What a lovely Sunday afternoon I had at Emma’s tea party. It was actually Emma’s farewell party as she will be leaving for Bristol, UK to further her studies in less than 2 weeks’ time. She’s no longer the cute little girl in pink tutu that I remembered or an excited 8-year-old who pointed at a picture of a pretty little girl’s dress in a magazine and insisted that would be what she was going to wear as a flower girl at Auntie Evon’s wedding. Today’s Emma is a tall bright young lady who is turning 17 in a month’s time and is eloquent in her writing and wonderful at baking beautiful cakes and cookies, and she has definitely outgrown that pretty little flower girl’s dress! 😛

I wanted to give Emma a special gift so I took a plain cardigan…

11 hours later…

Emma then, i.e. about 10 – 11 years ago

Emma now, all grown up…

Emma and mum, May

It was a few hours of munching delicious home-baked goodies, drinking cups of tea and coffee, catching up with old friends and with me sharing my passion on upcycling and my “A craft a week” project for 2013, and of course also with me spreading the word about my new blog unashamedly!

delicious brownies and cheese biscuits from Emma

yummy banana & nut muffins from mum

dad prepared the tasty egg sandwiches with mum’s home-made bread

more home-made bread with tuna and avocado from mum

Sabah tea with geranium, not bad actually…

all the girls…..

Thank you May and Emma for a fabulous time, and wishing Emma all the best and an enjoyable and safe journey to the UK, and may God’s blessings and protection be upon you.