A Dotty's Teahouse update

On Monday my dear crafting and blogging friend Brenda of Bumblebees and Butterflies came up to see me. We had discussed some time ago that it would be lovely for me to show her Dotty's Teahouse and have lunch. I could also show her my cards that are for sale there.

I know that  a lot of you have also been asking to see some more photos of Dotty's so I took my camera with me to document our lunch.

Monday was the most glorious autumn day with clear blue skies and wall to wall sunshine.

 We walked down via my beloved ponds

 and our table, which I had booked, was ready and waiting for us.

I love that the tea is served in vintage china and is loose leaf, in a teapot, complete with a tea strainer.

Even at 11am on a Monday a lot of the tables were occupied and there was a warm, chatty atmosphere.

I love the decor at Dotty's,..especially the window display which is changed regularly.

and the quirky chandeliers

Here is Brenda

and here are the both of us.

Rebecca on the left (Dotty's owner) and Lesley, one of her lovely staff.

Our sandwiches,made with bread from the Village Bakers (where I too buy my bread) was delicious

but the cake......oh  my goodness......

was absolutely out of this world. I was so impressed.

I thought that you would like to see my current display of cards which are for sale. I made a Halloween card last week which quickly sold  so I made 3 more which I took down with me.

Here is a close up of 2 of them.......boo!

After our delightful lunch we walked back through the park and home to mine. It really was the most enjoyable day together.

There is also a heads up I would like to give you today.  If you are in the Carshalton, Surrey area Dotty's will be open on Friday 2 December from 9am - 9pm for a special Christmas event. There will be lots of sellers of handmade goodies, including me with my cards and my jewellery. Once I have a flyer of the event I will post it on my blog but if you live nearby do put the date in your diary and come and say hello to me. It would be lovely to see you.

My card today is one of the Halloween cards in the shop

I made a very inky background with distress inks and they used lots of stencils to add some depth. My image is an old Nicecrane digi. I stamped a TH skull on a piece of mop up inky card and fussy cut it out. The haunted house is a Cheery Lynn die cut, the pumpkins are Spellbinders and there is also a MB crow there if you look closely. I also added some remnant rubs for extra spookiness! These cards fit a 6X6" frame and they have been bought as pictures for Halloween as well as for sending as a card.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

A vintage journey make it spooky
PaperArtsy die cuts
Frilly and Funkie author author My book is actually a child's book and is my granddaughter's favourite. It's "Room on the Broom" by Julia Donaldson. I wanted to make my card not too scary so I had this very sweet book in my mind as I made it.
More mixed media anything goes
Cheery Lynn 2/2 anything goes
Let's Craft and Create autumn/Halloween
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Halloween Inspiration
Cute Card Thursday (does not need to be "cute" Anything goes


It's a week of wonderful tea taking for me as I had another hot date yesterday.......afternoon tea at the Ritz in London with my Mum and DD as birthday celebration for my Mum. All very exciting, photos to follow very soon.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x