tea party mat for Two ♥ {with free pretty things for you!}

just poppin' in real quick today! 

tons & tons to do with just a little time before Christmas day :)

wanted to share this little tea mat i made with another 

just-too-cute vintage image 

... from my bloggy bestie 

Keren from Free Pretty Things for You ♥

when i saw this graphic in her shop this idea popped in my head :)

(a small problem i have)

this little tea mat was for my girlfriend's daughter a few weeks ago, for Christmas 

i think she loved it ... i think i love it too! anyone wanna have a tea party??

(i may have secretly played with it before i packed it up in the basket)

there are no directions since it's easy enough to do with basic sewing knowledge 

or even hot glue, felt and some pinking shears!

i used some leftover felt and pink gingham i had, and cut them to equal sizes 

quickly stitched the two long sides together and added ricrac to the two short ends to cover the raw edge

(forgot to get a close up of this, but you can see it in the picture at the bottom of the post)

use iron-on transfer sheets to transfer the image onto a small piece of white fabric

same directions as the vintage inspired message board here

then used a zigzag stitch to sew the image to the mat

the rolled felt flowers are the same as the ones i made for the 

drum shades in my craft room here

add some embellishment and you are done!

now it's time to play :)

oh, and if you want to make some felt tea bags, 

cut two small squares of white felt with pinking shears

then cut a piece of brown felt small enough to fit in between the two white ones

sew them together and insert a piece of cording into the top before stitching it completely closed ... cut two hearts from some more felt and glue them together at the other end of the cord. 

this was a fun Christmas gift! what about for a little girl's birthday?

the tea set and cupcakes were store bought and the picnic basket was from a garage sale

fun!

Merry Christmas everyone!

♥ 

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