with us and will be staying through the 1st. I thought it would be so much fun to host a 'real' tea party for my mother-in-law on New Year's Day when all the guys go golfing, so my project this week included a couple of cute tea pot and cup place markers that I can personalize with our names ...
I'll be sure to take pics of the table when all set for the tea party and share here on the bloggity blog with you! I love peppermint tea ... especially during the holidays! The little pink wrapped peppermint candy is from Martha Stewart, pink & white flower from
The Ribbon Reel, tags stamped with the
Tea For Two set from
My Time Made Easy,
Pink Bubblegum and
Vintage Winter White shabby vintage seam binding from my
Etsy Shop.
My mother-in-law is a HUGE tea drinker ... so I decided to take this little ensemble a step further and create a sweet little gift box to hold some tea bags that she could take home with her after our tea party!!
I wish the glitter showed up better in the pics ... I glittered all the flowers on all four sides of the house!
And there you have it ... my sweet treat gift for my sweet mother-in-law! I think she'll enjoy it, how about you???
And, if you hadn't guessed it yet, our {sweet} sponsor in the Tea Room this week is Crafty Secrets! Sandy is generously donating a copy of the {new} Creating With Vintage Illustrations CD along with a $25 gift certificate to the shop for our lucky winner this week, so you'll definitely want to play along for your chance to win!!!
Please be sure to stop by the other Shabby Girls' blogs to see what they have designed for your inspiration this week:
... I cannot wait to see what you'll create for our color challenge this week!
Thanks for peeking in today!
Hugs!
xoxoxoxo
Challenges for this project: