Valentine Tea Cup Tuesday!

Happy Valentine's Day

A day for LOVE
How about a week for LOVE?
Or a year for LOVE?
I think I will choose a lifetime for LOVE!

Here is a sweet little cup I just found on eBay. eBay can be a lovely spot to find treasure.

I have never owned a Shelley before. With all the swirls and florals on this cup, it seems to be a very good cup for a valentine tea!

The Shelley china company created beautiful china. Their china is so thin you can see through it. Shelley's bone china clay mix had the highest percentage of ground bone of any china company. This company produced china from the late 1800's to the mid 1900's. Many consider Shelley china as the very best china ever created.

It has a very simple loop handle, but I love how it is painted pink!

See the lovely flowers and the swirls in the china itself?

Along with a nice cup of tea in my new sweet cup, how about a piece of delicious cake?
Mmmmmmmm

And now it is time for me to announce the winner of this lovely Valentine cup!
The winner is......

Terri Gordon!!!
I went to Random.org and put in 1-67, the number was 2 and she was the second person to comment.
Congratulations Terri!
Terri is an amazing artist and makes beautiful art.

Thank you so much for stopping by for Tea Cup Tuesday! I hope you enjoyed your visit.
I appreciate every one of you who come by, and I love reading your comments.
If you would like to share one of your tea cups with us, sign in below with Mr. Linky and we can come and see your post about it.
Share how you came to have the cup...
Who made the cup...we love to see a photo of the backstamp, or tell us the maker.
What do you love about your cup?

Hugs to you All!
Terri

Giveaway day!

Hello All!
Happy Sunday!
What an amazing day it is here....sunshine, good company and lovely food!

I just wanted to pop in to Blogland and remind all that my Tea Cup Giveaway winner will be chosen tonight at 10pm! So there is still time to leave a comment to enter!

This lovely cup has a petite gold trimmed pedestal.

A lovely touch of gold on the handle.

This wonderful raised pattern just above the pedestal.
The floral pattern is a pretty pink and red, just right for a Valentine cup!

And it is by Royal Albert in England!

Good luck to you All,
Hugs,
Terri

Valentine Dreaming

Hello All
Happy Saturday!
What a bright and shiny new day to experience!

How wonderful that at this time more people are focused on Love more than any other time of the year. Little children are creating and signing their cards to other little children, lovers are wondering what would be a romantic way to say "I love you" to their significant other. Some of us older romantics are basking in the knowledge that our long times loves are the greatest teachers we have ever known.

To feel loved is such an incredible feeling. To share love is a great joy.
I love having this special day to increase my desire to do both!
In fact, how about we have some more days created just to focus on LOVE!

Here is a hanging Valentine's Day card I have made to show someone that I love them.

Have a lovely weekend!
Hugs,
Terri

Beauty and Delight

Hello All!
I hope you are having a delightful week. We have had a few days of glorious spring like weather, the kind that makes you take a deep breath and breath in the wellbeing that you are.
Aaaaaah....that feels so good!

Today I am sharing two gifts, the first one is a birthday gift to one of my sisters. The second one is a surprise gift to me!
Here is a little envelope that I created to hold the bracelet and earrings I made for my sister. I really enjoyed making this because I used pieces I brought back from England and Paris. I do hope she likes it...it should arrive at her house today.

Just look at this envelope that showed up in my pile of mail today! I saw the edge of it sticking out of the stack when my hubby brought it in and I said "What is that one there" quite excitedly....see we don't usually get beautifully aged letters...by Royal Mail no less!
I took my time getting to open it, I saved it....waited hours until I had a moment to myself and a cup of tea!

See how she has aged it? I love this!!!

Along with this finely crafted card was this amazing ATC!

This beautiful red ATC is perfect for Valentines and I love that the word on it is "Beauty"!
Can you see how she expertly sews in pretty beads on both the card and ATC?

The artist who graced me with this surprise beauty is Frieda Oxenham! You can visit her blog here and see her totally amazing quilts and beautiful photography.
Freida, thank you so very much! Your gift has really warmed my heart!

Here is another pennant from my new Spring Joy Banner.

I have uploaded a free video tutorial of this banner on YouTube
and you can see it here.

Hugs to you all!
Terri

Tea Cup Tuesday Romance

Hello All!
Happy Tea Cup Tuesday!!!
Martha and I are happy once again to reach into our china cabinets and share with you!

Today's post is about Romance. Since Valentine's Day is just around the corner, I want to share with you things of a romantic nature. The first cup I would like to share with you is a cup that speaks romance! I found this cup at ABC carpet and home near Union Square in NYC a couple of years ago.

It has the most gorgeous colors, as well as an exquisite raised gold design and beautiful pink roses. It appears to be hand painted. A company called Meander BV created it.

The roses really are gorgeous in person.

This pink pennant is part of a Spring Joy Banner I created recently. I wanted to make a romantic Banner that speaks of joy. This is the first in three pennants, the others being the O and the Y. I have just posted a video tutorial for it on YouTube. I will share a secret...I made a rather funny boo boo during the taping but left it in because it was too funny, if you watch it, let me know if you notice what I said incorrectly! The girl image is from Paperwhimsy.

How about a pink romantic heart necklace?

Or a red romantic heart necklace?

My second cup is a little sweetie. She is so cute and she too is a very romantic cup with the lovely gold filigree and the pastel colored pansies.

The little handle has a dramatic angle to it.

When I bought it I had not checked to make sure the cup and saucer were of the same make. I just assumed they were. This cup taught me to always check both before buying. Truthfully though, I would have brought it home anyways! It was only $4!...and it is really lovely.

Here is a sentiment I found in a book
"How to Write Love Letters" by Michelle Lovric:

"Why did you let your eyes rest on me like that,
and smile at me with that smile,
and speak to me in that voice?
Now nothing can ever be the same again."

This is how I felt when I met my dear sweet man 23 years ago, and nothing has been the same since.....only it has been much better!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and sharing today with me.
It has been a pleasure! I love reading your comments!
If you would like to play along, post about one of your tea cups, who made it, it's history, why you love it, how you came to have it.... things like that. Then link up below with Mr. Linky by filling in the two blank.
(I have just noticed Mr. Linky looks weird today! You have to click on him to see the list!)
Remember to click on your own link once it is made to make sure it goes to your blog. We don't want to miss visiting you and seeing your tea cup!

Valentine Creativity

Hello All!

I have been playing with some romantic ideas for Valentines day. These little boxes are sweet and just the right size for a pair of earring, a small necklace or some little notes of love written out on strips of parchment.

They are very easy to do. I bought some heart shaped boxes from a craft store and painted them with Gesso, then the color of my choice. I did not paint the top of the box though, I left that free for the image I had chosen to glue on with tacky glue. I also glued on a strip of vintage lace trim around the lid. Then I used Diamond Glaze just along the outer edges to adhere a string of vintage rhinestones. When that was dry, I filled in the center with more Diamond Glaze (let it dry overnight). I used a thin line of Stickles just below the rhinestones on the outer edge.

More Valentine crafting to come!
Hugs,
Terri

Tracie's Tea Cup for Me

Hello All,
Happy Friday!!!
Today I am sharing with you the tea cup that I have received in a trade with Tracie of Fishtail Cottage. She has a gorgeous blog and is hosting a garden party! Stop by her blog to get a real break from this cold winter we are having.

Tracie sent me a lovely little box with this Colclough tea cup, a lace hankie, a doily, some tea and some candy. She also kindly sent along a paper with the history of Colclough on it....

wasn't that thoughtful!
I have not owned Colclough before. I am lucky to now have a pretty example of it.
Thank you so much Tracie for taking the time to pick this pretty cup out for me.

I want to thank Sharon of Faith Hope and Cherry Tea for hosting this swap. Thank you so much! If you follow the link to her site, you will be able to look at all the swap tea cups!

I have been doing some more creating, and I will be posting about them soon.
Hugs to you all,
Terri