One Lump...or Two?

Last Saturday I went to a mother/daughter tea with my mom & grandmother & 5 year old daughter. It was quite a lovely affair & I took so many photos because there were lots of details I wanted to show you.

Each of the tables at the tea affair were decorated differently. My mom & I volunteered to decorate our table. I was determined to not spend money. (Thankfully mom was there to spend HERS! HAHA! Not really.) And I'm going to prove to you that you if you pool your resources, sweet things can come about.

I came up with a theme of "Vintage Kitchen". And though I could've pushed the whole theme REALLY far, I was limited on time & did the best I could.

This antique teapot was a gift to my mother that my dad brought back from France.



I sewed up these napkins from some vintage material I had just 2 hours before decorating!

I had this super cute idea to tie old aprons to the backs of the chairs. The seating was those ugly metal folding chairs, so this dressed 'em up a wee bit. The only expense for our decorating was purchasing a small gerbera daisy plant --cheaper than buying a bouquet of fresh daisies! We snipped them apart & placed a single stem in the pocket of each apron.

The place settings were all vintage or antique pieces combined from my stash AND my mother's stash. The silverware is newer. I love the mismatched pieces. I snatch up plates & bowls in pink floral colors when I see them at garage sales or thrift stores to add to my collection. I hope to have a full place setting for 8 or so someday.

The lilacs were from my mom's yard & we placed them inside a vintage flour sifter.

My sweet girl wore a cute little dress my mom picked up in Mexico recently on a cruise. And the vintage gloves were from my nifty odds-n-ends collection & they're a bit too large, but she looked adorable in them & felt like a proper big girl at a special gala.


Even my vintage button bouquets made an appearance. A bouquet was placed in front of each place setting, next to the place cards.

The food was yummy! The salad was made with greens, cold pasta & shrimp. And there were many finger sandwiches. My favorite was a salmon sandwich: simply focaccia bread spread with salmon cream cheese!

The soup of the day was wild rice soup with meatballs. Tasty, tasty!

Now, time for tea!!!

My tea self portrait.

My 5 year old's favorite part of the tea social was....the cookies!!! She told me she didn't like the tea, it made her eyes watery. Poor thing.

Here's my sampling of the desserts! One of each....of course!!!

And the 4 generations HAD to document the sweet occasion!

Super Duper Friday!

Ok, so sometime last weekend my bullseye vintage button ring was on the front page of Etsy, THEN my large fork easels were on again on Wednesday, AAAAAND, guess who's on again this morning? Not only was my NERD Scrabble ring on the front page, but ME! I was on the front page. This is definitely my week for wee Etsy front page fame. I think I'm gonna start posing in all my photos now. haha!

After seeing my NERD ring, a customer asked me to make THIS for her....

I'll be listing a new item in the shop this weekend: JUMBO pinwheels. They're done in the same style as the custom order I did a couple weeks ago for that wedding. I've painted out the dowels & added some fun ribbon & embellishments.

I must be going now though. I'm helping my mom decorate a table for a Mother's Tea this weekend. The "tea" will be the first "big girl" event my oldest daughter (who's 5) has gone to. I know she will feel so special as part of the 4 generations we will represent that day.

I love decorating for stuff like that. I've decided to go with a theme of "Vintage Kitchen" for the table & I'm determined to not spend a dime--except on some fresh flowers. I hope to put my little WhiMSy love spin on the decor. I'll take pics & show you how it turned out!

Happy Weekend my little WhiMSy love-ers!

This Morning...

I haven't had one of these mornings in a long time. Let me just tell you about it...
It started out with ME waking up butt early to watch the news to see if the school's were closed or delayed or whatever due to the snow. I found out they were a-go. So, I proceed to heat some water on the stove (yes, those are lips on my teapot) for some tea. I then go upstairs to find my youngest has a wet bed. (Potty training at night is not going so swell.) The girls begin to get dressed for school. My 3 year old is having trouble getting her shirt over her head. SO, I help her. And, in the process of tugging her larger head through the tiny opening, she gets a TERRIBLE kink in her neck. She is in so much pain & begins to cry. Who the heck has ever heard of a 3 year old with a kink in her neck? So, she cries all morning & I feel awful for her but we have to get movin' to get out the door to drop my oldest off at school....I then go into the kitchen to find the teapot----- STUCK to the burner. I SWEAR there was water in it, but it had pretty much melted to the stove. As you can see, it's burnt all over & nasty inside & very ruined. And my teacup sits so lonely next to its dead friend. That was at 8:30 this morning. It's now 1:45 & I have still not had my cup of tea. There really is no point to this story. But, I'm going to heat up a saucepan of water for my tea now.