These beautiful little cookies are a work of art. They are so dainty and reminiscent of days gone by.
Valentine Coach and Chubby Cherub cookies.
Faux Wedgwood cookies.

True Love in a Teacup

True Love in a teacup? Can this tea be that good? Maybe I should set aside the box of chocolates and say I love you with Valentine's Tea.
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Valentine's Tea deliciously combines the luxurious flavor of fresh-dipped chocolate-covered strawberries with the taste of premium Ceylon black tea. Since I love chocolate and I like strawberries, me and this tea could be a match made in heaven. If anything, it has certainly has captured my curiosity - maybe even my heart!

Mint Tea Facial Toner

I like splashing cool mint tea on my face afer I wash and rinse it. It works like toner and smells pretty nice. You could also use a cotton ball to apply tea to your face. Brew tea as you usually would and let cool before applying.

What do you do with tea?

Besides the health benefits, there are tons of things tea can be used for. Over the next month or so I'll be sharing some of the ways I use tea.

Tea Tan: a healthy alternative to sun and tanning beds
Tan your skin with tea by brewing 2 cups of strong black tea, let it cool, pour into plastic spray bottle. Make sure your skin is clean and dry. Then spray the tea directly on your skin and let it air dry. Repeat as desired for a healthy looking glowing tan.

So, what do you do with tea?

To dream a little dream of tea

While doing some research I came across, What's In A Dream, by Gustavus Hindman Miller, Copyright 1901, and thought it might interest some of my tea drinking visitors.

Tea

To see your friends drinking tea, and you with them, denotes that social pleasures will pall on you, and you will seek to change your feelings by serving others in their sorrows.

To see dregs in your tea, warns you of trouble in love, and affairs of a social nature.

To spill tea, is a sign of domestic confusion and grief.

To find your tea chest empty, unfolds much disagreeable gossip and news.

To dream that you are thirsty for tea, denotes that you will be surprised with uninvited guests.


Teacups
To dream of teacups, foretells that affairs of enjoyment will be attended by you. For a woman to break or see them broken, omens her pleasure and good fortune will be marred by a sudden trouble. To drink wine from one, foretells fortune and pleasure will be combined in the near future.


Teakettle
To dream you see a teakettle, implies sudden news which will be likely to distress you. For a woman to pour sparkling, cold water from a teakettle, she will have unexpected favor shown her.

A Valentine's Day Toast

This is no ordinary Valentine's Day toast. There's no champagne, no raising of glasses, just a slice of bread, a toaster, and this 'I love you' stamp from Archie McPhee Toys.



Go a step further and there's the 'I love you' toaster. Its sure to bring a smile and might even help settle those maritial disputes. The 'I love you' toaster features a removable bread crumb tray, variable browning control, and cool touch walls. Find it at Play.com.



For a truly romantic toast, the kind with champagne, there's the amazing blooming Hibiscus flower. Drop a Hibiscus flower into anything bubbly and the edible bud actually blooms into a beautiful flower. Each jar contains eleven blooms floating in a sweet, pinkish syrup. Simply place one in your champagne flute, pour in some of the syrup, and then fill it with sparkling wine, sparkling water, champagne, or anything with a bit of fizz. As the bubbles stream off the bud it gradually opens up into a spectacular, crown-shaped flower. And what's more, once you've emptied the glass you can actually eat the bloom! It has a delicious raspberry and rhubarb flavor that compliments the champagne. The jar contains 11 flowers and can be purchased at www.firebox.com/product/1984/Wild-Hibiscus-Flowers.