Morning.............A second post...In a days work....sharing Tea with me...

Mornin, I stayed at Mom's last nite...didn't have the energy to drive home after running around all day with Vee...Last nite for the first time I felt my grandson moving about in his Mommies tummie...Was very cool...It's so strange to see my babygirl having a baby...Soon my home will be filled with the blessed sounds of a little one...It's been 19 years since...Can't wait to meet him in person and hold him.

Well the other day Carolyn from Aiken House & Gardens...posted a post of blue and whites...gave me some inspiration to make this little Hankie crocheted bag......

So I started crocheting it up...It's like my Tea bag holder but not as wide and a little bit taller...and a handle and flower...

I love Blue & Whites, it is my most favorite....I have many Linens and dishes that are Blue & Whites, Her photos were so pretty..you should really stop by and see them.

Cuppa Tea in my Church Hill Tea cup from England...

Would you like a few blueberries......I thought it would be great for Ladies to carry to a tea party or Little young ladies as well...Or It could be used at a Wedding....It just seemed like a elegant idea

I started it in the late morning and crocheted into the evening...

The Handkerchief I decided to use for this one........It looks so pretty inside....

The almost finished product...I just have to sew a button on...but I want to shop for some new ones...and sew the handle and flower on..then it will be completed...

I will show you the finished product soon.. Have a grand day, with love Janice

CONTINUE DOWN FOR SOME PASTA TOMATO SOUP FOR A FALL DAY..

DOING: so many things....Fall Days are comming...

Mexican Tomato Soup.....Sopa de pasta

Sopa de pasta

4 roma tomatoes, quartered
1 garlic clove
¼ cup finely chopped onion
3/4 tsp chicken bouillon powder*
1 tsp oil
3-4 oz miniature pasta**
water to thin
salt to taste

*Knorr Suiza is a great brand that can be found almost anywhere.
**La Moderna is a Mexican brand of pasta that makes a variety of miniature shapes such as stars and letters.
Place tomatoes, garlic, onions, and ½ cup water in the blender and blend until very smooth.

Meanwhile, place oil in a medium saucepan and heat to medium high heat. Take your Pasta and slightly brown it..and remove leaving oil behind. (I sometimes brown mine more)

Pour tomato sauce into saucepan, and fry for approximately 10 minutes. This will cook the tomatoes and season the sauce in preparation for making the soup. Add in pasta and 2 cups of water, and bring to a slow simmer. Stir pasta occasionally so that it doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pot.

Cover and allow to simmer until pasta is completely cooked through. Once pasta is tender, add water to thin soup to desired consistency. Check for salt. Serve immediately for a light soup course before a heavier main course. Yield: 4-6 servings. I also sprinkle with either Queso Fresco or Parmesan cheese.. You can just serve this with a salad and french bread if you want just a lite meal which I usually do....
I love this soup and friend taught me years ago to make it. He was from Puebla Mexico. It's a nice Fall lite soup...you can use tiny pasta or bigger ones depending how hardy you want it...

Hope that you give it a try and you enjoy it...Well then yesterday and the nite before I been fooling around with my thread again...Here's what I came up with...

I made this, I think cute little jar cover...

So this is one of the things I came up with for my Orange Thread and orange Ribbon...And here's the other, I'm making a hot pad...

The back side.....

Look at these, who said they had a cookie cutter that was a leave...would be perfect for these Leave cheese crackers....
Second Post coming..more things to share with you....with love Janice

Tea Pot cookie recipe for you...

Helo my dear friends, here I'am again...popping in to share this lovely recipe with you....

SUGAR COOKIES ...

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2cups white sugar, I used a little bit less like 1 & 1/2 cups
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS:

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least on hour or (overnight). Preheat over to 4oo degrees F. Roll out dough on to a floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter Of course I used my tea pot cookie cutters..

Place cookies one inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in a preheated oven, I had to cook them more my new oven isn't so hot...they will be light on top and slightly brown on the bottom.

COOL COMPLETELY, BEFORE FROSTING....
It's a very simple recipe but it taste pretty good.

I made my own frosting with Powder sugar and milk with vanilla..I didn't measure anything I just did whatever..I added one drop of blue food coloring to the frosting to give it a pretty lite blue color.

I painted them with a kitchen paint brush for me this worked well. . I did find that doing one at a time works best frosting then decorating all at one. because when I did it the other way when I went to put the pearls on I made indents on the icing...They stayed nice for three days then then kind of looked a little dried..so I will have to work on a better frosting for them...I used little tiny pearls for the decoration..

All finished ....

I hope that you like them as much as we did...

I changed my bedding to Autumn colors and I just love it...I haven't finished it all though...I put this on the wall, I got it at the Goodwill for 99 cents, it was bran new with a tag of 13.50 on it..the picture doesn't really do it justice...

This is a old T.V. tray I got a long time ago...I don't have the legs though..I been trying to find some but haven't had any luck doing so...But just the same I love it's pretty orange flowers...sometimes I put it on top of some smaller ones I have...

Well, I think that's it for today, If you make the Teapot cookies let me know how they turn out would love to know..Well it's Friday and I'm thinking to take off Me Vee and Jesse to my older daughter's house to hang out...I think we out need to get out of the house...sweetpea tooo....Have a wonderfully blessed weekend my dear sweet Ladies...thank you so much for your lovely comment for my previous post. I enjoyed them...Enjoy.....Hugs....with love Janice