Tea Cup Tuesday-Pink

Happy Tea Cup Tuesday!

It is a murky day here...

Great day to cheer up with a cup of tea and a visit!

First I want to share with you the surprise Frieda Oxenham sent me last week...

This lovely rosey quilt hanging! 

I have long been an admirer of her needlework.

She creates the most amazing art quilts I have ever seen.

To see some more of her handiwork, you can visit her blog Frieda Quilter.

Thank you again Frieda! I really was surprised and I am sooooo thrilled!

For the moment, it is adorning the back of my slip covered couch in my art room. 

I think it looks very cheery there. And with our dark gloomy days of late, it is a real blessing.

Today I chose a pink corset shaped cup by Aynsley for my Assam, milk and honey.

This is one the first cups I bought when I began truly collecting.

I love the color and the shape as well as the tea rose inside.

And here is another pretty pink cup just for you.

Do you like herbal tea or Black tea?
sugar, honey, milk, or lemon?

I thought I would show you the Anysley stamp as it is interesting. 

So many different numbers.

It tells us when Aynsley was established, 1775

It gives us a pattern number 2225

And it may give us an artist initial with the R

The 28 must have to do with the date of manufacture, but I have yet to find the answer to that one.
I have seen Aynsleys online that have a 30 on them and the seller says it means they were made in the 30s. But I am not sure. My books do not address it. I am guessing though around 1940.

The Aynsley Collectors Society is a great place for more information about the long intricate history of the Aynsley family and their pottery.
But I did not see an explanation for the numbers on their site. 

And the lovely pale pink tea cup is from Foley China.
I do love Foley as well. They make such lovely china.
This cup was created after 1943.

The weather here has been unusually cold and wet.
We did have some nice days here and there of high 60s, even high 70s.
But lately very chilllllllly.
I took this image at the Sarah Duke Gardens on January 12.
That was our 22nd anniversary.
It was a lovely day.

Then last couple weeks....

We had two snows!
This little guy was very surprised!
So was I when I opened the door that morning.

Many of our trees are in bud, daffodils up,
and all of my herbs have survived so far....
I am still keeping my fingers crossed.
winter is not over yet.

I have been busy in my art room. It looked like a bomb went off in it a few days ago,
But this weekend I was able to clean out quite well.
Just in time for me to start more projects and dig out more stuff!
Gotta love the process : )

How is the weather in your area?

I am totally enjoying more jewelry creations and have a new class coming out at
Creative Workshops in April. I will let you know more about that as it gets closer.
And I am really enjoying Misty Mawn's online art class Face to Face. It is truly an amazing experience! It lasts an entire year. Her lessons are awe inspiring!
I am learning to "see" and draw! It's slow going, but worth it.
In April I am going to Art and Soul and will be having lessons with her in person. Yay!

What are you up to?
Tell me about you?

If you would like to join in and share your tea cups just create a post with your cups in it and then come back here and link that specific post to Linky Tools below.

Martha and I have been doing this party for a while now...
Many of you know and love Martha like I do.
She is in  need our prayers and healing thoughts.
She is going through a tough time.

We both appreciate you all very much.

Hugs,
Terri