Blisstree » tea parties http://www.blisstree.com Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:47:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Art Trends That Follow Current Events http://www.blisstree.com/articles/art-trends-that-follow-current-events/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/art-trends-that-follow-current-events/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:24:09 +0000 Mary Emma Allen http://www.blisstree.com/?p=81211 Post from: Blisstree

Art Trends That Follow Current Events

]]> Often art trends follow the current events of a country or the world. What topics are “hot” now that you can focus on?

  • Gardening, especially at the White House
  • Dogs/pets and the Portuguese water dog at the White House
  • Immigration and immigrants
  • Graduations
  • Weddings
  • Pirates
  • Taxes – I suppose I could do a page in my Page-a-Day Tea Book book on the recent TEA parties, protesting higher taxes, reminiscent of the Boston Tea Party of pre-Revolutionary War days.
  • Environmental topics
Image: sxc.hu

Image: sxc.hu

What can you do in the way of art projects to encompass current topics that could have appeal?

  • Collages
  • Paintings in various media
  • Scrapbooks
  • Quilts and Fabric Art
  • Needlepoint
  • Sculpture
  • Papier Mache
  • Beading
  • Encrusted embellishments
  • Altered books
  • Mixed media
  • Jewelry

Have you been following current trends for your art?

Image: Abyla – sxc.hu

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Art Trends That Follow Current Events

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/art-trends-that-follow-current-events/feed/ 0 Will Obama Popularize Tea Drinking for Quilters? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/will-obama-popularize-tea-drinking-for-quilters-79/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/will-obama-popularize-tea-drinking-for-quilters-79/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 07:00:47 +0000 Mary Emma Allen http://www.quiltingandpatchwork.com/2009/02/15/will-obama-popularize-tea-drinking-for-quilters/ Post from: Blisstree

Will Obama Popularize Tea Drinking for Quilters?

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We’ve often discussed tea drinking and tea parties here at Quilting and Patchwork.  Often quilters like a cup of tea while working or gathering with others.  Tea and tea parties was popular in my family when we visited one another.  My grandmother, with whom I made my first quilt, always had a cup of tea at 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

The word’s out that Obama drinks tea, particularly organic berry tea, rather than coffee.  So, the possibility that tea becomes an even more popular beverage looms before us.  What about tea parties?  More of these, too?
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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/will-obama-popularize-tea-drinking-for-quilters-79/feed/ 0 Tea Parties for Quilters and Hospitality http://www.blisstree.com/articles/tea-parties-for-quilters-and-hospitality-79/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/tea-parties-for-quilters-and-hospitality-79/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:00:43 +0000 Mary Emma Allen http://www.quiltingandpatchwork.com/2008/10/24/tea-parties-for-quilters-and-hospitality/ Post from: Blisstree

Tea Parties for Quilters and Hospitality

]]> Time for Tea Parties 

Tea parties for hospitality were a tradition in my mom’s family.  So I continued these when she became ill with Alzheimer’s.  They also were highlights when my grandchildren and I visited her at the nursing home. 

Tea time when quilters meet is a fun tradition, too.  When I’ve visited my daughter’s quilting group, a cup of tea was part of the refreshments.

If you enjoy tea parties, or simply a cup of tea and chat, you may like to browse my Tea Time News and Notes blog.  I’ve found that articles about tea and tea time I write for my Country Kitchen newspaper column are very popular.  So I began  blogging about tea.

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