Monday, July 30, 2018

T Stands for Trading ATCs

                    Phi 4:4  Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.


Happy Tuesday to the T Gang!  I was so happy to receive in today's mail an ATC from my partner Kate!   So fun to do this, however, I got the better end of the stick because it was only the third ATC I had ever made! LOL  Here is the lovely multi-layered ATC Kate sent.

Uncle Lee's Tea was the title.

I wanted to show a closeup of Kate's wonderful detail, but I am not the greatest photographer!
Thank you so much Kate for my lovely ATC!  I am a little bit proud of it as you can tell!

That was my happy mail today!  I am smiling!  I guess I could stop there because that would cover my drink related post for T Stands for Tuesday over at  Bleubeard & Elizabeth's Altered Book Lover, but I won't!

I wanted to show you that I do use my  delicate tea set  I showed you last week. We have a tradition of tea parties for the grandkids and the adults around here.  In the following photos, we celebrated our granddaughter's birthday several years ago with a birthday tea with the very set I showed you last week.

  The girls & the boys had tea!
Lovely birthday cupcakes!

I do use the tea set!    Have a happy Tea Day, and thanks for stopping by.  And thank you all for all your lovely comments last week!  How fun!  Thank you, again , Elizabeth for hosting our fun Tea Party every week!

17 comments:

  1. Love Kate's atc her work is amazing-enjoy
    I loved seeing your tea party-so fun for the family!
    Happy T Day hugs Kathy

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  2. That is a super card Sharon. I love all the texture Kate included. It's fun to get art mail, isn't it? And I love seeing the kids tea party. It looks like they had a lot of fun! Have a great T day and have a super week. Hugs-Erika

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  3. Kate's layered ATC was stunning. Yes, most impressive.

    Wow, I'm so impressed you use that tea set AND it still looks brand new. It looks like both the boys and the girls had a fun tea party and wonderful cupcakes and cake, too. Thanks for sharing your partner's ATC and your family tea party with us for T this almost Tuesday.

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  4. Great ATC from Kate. Those cupcakes look sooooooooooooo good! The tea-set looks wonderful, and the kids seem to be having a great time. Happy T Day, hugs, Valerie

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  5. It's good to see you using that lovely Tea set Sharon, those cakes do look delicious as does that fabulous ATC from Kate. Love all those layers and splatter upon the Alice image. Fabulous treasure to keep.
    Happy T Day hugs Tracey x

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  6. happy mail day indeed - what a beautiful atc from kate! and the birthday cupcakes are awesome!
    happy t-day:)

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  7. That's an amazingly complex ATC you received from Kate, so much in a tiny space.
    Fun to see the tea party and the decorative cup-cakes.
    Happy T Day!

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  8. Sharon, what a lovely idea to use your tea set to celebrate Birthdays with the grandkids, our eldest GS is so clumsy, he never has a drink without knocking it over, dread to think of him using your tea cups,
    Have a great week
    Jan x

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  9. Your ATC from Kate looks fantastic, wonderful layers.
    It was lovely seeing your family youngsters using the china and it looks like they were enjoying their tea party. They must have been very careful as they used this special tea set and it probably will be a family memory for them using it.
    Happy T day wishes.
    Yvonne xx

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  10. Wow, what an amazing ATC - the layers are so beautiful! I loved seeing your grandkids enjoying your tea service too, and tea and cake sounds perfect to me, especially pretty birthday cakes - delicious 😀. Wishing you a very Happy T Day! J 😊 x

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  11. Hi Sharon, I am loving the photos of your Grandchildren gathered around that plate of beautiful cupcakes with that pretty tea set. What a great way to get children used to handling fragile china and practicing their best manners. ;) I am looking forward to doing this with my daughter when she gets a bit older.
    Thank you for all of your kind words about the ATC. I am glad that you liked it. Now I just need to find a place to display your pretty ATC. I have never traded ATC's before I very much enjoyed our swap. And I can't wait to incorporate all the lovely tea-themed items you sent into a piece of art. I forgot to mention that I LOVE that strip of stamping you created on the card you sent! I am guessing you used a tea bag to stamp it on.
    Happy Tea Day!
    Kate

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  12. What an elaborate and beautifil ATC you received from Kate!

    A childen's tea party with such a lovely tea set - how special is that? I bet it will be a very fond memory for the kid as they grow up.

    Happy T-day, Sharon! Hugs, Eileenv

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  13. I like how you highlighted the layering on that ATC. Wonderful! Birthday tea parties are a delight! Using a tea set is the whole point ;) Much better than decoration-only :) Happy T Tuesday

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  14. Yes, that is an amazing ATC.
    Thank you for sharing the photos of the tea party. I hadn’t realized that the cups were so small.
    Happy TDay,
    Lisca

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  15. Visiting from T-Tuesday, lovely card Kate did.

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  16. You got a precious ATC from Kate and I adore the lovely teaparty photos! Super!
    Thank you for the well wishes for my dog. He is very well recovering !
    ♥♥♥
    Hugs, and belated T-Day wishes!
    Susi

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  17. Oh I do love a posh tea! Those cakes look yummy! Kates ATC does look amazing! Belated Happy T day, Chrisx

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