Tea-Blog-a-Thon (2 Weeks)

I hope you all have a cup of your favorite tea to sip on, because I know this is going to take a while! I missed last weeks Blog-a-thon @ Gracious Hospitality, so first I will get caught up!
The theme last week was clothing and accessories for when we go to tea. Now, I go to tea fairly regularly. My mode of dress is usually dress capris or slacks and a (what I call) frilly blouse. I love black and white, so a lot of times those are the colors. However, one item of my grandma's would be perfect for tea!
It is her shawl. I usually have this on display in our guest room, but I think it would be precious at a tea.
Now two things I love in accesories more than others....bracelets and purses. Just ask my husband. He will gladly tell you about my purses! So sometimes I wear these cutsie bracelets to tea.

The chain on the card was purchased at a craft show years ago. It is a pin on "necklace" with cups and teapots. I love this on a sweater, which unfortunately, we don't wear too much of here. The pin was a gift.
This blurry pic of a pin, was one I made...yep, me! I took a class at a scrapbook store and we made these. I do wear this often.
These little bracelets have teapots and cups and spoons. So hard to get pic but I got these at the Dollar Tree, a few years back, before it was called Dollar Tree.
Sometimes, when I go to tea, I feel like a queen. Well, really, I want to be queen every day! Anyways, this necklace and bracelet are a fairly recent find.
Well, finally, on part one, this is me about 4 years ago at a tea room that has since closed.:( No only did they have hats to put on, but gloves and fur stoles at every chair. Oh, it was just toooooo cute! I tried to take pic of a pic...best I could do...
Whew, ok, on to this week. We are to post a recipe. Ok, lets first understand each other.

I often have lunches and teas at my home. My recipe for the success of these?

MY HUBBY! He is so good to help me prepare almost everything. And my best idea for a dessert.....A BAKERY!

OK, at this point, Kat at Mimi's Garden is on the floor laughing....my dear friend and her 20 precious recipes!! However, I did pull out a fav of mine. I give credit to my mom...she passed this to me as a young bride. So here it is

Pistachio Nut Bread

1 Box Yellow Cake Mix

1 Pkg. Pistachio Instant Pudding

1/4 c oil

1/4 c water

1/2 pint sour cream

4 eggs

Mix the above ingrediants in a bowl using a wooden spoon. Then make the following mixture:

1 c Brown sugar

1 t. cinnemon

1/2 c chopped walnuts

Grease 2 loaf pans. Pour 1/2 cake mixture in bottom of pans. Put crumble mixture on top of batter. Repeat batter. Run knife threw all layers a few times.

Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Do not cut until cool. (Which at my house means hide it!)

OK....I am totally exhausted and am running out to Safeway for a Petit Four....