Tea Time No. 3: Goodbye Holidays

Drinking: Stash White Christmas Tea from Fresh Market.

Listening to: Sufjan Stevens’s peaceful version of Joy To The World.

Last week, I picked up the Food Network’s holiday magazine for the cookie recipes, but discovered these gems too:

*Snow & Graham wrapping paper – classy stuff.

*A search for Snow & Graham led me to this great stationary resource Red Stamp.com

*The magazine also featured this Pouch Tea Mug which, naturally, is sold out today.

*The coolest feature though wasn’t a recipe, but a look into Nigella’s house. According to the article, {p. 71} Nigella, “keeps brown paint chips above her coffeemaker so that guests can point out how milky they want their coffee or tea.” Genius. They advertize this mug that accomplishes the same thing.

totally brill.

*I couldn’t find my favorite Nigella Christmas episode online to share with you, but what I loved about it {aside from her built-in bookshelves everywhere} was her twinkle lights that almost seem pink, the little stockings she hangs on her kids’ bunk beds and the peaceful lighting. It’s idyllic and the kind of calm I try to hold on to after the holidays are over. This year, it will be a big challenge with the most heavily scheduled January in my career. As Grandpa used to say, I’m blessed with work.