You are invited to my One Year Anniversary Teapot Tuesday Tea Party!
This is my story!
1. How time flies! 52 Tuesday's ago, I was making my first Teapot Tuesday card and here I am today, a year later, still at it! It's my one year anniversary! Whoo! Hoo! I chose a really special Teapot to feature this week. My friend (upline/demo) Carn recently visited her son and took a little side trip to see the Queen at Windsor Castle. While she was there she purchased this wonderful little Crown Porcelain teapot for me. I knew immediately it was the perfect little one year anniversary teapot for me to feature today! Thank you Carn! You are so good to me!
2. Amazingly enough, last week I got a phone call from the Queen (giggle!) and it turns out she's very impressed that we have all been so faithful every week in honoring something so near and dear to her heart, TEA!! We've been invited to a tea party at Windsor Castle! I immediately accepted her invitation even when she implied that we needed to behave! Yikes! So, get yourself a manicure and put your best pinky forward cuz you're gonna need to hold that pinky high when toasting the Queen!
3. When she put me on hold to have her *people* talk to my *people* (who is me!), her assistant told me that the guards from Buckingham Palace will also be there on the same Tuesday dressed in their red uniforms with big furry black hats! Evidently lots of people make complete fools of themselves trying to get these guys to lighten up! Not sure why that information was relevant.
To see the rest of the Teapot Tuesday cards, the details on my challenge/supplies and for the *rest of the story* visit my blog.
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 GMT Views: 837
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Registered: April 24, 2008 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 2213
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 @ 5:55 AM
Happy Anniversary for Teapot Tuesday! I have only been following your teapot parties for a short time,but have enjoyed it tremendously! Not only are your cards creative,,but your stories always make me laugh!
I love this teapot and your card is an amazing piece of art!
Love it!
See you at the castle!
Registered: November 27, 2004 Location: Carpal Tunnel � slowed me down. Posts: 2272
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 @ 9:30 AM
Incredible doesn't begin to describe this card. You deserve a tea with the queen for this!
Nice to know there will be plenty of teapots to go around at the party - but that castle looks like it might blow over in a good wind and we are coming at it like a hurricane.
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Registered: April 4, 2006 Location: Boxertown USA, IL Posts: 67305
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 @ 10:02 AM
Wow, wow, wow. This is beautiful and so creatively, intense. How sweet of Carn to bring you such a fabulous teapot. I think I will check in on the tea party. About that manicure, I don't have time, so try to keep the Queen's attention from my ink stained fingers. OH, I know, I will wear some little white gloves, that will work.
Registered: May 2, 2005 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 24136
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 @ 11:48 AM
Happy Anniversary Cindy!!! I absolutely love your magnificent card!!! I haven't attended your tea parties until recently but I have always viewed them and thought them to be so much fun. Last week at the Japanese party with the sumo wrestlers was so crazy. I got so caught up in it, it seemed real! I just wanted to give you a personal thank you for hosting such fun tea parties! A whole year... WOW... that's quite an accomplishment! I do plan on attending more this year!
Cheerio!!!!!
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Registered: November 3, 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 10333
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 @ 3:45 PM
Did I ever tell you this card is FAN-CASTL-IC...that's fan-castle-ic in English, hee! I am in awe of the castle, let alone all the intricate brickwork, and the vines! And all the sweet teapots perched in all areas of Windsor so the Queen can have tea wherever she wants! I'll take mine next to Prince William, he's such a hottie, hee!!!! Thanks sooo much for opening all of our eyes to the glory of a simple little teapot! You are spawning collections across the glob....I mean, GLOBE...SNORT!
Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 @ 5:10 PM
Congrats Cindy on number 52!!! Whoo Hoo! I'm just sorry I didn't join in the fun earlier. What a blast. I have never been to so many places in my life! Sumo wrestling watching last week and now England visiting the Queen! Ya just never know week to week where it will take you. BTW, love your castle card here with all the teapots in the windows. You really know how to make a fantastic card! Congrats again, and thanks for all the fun at your teapot parties. Here's looking forward to another 52! TFS :0)
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Registered: July 1, 2007 Location: small town near montreal, quebec Posts: 26677
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 @ 6:54 PM
Happy Anniversary Cindy! I know I've said it before, but oh my! I do love your sweet castle and all the details. You are one fine hostess! The craziest I know and love. Congrats Cindy, and you can send my congrats to Gertie too! LOL
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Tue, Jun 23, 2009 @ 7:21 PM
Wow Cindy! Once I got over the initial shock of the tri fold done so beautifully, I began to study your castle (coz I am trying to make one for this now!) Amazing work once again, and tied to a great memory too. Congrats on your anniversary. I hope the Photographer sees the need to take you to dinner for such a fine occasion! Snugs!
------------------------------ Pat Smethers "The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden." Isaiah 58:11
Registered: November 7, 2006 Location: Willamette Valley Oregon Posts: 34500
Tue, Jun 23, 2009 @ 7:44 PM
if you ain't the queens' favorite pet, I don't know nothin'! What perfect card for our little party...though I heard the Mounties were called out to escort us back home...imagine riding those studs back across the ocean...you'd probably never think about 'Wild West' again...what with those legs in parentheses.
Okay, so I am not so funny! Congratulations on a wonderful happy, creative year, MotherMark
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