tea party by immersion

Remember when I decided on a whim to drop my poetry stone into my tea cup with some tea remaining in the bottom because I wanted to give it that antique look , well I loved the result so much that I decided to dig into my much ignored tea cupboard for more inspiration. 

I had already begun to crochet little coats for some of the tiny tea saucers I found in a bag at the salvation army shop. I will be making these into necklaces with a little liberty tana lawn. They were just staring at me begging for colorful dips in to auntie tea cups.

There are the little trio happily immersed in three different tea baths. Although the colors look quite similar in this photograph you will see later how very different they are.  In the little bowl are some Meyer lemons, my newly discovered love and soon to become a finale for our Easter feast. Just looking at their yellow-orange skin cheers me up.

Let me introduce little miss rooibos red tea, miss pomegranate green tea  and last but not least miss blueberry starfruit tea. These dainty little flowers actually smell as good as they look and sound. 

This is my favorite little detail.

Have a fantastic and colorful start to your week.     

  

Comments

[Karen at sew and sow life]

a perfect monday morning post! your clever and cheerful work has made me smile. thank you.

[Nanou]

Totally amazing ! Before reading the post, just seing the covered cups, I was going to tell you that you had beautiful colors of threads. Margie, once again, you made some magic ! :)

[Jennifer]

I never would have thought about herbal teas for dyeing. Such lovely colours, especially the blue!

[annri]

Thank you for the inspiring Monday kick-off; it's so much fun & pretty.

[RaeA]

Margie, such pretty colors... I need to give some other teas a try. I too LOVE Meyer Lemons! This past weekend I made some Meyer Lemon Pot-au-cremes,

http://www.styleathome.com/food-and-entertaining/recipes/recipe-meyer-lemon-pot-au-creme/a/21778

also used the rest of the lemon juice for some wonderful lemonade.
Blessings...

[Lisa at Lil Fish Studios]

I was going to say "totally amazing" but I see Nanou beat me to that one.

So, um...totally awesome! I adore the stone in its subtlety, and the others for their surprise.

[allison]

i love the tea-dyeing that you've done and am so surprised by the variety of colors you ended up with. thanks for sharing!

[abby emerson]

These are just beautiful.

[Laura A.]

Beautiful!

[Geninne D. Zlatkis]

Makes me want to jump into a pool of tea myself! Who knew tea could make thinks more lovely. Thank you for the inspiration!

[Sonia]

noone will deny that dyeing is really something magical, and full of surprise. The results are way more than charming, they're feeric. xoxoxo

[rae]

wow! the colors are spectacular. i will look at my tea in a whole new way now.... ;)

[Jill Wignall]

These are really very beautiful. I love them.

[Cindy Owings]

check my December post on Meyer lemons, my absolute favorite. The jar is almost empty! Lovely new work you are dropping into tea cups makes me smile...thanks.

[Luisa]

Oh thank you for this eye pleasing delight and colors. Simply amazing!

[Patricia]

Margie, the colors are wonderful!

[maya]

such a beautiful and magical post... lovely results from each tea.

[mathyld / encore petite]

Eeek ! Margie you already KNOW that I adore this, right ?
miniature + covered saucers (one of my favourite among your beautiful creations) + tea ! Just perfect !

When is your creativity going to stop ?
Never ! That's why we love you so !
x x x
___m___

[Summer]

This post! Be still my heart! :)

I love it!