Teacup Tuesday - Week 23

Hello ladies and welcome to the final installment of "Teacup Tuesday".

Yes, you heard right. After 23 weeks, I have FINALLY come to the end of my collection of teacups and this week you will see the final two that I currently have in my collection. Don't feel sad though as Tuesday's theme of tea is not coming to an end just yet. Starting next Tuesday, a slight shift will be made and I will be moving on to my collection of teapots and as you can imagine, it will take a few months to get through those.

For now though, let's admire the lovely teacups that I am sharing with you today. I saved these two for last as I think they have to be my two favorite teacups. Both are Royal Albert teacups and are of the same style, but they are two different colors.

The first is Royal Albert's Lady Carlyle pattern, featuring of course my favorite color of pink and some beautiful roses.....

The second teacup is Royal Albert's Lady Ascot pattern which features the same floral pattern as the one above, but the Lady Ascot pattern has a lovely teal blue color instead of pink. Such a pretty color of blue and one that you don't see very often.

And just to be safe because I always have a fear of breaking my teacups and knowing how hard it sometimes can be to find a replacement, I purchased two teacups in each pattern just so I would have an extra in case one tragically breaks.

I can actually be a little over protective when it comes to my china and a perfect example is when I moved from my apartment to my house where I live now. Even though my Mother ever so graciously paid for a professional moving service for me, I just couldn't find it in myself to trust them to move all my boxes of china for me without breaking something, so I ended up packing all my boxes of china into my car and I moved it myself. I figured that if anything broke during the short trip to my new house, I would only have myself to blame. Luckily, everything made it to it's new home in one piece and I've been able to enjoy it all ever since.

Well that's enough about me and my crazy obsessions for this week. Make sure you come back next week to see the beginning of my teapot collection.

Now if you have the time and I hope you do, please take a quick trip over to the blogs of these wonderful ladies to see what pretty tea things they have to share with you today.

Valerie @ Traveling Through
Jocelyn @ Happy Cottage Quilter
Lola @ ...and Sew On
Mary @ Mary's Tea Cottage