Afternoon Tea Week: Creative Mondays. Hello friends. Happy Monday and welcome back to this week’s 14/08/2017 Creative Mondays blog hop! How is your Summer going so far?
Unbelievably busy here! I am also trying to de-clutter the house, garden, garage and shed too. All with the kids off school! You have to make a mess to tidy up, right!?
So much going on lately. Not to mention I have also planned to paint the walls and build up some new wardrobes in my Son’s room.

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Afternoon Tea Week: Creative Mondays
Straight onto this week’s features: 3 out of the 5 beautiful and inspiring over 50 bloggers who set up a challenge (5 OVER 50 CHALLENGE) linked up here last week. I love stopping by their lovely blogs and orange is such a lovely colour, definitely Orange is the new Black!.
Creative Mondays:
I love all their outfits and I am featuring all 3 bloggers today:
Firstly, Orange Jumpsuit. Jacqui from Mummabstylish I adore this orange jumpsuit. I want one!! How beautiful does Jacqui look in this! I need to stop by Matalan and see if they still have one in. I bet they won’t though as this was such a bargain in the sale.
Secondly, Orange And Green Outfit. Gail from Is This Mutton. I love this look and have similar items but never thought of putting them today.
Love this look, especially Gail’s sandals. Pop over and take a look.
Thirdly, More Beautiful Orange Outfits. Another favourite look from Laurie from Vanity And Me Style. Love orange and white together. What a beautiful combination. Vanity And Me.
All three outfits also perfect for afternoon tea week too!!
Fourthly, A Unicorn. How sweet is this Unicorn?: Frau Tschi Tschi.
Fifthly, These DIY Skewers With Protein and Vegetable, Anyone? These look so tasty and healthy, yummy!!
Sixth, She Sells Sea Shells. I love to stop by Debbie’s blog and see what creative thing she has been up to. If you have stopped by before you will know how creative she gets with her up all year long Christmas trees. They are always so creative, crafty, special and seasonal. Why not stop by today and see her latest inspiration ideas: These Under Sea Ornaments are great.
14/08/2017 Creative Monday Crafty, Creative, Stylish, Yummy Blog Hop:
Any excuse to make up posh sandwiches with plenty of cream-filled cakes for me, yummy!!
Enjoy your week ahead and now onto the blog hop:
Creative Mondays:
A few Creative Mondays blog hop linky party kind requests:
- Please, add your links straight to your blog posts and not your main blog. So we can read all your creative posts. You can add recipes and food tutorials. Anything crafty. Up-cycled projects. Style, wish lists and outfit posts. Home makeovers, home tours. Any kind of creative, crafty tutorials. Or anything else that has got you creative over the last few weeks. Add your blog posts to the blog hop below.
- Please try to visit a few of the blogs on the list to make the hop fun for everyone. Sharing is caring.
- Please add the Creative Monday blog button or a text link back to my blog in the posts you are linking up. Or add them on your blog hop page so others can find the hop and join in the fun.
- It would be great if you would like to follow me here? let me know in the comments below if you do, so I can stop by and follow back.
- Don’t forget you can also tweet me your links and I can re-tweet them.@clairejustineo
- Have fun blog hopping around.
- Do not forget to stop by our other blog hops too. On Wednesday you can share your photo’s at our photo blog hop. On Friday’s you can link up any post that you would like to share.
- By linking up you are giving me permission to maybe feature your blog next week.
This Linky List Has Now Finished.
Why not check out the afternoon tea posts on the blog for more inspiration: Afternoon Tea.

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Secondly, Lemon And Blueberry Cheesecake. Fancy making this Lemon and Blueberry Cheesecake, on a beautiful Sunday afternoon? A perfect recipe to eat out in the garden. Introducing Canderel Sugarly; Lemon and Blueberry Cheesecake. A no-bake easy dessert with flavours that work so well together! Here is a step-by-step guide: Lemon And Blueberry Cheesecake: Afternoon Tea Recipe. So tasty.
Thirdly, Festive Afternoon Tea at Laura Ashley The Tea Room. Get into the Christmas spirit with Laura Ashley The Tea Room’s festive afternoon tea, ideal to enjoy with family or friends this Yuletide. Priced from £25 per person, diners can feast on seasonal favourites including a selection of festive finger sandwiches such as turkey with cranberry sauce, smoked salmon and cream cheese, roast beef with horseradish sauce, and mature cheddar with mulled apple chutney. Festive Afternoon Tea at Laura Ashley The Tea Room.
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Fourthly, 13 Tasty Scone Recipes For Afternoon Tea. Would you like to prepare some sweet or savoury scones for a garden party or afternoon tea? I’m providing 13 Delicious Scone Recipes For Afternoon Tea today. 13 Tasty Scone Recipes For Afternoon Tea.
Fifthly, Afternoon Cherry Scones With Cream And Jerte Picota Cherries On Top. Today I’m offering a delectable afternoon tea dish that you can make and serve this summer in collaboration with Jerte Picota Cherries. The Jerte Picota Cherry is a special variety of cherry that is native to the beautiful Jerte Valley in Northern Extremadura, Spain, 200km west of Madrid. This area is famous for the incredible cherry blossom of more than a million trees. Every year a wonderful harvest of cherries is a sight to truly behold. Afternoon Cherry Scones With Cream And Jerte Picota Cherries On Top.
Sixth, Earl Grey And Clotted Cream Cheesecake To Make Today. So are you trying to find a new cheesecake recipe as well? If so, would you like to try this cheesecake with clotted cream and earl grey? Would you want to try this cheesecake with clotted cream and earl grey? So yummy. Earl Grey And Clotted Cream Cheesecake To Make Today. So yummy.
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Eighth, Party Food Special. Irish Coffee Cupcakes, Anyone? We love to make cupcakes. Also they are so fun to make. How delicious!? Only thing is, could you eat one or two? Also, if whisky isn’t one of your tipples, brandy or dark rum go well with chocolate, or for more coffee flavour, try Tia Maria. Irish Coffee Cupcakes.
Ninth, How To Celebrate National Afternoon Tea Week At Home. To celebrate National Afternoon Tea Week (12th – 18th August 2019). Simon Bradley, Head Chef at De Vere Cotswold Water Park. A stunning hotel situated amongst the rolling hills of the Cotswolds and surrounded by 152 lakes. It has shared his top tips on how to enjoy the traditional British pastime at home. How To Celebrate National Afternoon Tea Week At Home.
Afternoon Tea Week: Creative Mondays:
How to dress for afternoon tea? Why not visit this post? Vintage Tea Dress Perfect For Afternoon Tea Week.
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I need to start making afternoon tea a thing here…I loved it when I visited the UK
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Thank for stopping by 🙂
Love orange clothing. One of those colours that really suits me and also grey weirdly. Loved it as a teenager and have just started to have the confidence to have that bright colour pop again in my dotage. Afternoon tea week has to be the best week of the year! Thanks for hosting
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Thanks for joining us Kate 🙂
Thank you for hosting. Have a fun week!
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Thanks for joining us Marilyn 🙂
That is so awesome that you guys have an entire afternoon tea week. Jacqui looks stunning in her elegant red jumpsuit.
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Thanks for stopping by Ada 🙂
Thanks for hosting and have a wonderful week.
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Thanks for joining us 🙂
Claire, OMG!!! Thanks you so much for the honor of being featured and for your extremely kind words!!I will be giving you a Shout Out on Google +, Face Book and in my latest post….Thanks again and hanks for hosting!!Hugs,Deb
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Your so welcome Debbie 🙂
Such fashionable features!
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Thanks for stopping by Tamar 🙂
So kind of you to feature me here – I really appreciate it. Love being involved in this challenge – seeing some super outfits too. Jacqui
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Thanks for linking up with us Jacqui 🙂
I also loved the 5 over 50 challenge this month! All 5 ladies looked so amazing in their orange! Thanks for the link up and have a fabulous week. Shelbee
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They do, don't they Shelbee 🙂
Thanks for featuring the 5 Over 50 challenge Claire! We're hoping in our small way to show that age is no barrier to wearing what you like.
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Your doing great. I wish there was a 4 in 40 challenge for me to join in 😉
Thank you so much for featuring us Claire. It's a good fun challenge that we take part in. It makes you think more about what to wear that's for sure! xx
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Thanks Laurie, great post 🙂