Tea Cup Tuesday and Giveaway!

This is what I wish for each and everyone of you for this coming New Year.
An Irish blessing I found at Irish Culture and Customs.
(if you click on the photo it may be easier to read)

Welcome to the last Tea Cup Tuesday of 2010!

Next year will be here soon and we shall start a new year of sharing. Martha still has plenty of cups left to show us, and I still have a few...in fact, Santa brought me two more! Yea! I will share them another week. Today I want to thank my wonderful friend Martha for sharing this party with me and making it so special with her fabulous posts. Thank you Martha!

Here is my my first tea cup and saucer for today. It is a subtle shade of blue, so pale, so gentle.

It has a lovely iridescent finish inside. I love the stars, so perfect for a holiday cup, especially New Years eve. I think the stars give it a mystical look as well.

The gold hand painted stars shine all around. It sits tall on it's gold trimmed pedestal.

Starry, starry plate!

An interesting gold specked ring handle, with a slight thumb rest.
I do not know who made this magical cup, the bottoms do not have any markings on them.

Here is my second cup. It is a lovely shade of yellow, and it too has gold stars all around. The stars are similar but not the same as the first cup.

I do love the ruffled edge of this cup.
The plate has a scalloped edge as well.

The golden handle is elegant with a larger thumb spur.

Luckily this cup has a backstamp, and as you can see it was made by the Queen Anne China Co.
This stamp is one they used between 1950 and 1958. Which makes this cup about my own age!

Here is a look out my front door yesterday morning....very, very unusual for us here. We enjoyed looking out the window at the white wonder. Unfortunately two of our trees were badly damaged by the weight of the snow. They are not used to it.

The sky itself was about the same color!

Winter beauty is so magical. Just like my cups!

Don't forget to sign up for my Giveaway if you haven't already done so. Here are a few pictures of what I have put together so far.....
The Love Banner is from my free video and the rest are all kinds of things to create with.

Lots of bits of vintage lace, beads and baubles.

If you would like to share one or more of your tea cups with us, it's story, it's history if you know it....then fill in the two blanks below in Mr. Linky. Check the link yourself to make sure it works. We will love coming to see yours!
Thank you so much for stopping by today!
Hugs to you all!
Terri