Tea Time Treats with Paper Sweeties

Continuing today with the new stamp release from Paper Sweeties.   Look at that darling little teapot and the cute cup and saucer stamped in each polka dot.  I just love these images!

I decided my tea party needed a little treat of tea bag shaped cookies.  I started looking for a shortbread recipe that I thought would work.  My go-to cookbook is our vintage Fanny Farmer.  The first thing I noticed was that the recipe recommended WASHING your butter.  What!!???  

 

Fanny even explains how to hold the butter and wring it under running water.  I think butter must have come very differently from how we get it now!  Needless to say, I did NOT wash the butter, and luckily everything turned out okay.   This is a very tasty shortbread - especially dipped in chocolate!  

All of the new stamps will be available tomorrow at Paper Sweeties.  I used Join Me for Tea and I'm Having a Tea Party on my tea time treat bag.

Lots of excitement going on:

There's still plenty of time to link up your project for the sketch challenge on the Paper Sweeties blog.  If you leave a comment on a February post, you will be entered to win a $10 gift certificate!

When the Paper Sweeties facebook page reaches 555, one lucky fan will win a $50 gift certificate!  Share a project at the Paper Sweeties new release event on facebook between Feb. 13th and 20th - you couldl win a $10 gift certificate!  

These lovely ladies are sharing new release ideas, too:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Char Cundy

Andrea Ewen

Jeanne Jachna

Jinny Newlin

Pattie Goldman

Tammi Hobbs

Can't wait to see the goodies!