Tuesday Tea Time and Letters

Winter Tea,  it doesn't have to match , folks!

None of these pieces match...except the cup and saucer are a set.  But that is ok!  Really.  Haha..."matchy, matchy" is a thing of the past, so the designers tell us!

So grab a pot of tea and your unmatched tea cup...or mug...or whatever you have handy and join me for a pot of tea and lets write some letters today!

Write Letters,

Write Often.

Lady Pamela

Tuesday Tea Time and Letters... in Pink!

Join me today for a pot of tea and  pick up your pen to write a letter.  What tea are you going to select?  I'm going to make a pot of Raspberry Pineapple Luau.!

Hoping to  get some nice letters off today!

Here's a few of my recent incoming:

I'll stay busy for the next month with getting my letters out for Lettermo.  

Write Letters,

Write Often.

Lady Pamela

Tuesday Tea Time and Letters!

THE SETTING:  '

This little ensemble is not a match.  And do you know what?  I like it like that.  It makes it all so much more interesting, doesn't it?   But that is ok!  Really.  Haha..."matchie, matchie" is a thing of the past, so the designers tell us!  The tea pot has a nice winter feel to it...the cup and saucer shares much of the green and plum colors.  Perfect!

We have been having such cold weather...but I can not complain too loudly as I know that other regions are  more frigid than ours.  Regardless of our temperatures...we can all enjoy a nice cup of hot tea...or coffee...or cocoa and settle ourselves down and write a few letters.

So grab a mug or a pot of tea, and join me as we write our letters today!

Write Letters.
Write Often.

Lady Pamela

Tuesday Tea Time and Letters

Ummm....it isn't Tuesday...but go ahead and enjoy your tea, anyday of the week!

I believe I am going to have to start using blogger scheduling so that I can get these posts out on time!

I did have my bit of tea and rexlaxation  yesterday...and each day for me!

Here is some stationery that I made, while sipping tea!

Write Letters,

Write Often!

Lady Pamela

Tuesday Tea Time and Letters and some outgoing

 Late...

Well...I just looked at the clock and noticed that it is now Wednesday...does it count that I started this post when it was still Tuesday?  But I am excited to share a new man in my life...Mr. Tea!  He likes to "hang around"!

I just had to get a few pictures of this cute little guy!

I have just ordered this Spiced Apple Cider...and it was PERFECT! I let it steep quite a long time, and it never had that bitter taste...and it wasn't over powered with cinnamon flavors.  The tea is real chunky with lots of fruits and bits of cinnamon sticks...

I received my Mr. Tea in a little gift exchange we had on Thanksgiving...and my daughter received the Teatanic...super cute too.   So grab your favorite cup of  tea and join me with my outgoing!

I have some long overdue mail going out in this batch...

This is last week's winner package going out  all the way to India.  I had to mail it flat to get the "letter rate"...these envelopes are 5 inch X 10 inch .. a strange size , right?  If I would have mailed it in a small padded envelope (like I originally wanted to do) it would have become a "parcel" and the cost would have been extremely high.  So, I got my advice from Postcrossing and mailed it in two flat envelopes.  It came out to less than $4 to mail.

Got this envelope in a swap ...very cool and mod!

Off to Germany...

I thought this sticker was appropriate for German mail...

For all those Audrey Hepburn fans...

I had to put my thoughts on the back...

 And a bit of Family mail...

And a vintage letter needs...well...a Victorian boot wax seal!

That's  it for now.  Enjoy your letter writing rituals, and relax and enjoy your letter writing experience! Happy Tuesday Tea Time and Letters... even if it is now Wednesday! :-)

Write Letters

Write Often,

Lady Pamela

Tuesday Tea Time and Letters... Rituals!

Some time ago, Mrs. Duffy over at lettermatters.com posted an interesting question .  She wanted to know if anyone had any particular rituals that involved our letter writing experience.  I am sorry to say that I did not leave a comment, but it did get me thinking about my own rituals.  

Most of my domestic rituals involve tea.  I absolutely love tea in almost any shape or form.  I even have particular mugs I drink from at certain times of the day.  My green recycle mug is for the AM (it is LARGE).  I use an old Christmas mug for my green tea in the PM, I sometimes substitute   with my Kincade mug if I can't locate the old Christmas one.  I also have a bone china tea cup collection that is displayed in my antique pie safe.  Sometimes, when I need a bit of elegance...I carefully select a REAL tea cup. Each one of these lovelies have a story of their own.

• But here  is where the real RITUAL begins...

When I want "Five Minutes Peace"( and ok, I really want more than 5 minutes!) (that is the title of a delightful children's picture book)  (akkk! I know it isn't proper to have all of these parentheses!!!!!)... and I want to enjoy my beautiful mail ...peacefully, I enjoy the ritual of selecting one of my tea pots from my collection and brewing an aromatic pot of tea.  In the fall and winter time, I slip on a tea cosy to keep it warm, I then place this pot on a tray, with a little treat of biscotti, or some other cookie or whatever treat I might have hidden, I might add--you don't birth and raise 10 children and not know how to hide things! I then continue  on up to my bedroom, close the door and enjoy my tea party of 3...me, myself and my letters!  Ahh...total relaxation.  I have managed to enjoy this ritual , even with a house of rambunctious children.  Yes, there would be the wiggling fingers under the door...and their pitiful cries, of  "mommy!"but to no avail... I was determined to have my bit of ritual.  I needed the renewal that the steaming pot of  hot tea offered.  I understood what Mrs. Elephant needed, so that she could keep on giving to her little ones.

This book, by the way, is a mandatory  read for all you young mommies out there who need your batteries recharged!

I no longer have little fingers poking under the door frame...but I still need my bit of ritual.  What about you?  Dear Reader, I invite you to share your "get alone to read my letters" ritual here!  Please leave a comment or send me a write up of your ritual and I will share this with the readership!

And one last thing. Would you mind very much if I shared periodically on Tuesdays, my tea obsessions along with letters?  You wouldn't have to worry about me being a tea snob, because , well, I'm not.  I just think that tea and letters  are a great combo!  And do let me hear from you as well!

Is there no Latin word for Tea?   Upon my soul, if I had known that I would have left the vulgar stuff alone. 

~~Hilaire Belloc

Write Letters,

Write Often,

Lady Pamela