Friendship Tea

This week, as I'm having tea with Kimmie and my dear friends whose links you will find in Kimmie's comments, I will be doing the time warp, taking you back to last Friday when my friend Kathy came to spend the day and shop.


Kathy always leaves me a big bag of goodies she doesn't want. Don't get me wrong. I love her leftovers and her "hand-me-downs," but sometimes it takes longer to find storage for things than one can imagine. So at this point, I have sorted the items into (from back left to front clockwise) the following piles.

A metal container for decorating, although I will probably use it for storage instead.
Several art magazines, all of which are published by Stampington.
12" by nearly 12" white scrapbook paper, along with bits of other scrapbook paper.
A Michaels bag with my purchases still inside.
A sheet of photos of Kathy wearing her new zebra striped shirt and standing behind her new zebra style Roman shade for her craft room. If you look in the above photo, you can see she also took a photo of her zebra striped toenails. Apparently these toe inspirations are what sparked this zebra makeover in her craft room.
Another pile of papers, books, and miscellaneous goodies.


I decided I would dig out some Assam tea. I got it as part of a gift basket earlier this year and know nothing about it, except what I found on the internet. According to Wikipedia, it is a strong black tea grown near sea level in India. It is often sold as a Breakfast tea. The high temperatures and humidity needed to grow this tea would be perfect in this Kansas heat.



While Kathy and I were out on Friday, I took photos of the fish we saw in the restaurant where we ate. I should have taken photos of the tea we drank, but only thought to take these photos


right before we left. We sat directly below this fish tank that spanned two booths. Lots of glare made it difficult to get a decent photo, too.


So now you are going to ask what I bought at Michaels. I got a free instruction sheet for a wooden rocking horse I'm going to incorporate into my rocking horse AB. OK, I know! That's not all. On sale were these adorable tags that both Kathy and I bought, then we split in half after we got to her car. Mine was called Sea Glass and her was Vintage. I also bought a Sharpie poster pen, but have no idea what it will do or make, only that it was on clearance (75% off).

But the thing I bought with my 40% off coupon had me jumping up and down in the aisles, while Kathy laughed in amusement. I finally found Crayola brand Fabric crayons. I've been looking for these for months! I'm thrilled and will be using them very, very soon. I can't wait to try them and will make them my tutorial for September IF the weather cooperates.

Now all I need are some sun paints, which I might find about the time the snow flies. Have a great Tea Tuesday everyone. It has cooled down a bit since last Friday when I shot these photos, so hot tea doesn't sound so HOT now. Let's go see what everyone else is drinking today.