Christmas Hearts

It was about time 

to get thinking about 

Christmas.

Flour and salt mixed

with water

gives us the perfect

dough to play with...

You just need a round glass bottle

and a sheet of glad bake paper.

Put the dough in between the paper 

and roll it out with 

the round bottle.

A small heart shaped 

cookie cutter 

is perfect for what we want to create.

A thin plastic straw

poked into the dough,

gives us our holes for hanging.

There is no need to bake.

Just place the tray 

out in the sun until the 

hearts are hard and dry.

Then comes the fun bit...

where you can splash a bit of 

paint around.

When the 

painted hearts 

are nice and dry,

you tie a piece of 

dark green cotton thread

through the holes...

...and hang them on the Christmas tree.

We also must not forget 

to write a letter to Santa.

(What does Ellie want Santa to bring her this

 Christmas?? 

Why... 

a real penquin...of course)

Then it's just a matter of posting the

 letter off to Santa...

...and enjoying the pretty touches of 

Christmas decorating wherever we go.

Have you started your 

Christmas decorating??

December is just around the corner.

Time for Tea??

TIME.

There just doesn't seem to be

enough of it

to go around this year.

I always seem to have

 too many things

on the go.

UFO's I call them.

(Un-Finished Objects)

and a squillion creative ideas

roaming my head,

(which make it difficult to go to sleep at night)

But as busy as I seem to feel,

I could not let this year go by

without an attempt at a

 Mad Tea Party

posting.

above, is my ooak Mad Hatter Art Doll

The surreal and highly imaginative Vanessa,

over on 'A Fanciful Twist',

has had a doosey of a year also,

but aways manages to put on quite a spred.

She is my inspriation.
 

Her hosting of the annual

(cyberspace) Mad Tea Party

is something I

wouldn't want to miss...

"Not for all the tea in China".

 So my Mad Hatter

and little Alice

have enticed me

to set up a small Tea Party,

together with my

March Hare and Doormouse.

As well as a lovely cup of tea...

there is nothing I like more

than a great

quote.

So, I went hunting and gathering

a few of the best

'TEA' quotes

for you to enjoy.

"Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things."

~Chaim Potok

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceromony known as afternoon tea."

~Henry James

"Another novelty is the tea party, an extraordinary meal in that, being offered to persons that have already dined well, it supposes neither appetite nor thirst, and has no object but distraction, no basis but delicate enjoyment."

~Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

"Tea pot is on,

the cups are waiting,

favourite chairs anticipating.

No matter what I have to do,

my friend there's always

time for you."

"There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea."

~Bernard-Paul Heroux

Well, I must say,

it HAS been

delightful

to just sit and savour a cuppa with you...

Slowing down to a snail's pace...

and

just enjoying your company.

Hope you have enjoyed your visit!

Be sure to wander over to

'A Fanciful Twist'

for the rest of the Mad Tea Parties that are being held.

(bearing in mind, that her Mad Tea Party is in Arizona, USA...so it might be a little behind our time. 15 hours I think?)

(Love to you, Vanessa ♥

and thanks, once again, for hosting your famous Mad Tea for us to join in)

Oz Clue

"This Green and White Garden 

is a beautiful place,

With beautiful things 

filling every space.

Vicki would love you to stay,

Take your time and see.

But come back again later,

Cause you need to find me."

http://lilliputloft.blogspot.com.au

Cubby House

Ellie: "I know. I got a good idea!"

Nanni: "What's your good idea?"

Ellie: "Let's build a

cubby house!"

A special place to hide away in and play.

With soft, sheer walls and fairy lighting.

 And we can eat yummy nibblies...

And play games on Nanni's iPad...

...and take a wee nap.

Doesn't take but a few minutes to achieve such a special cubby house.

 All you need is an ironing board and some chairs. As well as a few sheets and a string of fairylights.

Ta Dah!!

 This particular cubby is a little larger than the usual one we build, which is made up of a long piece of string, a sheet, and a set of fairylights.
(below)

(To see more pickies of the smaller one, this cubby,

just click HERE)