Tuesday, August 6, 2013

T STANDS FOR TUESDAY.... NEW AND FUN!!

Hello and welcome to my blog, would you like to come in and have some tea and a lovely chat. I am excited to be joining in at Elizabeth's for T stands for Tuesday, what a fun way to visit and meet some new people. To join in and read more about this click on the T for Tuesday button in the upper right corner of my blog. This is my first time linking up with Elizabeth so I thought I'd share a little about myself. First, tea has been a part of my life for over 20 years, it's how I start my day. Waking up early while the house is still quiet and the kids are sleeping it's just me, my hot tea and clicking away on the computer. I drink one cup of hot Lipton tea each morning, it's the only way I know to start my day. I use to heat up a kettle for my water but when time was an issue, the microwave came in handy. Now after several tries I know my hot water is just right when microwaved for 1 minute and 26 seconds, a few dunks with the tea bag and a little sugar with a splash of milk, uuummm just right.
 
I am a mom to 4 wonderful kids, married to a sweetie, a scrapbooker, a Project Lifer and for 3 years now a lover to paints and sharpies. I love telling mine and my family's stories any way I can, that's how my blog got started. I love to write from the heart and to help remember everything because it's getting harder to keep all the facts straight. The color blue was my favorite till 3 years ago when I started painting, it opened my eyes to the beauty of loving all the colors and some nights I dream in colors. Taking online classes when I can also keeps me busy and inspired to learn new things. My last class was Wildflowers, so much fun this one was. Drawing new flowers, beaches, boats, sunhats and more this class made my heart very happy. I took a little of what I learned and went a little crazy doing a little something for Elizabeth's T for Tuesday. I will share pictures in just a moment.
 
My first thought when reading this at Elizabeth's was that we had to talk about tea and share our cups each week. Now after rereading I see it's about anything we want to talk about as long as there is a picture of a cup in the post. So after thinking and writing down lists here is my plan for Tuesday's...
 
To share old and new thoughts and pictures about our cups and drinks we enjoy
To share a little bit of art, still working out the kinks to this one
To sharing stories about my day or week, my OLW this year is STORY and I love to share mine
To visit thru the links at T for Tuesday, always love this part
To trying new things just for Tuesday's and sharing them with you
 
I want to thank Elizabeth for giving us this special place we can meet and visit each other. We have only recently met thru SOC and just started making our first mandalas together (see the post below to see mine second mandala) so I'm happy to continue our new friendship and interests with each other. So during this week I kept thinking about tea cups and wanting to draw some and those drawings became so much more. I started painting and coloring them and share them with you. Still not sure what else I want to do with them but am hoping to do something art/tea related each Tuesday.
here are the drawings/sketches of them. I would do a few each day thru out the day. All different sizes and trying not to make them too perfect or it will stress me out. Click on the image to see better
here are the ones done in acrylic, just simple cups with white backgrounds for now. I will share the others with you next week. Thinking the crayon ones might end up being my favorite but time will tell. I love when something new inspires me and gets me creating, thank you Elizabeth for that, all week it was teacups and mandalas for me. What a fun week for me it was.
Thanks so much for your visit and I'm looking forward to seeing what your sharing today also. Remember to click on the T for Tuesday button above  and see the post below for my mandala.
Happy Tuesday everyone, enjoy the rest of your week.

30 comments:

  1. I love the heart mugs and of course your mouse.... I have a very small mouse and a very big mug this week!

    ((Lyn)) Happy T Time!!

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    1. Hello and thank you for the kind words. How funny you are, Happy T Time!

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  2. I just popped down to see your mandala and I love the bright colours and shapes you chose! So glad you decided to join us for tea, its so civilised!! LOL

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    1. Hello and thanks for the visit and kind words. I'm glad you liked my squash mandala. Joining you for tea this week has been so nice, just what I needed. Happy Tuesday

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  3. These are simply PERFECT cups for your first T post. I really like the way you choose to color them throughout the day. I bet some of them even show up in your Project Life stories in weeks to come.

    I'm also glad you took the time to introduce yourself. So many of these friends have no idea who you are, and I don't think any of them participated in SOC.

    I'm really excited and glad you have joined for T. I look forward to many, many more.

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    1. Hello Elizabeth, thanks so much for the kind words. I was hoping you would enjoy my cups, I'm sure they will keep popping up over the weeks. I do try to include some of my art things in my PL, that's what I love it's about me and not just the kids or hubby. Took me a couple years to figure that one out.
      I thought the best thing was to introduce myself, everyone has been so kind and fun to know.
      Thanks so much for this place to share, looking forward to it. HUGS!

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  4. Boy you have your tea down to a science! that is awesome because with 4 kids auto pilot can be a blessing on some mornings. I know, I have 3 sons. They are all but grown now but still at home and well, kids are kids no matter how old.
    Those are the cutest heart mugs. They would make great stickers!
    Happy T to you
    Peace~
    Dawn

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    1. Hello Dawn, yep it's like clockwork for me now, ha! Thank you for the visit and so glad we are both doing T now also. I'm glad you enjoyed my heart mugs and stickers sounds like a good idea.
      Happy Tuesday!

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  5. So nice to learn more about you. I also did SOC. I'll have to peek more at your blog to refresh my memory of you. :)
    Happy Tuesday!

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    1. Hi Halle, nice to meet you, thanks for visiting. I will check out your posts too from SOC, think I actually remember yours. Happy Tuesday!

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  6. LOVE to see you're doing all this sketching work!!. It is so liberating, isn't it?. I still do little sketches now and then but I haven't shared them for a long time now :). LOVE your tea cups, yes I do love tea too. I remembered one artist doing tea cup drawings from SOC, was it Elizabeth?. So inspiring. It's fun that you have all these exciting ideas on your blog now, I love reading them!. Hugs.

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    1. Hello dear friend, so glad you came by, this is something you should join in too. I love your stories and pictures so you would be right at home. I miss your sketches, maybe you can share them later when you have more time.
      There was someone doing a cup thing at SOC, it's not Elizabeth though,can't remember who it was, will check and see. I do like having some new things to look forward too. Take care, HUGS!

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  7. i've never heard of project life before, so i've learned something new already today :)

    i like your sketches.

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    1. Hello and thank you for your visit. Stick around here and you will know all about Project Life, its what my blog was mainly created for but now I share even more good stuff. Thanks for the kind words. Happy Tuesday!

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  8. Fun that you got to join in for tea today Dawn!
    I have to say how much I admire mom's today juggling families, art, life AND blogging too! not sure how I would have fit it all in back when

    your tea cups are fun and I agree that creating should be enjoyable and not stressful

    Happy T day to you
    oxo

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    1. Hello Patty, so glad to join you this week for T, it's so nice and feels like home already. I do juggle but have it pretty easy since my kids are older and I don't work outside of home. I keep my stuff on the kitchen table all day so that makes it easy to do little bits at a time. I'm blessed with a supportive hubby that does a lot around the house and help with the kids.
      I do try not to stress when doing art, it's a daily learning.
      Happy Tuesday!

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  9. It's so nice to meet you through T Tuesday! I admire you for finding time for yourself in what must otherwise be a very busy life!

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    1. Hello and thanks for your visit. It took me years to finally make time for myself and now I do it at least daily or whenever I can without feeling guilty or letting the house comepletly fall apart, lol.
      Nice to meet you too, Happy Tuesday!

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  10. You always find the fun challenges to take part in! Love hearing about your morning tea ritual! Your cup sketches are so fun! I just LOVE LOVE LOVE your cups with the hearts on the front! They are adorable! Thanks for sharing your creativity and enthusiasm with us!

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    1. Hi Michelle, thanks so much for coming by. I'm glad you enjoyed my cups, they are so fun to make, simple but happy for me. I'm enjoying your daily blogging again so thank you!

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  11. Hi again! You have a lot of teacup drawings there, and I'm sure that you'll find lots of uses for them. Do you ever use teacup imagery in your Project life?

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    1. Hi Denise, thanks for coming back. I haven't used cups in my PL but can see that they will be in there soon. Not sure what I will do with these but for now will just keep making them.

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  12. Love the cups! Awesome colors. Like you I don't do perfect anything cause I stress to much over it and it is suppose to be fun. Have a great week. Vickie

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  13. Fab drawings of tea cups! Love the mandala one post below.

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  14. so nice to hear about you and your family...enjoyed your tea cups. maybe they will end up in a Project Life spread? or an art journal?

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  15. Hello and thanks for visiting my Blog yesterday for T Tuesday.I love your Mugs, can't beat a good Mug even when they are a Drawing:)

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  16. Dawn, I can see that you're enjoying your Tuesday 'Tea and chat' so much. So good to read about how you start your day. Your cups are so pretty. The acrylic ones are awesome and I love the little white hearts on them.
    SusaN

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  17. Awwwwww Dawn! I absolutely loved reading your post! I love to get up early, too, before the whole house gets up! I usually have coffee, but a cup of tea really sounds nice, too! I loved seeing your pretty painted cups, especially the ones with the hearts! They are absolutely adorable! And like Michelle, I wanted to tell you how much I love that you find the BEST challenges and you take part in them! Such a great way to meet new people! Thanks so much for sharing a little part of you with us!

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  18. These would make great stamps! Ever tried carving your own stamp? There are lots of tutorials on the internet. Anyway, love your cups :)

    xx Monica

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  19. I love me-bears comment Dawn seriously you should try and make a stamp even if its with a potato. Now for my addiction yes i have a few and most seem to be craft related this is and isn't crafty, i really wish you were here as i have quite a huge collection of cup stamps and tea pot stamps, my other addiction is coffee not tea but hey you drink that in a cup as well. I also collect china cups and tea sets, i have a few antique i mean over 100 years old and some newer ones, currently i seem to be collecting espresso cups i have soooo many sets.
    Loved your T for Tuesday post.
    xx

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