Happy Tuesday sweet friends!
“Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!”
Psalm 139:23-24 ESV
I am delighted that you are here today. Mary and I are excited to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of Tea on Tuesdays. Both of us have a lovely GIVEAWAY! Be sure to read to the end of the post to see how to enter. You will also find Mary’s link for beautiful tea inspiration and an opportunity to enter her giveaway!
In honor of our third anniversary, I am taking a look back at the past 12 months of Tea on Tuesdays! Click the highlighted links to view the original posts.
I loved that the pair of Sioux Crape Myrtles were in full bloom for Tea in the August Garden!
While shopping with my darling EM, she discovered a cute mushroom teapot and said, “PJ, you have to buy it”! Of course, I did! A Whimsical Teapot Serving Up Tea in the Cottage Garden was September’s teatime!
October’s Tea & Cookies With Charlotte Daisy, our resident scarecrow, provided loads of fun with the grands!
Thanksgiving Tea in the Sunshine Cottage gave me an opportunity to ask you, my readers, what were you thankful for…I loved reading your replies!
A Teaparty With the Nutcrackers was planned for our two granddaughters. Butch (Da) planned fun boy stuff for WL and now with another grandson, they will have more fun!
January found me Celebrating National Hot Tea Month with My Favorite Tea, Earl Grey! Sunshine Cottage provides coziness and warmth during the gray and cold days of winter!
Sunlight dances across the table and is Bringing Warmth to February with a Cozy Tea! My favorite tea set was a Mother’s Day gift from my sweet Renaissance Man a few years ago!
A beautiful soft purple paradise ‘Eden’ tablecloth by April Cornell was perfect for A Tea in the Cottage to Welcome Spring!
April weather brought us outdoors for An Easter Tea on the picnic table next to the woodlands. After five months of being indoors for teatime, I was overjoyed to be outside!
A sweet new teapot was the inspiration for A Strawberry Themed Tea Under the Arbor. Lady Banks roses cover the arbor in early spring, but after their blooms are gone, a green canopy of shade made it possible for afternoon tea!
For the 4th of July, I set a patriotic table … Let’s Celebrate the Red, White, and Blue!
Last week’s Summer + Sweet Tea…the Perfect Pairing rounds out my 12 months of Tea on Tuesdays. I hope you have enjoyed taking a look back!
In celebration of our third anniversary of Tea On Tuesdays, Mary and I are both giving away this lovely book, “Luncheons, Teas, & Holiday Celebrations” from Southern Lady and Hoffman Media Books.
It is A Year of Menus for the Gracious Hostess that includes some of Southern Lady Magazine’s best recipes, entertaining tips and ideas for all four seasons and celebrations! The ability to be a gracious hostess is a timeless craft, one that is just as important today as in the past.
Both of us will be giving away a teacup of our choice. I chose a beautiful Kent Pottery chintz cup/saucer with flowers of blue, pink, and yellow!
Left -Ladies Dessert Tea, Center -Winter, Right -Easter Tidings
Gorgeous floral arrangements are always appropriate for any table or celebration!
Golightly Ambrosia recipe served for a Birthday Breakfast, Tiffany style!
Now to the all important GIVEAWAY and for a chance to win a copy of Luncheons, Teas & Holiday Celebrations and teacup:
* Leave a comment telling me your favorite tea or teatime treat.
*Subscribers automatically get a second entry. If you are not a subscriber, sign up and let me know by comment.
*For a third entry, pin a photo from this post and leave a comment letting me know.
The Giveaway is open to residents of the continental U.S. through midnight Tuesday, July 29th. The winner will be announced on Tea On Tuesdays August 19th post.
For an additional chance to win, visit Mary’s Year of Tea recipes and inspiration!
Mary ~ Home Is Where the Boat Is
Thank you for your visit and gracious comments. Wishing you a joy-filled week!
Linking with: Pieced Pastimes, Between Naps on the Porch, Katherines Corner, Follow The Yellow Brick Home,
Life and Linda
What a beautiful look back at your year of tea Pam! Your tea settings and tables in your garden are always my favorite. I love your choice of the pretty Kent Pottery floral teacup to some lucky winner along with the copy of Luncheons, Teas, & Holiday Celebrations. Thank you for this beautiful round up and I’m looking forward to another year of tea with you. Happy Tuesday ☕ 💗
My favorite tea has always been Harney and Sons hot cinnamon spice. I read on Mary‘s blog that they also have a holiday tea, so I’m going to try that and perhaps my favorite will change.
I am at your newest subscriber.
Congratulations on three years of Tea on Tuesdays! I look forward to each and every one! Your tea times are lovely, and I enjoy having tea with you.
I am always proud when I am invited as a guest. Thank you to both of you!
Good luck to the lucky person who will win the delightful tea cup and Southern Living Book. What a wonderful gift!
Happy Tuesday!
Thank you, Nancy. I love when you share tea with us!
I love your tea time tables capes and have been a longtime subscriber. My favorite tea is English breakfast tea but to be honest I love the teatime treats even more.
Sweet tea and beautiful settings. A treat for me early in the morning just As the sun rises over Colorado. Thank you for each months offerings.
It is my pleasure and thank you, Alice and always visiting!
I love everything about your Tea in the August Garden. Lavender is one of my favorite colors on the table and you always have such pretty April Cornells. I thought the arrangement was in a cabbage (which I would like to try someday) but I see it is a lovely teapot. I pinned that picture to my Pinterest Board called The Loveliness of Teatime and also the chintz teacup to my board, Charming Chintz. I am wild about chintz ware and the happy colorful profusion of flowers.
My favorite tea is Tower of London by Harney. I love the packaging of their tea in pretty tins which I can never part with.
I also love your knowledge and Butch’s of your flowers and trees. I just know I have pretty pink, salmon, dark pink myrtles but I don’t know any of their names.
Thank you for the joy you bring and for this opportunity.
All of your tables are stunning Pam! As I told Mary, you teo should get together and publish your own book!
Good morning, Pam! I can’t believe this is Tea on Tuesday’s 3rd anniversary. Where has the time gone? I enjoyed looking back at all of your gorgeous tea settings. They belong in a book. Being a fellow tea lover, I am so happy that Mary and you share tea with us each month. I’m also honored that I have been a guest, too. Congratulations on your anniversary! Enjoy your day, my dear friend!
Pam I look forward to tea time with you and Mary on Tuesdays as your tables are always so inviting. I tried to pick a favorite of your vast array of tables but each time I chose one,…I would see another and like it too. I love them all. Your beautiful cup give-a-way makes one think of an English garden perched on your give-a-way book. I love all teas and drink a common green tea every morning, but if I had to choose a favorite it would probably be Tea Party Earl Grey Black and Chamomile Tea. Your gardens are so beautiful and what a lovely backdrop to your garden tea times. Have a great and glorious day.
Pam, what a wonderful post. I have to say, the September mushrooms theme really struck a chord with me (that’s the one I pinned, to my seasonal inspiration board), but each month’s theme is so perfectly matched to the season it reflects. I wondered what I may have commented on the November post, guessing it was family I was most thankful for, went to check, and realized I hadn’t commented at all! And I know why….I was in SC, moving my sister back to WV – family!
You & Mary have somehow converted me to drinking tea this year – more than coffee! My favorite flavor is Tangerine, a Yogi brand flavor. It’s labeled as Positive Energy, and I love it, hot or cold (this morning’s). I also bought and love one of your favorites, Taylors Strawberry Vanilla (cold).
Thank you for this opportunity to share your love of tea and the anniversary. Happy 3rd, and many more!
What a great milestone – to consistently bring joy and beauty to so many. I’m partial to the Thanksgiving table – but of course, love them all.
Good Morning Pam. They are all beautiful settings but I really love the 4th of July. Have a great week. Hugs. Kris
Thanks so much, Kris!
My favorite tea is a nice fruity flavor like blackberry or blueberry with cucumber sandwiches. My favorite picture is the Portmeirion and Bordalla, my absolute favorite dish-ware! I pinned that!
I recently had the pleasure of visiting a local tea room with my daughter and friends. I enjoyed a delicious cup of Apricot tea, surely a favorite, accompanied with a delicious quiche. Thank you for this generous giveaway. Pinned an subscribed.
Pam, your tea tables are all so pretty. I really enjoy all the delicate pretties and the delicious treats! Tea time is always a delight! Stay safe in this dangerous weather! Clara❤️
Thank you, Clara! You and your hubby stay safe!@
Loved your ‘Tea in the Cottage to welcome Spring’ photo! My favorite teatime treat is anything with an almond flavor in it.
all your your party posts are gorgeous.
Thank you, Rebecca!
As you know, I am a subscriber! I love peppermint tea and lots of others! I pinned one of your photos on my Giveaways board. Thank you so much for the opportunity to enter your lovely giveaway, and congratulations on your third anniversary! God bless you!
I enjoyed seeing your pretty tables again. I’m not sure what I enjoy most about teatime, I love it all, from the tea to the china to the treats. If I had to pick one, though, I would probably pick scones.
CONGRATS on a year of teatime inspirations, Pam and Butch! WOW what gorgeous teatime settings and ideas! I cannot even believe I wasn’t subscribed – weird – I guess maybe I once was- ? A lot changed and I lost a few subscriptions and I guess I have been visiting you through Mary’s blog! Anyway, that is now remedied!!! ♥ OK! I have said too much so will keep this short. My fav tea is loose leaf black tea almost 100%. And my fav is Harney and Son’s Paris. Fav treat is a vanilla currant scone, and my fav pin of your gorgeous pics is that adorable mushroom teapot tablescape. How cute is THAT??? Thank you so much for this very generous giveaway. Who wouldn’t want to win either of those wonderful treasures?
I just signed up as a subscriber. I look forward to viewing more unique ideas for tea. My favorite tea is Queen Elizabeth. It is perfect to share and relax with a friend.
Every place setting and table is a treat! I’m glad we didn’t have to pick our favorites — I have a hard time when all the choices are divine. Fave tea these days is Earl Grey decaf; favorite savory are the cucumber sandwiches (I know — I can’t help myself) and favorite sweet are lemon tarts!
Such gorgeous tea tables Pam. Love seeing your garden as a lovely backdrop for these beautiful tables. Sunshine Cottage is always fun to see as well. I love pumpkin spice tea. I hope you are enjoying these summer months. Congrats on your third anniversary for teatime inspiration.
Happy Anniversary to you and Mary. I prefer cookies or a Twinkie with my tea. i am a subscriber. I pinned the Fall photo
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What a grand look back! I love the fall table wt Charlotte Daisy and that yummy Strawberry Tea. I am partial to Earl Grey in the winter and you know I’m a sweet tea girl 12 months out of the year!
A beautiful post Pam. Such fun on each occasion & my favourite this time is EM’s Mushroom teapot.
Blessings sweet friend, Jennifer
Thank you, my friend!
Blessings, Pam
It was fun to look back over the past year teas. They were all inspiring and beautiful.
My favorite tea is English breakfast with lemon squares.
Pinned and subscribed
I so enjoyed looking back at all your lovely teatimes, Pam! I think my favorites were the mushroom one and the strawberry one. As for my teas, I have so many favorites…Irish or English breakfast in the morning; Paris, Tower of London (you got me started on Earl Gray!) or chai in the afternoon; an old favorite of apricot Chardonnay iced tea. My favorite treat for tea is homemade scones. Thank you for sharing your beautiful teatimes with us. ❤️
Pam, what a treat to look back on a year of teatime with you. Your alfresco garden settings always delight, but then again, so do the Sunshine Cottage settings. I love the play of light on your tables. You know I’m a fan of any book that inspires with beautiful photos. Southern Lady publications are stellar. The Kent Pottery floral tea cup and saucer definitely sets the stage for an elegant cup of tea. I’m one who has a cup of hot tea in the evenings. It’s a tradition my sister and I started as young girls and continued into our adult life. I miss sipping tea with Nancy before we said goodnight. I drink a variety of teas, but Marco Polo has long been my all time favorite. Thanks for sharing a year of teatime inspiration. I look forward to more years ahead. I pinned the image of your August tea with the backdrop of that gorgeous Crape Myrtle because for the first time since I planted a Crape Myrtle 3 years ago, it is in full bloom. Perhaps I’ll set up a little tea in it’s honor.
My favorites are Earl Grey and any lemon dessert.
I pinned your beautiful August Garden Tea table.
I am a subscriber and so enjoy your beautiful photos and the scriptures you share. Thank you.
Pam, congrats to you and Mary on 3 years of TOT! I always look forward to it. It is hard for me to select my favorite tea but if I must I will say Lady Grey. I also like scones but I “cheat” with Sticky Fingers scone mixes. My oldest great grandson likes to bake and eat them also! Thank you for your generous giveaway!
I do love your Tea posts so much They bring out a feeling of calm and enjoyment of creative beauty. I am a subscriber and I pinned too
Love your tea time with the tea set from your sweet husband.It is similar to a tea cup in my tea cup collection . I pinned it on Pinterest. My favorite tea is Earl Gery.
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I believe i am subscribed, would love to win and treasure your generous gift, and am rooting for
whomever does…. Thank you for the beauty you share with us…
What a great post Pam! I remember so many of those beautiful tables! I may have mentioned this before, but you are SUCH an inspiration to me! Congrats on 3 fun years!
Barbara, your comments are so sweet. Thank you, dear one!
Pam, these tea tables are all gorgeous and each is perfect with it’s season! Your collection of tea pots is just lovely and your linens are beautiful. Love all the treats that you add too. Happy 3rd anniversary and wishing you and Mary many more!
Thank you, Kim. I appreciate all of your visits!
Pam, you continue to amaze me throughout the seasons with your stunning tablescapes and platefuls of joy! Wishing you continued teatimes and fond memories!
I am drinking copious (?!) amounts of homebrewed sweet iced tea with lemon wedges. I make it with half decaf and switch over to water mid-afternoon so I can sleep at night. So refreshing … and I can’t remember when I last had a cup of a hot brew.
But cooler days will arrive before we know it and it’ll be time to put those mugs to good use again.
Have a lovely weekend, Pam …
Linda, glasses of home brewed sweet tea is certainly in order here with triple digit index! Thank you for your visit!
Oh thank you Pam, what a treat to have all of the teas together in one spot❣ I love reviewing and remembering. I especially ejoyed seeing the little mushroom teapot and the story of you and EM shopping together. Each and every month has been a treat and a blessing.
Of late I have been enjoying the comfort of Haney & Sons CHAMOMILE HERBAL tea.
Congratulations and Happy Third Anniversary…here’s to many more teas together!
Hi Pam. I love to follow your Tea on Tuesdays along with Mary. I’m so envious of your beautiful collection of April Cornell table linens! I enjoy scones or biscotti with a variety of hot teas. I would love to add the wonderful book and precious tea cup and saucer to my collections. Although I check your blog often, I just subscribed to be a follower! I’m looking forward to seeing ALL your posts now. Thanks for your generous giveaway.