I don’t know if it was all the cold and windy weather in Sydney that inspired this piece but it was hard to keep my hair looking good once I stepped out of doors this week…

Available as cards and prints from Mulberry Muse and Cafe Baudelaire

It will also be released as a Christmas version, coming soon as part of the Mulberry Muse 2010 Christmas collection.

A Marie Antoinette themed, shabby chic style, tea party banner from Mulberry Muse

Being British I love my cup of tea, especially a nice hot cup.

What better way to keep the pot warm than these pretty tea cosies

From the lovely   Tabidesigns

If you love to knit try this adorable pattern for a tea cosy from Periwinkle Park

and being inspired I had to design my own Marie Antoinette tea cosy!

Just as a card though not the real thing!!!

Picnics and  lazy summer days…

“Pink Picnic” from A Very Story

“Sunday in Cambridge” by Racey Tay

“Penny Farthing Picnic” from Mulberry Muse

A good cup of English tea brings life’s troubles into perspective, or so it is said!

Bernard-Paul Heroux – 1900s Basque philosopher
“There is no trouble so great or grave
that cannot be much diminished
by a nice cup of tea.”

My latest creation available from Cafe Baudelaire

Marie Antoinette Tea Rose from Mulberry Muse

Pretty Rose Tea cosy from Angharad

From Lola’s Room An uninvited guest

I would love some cake Marie, merci beacoup!

Greeting card from Mulberry Muse

Art Print from Cafe Baudelaire

Sometimes I take my Mother too much for granted and only when I became a parent did I understand just how much my Mother cares for and cherishes her children.

I am also beginning to realise all too late how precious a relationship with a Grandmother can be.

I loved to visit my Grandmother and share afternoon tea with her. She would always use the best china tea set and that pretty tea set has stayed in my memory forever.

My Mother shared with me how much that meant to her and that she still has one of those special teacups that belonged to my Grandmother.

The tea set was a wedding present given to my Grandmother, she was a ladies maid, by her employer.

Make your Mother a “Queen” for a day!

Available as cards and prints from Mulberry Muse and Cafe Baudelaire

Saturday (20th March) is World Macaron Day! In celebration of the wonderful French Macaron.
At the Versailles Court in Paris, members of the Dalloyau family, whose descendants later founded the gastronomy house of the same name, served macarons to royalty.
The delicious macaron filled with cream that is so popular today was invented by the French pâtisserie Ladurée.

Macarons darling! from Mulberry Muse

Luscious Macaron with rose creme au beurre from www.foodbeam.com

Macaron recipe card and notecard set from Mulberry Muse

Have a scrumptious day:)

“A chemise, shift, or smock was usually sewn at home, by the women of a household. It was assembled from rectangles and triangles cut from one piece of cloth so as to leave no waste. The poor would wear skimpy chemises pieced from a narrow piece of rough cloth; the rich might have voluminous chemises pieced from thin, smooth fine linen.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemise

Today the term chemise often refers to women’s fashions that vaguely resemble a shift, or under garment, but are usually more delicate and provocative.

Mulberry Muse Marie Antoinette Lace Chemise available as greeting cards.

From Vintage Star Beads a gorgeous chemise