teacupacakes cupcake molds

I love the idea of cupcakes in tea cups. I am obsessed with both cupcakes and tea so putting the two together makes me stupidly giddy.


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To make cupcakes in tea cups simply purchase oven safe tea cups.


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But if you don't want to go through the trouble of finding just the right type of heat proof tea cups there is an alternative.




I just came across this set of four Teacupacakes are made out of silicone. The set cost $17.99. To purchase go to www.perpetualkid.com.

So excited about these. I rather not put the wear and tear on my tea cups so these are just perfect.

Storm in a Tea Cup

Each piece combines hand cutting, folding and scoring of a wide range of papers and card. The above art piece was created by Helen Musselwhite.

http://www.helenmusselwhite.com/index.htm

Cupcake and Dragonfly with Cherries

I adore cupcakes and I am delighted when I find artwork that incorporates them.



Cupcake and dragonfly with Cherries
By Delilah Smith
Oil painting on gallery wrapped stretched canvas
12x12

To view more of her paintings or to purchase go to Painting of the Day.

Recently I posted about this artist. To view that post click here.

to receive

Nude with Calla Lilies 1944 (Desnudo con Alcantraces) by Diego Rivera

"We've all been told that hard work and discipline are the keys to a successful and healthy life. This is only part of the truth. Being wiling to receive the best of what life has to offer is also a crucial skill."
~ Dr. Christiane Northrup (women's health dr)

blackberry tea...today's little joy

I love tea and every time I make myself a cup I find myself feeling grateful for its existence. Yes, I am this enthusiastic (nerdy), this delighted about tea.

Most often I take my teas with cream and perhaps a hint of sugar but sometimes tea just needs to stand alone.


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Today I decided to whip out some blackberry tea and it went right along with today's overcast weather.


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Glorious tea, a good book, a warm blankie and an overcast sky through the window. Peace peace peace.

tea is beautiful

Tea is so beautiful. I even enjoy the aesthetics of the word. The simplicity in the three letter word, t-e-a. The delicacy, the warmth and the clarity through the gentle hues of water.

I found the below images from a blog page entitled Art and Tea.


from art and tea


from art and tea


from art and tea

Report the "Reasons When It's Acceptable To Punch A Woman In The Face" on facebook

Just recently I posted about a facebook group known as "Killing a Hooker So You Don't Have To." Now there is a facebook group called "Reasons When Its Acceptable To Punch A Woman In The Face."

The page attempts to excuse itself by noting this disclaimer..

For all the haters out there this is off- colour humor....

The term off-color humor (also known as dirty jokes) is an Americanism used to describe jokes, prose, poems, black comedy, blue comedy and skits that deal with topics that are considered to be in poor taste or overly vulgar by the prevailing morality of a culture. Most commonly labeled as "off-color" are acts concerned with sex, a particular ethnic group, or gender. Other off-color topics include violence, particularly domestic abuse; excessive swearing or profanity; "toilet humor"; national superiority or inferiority, dead baby jokes, pedophilic content, and any other topics generally considered impolite or indecent. Generally, the point of off-color humor is to induce laughter by evoking a feeling of shock and surprise in the comedian's audience. In this way, off-color humor is related to other forms of postmodern humor, such as the anti-joke.

I personally believe that if one thinks that violence and sexism can be humorous they themselves are sexist.

The group lists 59 instances in which it is supposedly acceptable to hit a woman. The list includes, when a woman is on her period, when she takes off her makeup, refuses a threesome, when she tells a man to stop pushing her head down when giving oral sex, when she asks for oral sex to be performed on her, being a feminist and many more.

According to the group the only reason to not hit a woman in the face is "when she's pregnant.....punch her in the stomach".

The creators of this page want women like me to understand that the site is just a joke. I do not believe that sexism is funny or can be funny as so many suffer from it. I believe that men suffer from sexism however I think for some men the benefits often outweigh the harms.

If any of you choose to look up the facebook group you'll see that there are men and women alike who relish the site and applaud it's "genius." Frustrated men and women who want to seem cool or like "one of the guys" (be they gay or straight) are praising the site for it's "off color humor."

For those of you who agree that the site is just an extention of patriarchy and is only refinforcing it, you can do your part by reporting the site to facebook. If you look up the page and scroll to the bottom of the page, on the left hand side is a link where you can report the site as offensive.