Finishing up things for the Tea Party and my blue white doily

Well Good morning, Happy Saturday...Just a photo of my doily dress I made and hung up in the kitchen with some blue and white vintage pots holders..I'm just loving it. Me and Vee went to the dollar store yesterday to see what decorations they had and we found a couple of things some Red Roses I was going to buy some fresh Roses which I probably still will. Nothing like fresh flowers. I did find some gifts things for the games. I found these large Lavender Soaps in pretty boxes and these Lavender Little Flower pots with ribbon running around the pot a Lavender ribbon at that so I thought they would be cute. Going to put the soap inside the pot, I should have gotten some Lavender paper to put inside...humm. I got a huge red heart made with that shinny red tin like the Christmas tree. I'm thinking to hang it on the front door. I also got a package of paper lace rounds for placing the food on the platters and cake rounds etc.
We also went to a new Drug store called Central for are medicine we are switching over to them because Walgreens is no longer accepting our coverage and I wasn't trying to switch anything. They have some adorable things in there o my. I'm going to get in trouble every time I go..They even have Tea Cups can you imagine. Well I saw these cute Minni and Mickey mouse characters to cute..So I bought them for Vee..They are a wee bit expensive though. but that's okay. Isn't he adorable to tiny....

He's sitting on my doily I finished he matched it.

It looks much better in person, you know I only have my phone camera which sometimes takes good pictures and sometimes not. I was going to get a I pad, but didn't and now I'm thinking just to buy a camera and a lap top...instead. Well that's a whole nother story..

Well all finished up. This is one of my favorite patterns It reminds me of a large snow flake specially this white and blue one. Now I need to finish up my beige and Red one with the gold sparkle. Then I will be starting one for a good friend of mine It will be a dress pot holder. Hope I can manage it again... I didn't think to write down what I had did...Just another challenge that's all..well I hope you enjoy your Saturday, I will be taking Mom to Costco's I believe...Happy Saturday dear friends...with much love Janice

I have such quiet followers? Up Early and Vee's bear plus Tea party news

Good early morning, woke up and my tummy was twisting. So here I'am ready for the day. Well least I'm trying to convince myself I'am at 5.27 am,..I have been a little bit sick with like a head cold stuffy nose thing or sinus idk which or both...lol. The little bear I found upstairs in the Attic at Mom's house it belongs to Vee, so I brought her home and told her that it was her's, and she wanted to keep her so I had to do a wash up job. She couldn't be thrown in the washer.

So she had been sitting in the bathroom on a basket for several weeks she was one of my things on the to do list. Finally the other day I washed her little soft coat and got a clean cloth to wash her body down. She has such a cute face...
She had a couple of stains on her, but nicely enough The shout worked and took them out and now she is simple clean, though she had to sit in the kitchen on the chair and dry herself before we put back her little coat.

All done and waiting for Vee now....just hanging in the kitchen.

The bottom of my new curtains, I just love them...they look brite and clean.

things on the clean windowsill,

Nice and clean now and new curtains...yippy....

Ten days left before the Tea Party I need to go by the groceries and the ribbon and I'm done. I thought of this last nite, I have pink depression cups and saucers up stairs in the Attic and salad plates to match so I'm going to get them today I have a couple at home already and the pink sugar and creamer to match...I wanted white but I couldn't find everything in white so maybe I will mix and match. I think this weekend I will prepare the dinning table as far as the linens and changing my table cloth. I have a red lace one and a solid pink so I'm thinking to use both some how will see. Plus I have some white lacey place mats. I have to get a box to remove everything off my buffet and move the cabinet I'm sanding out side. I will try this time to take pictures lol. The last time which was my first I forgot I took two and I just forgot cause I had so much to do...But hopefully this will be a more relaxing Tea Party being I have did it once already.,Everyone is excited now. My young grandson told me last nite he want me to bake these turtle pan...It's a Mexican Bread but I don't have the time cause I have to find the recipe in English. It will be a first for my young grandson's to have a Tea Party but my two grandson's who are brother's love to have tea at Grandma's house It's my youngest one who hasn't..
Awe last nite while surfing I found out that at some Tea party's they play games. So I found this one that sounded cute. You have 3 tea pots on a table and each guest gets five tea bags. They have to toss them into the tea pots the one who gets the most or all five wins a prize. I thought it was cute and fun. So guess what we will be doing lol....Well I think that's all for today. I want to go up in the Attic soon as day light comes then off to home..wishing you a lovely day. It's almost the weekend again...the days are flying by...with love Janice.

Re Post on Cinnamon Bread

Somehow I missed a small part of the recipe nothing major just the part to add the rest of the flour...

Cinnamon-Raisin Bread
Ingredients

1 tablespoon plus 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast (two 1/4-ounce envelopes)
2 1/4 cups warm water (110 degrees)
3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons honey
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus more for bowl, pans, and brushing
7 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for surface and dusting
4 teaspoons coarse salt
1 cup raisins
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions

Sprinkle yeast over 1/2 cup water. Add 2 teaspoons honey. Whisk until yeast dissolves. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. Transfer to the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle or dough-hook attachment. Add butter and remaining 1 3/4 cups water and 3 tablespoons honey. Whisk flour with salt; add 3 cups to yeast. Mix on low speed until smooth. Mix in 1 cup raisins. Add remaining 4 cups flour, 1 cup at a time, mixing until dough comes away from sides of bowl and forms a ragged, slightly sticky ball. Butter a large bowl.
Knead dough on a floured surface until smooth and elastic but still slightly tacky, about 5 minutes. Shape into a ball. Transfer to prepared bowl; cover with plastic wrap.
Let dough stand in a warm place until it doubles in volume (it should not spring back when pressed), about 1 hour. Butter two 4 1/2-by-8 1/2-inch loaf pans. Punch down dough; divide in half.
Combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon. Roll out each dough half into a 1/2-inch-thick rectangle (about 8 by 10 inches); lightly brush with water, and sprinkle evenly with cinnamon-sugar mixture, leaving a 1/2-inch border around edge. Starting with 1 short side, tightly roll dough into a log. Seal edges with fingertips, and tuck ends under. Transfer dough, seam side down, to pan. Repeat with remaining dough. Brush each loaf with butter, or dust with flour for a rustic look. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Drape loaves with plastic. Let stand until dough rises about 1 inch above tops of pans, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees. Bake, rotating pans after 20 minutes, until tops are golden brown, about 45 minutes. Transfer to wire racks. Let cool slightly; turn out loaves. Let cool completely before slicing.

Enjoy with love, Janice Read down to yesterday's post..RED STEW...SO YUMMY FOR A WINTER'S EVENING....