~The New Tea Business~

I had so much fun reading through your comments about what you think I may be doing with "Tea" soon. :) And you had very good guesses. My sweet Mama and I are indeed opening a tea business but not an actual tea room that will serve dinners. We will have a traveling tea tasting business and also be making and selling essential oils and other items. (Did ya'll know that I do Reflexology?) I will be doing this also. I haven't done it professionally in many years but now is the time to start it back up.

Thank you for all of your guesses and I will be checking in now and then but will no longer be blogging as before. My time is being spent going and coming this way and that way.
It looks as though we will be moving again soon and we will be busy setting up a new home, as well as, a new business. So my time will be eaten up for awhile. But I will try to keep ya'll updated along the way and hope ya'll won't forget about me. :)

Hope ya'll are having a GREAT summer!!! :)

Hugs & Blessings,

~Katherine~
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~Teacups and Tea are for me~

I have been enjoying my summer vacation......how about you?

It seems that most all of my blogging friends are not posting as much right now because we are all so busy enjoying the outdoors and not spending time on our computers as much as when we were cooped up inside during the winter months. :)

But not only have I been enjoying my summer vacation but I have recently started my own business with my Sweet Mama. Can you guess what it is all about? hmmmm............

Please send me your comments and your guesses.

I'll let you know about the secret soon. :)

Hugs & Blessings,

~Katherine~
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~Tea Room Visit~

Happy Easter to ya'll!!!

I know that many of you are spending time with family today and celebrating the Resurrection Day. So I wanted to share the pics from my celebration that me and my sweet Mama had on Good Friday. It wasn't any traditional food or anything like that. We just enjoy going to Tea Rooms and decided to try a new one out while we were enjoying our holiday.


This one is owned by a sweet Christian lady whose husband is a bee keeper. They have many honey products of course, and the honey was delicious tasting too.

Here is the entrance. It's called, "The Vineyard Tea Room." And the store is called, "Honey Heaven."

This mural was by our table and I thought it was so pretty. I just wanted to walk into the garden in the wall. :)

We ordered the quiche and salad. Sorry, I already took a bite before taking the pic. I was really hungry. :)

The orange spice tea was so smooth and tasty. They also bring you honey mustard covered chips to snack on.

I thought this tea board was really cute.

Have a Happy Easter Sunday!!!

Hugs & Blessings,

~Katherine~
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~Lemon Bars~

These are so delicious and easy to make!

Ingredients:

1-1/2 cups flour
2/3 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1-1/2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1/4 cup lemon juice
Extra powdered sugar

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In a small bowl, combine flour, sugar and butter until crumbly; pat into a greased 13" x 9" baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, in a bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, flour and lemon juice until frothy; pour over the hot crust. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with powdered sugar. Cut into squares. Yield: 3-4 dozen.

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Enjoy with a hot cup of tea!!!

~Katherine~

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Katherine's Place Tea Room & Gifts

When we first purchased our home in 2001, we were living in the upstairs area and had a Tea Room in the downstairs level. My Mother and I ran the Tea Room and my daughters helped out also. It was a lot of fun and we had many Tea Parties here.

After a few years we really needed more living space and decided it was best to live in the whole house at the end of 2004 and we closed the Tea Room.

We hope to open it again someday at another location.

Below are some pics of what it looked like then.

(Sorry about the poor quality of the pics. They are from the old 35mm camera.)

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Below is the business sign.

One was on the porch and the other in the driveway.

This is the sign that hung from the mailbox and could be seen both ways from the street.

This is the view from the street. It sure was a cold wintery day.

No sunshine. :(

The side porch entryway on a sunny day. :)

Front Door with Christmas wreath hung.

My birthday rosebush given to me by my Mama when we opened the Tea Room.

Side porch and entry to the Tea Room. It is decorated for Christmas.
And Patriotic too.
(Since this photo, we added a wheelchair ramp for my Grandma)

Another view from the entry porch.

(Notice in this pic that the wicker sofa replaced the plastic one)

Place setting for One.
We served a six course meal.


I loved the lights over the archway, especially at night. They were so romantic.

(The dresser with the mirror was my Great Grandma's.)


My Pink Romantic Powder Room

The wisteria over the archway was my Mama's favorite.

Part of the gift area.

We love to have a romantic fire in the evenings

and we have enough chilly nights that we can do just that!

This is the checkout decked out with an original St. Louis cash register with gold inlay.

That thing weighs over 100 pounds so that a bank robber couldn't take off with it easily.

I didn't like all of the dark green walls and since then have painted

a nice light creamy tan with pearl glazing.

Looking from the checkout area into the dining room.

Hope you enjoyed looking at the Tea Room pics.

It has brought back a lot of fond memories for me. :)

I love to have tea and visit Tea Rooms.

So, if you are in the area, drop by for a cup of tea.

One of my favorite teas is apple-cinnamon.

What is your favorite?

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Katherine