This is a great book for those who want to open their homes and share tea time with friends. Marilynn and her husband write from what they know and do. Having tea with them is a wonderful experience, and this book shares their ideas, stories and some great recipes for serving tea for 2 or 200. A great resource for women's ministry leaders or home use.
Fun to read, a great handbook on tea, interesting programs
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Tea with the Angel Lady is latest book by the award-winning author Marilynn Carlson Webber. The book is inspiring to read, makes a nice gift, and is a wonderful resource for women's groups. The author is widely known as the Angel Lady. Her book A Rustle of Angels is a best seller, selling over 300,000 copies in English as well as in many foreign languages. Other books by Marilynn include How to Become a Sweet Old Lady Instead of a Grumpy Old Grouch and The Angel Victorian Tea Book. She is a frequent contributor to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books. The opening chapters of Tea with the Angel Lady recount Marilynn's adventures with tea. Hundreds of people have enjoyed tea at her home. Her teas have been featured on British television and newspapers including The Orange County Register. The reader will learn how Marilynn discovered ways that anyone can be a blessing to others while enjoying the joys of teatime. The book details how you can refresh your soul with your own personal teatime and ways to enrich the warmth of tea for two. Here you will find professional secrets on how to prepare and serve tea for a small group. Unique to this book is the section on planning a tea for a large number of guests, even a hundred or more, something that requires different techniques than serving a small group. Many readers will want to follow her suggestions to reach out to others by bringing a tea in a basket or even having tea over the telephone. Yes, it is possible to "do tea" in many creative ways. The second section of the book is filled with her best recipes for tea. Here you will find professional tips on ways to prepare tea specialties. Marilynn also tells how to make the presentations and how to serve the teas and tisanes. Marilynn has given the program to hundreds of women at teas of all kinds. The groups include church women, tea societies, charitable organizations, clubs, sororities, and professional associations. A bonus feature of this book is that Marilynn's most requested programs are included in the third section of Tea with the Angel Lady. Each one is complete with instructions for the theme with suggestions for everything from publicity and decorations to the presentation itself. First is a beautiful tea devotional that can be used for any occasion, from tea for two, a few friends in a home, or a large gathering. Thousands have heard Marilynn speak on angels and her talk is here along with plans for a unique Angel Tea. There are great resources for a Teddy Bear Tea, always popular for Mother-daughter events. Other programs include a Joyful Tea, a Tea of Encouragement, and Taking Time to Smell the Roses Tea. The Christmas Tea includes a reader's theater script that can easily be given by two players. Titled "Out of the Ivory Palaces", it presents the first Christmas from the perspective of the angels. Of course since it is written by the Angel Lady, you can be confident that this original drama is Biblically correct, filled with
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