Giveaway: Tea and Cake with the Saints

The time has come for a giveaway! 

We'll be giving away Tea and Cake with the Saints, by Alice Cantrell. The book is split into four parts: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn. Each section contains delicious recipes (my favorite being the Vanilla Tea Cake and Cream Cheese Mints), simple yet charming gift ideas, brief lists of saints' feasts, and engaging articles (a few being about Mary Gardens, tea, and letter writing). Tea and Cake with the Saints also provides spiritual bouquet cards and recipe cards to be printed off and further decorated. There are also easy party suggestions for all four seasons, like cookie exchanges and picnicking.

This really is a wonderful book--and definitely an essential one for Catholic teen girls! In my own copy, you'll find that there are many dog-eared pages and smudges on all the recipes. 

So, enter, enter, enter!

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Even if you don't win, make this book a part of your collection! You can find the book here at Amazon.

Make a Teacup Bird Feeder

In honor of Saint Francis’s feast day on October 4th, create this simple, unique, and inexpensive bird feeder in just a few simple steps! All you need is a teacup and saucer, durable adhesive glue, string, scissors, and birdseed.

STEP 1. Find a teacup and saucer. You can find inexpensive ones for less than 50 cents at thrift stores. STEP 2. Wash your teacup and saucer with warm water and pat dry.

Photo Credits: Avery Thomas

STEP 3. Run a line of adhesive glue down one side of the teacup and onto the center of the saucer. Firmly place your teacup on the saucer so that the handle faces upward.  

STEP 4. Let the glue set for at least 24 hours. Lay strips of tape across the teacup and saucer to secure its position.

STEP 5.  After the glue has set, pull off the tape, fasten a string to the handle of your teacup, fill it with birdseed, and hang it from a sturdy tree.

This bird feeder would also make a great gift for your mother, grandmother, or a friend. Or keep it for yourself, hang it outside your bedroom window, and watch the birds flutter around it as winter approaches...

Photos: Copyright Avery Thomas

The Ultimate List of Catholic Books For Catholic Girls

Ernest Hemingway once said, “there is no friend as loyal as a book.” Saint Alphonsus Liguori also said, "Without good books and spiritual reading, it will be morally impossible to save our souls." Below is the ultimate list of Catholic books that most Catholic teen girls should take the time to read. I have included a few favorite Christian books of mine. They're not necessarily Catholic, but noteworthy all the same.


                                     Tea & Cake with the Saints, by Alice Cantrell

The Youcat, the essential Catholic handbook

Beautiful Girlhood, by Karen Andrea 

Pure Faith prayer book

Ablaze: Stories of Daring Teen Saints, 

 by Colleen Swaim

Radiate: More Stories of Teen Saints,

by Colleen Swaim

That One Girl, by Christina Mead

An Easy Way to Become a Saint, 

by Fr. Paul O'Sullivan

Fictional Catholic books

NOTE: The books below have some very mature themes, so if you're under 

fourteen years old, check with your parents to see if you can read them.

Ten Commandments for Kissing Gloria Jean, 

by Britt Leigh

The Shadow of the Bear, 

by Regina Doman

I am Margaret, by Corinna Turner

This is where my list ends! I hope this was helpful to you. Please pass it on. And do tell, what are your favorite Catholic books? What do you think of the books I've listed? Comment below!