T Stands For Another ATC and GIFTS GALORE

Here's how today's T Tuesday post would have started:

Some of you may have seen when I got back online, all my thousands and thousands of blogs and web sites I read or visit are no longer there.  I'm starting over from scratch.  Even the free classes I signed up for are now in the ether.

I planned to start my T Tuesday post with a gift my shopaholic friend Kathy gave me when she recently visited.  I had trouble getting the color right, though.

The lacy doily is copper and will protect my table.  She arranged the flowers in the vase and I didn't have the heart to change them.  But THEN,

I received this latest gift about two hours ago.  As I mentioned, I had another post ready, but wanted to share this wonderful gift instead.

By now, you probably know from the stamps on the package, this incredible bag of goodies is from Mia.  Mia bound the clear stamps and stencils with very heavy tape.  She has the best tape around.  Once again, it took me forever to get it off the package.

As I told Mia when I received the package (I hope she got my message), I was almost embarrassed to show these beautiful gifts she sent along with the adorable ATC.  I swear, I don't deserve any of these, especially after I won CJ's incredible package that I shared last week.

I'd heard of Woodware stamps.  They have a great reputation and I look forward to using these two stamps that are each about 4 inches X 5 inches.

I'm set for stencils, now.  I have no excuse to not use them, and I promise they will start showing up in my art very soon.  They are all so incredibly different and there are very different sizes, too.   I cannot begin to thank Mia enough.  She is one of the most thoughtful and kind people in the world.  Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mia.

Look at the adorable ATC she sent.  Hand made and hand colored.  Bleubeard is extremely jealous.   I think he now wants glasses!!

What struck me were the letters on the MEOW.  Did you notice they are adorable cats?  And so well colored, too.  Again, thank you beyond belief, Mia.  I'm grateful beyond words.

And of course, after I put everything away, I drank my coffee from my grungy, deformed Wichita State Shockers mug while sitting on my front porch.

I also want to remind every woman who lives in the USA, on Tuesday August 18, 2020, we celebrate our 100th anniversary of our right to vote.

Image from the digital collection of the Library of Congress

I copied this directly from the Women's Vote Centennial web site:

Suffragists began their organized fight for women’s equality in 1848 when they demanded the right to vote during the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. For the next 72 years, women leaders lobbied, marched, picketed, and protested for the right to the ballot. The U.S. House of Representatives finally approved the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote, on May 21, 1919. The U.S. Senate followed two weeks later, and the 19th Amendment went to the states, where it had to be ratified by 3/4ths of the-then-48 states to be added to the Constitution. By a vote of 50-47, Tennessee became the last state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment on August 18, 1920. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby issued a proclamation declaring the 19th Amendment ratified and part of the US Constitution on August 26, 1920, forever protecting American women’s right to vote. 

Today, more than 68 million women vote in elections because of the courageous suffragists who never gave up the fight for equality.

I don't care what your party affiliation is, what your ethnicity is, what your sexual preference is, as long as you are a woman, get out there and vote this November 3rd or much earlier by mail.  Some say their vote doesn't matter, but I assure you, it will in the end!  If every woman this year said their vote didn't matter, they would essentially be saying those who fought for our chance at equality didn't matter.  Please vote this year.  It's too important not to.

Now it's your turn to share your T entry this week.  The rules are extremely simple.  Your drink related post may be anything from a photo of a glass, cup, or mug, to an actual drink.  You may choose to share a sketch or a digital, hybrid, or traditional page in your scrapbook, art journal, or altered book.  Maybe you'd prefer to share a tag, or wow us with your photography.  You might choose a postcard, decorated card, or magazine image.  You might even draw an image on a used tea bag.  Or perhaps you prefer to review a place you visited, a movie, or book.  It makes no difference as long as it's drink related.  And don't forget that the more unique and outside the box it is, the better we like it.  Please tie it back here, and please link only to your T post, not your entire blog.  When you link, Bleubeard, the T gang, and I will be by to visit.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time, even months or years ago, if you choose.  Feel free to share any ATCs that were late arriving from the swap, too. We love to see what you got.  Be sure to let Mia know how kind she is, too.