I bought club soda to make this Honey Chamomile Soda, but was distracted by other drink possibilities.  I mixed pineapple and orange juice and added club soda.  I made old fashioned ice cream soda using homemade chocolate syrup (because Hershey’s is gross).  I remembered about the honey chamomile drink with just enough soda to make a half recipe, which was fine seeing as I didn’t want to use a whole cup of honey.  I only used half of the honey in the halved recipe (1/4 cup), and it was still very sweet.  It’s different.  It’s good.

I bought club soda to make this Honey Chamomile Soda, but was distracted by other drink possibilities.  I mixed pineapple and orange juice and added club soda.  I made old fashioned ice cream soda using homemade chocolate syrup (because Hershey’s is gross).  
I remembered about the honey chamomile drink with just enough soda to make a half recipe, which was fine seeing as I didn’t want to use a whole cup of honey.  I only used half of the honey in the halved recipe (1/4 cup), and it was still very sweet.  
It’s different.  It’s good.

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I drew the teapots from this fabric!

I drew the teapots from this fabric!

designed-for-life: tea-bag biscuits! These are adorable…and, oh, the tea tags!  Get in my mouth please.Made by Trattoria da Martina

designed-for-life:

tea-bag biscuits!

These are adorable…and, oh, the tea tags!  Get in my mouth please.
Made by Trattoria da Martina

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VICTORY IS MINE!  Oh chai tea, how I love you…I’m a fan of Oregan Chai Tea Concentrate, but my homemade attempts over the last few years have been less than satisfactory, much less.  Some recipes were too peppery, some had no taste, and some were just…bleh.  This winning recipe makes my tongue so happy.  It’s nice and strong and has a nice orange taste to it from the orange zest!  If I had Oregan Chai again it would probably taste really weak now, especially since I double up on some of the spices.  I’ve been drinking this tea almost every morning since I first made it a month ago, so I also have the recipe memorized!  Spiced Chai ConcentrateMy changes: 3 sticks cinnamon instead of one Ground ginger (not sure that I like the fresh) 2 cardamom pods A handful of anise seeds Double the cloves 2 peppercorns And black tea is the way to go, not green.It tasted great with (cooled) melted truffles on my graham crackers. 

VICTORY IS MINE!  Oh chai tea, how I love you…
I’m a fan of Oregan Chai Tea Concentrate, but my homemade attempts over the last few years have been less than satisfactory, much less.  Some recipes were too peppery, some had no taste, and some were just…bleh.  
This winning recipe makes my tongue so happy.  It’s nice and strong and has a nice orange taste to it from the orange zest!  If I had Oregan Chai again it would probably taste really weak now, especially since I double up on some of the spices.  I’ve been drinking this tea almost every morning since I first made it a month ago, so I also have the recipe memorized! 

Spiced Chai Concentrate
My changes:

  • 3 sticks cinnamon instead of one
  • Ground ginger (not sure that I like the fresh)
  • 2 cardamom pods
  • A handful of anise seeds
  • Double the cloves
  • 2 peppercorns

And black tea is the way to go, not green.
It tasted great with (cooled) melted truffles on my graham crackers. 

Quilted Mad Tea Party Set, found on PlushYou!Isn’t it adorable?  The fabric is wonderful.Technoplastique has her (very involved) pattern and directions on Instructables.

Quilted Mad Tea Party Set, found on PlushYou!
Isn’t it adorable?  The fabric is wonderful.
Technoplastique has her (very involved) pattern and directions on Instructables.

An art journal page (the first one in a while)!  I started saving the tags from my family’s tea consumption, at first not knowing what I would do with them.  I have a bit of a collecting compulsion.  I see something I like or that sparks a hint of an idea, and before long I have a new collection.  My friends can attest to it; my whole room is one big collection.  Anyway, eventually the idea of a tea tag collage crept into my brain, and here is the result.  Also used: a tea colored distress ink pad, a sticker from the Japanese tape packaging, pen, and a deer cut out of a sticky note (which is hot pink, but the scanner messed up the color).

An art journal page (the first one in a while)!  I started saving the tags from my family’s tea consumption, at first not knowing what I would do with them.  I have a bit of a collecting compulsion.  I see something I like or that sparks a hint of an idea, and before long I have a new collection.  My friends can attest to it; my whole room is one big collection.  Anyway, eventually the idea of a tea tag collage crept into my brain, and here is the result.  Also used: a tea colored distress ink pad, a sticker from the Japanese tape packaging, pen, and a deer cut out of a sticky note (which is hot pink, but the scanner messed up the color).

I bought these shoes at Target for $9 (!!), but they were too white.  So I made some tea and experimented with different shades before finding the one that would give me the cream color I had wanted the shoes to be.  I poured the (very watered down) tea into a spray bottle, and gave my shoes a shower.  When they were wet they just looked, you know, wet, and I thought I had watered down the tea too much, but they were perfect once they were dry.  I wore them out in the rain to test if the color was permanent, and they were just fine! 
You can really see the color difference in the second picture.  Before dyeing, they were the same bright white as the lower part of the shoe.

I had this for dinner one night.  Toasted bagel, egg, provolone cheese, and ham.  That’s some chai tea in the back, the best recipe I’ve tried.  It’s from Williams-Sonoma, but I tweaked the recipe quite a bit.

I had this for dinner one night.  Toasted bagel, egg, provolone cheese, and ham.  That’s some chai tea in the back, the best recipe I’ve tried.  It’s from Williams-Sonoma, but I tweaked the recipe quite a bit.

I tried these British shortbread cookies for the first time.  They should be gross, I mean, you pick one up and it smells like a stick of butter.  But…..they were delicious!  110 calories each (om nom).Like my thrifted teapot?  It’s soo tiny! 

I tried these British shortbread cookies for the first time.  They should be gross, I mean, you pick one up and it smells like a stick of butter.  But…..they were delicious!  110 calories each (om nom).
Like my thrifted teapot?  It’s soo tiny! 

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