Tea Cup Tuesday-England

Hello All

Welcome to Tea Cup Tuesday, where Martha and I enjoy sharing our tea cups with all of you, and...the best part, we get to come and see some of your beautiful china!

Today, I am writing this post from England, where it is now just about Midnight. I had a lovely long day of sightseeing. The above building is Mottisfont. It began as a priory many centuries ago and eventually was built over into a personal dwelling as you see it above. It has endured many additions after it was purchased in the 1920s. It is now a part of the National Trust of England.

I was lucky to see this beatuiful tea cup in the study. It is a 19th century English Newhall porcelain tea cup (and set below). The design is really beautiful with the gold detailing the deep blue oak leaves, the acorns and flowers.

Two curators were kind to pick up a piece of the tea set (against the rules!) so that I could take a photo of any markings it might have. The only markings are these numbers in red. The staff was very helpful and patient with me while I tried over and over to get a good picture of the china.

Here is the beautiful tea set. The tea pot is really stunning, as are the other pieces and the wooden tea tray they are displayed on. The lighting was dim in the room and flash was not allowed, so I did the best I could to get a picture I could share with you all.

I was really excited to see this item!

It is an early Victorian mahogany sarcophagus tea chest! I have never seen a tea chest on a stand before. The wood is polished beautifully with age. The docent shared with me that she had never seen inside of it, but that it was said that it had three compartments, two for two different types of tea and one for mixing the tea together.

The priory itself was lovely to visit. On the grounds are fabulous walled gardens, with such a variety of plants, trees, shrubs, and fruit trained to grow on the stone walls. It is amazing to see pears growing on a wall, all green and pink in the sun! I hope to share some photos later this week. In one of the dining (or was it gaming???) rooms the table was set with all of these fairy cakes! YUM! It is part of a special exhibit they have about Fairies!

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit. I had a great time visiting you all last week, although I may have missed the last few who signed up (hope to catch up soon!).

If you would like to join in the fun, just go and create a post with your tea cup in it, and then come back here and sign up with our linky system below. We are trilled to come and visit you!

I have not been able to do any of my usual blog visits for the past week, and I know I have missed many of your glorious posts! I do hope to have a chance to stop by for a visit when I return home and see what you all have been creating while I have been away.

Hugs,

Terri

Tea Cup Tuesday-Thrifty Find!

Hello All!

Welcome to Tea Cup Tuesday.

Today I am sharing a great thrift store find...

This lovely set of Haviland dishes! 

I was delighted to see this set of 40 pieces sitting all alone

on a dusty shelf in the clearance room of a thrift store.

Ten cups and saucers....pretty in Pink!

This set has a sweet pattern on a creamy white background...

A lovely floral spray of roses.....

The Scalloped edges add to the romantic pattern...
She really does set a pretty table!

There is extra texture added along the edge, a frilly relief in white....

 The cup is a simple clean shape with a very plain handle.

When holding it in the hand it feels ever so light and fine!

This Bavarian company is like so many British pottery companies, in that two people go into partnership and create beautiful pottery, but they are so unhappy together they split and go their separate ways. Each of them becoming famous for their china. It is also like British companies in that they went through several name and owner changes through the years.

Fritz Thomas left his partner in the late 1800 and began his own company in 1908, with his new partner and with great success. The backstamp on this set varies, some are as above, and some have just the orange number and some do not have "Germany" on them. I could not find these exact stamps in my research, but many similar, and I would guess they were manufactured around 1939-52.

Last year I posted about my trip to the Winchester's Discovery Center's show "Tea Tales" a historical look at Britain's favorite drink. You can read about it HERE.     Well, I forgot to share this tea cozy with you that yI saw at the same show. I had meant to, but forgot! So here it is . She is dated between 1920-30. 

Isn't it just lovely?

Downton Abbey ATC Swap!

Only two more days to sign up!

This is a 3/3 ATC swap centered around The fabulous Downton Abbey series.

Due to me by April 12th. I will swap them up and send them out.

I am very excited to see what the other swappers are creating! 

I am still working on my soldering skills.

Next post I will share my new pieces...I am getting a little better! Yay!

Tiny steps...lol!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

I appreciate your visits and your lovely comments : )

If you would like to join in with Martha and myself, just create a post with a tea cup in it you would like to share, tell us about it, about how you got it, what you love about it...and we love a picture of the backstamp if you can, thank you : ) Then come back here and link up below with Linky Tools.

Hugs,

Terri

Tea Cup Tuesday-Flowers!

Hello All!

Welcome to Tea Cup Tuesday!

Today I am going to do my post a little differently.....

Summer time is here and I thought it would be fun to do a tea cup post

just about the beautiful flowers on my tea cups.

I am starting off with the gorgeous flowers in the above photo, which are on a beautiful Paragon cup. The vibrant and detailed flowers are gorgeous!

Here are some gorgeous pansies

on a demitasse cup from Germany.

Beautiful bouquet of flowers on this Foley.

More pretty boughs and posies of roses and flowers on another Foley.

Shelley....need I say more???

These chintzy flowers are on a very old Collingwood cup.

Artists flowers on this old James Kent piece.

Here are beautiful roses on a vintage Royal Imperial cup.

Here is a bright chintz floral from James Kent.

Lovely pastel chintz flowers on this Rosina cup.

A gorgeous cup by Meander BV, actually, this is the plate! It was easier to photograph.

Beautiful flowers on this Queen Anne cup.

These lovely roses adorn a Royal Grafton cup.

This cup has the most stunning color of yellow and green flowers! It is on a Royal Albert Blossom Time Series cup called "Laburnum".

Martha and I are enjoying visiting each of you and seeing your lovely china.

I want to take a moment to thank you for your visits and your kind comments.

I appreciate your visits!

If you would like to play along, just go and create a post with a tea cup in it. Tell us about your cup, how you got it, where it came from, and show us the backstamp...we love seeing it too. Then come back here and link up below.

I am wishing you all a creative and imaginative summer!

Hugs,

Terri

Freedom

Happy 4th of July!

The holiday to celebrate FREEDOM!

And, for me, giving thanks for that freedom.

To celebrate, I sat down in my art room this morning and created a little symbol of the holiday. The early morning sun was shining in my window, and I worked quietly as others in my home were still resting (the early bird having woken me at 6:30am!).

Here is my little Freedom Flag...

I created it using copy of a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence for the flag.

I didn't have small enough letters, so I stamped my own using a Martha Stewart stamp set, I also used diamond glaze and some fine white glitter on them.

I then fan folded a strip of 1'' by 8 1/2'' paper, then pulled it into a round and glued it to the paper card stock circle.

I inked all the light colored papers with a brown ink pad.

I cut out red card stock a little larger than the printed flags, and pinked the edges. Then I glued a small ruffle of crepe paper at the top before sewing the front to back with red thread on baste.

After stitching the two sides together, I used fabric glue to glue on the red rickrack. I did try sewing it, but it is so tiny and narrow that I couldn't get it to hold still long enough!

Next I glued on the paper ruff all decked out with the circle and letter, added a blue star at the base and it was done. Yay!

Here is a copy of the page I created for the flags and the circles, just in case any of you would like to make your own little Freedom Flag. Just click on it to enlarge and then right click and do a "save as" to your own computer.

Have a fabulous 4th!

Hugs,

Terri

Happy June Giveaway Winners!!!

It is the last day of June....and yes, it was a very good month!

Time to announce the winners of my month long Happy June Giveaway!!!

There were hundreds of entries......and I picked the names from a hat! I love picking the names from hats.....it just seems so.....exciting!!!! I am using my favorite vintage hat.

Drum roll please................(imagine this is in big letters...my text size, and color are not working at this time)

Winner of the lovely tea cup........

Snap, of Tales from Twisty Lane!

Winner of the Marie Matchbox.........

Marianne C. from Leisure Lane!

Winner of the Grab Bag.........

Dorthe! of Den Lille Lade!

Winner of the Tea Time wall hanging......

Sherry at Createology!

Winner of the Domino book............

Elaine A!

(Elaine, I couldn't find an e-mail for you....could you please e-mail me your address? Thank you!)

Congratulations to each of you!!!

Could each winner please e-mail me your mailing address?

My e-mail button is on the right hand side bar.

Thank you all for your many visits this month!

I so enjoyed seeing all your comments. I wish I had a gift for each of you and time in the day to visit each and every one's blog!

Summer is in full swing now,

I hope you all have a memorable creative summer!

Hugs,

Terri

Tea Cup Tuesday-Tea Cups and Vintage Lace

Hello All!

Welcome once again to Tea Cup Tuesday!

It has been quite the busy week here full of all kinds of creating.

My last post was a Mad Tea Party blog hop hosted by Vanessa at A Fanciful Twist. You may find it enjoyable to read and to see the whimsical table my daughter and I set. I even made the Mad Hatter's hat. I will share that in another post.

But today is for tea cups...so on we go to this weeks beauty!

Above you see one of my cups that I think is unique....at least a little.

Also, I am showing off a bit of vintage lace that I think has such a fab color of gray/green.

I know it looks a bit ratty, but I really love the color and texture as well as pattern.

This is one of the first tea cups I bought about 18 years ago.

I found it at an estate sale on my street. I was new to the neighborhood, and did not know the woman who passed on...only knew her to wave to as we walked by. When I went into her house for the sale, I was overwhelmed with a feeling of joy! The entire house felt so good, and I was sure this was the energy of the woman who lived there. So when I spotted this cup, it was like bringing home a treasure from a friends house! I brought home many items from that sale, and I really feel they have added to the joy in my home.

I love the gold trim. And I think it was only $5!

The flower is so pretty and seems to just flow around the cup. The leaves are an interesting shape as well.

I remember thinking what an odd shape for a handle....bat like even!

I thought the scalloped edge and the eyelets were beautiful.

This cup sits on a pedestal that also has eyelets.

Don't laugh, but I do not recognize this stamp! Is it HR or HHR?

I bet some of you know the maker.

I would really appreciate it if you could tell me : )

I covered this paper mache egg with a tissue paper transfer I created from an old French legal paper from the mid 1860s. I am still deciding what else I could do to it. You can view my newest free video on Tissue Paper Transfers by clicking on this LINK or going up the right hand side of my blog at the top and clicking on the picture of the tissue transfers.

And here below is my next and last gift to win for my Happy June Giveaway! This French inspired Domino book! You only need be a follower to enter, just leave a comment to this post and let me know you would like to enter.

Only two more days until I pick the winners for each of the 5 prizes!

If you have not yet signed up for any of the other prizes click HERE for a link to a post that lists them all.

The front.

The inside.

The back.

This really has been a Happy June!

I am so thankful for each of you who stop by, and I am appreciate your comments so much!

As I have said before, I wish I had a present for each and everyone of you.

Hugs,

Terri

If you want to join in Tea Cup Tuesday. Just go and create a post with your tea cup in it, then come back here and link up below. Martha and I love hosting this party because we get to come and see you and your beautiful china.