After I did my pictures of my tea setting for all of the tea parties today, I sat back and relaxed and enjoyed my tea. Well, I should say Princess and I enjoyed a little tea party. She is totally into this concept of having a tea party every week. And I promised her we would once I got all my pictures taken.
As I was looking at this little tea setting, I thought to myself that I really didn't want to put everything away after I was done. Something about purple and all those pretty flowers just screamed Spring and Summer to me.
I looked over at a little side table we have in the living room. It only had a lamp and a little candle holder on since I took all the Easter decor down. So, what the heck. I used most of the pieces from my "tea party" setting to create a little vignette on my side table.
So, for Marty's weekly party, Table Top Tuesday, I would like to show you my little table top tea vignette.
Now, for the "Nifty and the Thrifty" I want to tell you about a few of the pieces here. I will be joining Linda for her weekly party, Nifty Thrifty Tuesday.
This pretty Violet Teapot was bought at a St. Vincent de Paul awhile ago. Now, I must admit, I paid more than I was happy with for it. But, I really did fall in love with it and I have a lot of teacups that have purple in them so, I just couldn't refuse. The teapot was $5.00.
The teacup and saucer was part of the large "lot" of about 20 pieces Troy bought for me at an Estate auction.
The two little purple glass votive holders came from Big Lots. They were $1.00 each. I think they are so pretty in the color purple! Oh, and I do have to mention that the vanilla votive candles were from Walmart after Christmas for a box of 6 for .25 cents! Needless to say, I took every box I could find. And what's even more amazing is they actually do have a wonderful vanilla scent to them whether they are just sitting there or are burning.
The pretty white napkins with purple and green were bought last year at an Estate sale. The set of 4 were $2.00 This painted hanging ball/tealight holder was a recent purchase at Big Lots for $2.00. And this faux (doesn't that sound so much better than fake?)Ivy stem was bought at a Salvation Army for.49 cents.
Now, for the last party of the day, I am joining Troy for Tuesday Trivia Tie-In And giving you a little bit of info regarding "Afternoon Tea vs High Tea".
This is the one that comes to mind when people think of English tea ceremonies. It all began back in the mid 1800s, when the Duchess of Bedford started having a tray of tea with bread and butter served to her in the mid-afternoon. You see, in those days, lunch was served at noon but dinner was not eaten until 8 or even 9 o'clock at night. The Duchess found herself hungry during those long afternoon hours. It became a regular occurrence and as she began to invite other high-society ladies to join her, having Afternoon Tea became the 'in-thing' for the upper-class women. Along with tea, there would be small pastries with clotted cream or preserves, delicate sandwiches, and scones.
Many people use the term "High Tea" to describe the event I've mentioned above, probably because it sounds more elite. But High Tea is a much different thing. It was served later (around six in the evening) and consisted of a full, dinner meal for the common people. Tea was still served, but there would also be meats, fish or eggs, cheese, bread and butter, and cake. It was more of a man's meal, than a ladies social diversion.
High Tea is often a misnomer. Most people refer to afternoon tea as high tea because they think it sounds regal and lofty, when in all actuality, high tea, or "meat tea" is dinner. High tea, in Britain, at any rate, tends to be on the heavier side. American hotels and tea rooms, on the other hand, continue to misunderstand and offer tidbits of fancy pastries and cakes on delicate china when they offer a "high tea."
Afternoon tea (because it was usually taken in the late afternoon) is also called "low tea" because it was usually taken in a sitting room or withdrawing room where low tables (like a coffee table) were placed near sofas or chairs generally in a large withdrawing room. There are three basic types of Afternoon, or Low Tea:
Well, I'm not a big tea drinker, though I do occasionally drink it, but all the accompaniments are right up my alley! Scones are almost always around- just like biscotti!
Your tea service is so pretty I'm glad you decided to make a vignette out of it. I'm falling in love with all these violets I'm seeing in teacups and tea pots! I also love the info about the Tea...I used the term High Tea about my outing with the girls since that is what the Tea Room called it. Your info makes much more sense. It is good whatever it is called! :)
I really enjoyed this blog entry. Also, so thankful to hear the court hearing went well! God is good! Do you mind if I use the information regarding the different types of Tea's you mentioned? Please let me know.
Such a lovely vignette. I love the pretty purple and white, and how clever to use these pieces from your teascape. It looks so inviting. You really do have some wonderful thrifty finds and you have displayed them so beautifully. Gorgeous. Thanks so much for joining the party. Hugs, Marty
Diann, that tea pot for $5! And you thought that was too much? What a deal. Love the pretty cup and saucer - it looks so dainty. Pretty vignette. laurie
Yeah well, call it what you will, the weekly tea parties that I get invited to, where I drink juice from a teacup and see my two favorite girls being all "Girly" are as "High Tea" as it gets.
Got A TAX refund, Save it , Go on a holiday or you can just buy a computer screen to wear on your face. Google’s big push for GLASS before it goes in the hands of eventual customers. GLASS will be available for anyone to be bought on April 15. It’ll be a limited-time offer, only available for about a day, and only US residents will be eligible to purchase the $1,500 device.
Not only this, Google is also planning to include free sunglasses shades or its newly introduced prescription glasses frames along with any purchase. Well Google made this clear that this is just an expansion of its Explorer program and it will be on a days retail sale.
Well according to Google’s Google+’s post Next Tuesday, April 15th at 6am PDT, Google is opening up some spots in the Glass Explorer Program. Any adult in the US* can become an Explorer by visiting their site and purchasing Glass for $1500 + tax – and it now comes with your favorite shade or frame, thanks to feedback from their current Explorers. The number of spots available is limited, so mark your calendar if you want to get in. You can find us on Tuesday at:http://google.com/glass/start/how-to-get-one
*To everyone outside the US… we know. Sorry 🙁 We’re just not ready yet to bring Glass to other countries.
Stephen Hawking had a life which was full of struggles. Little was expected from Stephen Hawking, a bright but shiftless student of cosmology, given just two years to live following the diagnosis of a fatal illness at 21 years of age. He became galvanized, however, by the love of fellow Cambridge student, Jane Wilde, and he went on to be called the successor to Einstein, as well as a husband and father to their three children. Over the course of their marriage as Stephen’s body collapsed and his academic renown soared, fault lines were exposed that tested the lineaments of their relationship and dramatically altered the course of both of their lives.
When he was 21, Stephen Hawking learned he had motor neurone disease . Doctors told him he had a few years to live. He’s now 72 and one of the foremost physicists alive — a professor at the University of Cambridge.
My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit, as well as physically.
I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road
One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose, and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away
I put a lot of effort into writing ‘A Briefer History’ at a time when I was critically ill with pneumonia because I think that it’s important for scientists to explain their work, particularly in cosmology. This now answers many questions once asked of religion.
Also take a look on the trailer of upcoming movie “The Theory of Everything” Which is bases on the life of Stephen Hawking
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