This photo and their design team projects have provided us with some gorgeous inspiration to get our juices flowing....
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I also learned a bit about cherries including that February 20th is National Cherry Pie Day in the US (check out this website for some beautiful pics of cherry pies - but warning, not when you are hungry), there are proverbs & quotes about them and that there is such a thing as Cherry Tea.
Suitably inspired, I made a tea bag envelope (similar to this design via here) and also a tea bag tag (round like a cherry!), using the colours from the photo and featuring cherries of course, for this challenge.
I tied off the end threads of the sewing at the front of the envelope to make a tiny bow with a little flower.
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The cherry image is all thanks to The Graphics Fairy and I stamped the lettering ENJOY on the tag
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So, take teabag out of envelope...
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Pop it in a nice cup...
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...and enjoy a nice cup of tea! (and a sneaky pastry)
I am amazed (though not really) at the number of people, and especially many crafters, who not only like tea but also love doing tea properly with china & teapots & beautiful table linen & flowers & tea parties. Here is a photo of my collection of cups I like to drink tea, usually Earl Grey, from.
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And the cherry on top? I should say it was all the stuff I learned about cherries but in all honesty it was because I got to eat a cake with a cherry on top ...just to get in the spirit of things you understand.
looove your creation for the tea room :) and stunning collection of china teacups, i love nice teacups too :) :)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea. The yellow and red is so Spring-like. And what a treat to see your cup collection. They are beautiful! I inherited my grandpa's spone china tea cups/saucers and when we built our house I added a built-in cupboard so I can see them every day! My 10-year old boy loves tea so I've started a collection of tea cups for him too!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing your card and your collection with is this week in the Tea Room. I enjoyed your post so much.