Fresh and sweet tea tableau in white and pink with a theme of delicate rosebuds, as depicted in a quilted, beribboned tea cozy and on vintage china. There are lace edged linen, dainty crocheted doilies, and a fuzzy looking pink baby chick. The tea is Pasadena Rose black tea.

"Pinky"
#Teableau 06Apr26

We can't be forever forlorning,
We must cherish a sweet spring morning;
The rest of the day will Be, regardless,
The world will intrude, the world may be heartless,
But we have in this moment Ostara's adorning.

#Tea #Spring

Easter tea tableau with fancy painted eggs, a Waterford crystal duck, a charming Easter greeting card from the 1940s, a spray of purple flowers, vintage china, and a cozy printed with bunnies and colorful eggs. The tea towel is embroidered to show a bunny, a carrot, and the phrase Hoppy Easter. The tea is Manyka Honey Mango green tea from Hyland Teas.

"Easter"
#Teableau 05Apr26

I have a friend, who happens to be 3 years old, whose Easter eggs opened to reveal, not toy chicks or ducklings or even jellybeans, but baby pteranosaurs. I wish I'd thought of that for my teableau!

#Tea #Easter

Springtime tea tableau on white cutwork linen with a flowery napkin, a wildly floral tea cozy, a greeting card showing a field of wildflowers, a vintage cup and saucer with a daisy design, and a heart shaped rock with a painted image of a dragonfly. The tea is a packet of Rhubarb Infusion from Taylors.

"Fields Of Dreams"
#Teableau 03Apr26

It's that time again when flowers are springing up all around and insects are emerging. Every year, I wonder how many more Springs I will see. Morbid thought, but it sure makes me appreciate whatever Spring I'm having.

#Tea #Springtime

Pastel tea tableau on a pink sprigged quilted mat. The cozy is pink and yellow with blue roses. The cup is blue, the saucer is pink, both are Moderntone Platonite glass, sitting upon a white a blue crocheted doily. At center are a wood framed painting of a bluebird chick, and a flowered dish of pastel French macaron cookies. There is a bouquet of pink roses, and the tea is Earl Grey Macaron from PinkyUp.

"Cute Chick"
#Teableau 02Apr26

Happy Birthday to a sweet friend.

#Tea #Friendship

Pastel and dark peach tea tableau with a background of dogs in Easter finery, wearing bunny ears. The mug is also dog themed. At center is a clear glass rabbit carrying an Easter basket with a striped glass candy inside. The tea is Peach black tea from Stash.

"Easter Puppers"
#Teableau 01Apr26

And why not?

#Tea #Dogs

Tea tableau on floral linens in tones of yellow, gold, and green. The cozy is pale green with white polkadots. There are two ceramic sitting rabbits nestled together. There is a floral printed box, and a small rustic pottery dish from Torquay. The cup and saucer are Portmeirion Botanic Garden, and the tea is Pure Green Tea from Ahmad. The tea towel is printed with the phrase Happy Spring inside a flower garland.

"Springlings"
#Teableau 31Mar26

Bunnies spring in Spring.

#Tea #Rabbits

Tea tableau in lavender, white, and green. Upon a white cloth embroidered with green frostflowers, there is a tea cozy in Springer lavender upon a mint green crocheted doily, and a handpainted vintage lavender bisque cup and saucer. There is a vintage creamer that is white with green trimand blue and pink flowers. In back there is a small white canvas with painted and appliqued flowers of green and thistle color, with a monarch butterfly in the corner and the phrase Get Well Soon printed in purple. There is a small kraft paper card at center covered in varicolored daisies. The tea is Buttermint herbal from Twinings.

"Tender"
#Teableau 30Mar26

'Friends are the flowers in the garden of life.' Noxious weeds, sharp stones, stinging wasps matter less when flowers are also there, lifting our spirits.

#Tea #Friendship

Tea tableau on a white fabric square with a pink tulip applique. The tea cozy is printed with purple, orange, and cerise tulips and their green leaves. There is a vintage cup and saucer set with a tulip design in pastels. There is a tall rectangular glass vase with a painted design of leaves, flowers, and insects. The tea tin is a tall iridescent green canister of English Tea Number 1, a black blend with bergamot from Ahmad.

"Tulip Time"
#Teableau 29Mar26

I really, really love tulips. They look like happiness.

#Tea #Tulips

Tea tableau on deep blue satin with a theme of frogs surrounding an American flag. There is a small green cup on a lilypad, and a green and gold cozy on a yellow and green crocheted doily. There are two small heart shaped rocks, and the tea is Milky Oolong from Greenfield.

"Freedom Frogs"
#Teableau 28Mar26

"Don't make me repeat myself."
~History

#Tea #NoKings

Tea tableau on navy and white plaid satin, with a cozy in navy and white stripes with a peach lace panel, blue buttons, and a navy bow. There is a cobalt glass dish holding a dark blue packet of Evening Tea, a black blend from Ahmad. There is a Kelvin Chen bibelot with the image of Van Gogh's Night Café. There is a white ceramic heart with a blue spongeware pattern, and a spoon with a white ceramic handle painted in deep blue flowers. There is an antique royal blue pedestal cup with gold handle and trim, and a small vintage blue and white cup with a raised peach colored flower, on saucers with dark blue trim.

"Eventide"
#Teableau 27Mar26

I went with midnight blue for this one because I didn't assemble it until darkness fell.

#Tea #Night

Birthday tea tableau with a happy birthday cozy, a butterbeer mug holding a spoon with a swirled lollipop handle; there are two bagel figurines, a Murano glass candy, a cobalt crackle glass jug holding a lavender rose, and the black tea blend in a green tin with a lightning bolt is called The Boy Who Lived. It all rests upon a light blue tea towel with pink rickrack and a yellow chick applique.

"For My Friend"
#Teableau 26Mar26

The tea is a custom fandom blend from Adagio comprised of Assam, vanilla, oolong, almond, and safflower.

#Tea

Tea tableau on a spring patterned quilt. There is a blue Cattitude teapot with two black cat silhouettes. There is a plate on a stand that looks like a sable point Siamese cat face with blue eyes. There is a small blue cream pitcher with gold feet and handle. The cup and saucer are a rustic buff with brown trim and a single rosebud stem. The tea is Lemon and Honey black tea.

"Face It"
#Teableau 25Mar26

The name of the design on this teapot is "Cattitude" by Hues N Brews.

#Tea #HuesNBrews

Tea tableau on white and pink calico with a flower embroidered napkin under a vintage cup and saucer set that is white banded with pink trumpet vine. The tea cozy is in a coordinating fabric, and there is a ceramic spoon with deep rose painted flowers. There is a vintage brooch in the shape of a long stemmed rosebud. The tea is English Breakfast black tea.

"Tea Is For Tuesday"
#Teableau 24Mar26

...and I should have started it right off with a brisk English Breakfast. Alas, I didn't get a chance for tea until later in the day. Luckily, Tea is also for Tomorrow.

#Tea

Tea tableau in aqua and other pastels with a soft floral pattern repeated in both the china and the tea cozy. There is a sprig of ivy, and also a heart carved of translucent green stone. The tea is Tropical Green.

"Spring Fling"
#Teableau 23Mar26

When I saw this cup & saucer set at the thrift shop, I thought it might be a pretty close match to a certain tea cozy I had. I think I was right.

#Tea #TeaCozy

Calm and soothing tea tableau in black, grey, and green. At the back is a poster of a pier leading into a quiet lake under a peaceful sky. The tea towel is black with three white appliqued pine trees. The cozy is silver and white narrow zigzag lines. The antique cup and saucer are white with bright Kelly green trim, and holding a delicate spoon with a tiny jade wise man at the tip. There is a ceramic otter figurine, and the tea tin is a bright green cylinder of Mandarin green tea.

"Sunday, Serene Day"
#Teableau 22Mar26

What with all that serenity, I never got around to posting yesterday's teableau on time.

#Tea #Sunday

Tea tableau on a red towel with white polkadots. The tea cozy is bright blue with a design of gnomes among ferns and flowers. There is a small art collage in red, green, white, and yellow of a butterfly, a blossom, and a ladybug. There is a yellow tulip lying on tea towel. The main cup and saucer are white with a black rim that has flowers in green, orange, yellow, blue, red, and aqua, and the saucer has red polkadots. There is also a miniature mug covered in thin vertical stripes of primary colors. The tea is a red tin of Vienna Eggnog black tea on a small, shiny brass pedestal. The tea is from English Tea Store.

"Magic Forest"
#Teableau 21Mar26

This tea towel makes me think of Amanita muscaria.

#Tea #Mushrooms

Springtime tea tableau in green and white on an embroidered tea towel, with vintage glass, vintage china, dainty flowers, a cloisonne egg, a rabbit figurine, and green tea called Spring Thunder.

"Springing Into Spring"
#Teableau 20Mar26

Happy Vernal Equinox

Tea tableau in subdued pink and taupe tones with a theme of cats cuddling in pairs, as depicted by clay figurines, a small decorative tile, and a bronze metal candle ring. The tea towel is pink and white stripes, the cozy is embroidered linen, the cup and saucer are white with pink roses and a decorative spoon with a tiny teapot for a handle. The tea is Raspberry Twist green tea.

"Cuddle Up"
#Teableau 19Mar26

Cats are good cuddlers (except for the ones that aren't).

#Tea #Cats

Tea tableau in black, red, gray, and yellow, backed by an abstract red, white, and black color block painting. The cozy is a black and rust curving abstract design, and the cup and saucer are Franciscan Apple midCentury china. In the cup is a spoon that looks like a red and white striped lighthouse. (Apples and lighthouses are popular Washington State themes). The tea is Apple Orchard black tea.

"Pike Place"
#Teableau 18Mar26

This painting is artist Carol Chen Lord's rendition of Pike Place Market in Seattle.

#Tea #Art

St Patrick's Day tea tableau with shamrocks on the tea towel, tea cozy, tea packet, and sugar bowl. The sugar bowl has a spoon with an Ireland symbol on it. There is a small painted wooden rainbow with a pot of gold below it, and a leprechaun figurine beside it. There is a teabag caddy imprinted with an Irish blessing.

"St. Patrick's Day"
#Teableau 17Mar26

Have a good one. 🍀

#Tea #StPaddys

Tea tableau on gold stain adorned with bird of paradise appliques. The teapot is a Chinese antique with an unusual shape and a motif of little dancing men. The cup and saucer have a dragon design, and there is a diamond art coaster on a stand with an orange dragon. There is a cute little baby green dragon figurine. The tea is Jasmine green tea.

"Stop Dragon My Heart Around"
#Teableau 16Mar26

Stop wincing. The alternative was a heart on a chain.

#Tea #FleetwoodMac

I Love Lucy themed tea tableau set before a Life Magazine cover of Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo in her kitchen wearing a red apron, stirring a mixing bowl. The white tea towel has blue and red poses, and a wide white ribbon with red hearts is stretched across the towel. There is a white and red vintage cup and saucer set with a design of heather blossoms and tartan ribbon. There is a miniature teapot shaped like a strawberry, and also a regular red teapot. There is a figurine of Lucy Ricardo in her signature white- dotted navy dress, and a small, illustrated comic booklet about I Love Lucy. The tea is Strawberry Sensation black tea from Ahmad.

"Strawberry Sensation"
#Teableau 15Mar26

A friend sent me this magazine. She's one of two friends with this "secondhand obsession" wherein they don't share my Lucy mania but will get excited on my behalf. ❤️

#Tea #LucilleBall

Rustic tea tableau with a queue of birds lined up on driftwood logs across an ivory quilted square edged with burgundy. Behind them on a small, rough wooden table is a white, yellow, and green teapot with embossed burgundy scrollwork. In the foreground are a vintage white cup and saucer with a yellow and brown grandiflora rose design. The tea is called Buttery Shortbread Herbal from Plum Deluxe.

"A March March"
#Teableau 14Mar26

Contrary to the expectations of some, I didn't do a Pi Day teableau.

#Tea #March

Tea tableau on a green felt oak leaf with a green shamrock print tea cozy and vintage mint green cup, saucer, and cream pitcher rimmed with pastel flowers. There is a silver Celtic knotwork brooch pinned to the cozy. There is a green and blue handmade art card that says Friends Always. The tea is Darjeeling from Ahmad.

"GreenDay"
#Teableau 13Mar26

Counting down to St Patrick's Day

#Teableau #StPaddy

Tea tableau on black flannel with multicolored polkadots. There is a red tea cozy with white polkadots. There is a white embroidered bookmark with red cardinals, a red foil packet of black Chinese tea, and a small white cardinal figurine. The cup and saucer are white with small red and blue nosegays.

"Dots"
#Teableau 12Mar26

Lotsa dotsa.

#Tea #Polkadots

White and green tea tableau on Irish Lace with a quilting square of green prints including shamrocks. The teapot and mug are white rimmed in green and with a dainty spray of shamrocks at center. There is a wooden heart painted green with a white Celtic triskele design handpainted on it. The tea is Irish Breakfast black loose-leaf tea from Adagio.

"Celtic Heart"
#Teableau 11Mar26

I've been a day late in posting every day this week, I think. I doubt anyone notices. 😆

#Tea #LifeGetsInTheWay

Tea tableau in rippling blue and green ocean colored fabrics, and a sea turtle theme. There is a fired white clay sea turtle with a green glass mosaic shell, and a spoon with a sea turtle on the handle. There's also a seed pearl seahorse brooch, and a diamond art plaque of a shore scene, and vintage Russian china and a quilted white tea cozy covered in deep blue vines. The tea is Milky Oolong from Harney and Sons.

"Glide"
#Teableau 10Mar26

Just keep swimming.

#Tea #SeaTurtles

Purple and green tea tableau bursting with large purple and white gazanias with a green- garbed gnome figurine emerging from them. The cozy is a purple striped and calico fabric, the cup is a graceful white mug with delicate purple flowers, and there is a handpainted green antique cream pitcher with purple flowers. The tea is Black Currant black tea from Harney and Sons in a purple and white tin. Everything rests upon a pastel patchwork quilt.

"Little Green Man"
#Teableau 09Mar26

This tea is intended to be served iced but I think I'll try brewing & drinking it hot, as it's not really iced tea weather here today.

#Tea #Graupel

Tea tableau on a tan linen tea towel with lace edging and a flowered ribbon embellishment. The cozy is yellow daffodils, daisies, and buttercups with blue cornflowers. Behind it is an antique oval blue and white Staffordshire platter on a stand showing a lakeside scene beside some ruins. The cup and saucer are powder blue. There is a white ceramic spoon with painted yellow flowers. There is an adorable little Dutch girl figurine in blue traditional dress and cap. There is a pair of miniature Delft Dutch clogs, and a small Delft heart brooch with a windmill image. The tea is a brown and blue packet of Orange Pekoe black tea from Harney and Sons.

"Going Dutch"
#Teableau 08Mar26

The figurine looks just like a little miss that I know, although, to my knowledge, she has never been kitted out in traditional Dutch costume, herself.

#Tea #Holland #TheNetherlands

Peach, pink, and soft green tea tableau on delicate floral paper, featuring a streamline design teapot, cup and saucer, and creamer and sugar bowl in colors of peach and pearl. There is a glass globe with a hummingbird and trumpet flower painting hanging on a gold stand, and below it, a magnificent heart and arrow shaped brooch with a gleaming green center cabochon jewel and rimmed in sparkling clear faceted stones. The tea is a pink packet of English Rose black tea.

"Hanging 'Round"
#Teableau 07Mar26

This tea set is vintage Poole Pottery (England), Twintone "Peach Bloom & Seagull."

#Tea #VintageChina