Tea at Easter Time

Today I am taking a little tea time respite

 from the busy days of preparing for company

this weekend for our Easter Sunday feast.

We're having 15 people dine together this year.

(But two of them will only be in high chairs.)

I've had this sweet little painted & glazed Easter tea set

for years - and my lacy Spode ivory teacups match up well.

I love the little butterflies and rosette embellishments

on this set - just screams "Spring" to me!

I also love that everything on the set is all egg shaped-

the tray, the teapot and the sugar and creamer.

So, naturally the painted wooden yellow egg

 had to join in the fun, too!

And since I don't put milk in my tea he

thought the creamer was an eggscellent place to perch!

And frankly, I simply don't argue with eggs.

I'm enjoying some Earl Grey and freshly made lemon bread.

I *HIGHLY* recommend hopping on over to visit

our fellow tea blogger friend Angela

 from Tea With Friends for her lemon bread recipe!

It is without a doubt the best I have ever made.

Next time I make it I won't be deep in the basement working

without taking my baking timer WITH me, though.

Just saying.

If you all aren't reading Angela's Saturday posts 

tea-themed short stories

 every single week you are really missing out!

 Trust me!

THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING THE RECIPE, ANGELA!

You can find her post with recipe here.

She is such good "peeps."

The very first clear little teapot I ever owned 

I literally cracked five minutes after unwrapping it.

I was rinsing it out because I really wanted to

see one of my flower bud-opening teas I had recently been given.

I didn't quite break it through and through though-

so I kept it and use it for silk flower arrangements, 

and various seasonal items.

THIS year I used to house my wee Cadbury chocolate eggs!

Next to a Resee Cup Egg, they're the best Easter candy EVER!

These little clear teapots make excellent candy dishes!

Ok if you haven't  yet seen my living room's natural

spring and Easter decorating, that post was just before this.

I hope to share the rest of the house's Easter decor soon

so watch for it, and be as surprised as I will be

if I can work it in this crazy busy life! Ha!

As always, thank you so much for your visit!

♥

~Michele

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