‘Morning Girls, here’s your MUSICA for today. ♥ This is a very good song for memorizing ~ it’s delightful for singing at the top of your lungs in a Smallville shower, nice while cleaning out cupboards, fun while driving in the car, even good if you have to be in bed to wait for your new knee to heal (or something like that).♥ Sing it into the ear of a child, or your better half, and life gets really good.
Speaking of Smallville; here is a little thing that will make your frozen mornings 
a little less so. I have two pairs of these darling sexy shoes you see above,the most comfortable shoes in the world . . . this pair is in the kitchen in front of the heat vent getting warm, while the other is on my feet, slowly (but surely) chilling up. Soon I will exchange places with them and my cold feet, as they slip into the deep warmth of freshly heated shoes, will purr the immortal words: Ooo La Wee.
a little less so. I have two pairs of these darling sexy shoes you see above,the most comfortable shoes in the world . . . this pair is in the kitchen in front of the heat vent getting warm, while the other is on my feet, slowly (but surely) chilling up. Soon I will exchange places with them and my cold feet, as they slip into the deep warmth of freshly heated shoes, will purr the immortal words: Ooo La Wee.
Some variation of these two old cashmere sweaters and that brown shawl are my daily outfit for working at my art table. Not pretty, but cozy ~ works perfectly in Smallville. I took the picture pointed at my lap (sucking in my tummy to protect the innocent).
As you know, I’ve been doing lots of painting for my 2016 calendars, but I took a little time out and did something just for fun I thought you might like to see.
This is Paul Lucas, he is the darling husband of my good friend Rachel. It’s his birthday at the end of the month. And it’s a big one.
That’s Paul on the left, Ray in the middle,(we’re in Maine) and who’s that other guy in the picture with the beret? Oh, yeah, that’s Joe!
Some of you know Ray from Twitter, some know her from Sugar Moon Brownies, and others from her own Blog (she’s more famous every day, another hardworking girl in Smallville) . . . and,
Here’s where they live. You might recognize it because I wrote about Ray and Paul in A FINE ROMANCE; they are English and live in England and part of the reason we went over was to see them. You might remember that wonderful recipe for Ray’s amazing Lemon Butter Cookies on P. 139 of A FINE ROMANCE? (One of our Girlfriends made the cookie HERE in her Blog, in case you don’t have the book but need the recipe!)
This is Paul with Ray’s darling nephew Will. Paul is doing a one-of-a-kind birthday cello recital for Ray’s mum on her sun porch. See? he’s wonderful.
♥
Just ask the love of their lives . . . this is Ray’s and Paul’s “dog” Alice. I use the word “dog” only because I know Alice doesn’t look at blogs.
Her collar says it all.
You may have noticed that Paul is the picture of sartorial splendor, he always looks darling. As you know if you read A Fine Romance, he sometimes wears an ascot. He’s one of a kind. I love his new beard and mustache.
It’s men like this that give me hope for the world. (He’s in my pantry ironing his pants a couple of Christmases ago.) So I decided I wanted, even though I’m much too far away to do him total birthday justice, to help him and Rachel
So I decided to paint him in all his dapper charmingness, or at least as much as I could muster onto a flat piece of paper. Including the dog pin on his lapel and the brilliant scarlet handkerchief in his pocket.
The colors in that photo of him made it easy to make the decision ~ I had fun painting every single stripe, plaid and eye sparkle.
I’m almost done!
I added a few descriptive words, put on a little border, watercolored his name and then signed it. Paul is funny with words: instead of Vineyard Haven, he calls where we live “the Haven” (no one calls it that); and instead of Martha’s Vineyard which many people shorten to “The Vineyard,” not Paul, he calls it “Martha’s.” He calls Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc, “Kimmie.” And now, so do we and all our friends do too. It’s catching . . . if you like Kimmie, you’ll probably call it that from now on too. It will go viral!
Witty, Talented and Cute. Oh yes, and he raises bees in their garden.
So, while Joe reglued an old frame we had lying around Smallville, taking out all the teeny nails and framing it for me . . . I wrote a card, and went looking through my sticker collection for something Birthday-like to put on the 
envelope. My eye landed on a three-dimensional pink polka-dot birthday hat, with a real, red-yarn pompom on top (no longer being made if you can imagine that sad state of affairs) I tried it on Paul. It fit perfectly. So him.
envelope. My eye landed on a three-dimensional pink polka-dot birthday hat, with a real, red-yarn pompom on top (no longer being made if you can imagine that sad state of affairs) I tried it on Paul. It fit perfectly. So him.
So I left it there, stuck to the outside of the glass, thinking it was kind of the cat’s meow. Joe wrapped it up in 3 lbs of bubble wrap and it’s on the way to England even as we speak.
So that’s what makes Smallville special, we’re in charge around here. We make our own fun.
And speaking of fun . . . it’s your turn! You know I can never just come out and announce the winner of a Giveaway. Oh no, must drag out the suspense like my dad used to do at Christmas, thereby almost doing his children in with the hysteria of the thought of what Santa might bring them!!! Unbearable! Hope I can do the same for you. (No, I know ~ it’s not quite the same thing!)
OK, anyway, Vanna, unlike her usual self (usually she sleeps in late, resting up because of the many Euro Trash parties she loves to attend), is actually already UP, and dressed and ready for her big moment. She wafts by me in the palest whisp of Chanel #5, wearing a gown that looks suspiciously JUST LIKE the one that Kate Hudson wore at the Golden Globes, (Vanna has no idea how she freaks out the people who live in Smallville. But her joie de vivre is so compelling I can’t bring myself to put a damper on her. I just let her do what she needs to do and get her out of here before Joe gets up!)
Our Vanna is named for Vanna White, the most well-known Game Girl of our times. Our virtual Vanna is a professional when it comes to 
drawing the winning name from a huge vat of names. Nobody does it better. She’s the double-oh-seven of the Game Girl world and we are proud to call her our own. This is one of her bedroom slippers.
drawing the winning name from a huge vat of names. Nobody does it better. She’s the double-oh-seven of the Game Girl world and we are proud to call her our own. This is one of her bedroom slippers.
And so. While I was writing about her, she was busy digging deep into the well with all your names ~ she actually dives in, a graceful high dive (especially in that dress), and swims through them to mix them up, she’s like the Little Mermaid that way, a little silver fish. And she just popped up with teeny piece of paper. Let me get my glasses . . .
Ohhhh, how wonderful! Here goes: The winner is . . . drum roll please . . .
J A N H A M M O N D !!!
Congratulations Jan!
You are our LUCKY Winner! Please look for an email in your box, write me back and send me your home address so I can pop your books in the mail to you. I hope the new books help organize you and Gale (in her comment, Jan mentioned that if she won, she’d give the other book to her girlfriend Gale).
But that’s not all, there’s more . . . first of all, here comes Valentine’s Day, and Janie made us some adorable new banners! I wanted to let you know before they’re all gone . . . Kellee snuck them into the store last week and they’re already flying out.
Janie always makes the cutest envelopes to go with the banners ~ these little banners make the perfect Valentine’s gifts.
Janie made these Swedish hearts for us too, they come in both white and red and in darling envelopes of their own.
Sooooo, I hope everyone is feeling festive and organized and no one is too disappointed ~ the hardest thing I do is announce a winner! But I really wanted to thank you for the lovely, wonderful comments you left on the last post. You are an amazing bunch of Girlfriends!
I feel like we’re on some sort of roll, I hate to see it come to an end, so, because it’s almost Valentine’s Day, I thought . . . maybe . . . we should . . .
have another. . .
another what? ~ another what? . . . another cup of tea?
La-dee-da . . . la-dee-da
GIVEAWAY!! After all, winter is long, and the secret of a happy life is continuous small treats, right? . . . and a tea pot really isn’t very big . . .just the perfect size for Smallville.
Remember, you saw that teapot in A Fine Romance?
I’ve had mine for a long time ~ remember how well it mixes with my mismatched dishes?
And how cute it looked at our Valentine’s Breakfast party with the Johnson Brothers Rose Chintz dishes? I think you would love having one as much as I do.
And there’s even more, it’s a really BIG Giveaway! Because I thought it would be nice to include this ~ a tin of our own private label Earl Grey tea with Lavender and Rose Petals. Yum!
Oh yes! And one more thing, since it’s Valentine’s Day we’re talking about . . .
I thought, even though most of you already have it, A FINE ROMANCE would make a good Valentine’s present because 
you could give it away to someone you love. And if you don’t already have the book, if your name is drawn, you would now have access to the recipe for Rachel’s Lemon Butter Cookies. It’s a win-win! And I hope you do! Win, I mean. My way of saying Thank You!
you could give it away to someone you love. And if you don’t already have the book, if your name is drawn, you would now have access to the recipe for Rachel’s Lemon Butter Cookies. It’s a win-win! And I hope you do! Win, I mean. My way of saying Thank You!
Kitties love it too.♥ And vice versa.
So, we’re going to have another drawing ~ after all we don’t want that silver manicure of Vanna’s to go to waste, 
and she adores Valentines Day more than any other . . . so, to sum up: if you left a comment on the post below for the Internet Address Books, you are already entered for the teapot, book and tea! But if not, leave a comment at the bottom of this post and tell your mom, your sister, your grammie, your BFF, your great-aunt Mary, your Twitter friends, Pinterest Peeps, and Facebook pals to come on over and enter too. 
The prizes: one of our dear Girlfriends is going to get a 4-cup, Emma Bridgewater Heart Teapot, my “Come Sit Stay” tea tin with delicious Lavender and Rose Petal Earl Grey Tea, AND a signed copy of A FINE ROMANCE.♥(And you think YOU’RE having fun! HA! When people talk about “the power of the Internet” I think this is what they mean! At least here in Smallville.)
Rubbing hands together in attack of pathological enthusiasm.
And P.S. if just thinking about this inspires you to envision having a Valentine’s Tea Party, the first thing you will need are invitations . . . so here you go! 
Click there and you can print out as many as you need on card stock or heavy paper (one of our girlfriends said she used a cut-down manila envelope and it worked perfectly! Probably an interesting color too, quite creative!) ~ 
invite your best girlfriends, your sisters, your mom, your best guy, or someone who simply needs an airing (as Joe would say, usually about me when I’ve been in the house too long), and celebrate as we do so well here in Smallville. Make Rachel’s cookies and some cucumber sandwiches, light the fire and a candle or two, talk, talk, talk, solve all the world’s problems, hash over Downton Abbey, and watch the cold and snow fade away to nothing.
Click there and you can print out as many as you need on card stock or heavy paper (one of our girlfriends said she used a cut-down manila envelope and it worked perfectly! Probably an interesting color too, quite creative!) ~ 
invite your best girlfriends, your sisters, your mom, your best guy, or someone who simply needs an airing (as Joe would say, usually about me when I’ve been in the house too long), and celebrate as we do so well here in Smallville. Make Rachel’s cookies and some cucumber sandwiches, light the fire and a candle or two, talk, talk, talk, solve all the world’s problems, hash over Downton Abbey, and watch the cold and snow fade away to nothing.
Ah yes, here’s Nature’s Valentine, out on our feeders . . . making the world more adorable one little birdie at a time.
Love you Girlfriends, have a wonderful day!♥
Thanks for your giveaways. I love everything you do. You are my idol!
Would love to have the teapot! It’s beautiful, and perhaps I could start my own “fine romance !”
As a California Central Coast gal living in a quaint English seaside cottage in Cornwall, and loving a fine English romance of my own, I would be delighted to win! I so always enjoyed visiting your store in Arroyo Grande and to win would be as a beautiful bridge between my two beloved homes =}
When I need to smile, relax and remember the beauty in the world, I look at any of my Susan Branch books, calendars, etc. They never fail to remind me to stop and smell the flowers and be happy. This post has inspired me to make a quilt with some of Susan’s fabrics which I have had for many years. And should I win this darling teapot I will enjoy a cup of tea with my dear friend Deanne. Penpals now for over 20 years. 🙂
So much inspiration in just one post!!! Thank you, Susan.
Susan I have loved you for years and all that you do. You are always so inspiring and cheerful to me and everyone you touch. It seems like your work just gets better and better! What a wonderful gift for your dear friend!!! I love your website and your Blog always! Stay as wonderful and dear as you are !!! Xoxoxo
My husband and I have tea every day around noon. I would love to serve him tea in that beautiful tea pot on Valentines day. I love you book A Fine Romance” and have a copy. I would give the extra copy to a lucky girlfriend.
Yes, please.
Wonderful post! Paul will be tickled pink with his birthday wishes! Love their housemate Alice! She would be friends with our Reilly! Of course I LOVE the teapot and tea gift that you are so kind to offer to one of your many, many friends and admirers. <3 Also inspired by your sparkling glasses, dinnerware, etc.. Must get to washing! Stay cozy!
Thank you for all this blog and all of the lovely items for sale and the wonderful recipes
Your posts make me so happy 🙂 I’ve had the craziest day and finally just sat down to catch up.
Such an adorable teapot and the goodies that come with it are lovely too! Hope you have a wonderful day!
Hi Susan,
I love, love, love tea! And, I love your blog!
Ann
Happy Birthday to you dear friend Paul. May there be many many m o r e ! Oh I would love love love to have this lovely red heart tea pot Susan…please enter me in the drawing. Happy New Year Girlfriends!
What a beautiful birthday prezzie and fun blog post!
What a delight to see when I scrolled through my FB newsfeed! Such a generous giveaway!! Oh….I hope it’s me! 🙂 Thank you for always brightening my day! xxx
Thanks for all your beautiful, fun and positive loving thoughts and artwork! I just love you Susan! from another Susan! : )
Rose Chintz has been my China pattern since 1965. Our local department store had a sale every year of Johnson Brothers China. For $30 you goy a service for 8. Eight 4 piece place settings. When I married in 1967, my neighbors were in Canada and sent me serving pieces to finish out the set. Over the years my set grew in size and has served countless meals.
I’m having a cup of tea as I’m typing this and I’m thinking it would be nice to win such a give away. I love spending time browsing your site, and thank you for this opportunity to add another one of your books to what I already have and enjoy!
Denise
You had me at the Perry Como!
Love the charming suggestions on your blog. I, too, live in my own Smallville, and at this time of year it is so warm and cozy, I don’t want to leave! Tea, books, knitting – what more does one need?
Oh, and, Happy Birthday to Paul!
happy New Year Susan! Your Messages today are just what I need as I am in a post-Christmas low and not enjoying the very cold weather we have been having. I Dream of the first bulbs blooming. My friends in England tell me that they have snowdrops in bloom!I bought your book last year but would love to give it to my very Angophile friend whose husband is being treated for a serious cancer. Her birthday is in late February so it would be perfect timing. I, too, love Bridgewater but do not have a Hearts Teapot. What fun it would be to own one and have a special tea party! Thanks so much for your kindness. (Sorry for any errors as I am struggling with my first iPad and it is like I am in nursery school after many years of a non-Apple existence). Thanks again!
The Rose Chintz dishes sent me back many years to the meals my English mother would serve on hers. Can’t imagine that my father went along with her getting them… many thanks!
Love all things heart <3 <3<3
What a delightful prize! Please pick me, Vanna!
Oooh, I love that teapot! And I would love a copy of your book. I bought one but it was a gift for my GB obsessed teenage daughter (it was a hit by the way – not so easy for a 15-yr-old!).
I am curious….is Faith Rose your daughter? I always read the GF’s comments and I know Faith is about that age. She is delightful.
Chris
Your art and your words make me smile. Repeatedly. I have been a fan from your very first book, which I spotted in a stationery store. I immediately purchased two (one for me, one for my sister) and am so excited whenever I see new books, stickers, stationery, etc. from you. Your giveaway looks simply charming.
With all the shoes, sweaters, and scarf in the blog and cold weather here in New England, I thought girlfriends might enjoy seeing this video with some new ideas for your winter scarf. “How to Tie a Scarf” : eileenfisher.com/EileenFisher/Videos.jsp?#ScarfWinter_Fall14
Love, Carol … tra la
I love reading your blog. I can’t believe Valentine’s will be here so soon.
hbty! Hbty! Hbdp! Hbty! And many more!!!
Love love love your art and talent! Thank you for letting us see you here in our piece of Smallville!
Susan, I have adored everything you’ve ever done! You are so creative! Happy birthday to your dear friend. I just celebrated mine too! I’ve always loved the Valentine Emma Bridgewater collection, but could never splurge on something like that for myself. And Earl Grey is my favorite tea! Also, I’ve not read your book. Just haven’t been able to spend the money. Keep doing what you’re doing. ❤️
Love the new works Susan! Have been a fan for more years than I can count! Looking forward to adding the new book to my collection. 🙂
Hearts and teapots– two of my favorites.
your giveaways are so thoughtful and that teapot is precious,
your friends will enjoy your birthday painting.
What a beautiful blog to find as I returned to Smallville today. Such an inspiration, as always, to be reminded and encouraged to share the gifts with which we are blessed with those we love.
And then…Oh be still my heart! What could be better than to celebrate my daughter’s birthday (which happens to be Valentine’s Day!) with a tea party…… only to celebrate it with precious gifts from your giveaway!! Oh, how my fingers are crossed, Vanna!!
oh Susan you stole my heart with this prize how adorable everything is. I shall be waiting by my mailbox for my winning prizes!!!Tell that Vanna to get on with it and then get out of town. How lucky your friend Paul is to have such a beautiful hand made picture of himself, not many that lucky. You are something else. Stay warm and keep on keeping us all entertained. Nancy
What a beautiful teapot! And a copy of your book!! Yea!
Love the teapot and all things Mary E!
I would love to have this for my afternoon tea but more importantly, I would love to give it to my CA friend who moved to Texas so that every day she would know she is still in my heart.
Love the teapot and all sweet things Mary E!
Somehow my oh so thoughtful comment ended up after the 9 Jan blog post.
I would make year to win, since this year started out with notjing but illness, after missing all the holidays, including my birtday due to the same.
Thank you for your brightness, your song, your comfort.
You’ll just have to make up for it with extra good luck from now on! xoxo
What a special addition this would be at my Valentine Tea for my girlfriends from high school and our Mother’s!! Just adore the hearts! Such a sweet giveaway! You’re a wonderful girlfriend! ❤️ Thank you!
Thank you for the chance to win the lovely Emma Bridgewater heart spotted
teapot – beautiful! I had the pleasure of talking to you on the telephone when I worked at the Laura Ashley Home Store in Boston many years ago. You called looking for a discontinued border “Seaside” embellished with Victorian children in straw hats and sailor suits and dresses playing on the beach. We luckily had it in stock and mailed your package to you in the Vineyard. The staff wrote a message on the box “We all LOVE your books!”. I used the same border for my baby girls nursery on Cape Cod-she is now 18-and the border is still up and loved! Did you use the border in one of your bedrooms? I love your Peter Rabbit room! And the photos of Jack and Kitty and Joe and you, too!
I remember! That was such a nice thing for you to do! It went into a bathroom, but we don’t have the house anymore! Thank you for your kindness Melanie . . . that was very sweet.
Please enter me in your wonderful drawing. I have followed your work for years & I’ve collected your art for a very long time…& I never throw out the calendars or daybooks 🙂 Thank you for all you do! It’s absolutely charming!
Oooh, must enter, thanks for a chance at the lovely tea, too. I picked up an Emma Bridgewater bowl at a local antiques shop last month, with robins on it. Has me thinking spring already. I am torn between keeping it and giving it to a lovely artist I know named Robin. I think I am going to give it (how could I not), just enjoying it for a bit first…
The give away tea pot is just too cute. I can see it on my table! 🙂
Love your blog!
I would love that little teapot to keep me company while I’m quilting. Thank you for the chance!
I don’t even know Paul but I would love the charming painting of him on my wall!
Your artwork is so lovely and inspiring! And I would so love to win the adorable teapot in time to celebrate Valentine ‘s Day with a cup of Earl Gray Tea.
Thank you for your generosity.
i have collected your calendars for awhile now. At the end of the year
My oldest daughter keeps the calendar and we try to repeat some
Of the recipes and activities again. We enjoy our tea
And treats all year long in many different ways .
️tea is good for the heart, soul and mind.
Love the special things that you do for your friend’s birthdays! You are just so thoughtful! And generous with the wonderful give-aways!
wouldn’t this be just the thing to liven up the winter drearies!
What very wonderful gifts to give away…… I see that I am one in over a thousand, but you never know and what fun. Thank you for a chance to win and thank you for a wonderful blog
What a lovely vacation I had while reading this and viewing the heart-warming pictures!
Thank you!
It would be so lovely to add the Emma B. pot to my collection. I can clearly see how nice it would look with my Rose Chintz : )
I’m so enjoying your blog and web site! You have such a gift for putting special thoughts and beautiful art together. Since retiring I have more time to keep up with you. 🙂 I’d love to win the tea pot and tea. It would be perfect for treating my 93-year-old mom to a Valentine’s tea party!
I drink my Susan Branch Spring Tea daily. Love it and everything S.B. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I just pulled out my valentine decorations and also “SWEETS to the SWEET” and “LOVE” books – wouldn’t this teapot look lovely beside my vignette, filled with a bouquet of pink roses?
Just loving your Birthday card for your amazing friend Paul!
I will smile about that one for weeks and weeks!!
**raises hand**
Pick ME!! Pick ME!!! <3
What a lovely everything! I love that teapot!
Hi Susan!!!!
Obviously I would LOVE to win!!! But I’m writing to let you know what I’ve done over the past few days. I’ve just discovered your blog and I’ve just today got caught up to….today! I’ve been a fan of yours but didn’t realize you had a blog!!! I’m ashamed!! Haha…..but I am all caught up now! What a joy it has been! I’m going to write you a more personal letter very soon.
Thank you for your inspiration and inviting us into your beautiful home, and please tell Jack, Girl, and Joe hello from Dawn, a Mainer who now calls Des Moines, Iowa home.
Hello & Happy 2015 Thanks for all you do to make life cozy for those of us who read your blog!
I so hope to win! We are having a tea party in my preschool classroom the end of February and am looking for a pretty teapot. Fingers crossed!!
hearts…hearts..and more hearts…I have loved this teapot from afar….for years I have dreamt of holding it in my hands….of warming them around her charming middle…of closing my eyes and enjoying the fragrance of her blend, wafting up my nose that pleasant smell of ‘tea and thee’….alas! A chance to gain her for mine own….oh my, the flutter of my heart to bring you to my home…oh please, please……………….pick me! I promise to love you forever my dear!
How fun for your friend to receive such a special birthday gift, the portrait is wonderful! I truly lived your entire trip thru reading Fine Romance. I have Rose Chintz dishes and the teapot would be the final touch for serving tea.
I love your blog And your presents. Even if another is the lucky winner, thanks very much. XX!
Your posts brighten my day – I love your words and artwork. A tea party with the hearts teapot and your beautiful tea would be quite the treat! Can’t wait read a copy of your book. Thanks for entering me for a chance to win.
So pretty! Happy New Year!
love, love hearts!
Proverbs17:22
A Merry HEART doeth good like a medicine
I ❤️ teapots and tea! Beautiful
Love your artwork! It is like a breath of fresh air! Please enter me in your contest! Thank you very much!
Your stories and illustrations always make me smile. How fun it would be to warm up with a cup of tea from a beautiful teapot and a romantical book to read!! Please?
Something to look forward to in these dreary days of winter. I shall dream of having tea and a biscuit whilst watching the birds fight over the seed with the hungry squirrels! On to SPRING! Thank you for all that you do!
I Grew up having tea parties with my grandmother. When she passed, she gave me her China from her home in Germany. I carried on the tradition with my own children and now have 6 grandchildren of my own. Needless to say, the tradition is a warm and magical experience. One of your first books on tea parties is tattered from use but we cherish it. Your beautiful teapot would be welcome addition to our parties. Much love and appreciation to your participation with us.
What a wonderful giveaway! I absolutely love all things Emma Bridgewater, tea related & Susan Branch! And St. Valentine’s Day has always been a favorite holiday of mine since I was a little girl. I would love to be the lucky winner! Happy Winter! xxoo
Fondly~
Beth
Hi Susan, the teapot you are offering is so adorable and would love to celebrate my 50th birthday next month while sipping some tea and reading your lovely book. To top it off I would be snuggled with a blanket and my precious doggies sitting with me as the snow falls while being next to my fireplace with a roaring fire. Thank you for the beauty you bring to all your readers including me.
I cannot even begin to put into words how your art makes my heart sing and lights up my days! Your calendars are my favorite because I get to look at sweetness and fun every single day! I would love, love, love to win this most charming giveaway!
Thank you for always brightening my day! Love your blog and artwork. Thank you for sharing your time & talent!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE SB everything!! calendars every year and all the books. Will keep enjoying everything, but would LOVE the teapot. Would make a great birthday present for me this month!!
Happy Birthday Carolyn!
I love any and all things, about and because of, Susan Branch. I have always loved Valentine’s Day and the romance that goes with it! As my years are starting to add up, I am amazed that I have the same thoughts of romance that I had as a young girl. I probably drew and decorated more hearts in my life than any other subject! So, I love, love, love the wonderful teapot! I would LOVE to win!!
PS I did not remember if I had signed up for the address books. Excuse this if I have already entered!
Nothing ever changes, we are the same romantics we were when we were twelve.
Lovely…. Thank you You are charming. T
I would love that Teapot, it would go so well with my Emma mugs and I also have the Rose Chintz dishes like yours. Here’s hoping!
Oooooohh I LOVE all of your giveaways!!!! But most of all I love your writings about special people, special places and just LIFE. Thanks Susan I have got my fingers crossed X
Really enjoy your blog and books.
So exciting! I would love to win these wonderful gifts. I am reading “A Fine Romance” now ( I received it for Christmas) and I feel like I’m there, on your trip with you! It would be so exciting to have these wonderful mementos. I don’t want it to end!
I didn’t either! 🙂
Hi Susan,
I love reading your blog and seeing all the beautiful things. I absolutely love the portrait of the English Gentleman. I’m sure he is going to LOVE it too! I just sit and read and admire all your things and your beautiful house with cute little Jack who is so lucky! The teapot is darling too. I’ve been sick and have been making alot of tea . Take care and keep the blogs coming! Roseanne ♡
Feel better soon Roseanne!
I Definitely would host a tea party for my girlfriends with the teapot and tea! This would be a perfectly wonderful way to pass the gray days of winter! I love the picture you did of “Charming Paul”. I will always be a fan. I am anxiously awaiting a clue as to which of your books you will publish next!
What would you like to see? I always love to know. xoxo
What an adorable tea pot! I love it! It will be so much fun to have a spot of tea from this sweetheart of a teapot!
First chance to read the blog since the holidays began at Halloween, but it was pure joy all the way through
oh my… Love love love the Valentines teapot! Fingers crossed!
Hello Susan!
Love your blog and what an adorable drawing of Paul! You are so creative and I am sure that Paul with love it!!
It has been wicked cold here this week and a perfect time to stay home, bake, whip of some heart pillows from an old vintage quilt, keep our fine feathered friends happy with plenty of sunflower seed, suet, toast w/peanut butter and watching Downton Abbey. What did you think of Sunday’s episode? I loved it when Anna had to pick up Mary’s special package at the apothercary shop!
It was fun looking at your table set up with all your Rose Chintz – I have tons of those dishes myself and love them. Gray and I had our dinner on the E.B. heart dinner plates this evening but a heart teapot would really be a grand addition to my collectionns of E.B. and the rose chintz.
Thanks for your wonderful blog – stay warm!
Michele
Downton, I was thinking it was too bad Mary didn’t loan that “book” to her sister! 🙂
I bet tea would taste extra special, coming from this teapot. It’s lovely!
oh how beautiful this teapot would be in my china cabinet. A sweet treat for Valentines Day.
I would love to win the sweet teapot, tea and A Fine Romance!! Please enter my name. Many thanks.
Love everything Susan Branch for more than 30 years!!
What a wonderful birthday present! And what a lovely giveaway for Valentine’s Day! I think I commented on the address book post but to be quite sure, I thought I’d comment here, too.
I LOVE that teapot! Hearts are my favorite and I’m having a high tea for my soon to be daughter in law’s bridal shower next month. It would be perfect! Thank you!
I look forward to your blog so much, you never disappoint .Please sigh me up for the giveaway.
Dear Susan: Happy birthday to your friend, Paul! I know he’ll be so blessed with his “one of a kind” birthday picture card! I really, really, really want to win the HGTV Dream Home that’s on MV!!! However, I would gladly accept this generous and kind gift of tea pot, tea and book from you! It’s very nice of you to offer it to your followers/friends! Thank you!!!
What a beautiful post! I bet your friend was thrilled with this special card. I would love to win the valentines giveaway. I have the rose chintz dishes and would love a teapot to add to the set! The hearts go perfectly.
You certainly know how to keep your blot exciting and fun! Handsome men and adorable teapots are perfect!!!