Tea for Young Ladies!

J. dressed and ready for her guests to arrive

The adults tea is ready!

My daughter had a tea party for J (7 yrs) with 4 other little ones, all were dressed up for an afternoon garden affair indoors (since it's winter out there).The table was beautiful with a lace cloth and cloth napkins, the plates and tea cups, flowers and greenery, the plates of good food, when E saw it she said "it's so beautiful".  The adults sat in the living room with our tea and I couldn't stop smiling, the girls were so cute.  E put in a lot of effort and it was well worth it. J had a ball and the moms comments were 'best party ever'!

We went to the midnight sew that night also.  A great time!  I so love the companionship and feeling inspired for days to come.  I worked on a crazy quilt (started 10 years ago, procrastination .... hmmm).  E started a quilt for her husbands birthday.  OMG ....  the beautiful quilts that were in progress, my favorite was a black/grey/cream quilt and all the squares were different.  I am not a quilter but have constructed garments since the age of 10.  So my crazy quilt has pieces of scrap from clothing made for my husband, daughter, son and of course me ( also from my mom).  The construction part is my favorite, embellishing is a challenge since I am not accomplished in that area.  This is a good way to push myself into practicing though.  Two of E's friends also came and we talked of spring gardens, shooting practice and possible hunting trips for the fall.  A big storm blew thru with thunder and rain on the roof competing with the conversations, it stopped by midnight (thank goodnes).