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"The power of finding beauty in the humblest things make a home happy and life lovely." ~ Louisa May Alcott

Hello friends and welcome to my HOME ~
I hope you are all having a lovely first week of September. 

This week's tea party was a chance to share my Royal Albert Friendship teacup with the lovely shell imprints. You may check it out further in my previous post. I also made some blueberry cobbler to enjoy with blueberry tea.

I found the cobbler a bit too sweet which is why I am not sharing the recipe.

Now for a few features from last week's party:

One of my favourite posts from last week was Ruthie's at Lady B's Time for Tea who shared the most delightful post about Louisa May Alcott's home and life.



If you like "Little Women," then you will enjoy this post!

Liz @ The Porcelain Rose shared her beautiful garment hangers. Aren't they exquisite?

Wanda @ Victorian 1885 found this mirror at her local Salvation Army store which she painted  with AS Duck Egg Blue to match up with her table. Isn't it a pretty vignette?

Poppy @ With a Dash of Color shared her fabulous Mediterranean foyer. You must stop by and have a visit. 

And my friend Kathy @ A Delightsome Life shared glimpses of her French Farmhouse kitchen reno.

Thank you for joining me here at my HOME and a heartfelt thank you to each of you who open up your own home to us every week.

If you would like to participate in my HOME party then simply share something which is HOME related. DIYs, china, collections, crafts, floral arrangements, recipes, renos,  tablescapes, etc. Anything and everything which relates to your HOME is welcome.

"Lord, this humble house we'd keep
Sweet with play and calm with sleep.
Help us so that we may give
Beauty to the lives we live.
Let Thy beauty and Thy grace
Shine upon our dwelling place." ~ Edgar A. Guest

Sharing from my heart~ Sandi

Tea Time Tuesday

"Life is fortified by many friendships. To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence." ~ Sydney Smith


Happy Labour Day weekend and hello dear friends! Welcome to my first tea party in the month of September!


Summer is fleeting and before it's gone, I thought I would bring out my teacup with the shell imprints.

Friendship is a country,

Of the young and young-in-heart,

Made of morning's greetings,

A warm and lovely part.

Of phone calls and cups of tea,

Of days of hope and caring,

Friendship is a sturdy refuge,

Forgiveness and sweet sharing.

Memories and happy times,

Picnics, fun together,

Count among life's garlands

Friends who make heart's weather.

~ Gladys McKee

Sprinkled with pink cosmos, this teacup is a rare treasure in my collection.

It is made by Royal Albert and belongs to the 1940s Friendship series.

It has a pretty lyric style characterised by a tiny waisted cup, just like a young maiden. 

Both the cup and the saucer are trimmed with gold and have the pretty shell imprint in the china.

It is blueberry season, so I made blueberry tea.

Blueberry tea and blueberry cobbler.

Blueberry cobbler with a dollop of whipped cream.

It's not the best cobbler I've ever made. I found it a little too sweet but the blueberries are always good. I will try a different recipe next time.

"True friendship is like a rose: we don't realize its beauty until it fades." ~ Evelyn Loeb

Thank you for coming to tea today. I hope your September is lovely!

Please share a favourite teacup/teapot, coffee mug, or tablescape and I will come and visit you.

If you prefer, you may serve coffee instead of tea or any of the following:
Lemonade, iced tea or iced coffee, hot chocolate, hot apple cider, or punch in a beautiful bowl.

As a courtesy, please link back to me so that your visitors may find their way here to visit with all my lovely participants.

I am partying with these hosts as well~

Inspire Me Tuesday~  http://www.astrollthrulife.net/
A Return to Loveliness ~ http://www.adelightsomelife.com/
Tea Cup Tuesday~ http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com/
Tea Cup Tuesday ~ http://www.marthasfavorites.com/
Tuesday Cuppa Tea~ http://www.antiquesandteacups.info/
Tea In The Garden ~ http://blog.bernideens.com/
What's It Wednesday ~ http://ivyandelephants.blogspot.com/
Share Your Cup Thursday~ http://jannolson.blogspot.com/
Home Sweet Home~ http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/


Sharing from my heart~ Sandi