Tea Time Tuesday

When I have something to share I'm delighted to join Sandi at Rose Chintz Cottage for her lovely Tuesdays.
When I got home after school today I went to the mailbox and found two packages waiting for me from Paper Back Swap members. I was looking forward to getting these because they are favorite themes for me. This is the best book club because it is free to join and the only cost is when you mail a book to another member.

The Tea Party Book is a sweet book for children and would make a nice gift book for Christmas. birthday, or just because. I'm keeping this one for myself as I plan to use it with two of my groups as we explore Mother Goose rhymes. And we'll have a tea party to celebrate our improvements in reading!

I collect hearts and angels and discovered that Jane Seymour had published another book. (Read about it in Angels on Earth). I had received her other book Open Hearts and went right to PBS to see if it was available. It's now mine!!

Here is something to read and ponder while you have tea today from Among Angels:

"You can't receive the gift of an angel with a closed heart.

If you didn't manifest living with an open heart,

you would close yourself off from those possibilities.

OPEN YOUR HEART!

Believe,

and you will RECEIVE."

Thank you, Sandi, for allowing me to join in today!

Trick or Treat

I don't like orange and I don't like Halloween. But I'll do almost anything for my mom. She has three trick-or-treaters that come visit on Halloween and she wants something to give them. The junk in the stores doesn't appeal to me and I'm the shopper, so I told her I'd make something for her.
I'd saved some cans that I opened on the bottom, washed, dried, and sprayed the tops for this project. Bought some candies, papers and a new punch. Filled the cans with candy and glued the bottom back on. There must be a better glue for this, but I just used what I found at home.
That little finger has never been trained to curl in--it was always out there when I took piano lessons and still has a mind of its own to this day!

Here's the new punch purchased with a 40% off coupon!! I always check my email for coupons for Michael's and Hobby Lobby before going to town. We don't get the fliers out here, but I do like a bargain.
Cut the papers and glued on trims and decided to add the scalloped circle to the lid.
I'm sure there are a lot of "extras" I could have put on, like fall leaves, buttons, pumpkins, etc. These will be OK and I'm happy with them.
Here's a much better tutorial that I found at Split Coast Stampers.

Purity

I've noticed that people join in more than one party, so I'm linking to Today's Flowers as well as Flowers on Saturday.

My mom had the most beautiful white delphiniums blooming early this past summer and I was unhappy that I didn't get any pictures of them. Until the first weekend in October...
The fall stems are not as large or plentiful, but I was able to remember my camera that weekend! My grandma also had delphiniums in the same garden many years ago.
They looked so pretty with the Russian Sage in the background. Perhaps I'll be able to get some plants this color next spring at our FFA greenhouse. I'm linking to Flowers on Saturday. Thanks for letting me join the parties. ♥♫