What Is Happening in The Tearoom?

So many fun things are happening in The Tearoom right now!

The Fresh & Delicious 

Vintage Fruit Digital Collage Sheet

from my Velvet Revived shop on Etsy

is featured in a fun 4th of July BNS

from The Pacific Postcard Team HERE!

Not sure what a BNS is?

Read about them here

(If you scroll to the bottom of the page, Colleen, 

our team captain, gives a great explanation!).

When I created this digital collage sheet of

Beautiful Ladies of Paris, I knew I wasn't finished....

and, as it turns out, I wasn't!

I've also recently finished More Beautiful Ladies of Paris

in lovely shades of pink, green and sepia...

... and also

Beautiful Ladies of Paris - The Blue Hour

in gorgeous shades of

blue, purple, periwinkle and indigo

(you know this one is my favorite!)...

And, coming soon from The World of Velvet Revived,

a new collage sheet of Fruit and Flower Frames....!

In more exciting news,

Mr. V's Amazon shop VixMixx is back!

Please go check it out!

And last, but most certainly not least,

don't forget to mark your calendar for July 13th,

the day of The Mad Tea Party on A Fanciful Twist!

Some of our friends are already patiently waiting...

Tea With Hummingbirds...

Summers here in Maine are sometimes rainy, sometimes cold and always too short.  However, to their credit, they can be lush and beautiful and filled with life for the short time you are wearing shorts and t-shirts instead of jeans and hoodies.  The fact that hummingbirds come here for their summer vacation is just one of the things I love about this short, but glorious season!  We are very excited that they come back to us every year and even more excited that this year, the Mommy even has her teeny, tiny Baby come and eat too!

My mother bought a hummingbird feeder some years ago and that's the one I still use on the porch.  She also used to buy the pre-made hummingbird nectar, which isn't really very good for them due to the un-neccessary red dye which is added.  Also, they don't even like it very much (smart hummies!!).  So, I found the recipe for making the nectar yourself at home from the website of The National Zoo.  It's easy, not expensive to make and (here's the best part), they love it!  If you would like to try it, just click here.

So, now, if I am out on the porch having a glass of tea and I sit very still, I can hear them coming in for a sip of nectar and we can have our tea together!