Merry Tuesday sweet friends! Are you still shopping, wrapping, and baking? I can’t believe how quickly (or so it seems) that Christmas is almost here!
“And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.”
Luke 2:7 ESV
It is Tea On Tuesdays and I am so happy that I was able to set a tea table! If you read Simple + Southern Sunday you know that my RM spent five days in the hospital last week. I wasn’t sure that I would be able to get my act together, but finding time for tea is always great therapy!
I always look forward to the third Tuesday of the month when Mary and I share a cuppa with our readers. You will find Mary’s beautiful tea setting at the bottom of this post.
My plan was to share a tea party with EM and EK for this Christmas edition of Tea On Tuesdays. We were going to bake cookies and set a nutcracker-themed tea party. That was not possible, but hopefully the girls and I will have some time later in the week to have our party!
A Fitz and Floyd teapot sets the stage for this quick and easy teatime in the Sunshine Cottage!
Nikko ‘Happy Holidays’ is my oldest Christmas china. The pattern features a festive Christmas tree decorated with presents, toys, garlands, and ornaments.
Mary surprised me with a lovely box of English Tea Shop ‘Premium Holiday Collection’ of organic teas. Twelve premium loose leaf pyramid bags are each packed in a pyramid box. Four warm flavors of Festive Spice, Happy Holiday, Ghostly Green, and Gingerbread Treat are not only perfect for the Christmas season, but will be enjoyed during the winter months.
Ghostly Green is an organic green tea with cinnamon and ginger pieces, peppermint leaves, and rose petals. It is delicious!
“I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And mild and sweet the words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There wasn’t time for buying flowers and arranging! I clipped fragrant cedar and filled a cute bucket that I rediscovered on a pantry shelf. Picks that I had in my stash were added and voila…a simple arrangement that was easy and no expense!
With little time for baking, I made a quick grocery run and grabbed powdered donuts and brownie bites knowing that Ella Mae and Emma love both. I baked orange cranberry muffins which are one of my favorites. I can use all three sweet treats for our Nutcracker tea party later this week!
April Cornell tablecloth and napkins, majolica dinner plates, tartan salad plates by 222 Fifth, and my personal favorite, ceramic Christmas tree napkin rings made years ago by my beloved mother complete the table setting! The tea in the foreground is ‘gingerbread treat’, an organic black tea with cinnamon, ginger, apple, and cardamom and it is also delicious!
“For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself.”
~Charles Dickens
Be sure to visit with Mary for her delightful teatime!
Mary ~ Home Is Where The Boat Is
Thank you for your visit, gracious comments, and especially for your prayers for my RM. Wishing you a joy-filled week before Christmas!
Linking with: Pieced Pastimes, Between Naps on the Porch, Katherines Corner, Follow The Yellow Brick Home,
Life and Linda
What a beautiful table set for tea! With all that was happening in your life, you still can share such gorgeous inspiration!
How nice of Mary to give you such a lovely gift of tea!
Merry Tuesday, dear friend!
Thank you dearest Nancy! Wishing you a merry week, my friend!
Good morning, Pam! The Sunshine Cottage is the perfect spot to enjoy some tea and R&R with your pretty tree twinkling in the background. What an adorable tablecloth with the stockings and gingerbread men! Love your pretty tartan plaid plates, topped with your festive Christmas tree napkin rings made by your sweet mother, what wonderful mementos to have along with her hand painted Santas. Your buffalo check bucket of greenery is so cheery, free-for-the-clipping is always the best! I’ve long admired your beautiful Santa Fitz and Floyd teapot and Nikko ‘Happy Holidays’ is such an iconic and festive Christmas pattern. I’m so glad you were able to find time for tea today and hopefully you can have your Nutcracker Christmas tea party with your grand girls soon. Keeping you and Butch in my thoughts and prayers. Wishing you a very Merry week before Christmas! ❤️ 🎄
Thank you, Mary and especially for your prayers ❤️🎄
Pam, you are truly a Wonder Woman to have pulled that all together under the circumstances. The most important thing is Butch is home. The table is just lovely. I think I’ve mentioned my late sister-in-law made me a set of those napkins rings…they were used at my Ladies Brunch! Another special memory.
You are a sweetheart, Roxanne. I know your ladies brunch was fabulous! It was most impressive on IG!
Pam, love your Fitz and Floyd teapot. Your table is so beautifully put together. I don’t know how you do everything you do especially with Butch in the hospital five days.Pray he is doing much better. There is nothing prettier than fresh greenery found on your own property. Love everything about this table and what a lovely gift of tea from Mary. Blessings my sweet friend. Dianne
Thank you, Dianne. Your sweet comments always warm my heart. Blessings and Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Pam and Butch. Thank you so much for all the eye candy this year! I look forward to plenty more in 2024!! xx
Thank you, Katie. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Pam your tea table is lovely and does not look like it was an afterthought of a lady with a husband in the hospital. It is beautiful starting with your lovely AC tablecloth and Fitz and Floyd tea pot. So nostalgic and brings a Norman Rockwell vibe to your table. I have always enjoyed your Nikko Happy Holidays pattern. I especially love the photo with your decorated tree in the background. I know your girls will love the tea party you have planned for them…as you know it doesn’t matter what is served or when the little party is… but that their grandmother planned and put her heart into making it a special time for them. That is what they will remember in the coming years. Blessings dear friend.
Kari, your sweet words warm my heart. Blessings my friend!
Merry Tuesday, Pam! Your entire tea setting is so beautiful. With everything you have been going through, it was so kind of you to share your lovely tea table with us. Both Butch and you have been in my thoughts and prayers. The tea gift Mary gave you is so thoughtful, and the flavors sound delicious! A spot of tea surrounded by your pretties and treasures is just the thing to calm the soul. Your arrangement of Christmas greens and berries is so pretty! I always love the creations we make with items we have on hand so much more. Your dishes and table linens create such a gorgeous display in your cozy Sunshine Cottage. My dear friend, I wish you a day of peace and joy.
Thanks so much, Shannon.
I hit reply before I finished. Your prayers are so appreciated my friend. Merry week!
I love your sweet table and that teapot is fabulous. Love the tree napkin rings too. I know when you have your sweet tea party with the girls it will be fun and fabulous. Hugs. Kris
Thanks for trying several times to comment, Kris!
Prayers for you and Butch. May he continue to get better. Your table is so pretty and I do love tea. A perfect time in the sunshine cottage.
Thank you sweet Nonie!
Continued prayers for Butch’s recovery and peace of heart for you
both. You are a marvel to have created this superb Christmas tea
setting while bouncing so many balls …. not a point was missed
The cottage is just aglow with Christmas and the princesses are
in for a grand treat when their Grandma provides that special tea party in the cottage. Take care and be blessed, dear friend.
Thanks dear one. Our Nutcracker Tea Party is planned for Thursday afternoon. The girls are excited and so am I! Blessings, my friend!
Pam, I relieved to know Butch is back home, but I know how stressful hospital stays are. I’m surprised you found the time and energy to produce this love teatime post. Kudos on an amazing job. As always, your details are amazing and offer sheer delight. I’d love to sit and enjoy a cup of tea and some of those goodies.
Take care of each other. Happy Holidays!
Thanks so much, Sarah. Butch is improving each day. It would be a pleasure to have you join me for tea, dear one! Merry Christmas!
I have Several of your items:cups and saucers, napkin holders and a lovely teapot that is Christmas tree shaped and the Happy Holiday one also. I will need to get a different tablecloth as mine is to simple.
Thank you, Jerri. I am sure you will set a beautiful table. A simple cloth will make your lovely teapot stand out. Merry Christmas!
Such a joyful Christmas table! I love seeing your mother’s Christmas tree napkin holders. My mom made the ceramic Christmas Trees with the little lights of the era, and like you, I treasure all that her hands touched🎄
You and Butch, although we’ve never met in person, are so special to us and are in our thoughts and prayers. Take care and may you simply enjoy this beautiful season.
As always, Pam — totally adorable! Merry, Merry!
Thank you, my friend!
Yes, I’m able to comment here!!! You Christmas tea looks amazing and I’m intrigued by the – “Four warm flavors of Festive Spice, Happy Holiday, Ghostly Green, and Gingerbread Treat …” teas. I’m thinking the aroma while brewing makes the kitchen dance with Christmas delight!
I am so happy you can comment here, Mary. I am trying to figure out what happened, hopefully I can. The teas are delicious and we had a sweet tea party this afternoon!
Pam, such a beautiful teatime on Tuesday. I am so glad your husband is back home. Not a great time to be sick. I hope he is on the mend. Love your Ac table linens paired with your lovely dishware. A beautiful table adorned with so many lovelies and treats. How special the teas are that Mary sent. Happy Holidays Pam.
Thank you, Linda. Christmas blessings to you and yours!
I hope you were able to have your sweet tea party with your dear girls, and I trust RM is healed now. I will keep reading through your posts and hoping the news gets better and better with each one. God bless you both.
We did have our tea party and the girls enjoyed it. Seeing their sweet faces, make me thankful for God’s gifts of grandchildren!