Blogger was giving me fits as I was doing this post as it was not letting me move my pictures around within my post to get them in the order that I wanted them to be. Urrrgggg......
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Matching Pieces....
Blogger was giving me fits as I was doing this post as it was not letting me move my pictures around within my post to get them in the order that I wanted them to be. Urrrgggg......
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Itty Bitty Finds.....
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Teacup Tuesday - Week 10
I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. My weekend was fabulous. The weather here in Minnesota was perfect for the long holiday weekend with sunny skies, light breezes and temps in the mid seventies. I was able to spend quite a bit of the weekend visiting with my Mom, my sisters and my nieces and nephew which is something I always enjoy getting to do. It was also the perfect time to test out my new bed as I was able to sleep in each day and so far so good. The new bed seems to be helping with my back as it's been easier for me to get up in the morning and start moving around without any back pain. I hope this is a good sign and that the problems with my back will improve even more as time goes by.
For "Teacup Tuesday", this week I am sharing a lovely teacup that has a rose and blue floral pattern. The marking on the to bottom of this teacup indicates that the teacup was made in England by the Gladstone Bone China company.
This teacup is actually one that I no longer use for the reason that it has a chip along the top edge of teacup and I have always read that for sanitary reasons, it is not a good thing to use any sort of china for serving food or beverages if the china is cracked or chipped. Even though it is no longer used for its intended purpose, it still looks lovely displayed alongside all of my other china so I will never part with it.
Now, for something extra special.....
Katie from Rose Breeze Boutique , who for the past several weeks has joined me for Teacup Tuesdays, is doing a special giveaway on her blog. Katie makes and sells these wonderful little paper teacups that are filled with rose shaped teabags. They are just the sweetest thing to keep for oneself or to give away as little gifts or to use for party favors. Katie is giving away one of these sweet little paper teacups to the lucky winner of her drawing which will be held on Friday. Stop by Katie's blog before then to enter her drawing. Good luck to all of you.
In addition to Katie, these lovely ladies are also joining me for Teacup Tuesday this week and they would love to have you stop by and visit thier blogs to see the teacups they have chosen to share with us today:
Melinda @ Everything Shabby and Chic
Jocelyn @ Happy Cottage Quilter
Lola @ ...and Sew On
Valerie @ http://travelingthrough2.blogspot.com/
Friday, May 22, 2009
Hello New Bed.....
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Bye, Bye Old Bed.....
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Teacup Tuesday - Week 9
I hope you all had a fabulous weekend and that your week has started on a good note. I enjoyed my mini-vacation immensely, even though I just stayed home and didn't travel anywhere. It was just really nice to de-stress and have some extra time to relax and do some of my favorite things and not have to think about work for several days. I have some exciting news about a major purchase I made this past weekend and I will post more about that later in the week, as I don't want to take away from the regular theme of this day which is all about teacups.
Can you believe it's already been nine weeks for my "Teacup Tuesday" posts? My how time flies. I've enjoyed sharing my collection of teacups with you and it makes me feel good knowing that I am not alone in my love of teacups and that so many of you share a love of these also. What has made these "Teacup Tuesday's" even more special is that I now have several other lovely ladies who have joined my small group by sharing teacups from their collections on the same day. I am very honored to have them be a part of this group and I hope that even more of you may join in someday, even if it's just a one time thing for you.
Until next time....
Friday, May 15, 2009
A Good Day Antiquing....
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
You must check this out....
As for me, I'm taking a much needed short vacation from work and will be spending the next few days most likely browsing through some of my favorite local antique shops. If I'm lucky, I will hopefully have a few new treasures to share with you by the weekend.
Hope you are all having a wonderful week.
Until next time...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Teacup Tuesday - Week 8
Before we get to the teacup this week, let me first say that I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day Weekend. I had a great time with my own mother on Mother’s day. My family is not what you could call “Fancy” and we did nothing extravagant to celebrate Mom’s special day. My siblings and I along with my brother-in-law and nieces and nephew just spent the afternoon at my Mom’s visiting and having a barbeque lunch. It was the perfect way to spend a quiet Sunday afternoon.
Now, to get on with the purpose of today’s post, this week I have chosen to share another Royal Albert teacup from my collection. This teacup is part of the Gaiety Series and the pattern is called “Valeta”. This pattern features roses mixed in with moss green leaves. The top and bottom of the teacup are trimmed in my favorite color of pink as is the saucer. It is so pretty!!
It even has a spray of roses on the inside edge of the teacup. Don't you just love teacups that have the floral patterns on the insides of the teacups as well as the outsides?
Another view with more of the saucer showing....
This teacup I inherited from my Great Aunt Hester when she passed away several years ago. It is very special to me and I think about her and what a kind and sweet lady she was every time I use it. I also appreciate the fact that she enjoyed collecting teacups as much as I do.
I hope you aren’t getting bored yet seeing the teacups in my collection as I still have quite a few more to show. Who knows, before these “Teacup Tuesday” post ends, I may even have added a few more to my collection… LOL
Now that you’re done visting me, please stop over and visit these lovely ladies who are joining me this week to see the teacups they are showing. They would love to have you stop by for a visit:
Katie Rose Breeze Boutique
Melinda Everything Shabby and Chic
Jocelyn at Happy Cottage Quilter
...and Sew On
Don’t forget. If there is anyone else who is interested in joining me each week for “Teacup Tuesday”, you are more than welcome to. It is open to anyone who wants to participate. Remember to, that it is not something you need to do every week. You can just join me whichever weeks you choose. All you need to do to join in the fun is send me an Email by Monday night with the link to your blog and I will include your blogs link in my post for the upcoming week.
I hope that more of you will join us in the upcoming weeks, even if it’s just once or twice. The more ladies we have joining in, the more fun it will be.
Thanks for stopping by for a visit. Take care and have enjoy the rest of your week.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
More Roses To Add to My Collection.....
I hope you all had a wonderful week and that you are finding time now to enjoy the weekend and hopefully some beautiful spring weather where you are. We've had some very nice days of weather this past week for the most part, but on Friday we received some much needed rain. The weekend sounds like it will be dry but somewhat on the cool side with temperatures in the mid sixties.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Birthday Gifts & Other Gifts.....
The timing of the gift of money couldn’t have been more perfect as it came just in time for me to shop at a local “Occasional Sale”. These are special shops that sell mostly vintage, antique and handcrafted items and the sales are only held periodically throughout the year. The shop I spent my birthday money at is called Vintage Whimsy and is located about an hours drive from my home. Definitely worth visiting even if it takes a little while to get there as they have lots of cute vintage and shabby chic items.
Keeping mostly within my set budget, I managed to snag the perfect gift for myself. Are you read to see it????
Well here it is…
It’s a cute wicker shelf that is actually intended to be hung on a wall, but as soon as I saw it, I knew that it would be perfect to use as a display piece on a small desk that I have in my spare bedroom (which actually has no bed and is currently used more as a sitting room). I’ve already filled it with some of my favorite things. Someday, I may even move it to the larger desk that I have in my home office downstairs, but I have so much stuff on that desktop already that I can’t imagine trying to make room for this. So for now, it will stay here where it already fits perfectly.
And lastly, I must share with you a few pictures of a lovely gift recently bestowed upon me by my dear blogging friend Katie at Rose Breeze Boutique. Showing what a sweet and generous person she is, Katie sent me this darling little hand-painted pink oval box with the prettiest hand-painted roses on sides and on the lid. Isn’t it lovely?
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Teacup Tuesday-Week 7
Do you notice something different about this “Teacup Tuesday” post? See something that is usually lacking in my blog pictures?
Figured it out yet?
However, for this post I must sneak a little of this color black onto my blog to take you back many years ago to where my teacup collection first started. This my friends was the very first teacup that I ever purchased and which was the beginning of this crazy teacup collection of mine. I’m guessing it must be close to 20 years old by now. I know nothing of the pattern. All I can tell you is that it was made by Queens China.
Katie - Rose Breeze Boutique
Melinda - Everything Shabby and Chic
Jocelyn - Happy Cottage Quilter
Sandi Wayside Treasures
Until next time my freinds.....
Friday, May 1, 2009
What's on top of your refrigerator?
Sooooooo..... this is how it will work. The third and seventh person to leave me a comment on this post will each receive one of these sweet little saucers as a special little gift from me as my way of saying thank you for visiting my blog.
Good luck my lovely friends...