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Dreaming of blush and violet – Bedroom makeover with Just Bedding

I dream of painting and then I paint my dream Vincent Van Gogh   Life as a “housewife” is hectic and crazy, but it also involves a lot of love, and personal growth. While I consider myself a creative, the idea of styling my house has always seemed like an impossible task to me. Affording… Continue reading Dreaming of blush and violet – Bedroom makeover with Just Bedding

dining out · food · tea · Travel

Roses are red, travel is sweet. Plus Teaview: For the Love of Tea – English Rose

This is a repost from lost data a while back. If you haven’t seen it, enjoy.  Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet. Katharine Lee Bates View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kelly (@whoknewiwasahousewife) Last December the husband and I went for a sneaky getaway in Bowral. We stayed at… Continue reading Roses are red, travel is sweet. Plus Teaview: For the Love of Tea – English Rose

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The Search for Perfection. Bluebelle and Teaview: Chocolate Treasure and Chai Masala, Green Valley Spices

“Perfection is everywhere if we only choose to recognise it.” Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea   A fellow teastagrammer (ahhhh, internet) recently posed a question: View this post on Instagram A post shared by 🍵 Tea Angle 🍵 (@teaangle) Does perfection exist? A simple and complicated question.   The answer relies on your definition… Continue reading The Search for Perfection. Bluebelle and Teaview: Chocolate Treasure and Chai Masala, Green Valley Spices

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Lacy Blue plus Teaview: High Tea with Harriet’s Sunday breakfast tea and The Brewing Crate subscription

I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature. Coco Chanel I’d never much been into lacy, frilly things when I was younger. In fact, I was rather repulsed by all things girly. Even when I got married at 23 (wow, 23) I chose a dress that… Continue reading Lacy Blue plus Teaview: High Tea with Harriet’s Sunday breakfast tea and The Brewing Crate subscription

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Red blossoms plus teaview: Perfect South, Shincha First Harvest

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust Some friends are for the moment and some for longer. Some friendships are fostered through mutual interests, or work, or study, or locality. And then there are some friends who own a piece… Continue reading Red blossoms plus teaview: Perfect South, Shincha First Harvest

baking · food · recipes · tea

Thriftea art deco find, jam dots and Teaview: T2 French Earl Grey

There is a kind of beauty in imperfection – Conrad Hall Thriftea. See what I did there? *snort* I stumbled across this quirky trio in an op-shop. What is it even doing? It gabbled several languages in its haphazard green, orange, black and gold paint. I was confused and transfixed. I didn’t quite know what I thought of… Continue reading Thriftea art deco find, jam dots and Teaview: T2 French Earl Grey

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Oolong through the looking glass: New glass teaware plus teaview – T2 Oolong choc chai

“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass. Don’t let… Continue reading Oolong through the looking glass: New glass teaware plus teaview – T2 Oolong choc chai

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Got any blacker? Plus Teaview: Japanese Sencha, T2

Does anyone remember that ad? Probably noone under thirty at the least (and definitely not outside of Australia). It pre-dates Not Happy Jan, which I’m told is barely within memory. How did I get this old? Anywho, yes, yes, I know. You’ve missed me. And I’ve been buying tea and teaware and not sharing it… Continue reading Got any blacker? Plus Teaview: Japanese Sencha, T2