Miss Spenser's Blog: May 2011

Faith Hope & Cherrytea
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Lady Linda Teacup
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Recipe ~ Gourmet Potato Salad

Gourmet Potato Salad

7 med. potatoes, cooked in salt
1/2 c. salad oil
2 tbsp. vinegar
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. each of garlic & onion powder
1/4 tsp. black pepper
4 eggs, boiled
3/4 c. celery, diced
1/3 c. green onion, sliced
1 c. mayonnaise
1/2 c. sour cream
2 tsp. dill weed

Cook potatoes, marinate potatoes in oil, vinegar, salt, garlic and onion powder and black pepper for 2 hours or more; drain. Slice potatoes. Add above ingredients. Make dressing of mayonnaise, sour cream and chill.

Teacup Thursday: Pansy Tea Pot

Today for Teacup Thursday... we are sharing our Pansy Teapot and Tea-Plate. Did you know that Pansy's mean "You're in my Thoughts!"???

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Gone with the Wind Tea

Great Balls of Fire! What fun we had this past weekend with our Gone with the Wind Teas! Hope you enjoy the pictures!!

"Tara's Fields of Green"

The Savories...

"Big Sam's Sweet Potatoe Biscuit & Country Ham"

"Twelve Oaks BBQ and Coleslaw"

"Southern Artichoke Toast Points"

"Ellen's Cucumber Tea Sandwich"

(Some of our customers even dream of these cucumber sandwiches!)

We served Drop Scones along with

Homemade Peach Jam and Cream

Scarlette's Cherry-Shortcake Cookies

Aunty Pitty Pat's Tea Cakes

Rhett's Pecan Bars

There was a lot of smiles and laughter... Everyone had a "Fiddle-dee" time!

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Teacup Thursday: Violet Teacup

"I perhaps owe
having become a painter
to flowers."

~Claude Monet

As you may have remembered from last week, I'm sharing with you some of our violet tea items...

This is a another perky little violet teacup. I don't remember where we got it...

I think it would be fun to have a Violot Teaparty and have everything be purple!

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Happy Mother's Day

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh

Happy Mother’s Day! Hope you all are enjoying the day with your family.

Mothers Day is a special day… but to my family, this mother’s day is twice as special as it also happens to be Mom’s birthday (and a special birthday at that – 50! But don’t tell her I told you!)

We’ve been celebrating her birthday all week long! On Friday, mom and I headed down to Kansas City for a girls overnight stay. We shopped at Antique Stores on the way down, stayed at a hotel there on the Plaza, did some more shopping… We found some nice little treasures that we’ll be sure to share pictures with all of you soon! So be watching!

Wishing you, Mommy… a very Happy Birthday

and a Lovely Mother’s Day!!

"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts."

~Washington Irving

Teacup Thursday: Violet Teacup Collection

Happy Teacup Thursday!!

We have gathered together our Violets and Pansies Teacups and Teapots to share with you over the next few weeks...

Did you know that Violets are a symbol of "Faithfulness"?

"Look at us," said the violets blooming at her feet,
"all last winter we slept in the seeming death but at the right time God awakened us, and here we are to comfort you."
~Edward Payson Rod

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