Tea and Mandalas, of course

Chamomile or chai

Or peppermint with honey

In a pretty cup

Random tea facts about me...

*I remember asking for seconds of a delicious homegrown herbal tea at an herb farm my Mom and Dad and I visited so many years ago. I remember it being the best tea!!

*Honey and lemon tea makes me feel better when I'm sick with a cold.

*I loved Wu Wie tea from isabella catalog but they discontinued it so now I buy Immortalitea from there. It is made from the jiaogulan leaf which is said to be what some of the civilizations that live to be over 100 drink and have in common. I need to order more.

*I love all the tea packages with pretty boxes and quotes . I can stand in the tea aisle forever. Makes me wish I designed packaging.

***Tea is good but wine is better.

*I have a special teacup,just for reading tea leaves but I forget to use it.

I'm linking to paint party friday, and
IA whose theme is inspired by words, as this was inspired by the quote on the side of the Bigelow box: "Bigelow tea.... good for the mind body and soul" maybe not what they had in mind when deciding the theme but it worked for me!
and to Justaddwater as their theme is coffee or tea.
And to haiku my heart for all their wonderful haiku!

this week

a quick week here...

I finished my spread in the sisterhood sketchbook for September. Autumn is my favorite season, I love the colors, the feel of the air, the cooler breezes, wearing sweaters, etc etc  so I wrote a few of those things on my artwork of a lady falling in to a field of goldenrod. The sun is a long slanting warm september sun. I also love that september; with school starting, always seems like a chance to start over, get organized, get things right!

The second page is where we write about what we painted and I also did a quick color wheel from my college interior design class where we learned the word "shibui". It's the colors of nature, and you make it by adding 1 part of the color opposite on the color wheel.  (Thank you  to my professor, Mr. Nye 20 years ago.)

I also got some of those little circles made into pendants but only got one photographed for my etsy shop.

I won th alpacateam challenge again so this week people are using this item in the treasuires... so much fun!!!

And I'm part of the etsy ugly cute team on etsy and a fellow team member had the great idea to use other team members art items for inspiration for her  plush stuffed fleece creatures. You can see her shop here...
http://www.etsy.com/shop/kathrynmuse?ref=seller_info
here's my art she used for inspiration...

and here's her plush guy....

                                                  Isn't he just the cutest? I love him!

You can check out her shop for more art inspired plushies!!!!

And one last thing... Does any one else love cemetaries or is it just me? My co-workers think I'm crazy to go for walks in cemetaries. But it's as close to getting out in nature that you can get in town, there's definately a feeling of peace there, a hushed reverence like a church I suppose, either from the old trees or from the spirits. And the old stones are so pretty, so my photos a day are from the cemetary this week...

steps to nowhere...

See ya next week!

Yippee!

Just wanted to share that the treasury above for the 1000thingsalpaca team treasury challenge has been selected as this week's winning treasury! Which means that all the people who play  along will be using an item from my etsy shop this week in their treasuries, and I get to pick my favorite to be the winner next saturday! anyone can play along, you don't need to be a member of their team, but if you want to read the rules to the challenge you can go here...

http://1000thingsalpaca.blogspot.com/

The more the merrier so why don't you join in and make a treasury, next week it could be your shop that everyone is checking out!