Victorian
Tea Basket
I love to
give these baskets for Bridal showers, Get Well gifts and
Housewarmings! Actually they are wonderful gifts for any
occasion and relatively inexpensive:)
If you have
any stray baskets hanging around the house or find a discount
store that has them (I also buy them at yard sales) it will cut
down on the cost quite a bit! This particular basket is one of
my favorites and is from "Fast and Fun
Scrap Crafts" by House of White Birches. I
modified it a little bit:)
Materials:
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7"
round wicker basket
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Shredded
white tissue paper
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English
Breakfast Tea Bags
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Scone
Mix (recipe follows)
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1-pint
glass jar with lid
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6"
circle pretty floral fabric
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18"
white gathered lace (I get my lace from remnant bins at
fabric or retail stores)
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Small
amount fiberfill
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1
yard 1/4"-wide metallic gold-wired ribbon (Also a
good remnant bin find!)
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String
pearls (yep! remnant bin again!)
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Rubber
band
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Inexpensive
floral teacup and saucer
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Needle
and thread
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4"
x 7" parchment or other pretty paper
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Teapot
graphic printed out on cardstock
Scone
Mix
1-1/2 C.
white flour
2-1/4 tsp.
baking powder
3 Tbsp.
sugar
1/2 C.
raisins
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Clean
and dry jar and lid.
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Combine
all ingredients for scone mix; spoon or pour into jar,
tapping jar to settle ingredients. Ingredients will
completely fill jar. Seal jar securely with lid.
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Sew lace
to edge of fabric circle. Place fiberfill on top of jar lid;
top with fabric circle and secure with rubber band.
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Cut
24" piece gold ribbon; tie around lid in a bow,
concealing rubber band; do not trim ribbon tails.
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Copy the
following instructions onto parchment:
Scones
Scone mix
1/3 C.
margarine or butter
1 egg,
beaten
1/4 C.
half-and-half
Heat oven to
400°. Pour scone mix into medium-size bowl. Cut butter into
scone mix using a pastry blender or fork or by criss-crossing 2
case knives throughout mix, until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
Stir in beaten egg and half-and-half, stirring just until dough
leaves sides of bowl. Add a bit more half-and-half, if needed.
Turn the
dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead lightly about 5
times. Pat into a rectangle about 1/2" thick. Use a sharp
knife to cut the dough into triangles. (A biscuit cutter may
also be used.) Place on un-greased baking sheet.
Bake scones
10-12 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from baking sheet and
cool. Serve with butter and preserves.
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Roll
parchment into scroll and secure with gold ribbon tied in a
bow; trim ribbon tails.
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Cut out
the teapot graphic from the card stock.
Fill bottom
of basket with shredded tissue paper. Arrange scone mix, teacup
and saucer, scroll with instructions, teabags and teapot graphic
card. Coil long ribbon ends from scone jar around basket
handles. Voila! You have a lovely gift:)
Hope you
have enjoyed this craft project:)
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