Summer is the Time for Tea Parties

I'm late!!!!

I received my invitation, sent my reply and then drifted away on a dream of summer tea parties.

I do, of course, mean that I am yet to tell you that the time has arrived for Vanessa's annual mad tea party.  I'm sure by now everybody has already received their invitation and is busy plotting and planning a veritable feast of tea party delights.  I can't wait!!

 

Invitation to A Fanciful Twist Mad Tea Party 2013

I had my own mini tea party a couple of weeks ago, back when the sun was shining.

  

I made Madeleines for the first time ever.  Yummy, yummy, yum yum! 

It seemed only right then to serve them along with tea in my favourite tea pot.

 

It's woodland themed and has a twig handle, spider web and other gorgeous delights.  When I found it in the antique shop last year it was love at first sight. 

Oh dear, do excuse the slightly *ahem* well done looking Madeleine, I really should have hidden that one at the bottom. :-)

Ok, well it's such a lovely evening, it does seem a shame to spend any longer on the computer.  Time to sit and enjoy the last of the day's sunshine.  It's been grey and rainy for the past week or so, we have to make the most of summer while we can here in the UK. :-)

I have so much to share with you.  Prepare to be bombarded by wolf pictures shortly.

 

 

A Fluorescent Coincidence

This is fluorescent paint that caught my eye in the shop the other week.  

 I bought it with no idea what I was going to do with it, but, experiment I thought.  Just have a play.

This is a new course by Micky Wilde which she introduced the other day.  In said course she makes use of bright fluorescent paint.  A coincidence?  Maybe.  Irresistible?  Definitely!

Click for details about the course

Here in the UK it’s a Bank Holiday weekend which means we get an extra day off work.  Wooo Hooo! :-)  I’ve got plenty of fun things planned, including visiting the wolf sanctuary where my sponsored wolf Motomo lives.  I’ll be sure to take plenty of pictures.

When I get back though, I’m going to dive head first into the painting!

May Day Musings

 The merry month of May has arrived and she appears to have brought the sun along with her.

Tulips bring colour and life to a garden not yet recovered from a harsh winter.  The petals a soft contrast against the bright green leaves.

It's the perfect time to stop and enjoy the sun and perhaps indulge in lemon tart and fresh raspberries.

 

The frog prince is quick to join me, he's been waiting all winter long for company.

His crown is perhaps a little worse for wear, but in my eyes, it makes him all the more handsome.

It isn't long before I'm joined by friends curious to see what they are missing.  Always happy to provide company.

... and comedy

 (oh Rascal!)

The fairy tale castle seems almost real in the sunlight.

If I could I'd shrink down and live in it for a few days.

 Instead,  I wait until the sun goes down and light a candle

Pondering the year that has gone so far and all that is yet to come.

The Beltane spirit has hold of me.  It fills me with the energy and enthusiasm I have been lacking the past few months.  My goals suddenly seem more achievable, in fact maybe, just maybe, I can dare to dream even bigger.  There is magic in the air, can you feel it?

Bloglovin

Just a quick post.  I'm not sure what is happening with Google Friend Connect and whether or not it is going to disapear in the next few months.

Just to be on the safe side, I've signed up to bloglovin too.  You can follow me here:

Titania's Tea Party - Bloglovin

I've also included a link in the side bar.

Have a good day!

A Challenge Pour Moi

I was reading something the other day about a 30 Day Challenge.  The idea was that you got to try out something new for 30 days to see if you liked it.  Well it got me thinking, I don’t really want to start trying out anything new at the minute because I already struggle to spend as much time as I would like on a number of things in my life.  So…. how about I make that my 30 day challenge and hopefully after the 30 days the tasks will be so ingrained in my routine that I continue to do them every day.  So for the next 30 days I will spend:

30 Minutes a day on French

30 Minutes a day on Exercise

30 Minutes a day Sketching

Oooo see how I’ve kept to the threes.  30 days, 30 minutes and 3 tasks. J

The tricky part will be trying to fit it in throughout the whole day so I don’t end up getting home from work an having an hour and a half already spoken for.  I will need to make full use of my lunch hour.

Have you ever done a 30 day challenge?  How did it go?

So far today I've managed to do both my French and my exercise, only the sketching left to do and I need to get that done pretty quickly as Defiance starts here in the UK tonight and I want to be in my pajamas with a nice cup of tea ready for when it starts.  I'm very excited, it looks amazing!

See you soon!

New Blog and New Shop!

Finally I have done it!  After a lot of hard work I have opened an Etsy Shop.  I'm so excited!

I've got three of my elves in there at the minute.  Let me introduce you too:

Old Ben

Louis Van Wolfwink

Oskar Bruinir

I also updated my blog with a new name and header to reflect the changes, plus I've added a button that links straight to the shop.

I've also set up a facebook page Link.

Now, I think it is definitely time for a cup of tea! :-)

Wonderings on the beginning of Spring

Eek, I seem to have taken an unplanned blogging break. 

I've been very busy with one thing and another and then last week I was poorly so I haven't been blogging anywhere near as much as I wanted.  However, I'm off next week and I plan on doing lots of nice things so hopefully I'll have much to blog about.

As for Spring, well it seems to have brought more snow with it.  I'm hoping that we'll get some sunshine eventually.

See you soon lovely people. :-)

R xx