Karen's Cottage and Castle: April 2016

Friday, April 29, 2016

Lilacs for An Outdoor Tea Time

Welcome Dear Tea Friends to

"Lilacs for An Outdoor Tea Time!"

Bernideen said that her first "Tea in the Garden" for 2016 would be this Friday and I was worried that our weather may not cooperate.

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But I was pleasantly surprised and although the day is windy, the sun is out... so I won't complain.

(Do see the lace tablecloth blowing in the wind?)

I wish that you could smell the fragrant lilacs.

I love the embossed orange texture on the middle of the mauve flowers of this teacup.

The saucer even has a flower shape too.

The other teacup is a Hammersley.

When I found the metal ice cream chairs at Goodwill for $10 each last fall they were green but I thought white may look prettier for our outdoor tea times.

Do you enjoy having a painting project too?

Don't you love being outdoors again?

Thank you for visiting me today for an early outdoor tea time!

And Thank You Bernideen for planning our yearly "Tea in the Garden!"

Have a Wonderful Weekend My Dear Friends!

Karen

This week I will be joining these beautiful blogspots:

Bernideen's ~http://blog.bernideens.com/

Bernideen's Tea Time Cottage and Garden Blog Party

Tea in the Garden

Beverly ~http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

Pink Saturday

Martha ~ http://www.marthasfavorites.com

Tea on Tuesday

Ruth~ http://www.antiquesandteacups.info/

Tuesday Cuppa Tea

Sandi~http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.ca
No Place Like Home

Hope to see you there!

Monday, April 25, 2016

Pretty Paragon for Tea Time

Welcome Lovely Tea Friends!

Today I wanted to share some of my pretty Paragon teacups.

The pattern is "Tapestry Rose".

Yesterday I tried a new Strawberry Muffin recipe.

Thankfully there are enough left for our Tea Time today.

(See the recipe below.)

The teapots are both Sadlers.

Thank you so much for your visit today!

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Strawberry Mufffins

1/2 cup butter

3/4 cup sugar

1 egg

2 cups flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 1/2 cups chopped strawberries

Topping: 3 teaspoons sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Method:

Cream butter and sugar.

Add egg and mix well.

Stir flour,baking powder, salt in a small bowl. Add flour mixture and milk alternately to butter mixture. Add Vanilla. Stir in strawberries. Spoon into muffin pan. Combine sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over muffins. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes. Makes 1 dozen muffins.

Have a Wonderful Week Teacup Lovers!

See you next time!

Karen

This week I will be joining these beautiful blogspots:

Bernideen's ~http://blog.bernideens.com/

Bernideen's Tea Time Cottage and Garden Blog Party

Beverly ~http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

Pink Saturday

Martha ~ http://www.marthasfavorites.com

Tea on Tuesday

Ruth~ http://www.antiquesandteacups.info/

Tuesday Cuppa Tea

Sandi~http://sandimyyellowdoor.blogspot.ca
No Place Like Home

Hope to see you there!

Monday, April 18, 2016

Dainty Blue for Tea

Hello Sweet Tea Friends!

Welcome to

"Dainty Blue for Tea!"

It's a lovely day for an outdoor tea time.

Today I am sharing some Shelley and Royal Albert Dainty Blue china pattern pieces.

This teacup and saucer are a matching

Royal Albert Dainty Blue pattern.

I recently found the Shelley Dainty Blue tea plates at Salvation Army for $1.99 each.

The two patterns are almost identical except that the Royal Albert is darker in colour.

Also, the shape of the saucers is different. The saucer on the right is a Shelley - love it's shape. I have matched it with the Royal Albert teacup.