O.k..now that I have my work out of the way, I want to head out for some serious shopping. You guys know that I am not getting any commission off of this, and not recommending anything, right?  It is just window shopping.

 
Tea pots are a lot of fun.  They just are.  This one was given to me by my kids for Christmas.
I love snowmen, and I have quite a collection.  So much so that I have stopped collecting them.  LOL!
This particular one is a fun tea pot.  I especially like it in the wintertime. Something about a gray day, with a cold rain (we don’t often get snow), cuddling up in a quite and reading books while sipping cup after cup of tea poured from a cheery snowman.
This is the last one for this week, not vintage, not beautiful..but very, very …read more

 
This week is all about sharing about teapots. Do you have one? two? or three? maybe more? Is it for display only or do you use it for tea? What is the tea server you use most? Your favorite teapot (or is it something like a quart jar?). Tell your teapot story, give it’s history, and tell what it means to you. You can share more than once if you’d like. Antique, new, Asian, English, or something in between — we’d love to know!
So the blogothon goes on.  I am loving these posts! You can find more teapots at Gracious …read more

So, here we are just a few weeks before Santa hits the roof and some of us are feeling the Christmas clock ticking even louder than the biological clock. If you have a tea aficionado on your list, or if you are one yourself, check out these cool Christmas Gifts.

1. Around the World in a Tea Pot
From Tea Emporium. This is an awesome gift for someone who likes to experiment with tea. Every month they get two teas from various cultures world wide.

2. Apricot Ginger Lemon Darjeeling Tea Marmalade
What a GREAT stocking stuffer! …read more