Thunderstorms And Other Things

Yay! Hooray! There was a thunderstorm last night! Okay, so it didn't really make it to our house (at least not while I was awake), but I could see the lightning over the mountains and it was lovely. I absolutely LOVE thunderstorms. I know it is dry here in Arizona and I am fine with that, but that doesn't mean I can't look forward to monsoon season. It is nice to get a little rain! Hopefully this will mean that the monsoons are not far behind.

I finally got around to visiting all the Mad Tea Parties I think, and whew there were a lot! But they were all so madly delightful! Blog parties are so much fun. It was a grand time to see what sort of things all the other partiers had in store. You can still enter the giveaway if you haven't already by checking out the last post. I will probably choose the winner on Sunday or Monday, so you still have time. Now I just wanted to share a few things that didn't make it up sooner because of the party post.

I made this frame in a class put on by my work (Chantilly Tea Room). It was so much fun to pick out all the little broken china pieces and fit them together like a puzzle to make a frame.

The photo in the frame is of my Mom in her wedding dress (on the left). You can't really see because of how small it is, but her reflection in the mirror looks eerily like me. It was also her birthday on the 25th (party day), so happy belated birthday Mom!

I also wanted to share this picture from work. This adorable couple came to one of our tea tastings in their full costumes (they are re-enacters). Aren't they awesome?!

And finally (what else) tea time!

Currently Drinking: Cream Irish Breakfast - Irish tea (black) with creamy caramel highlights. Great with milk.
This is one of my new favorite teas from work. It is really hard to explain the "cream" flavor, I don't think it really tastes like caramel at all, it is just delicious! We also have Cream Earl Grey, but I am not a huge Earl Grey fan so I like this one more.

Currently Eating: rectangle sandwiches are cucumber, triangles are chicken salad with basil and sun dried tomato cheese.

Teacup:

Um and here are the tomatoes I had with it, yum!

Well that is all for today, except wait, where did this picture of sleepy Mal come from?

Haha, okay that is really all. Have a wonderful day my lovelies!

A Sleepy Hollow Craft

So if you read this blog you know by now that Sleepy Hollow is one of my favorite movies. I have always wanted one of those optical illusion thingys where the pictures on the two sides combine when it spins. So this year I decided to make one!

First I cut out a circle from some thin white cardboard. Then I drew a cage on one side and a cardinal on the other to make it look like the one in the movie. Be sure to draw one of the images upside down, otherwise the illusion won't work.

Then I got out my ink writing set and used it to make the images permanent. I used this because I wanted it to have a little bit rougher look, but if you wanted all your lines very neat and clean you would probably want to use a regular pen or marker.

Then I used watercolors to add color to the cardinal and dirty up the white of the cardboard a bit.

Last I punched holes in the side to attach the spinning part. I think leather cord would work and look great, but I didn't have any so I used ribbon. It looks pretty, but doesn't make it as easy to spin. It still works though!

And here is the finished product!

It is super easy, so if you like that movie as much as I do, go for it. It is like having your own prop!