Gothic Arches and Halloween Fun

 Hello All!

How are you all doing so far this week?

I hope it is a good one for each and every one of you.

I will be picking the winner of my Domino Book Kit tomorrow night! Yay! I wish each of you luck.

If you have not yet entered to win, just go to THIS post.

Make sure you leave info on how to reach you if you win.

I have had a few moments to play and created these Gothic Arches for a swap over at Paperwhimsy.

Creating is such an enjoyable venture! I was thinking today about how young I was when I first realized that making things from paper is my favorite thing to do...and I had a memory of sitting at the kitchen table cutting out paper dolls the way my grandmother taught my sisters and I, I think I was about 6 or 7 years old.

I still love making things with paper!

I have been out and about in Blogland and was unable to comment on some blogs.

Just know, I do love to visit you!

Hugs to you all!

Terri

Tea Cup Tuesday-Fall!

Hello All!

Welcome to Tea Cup Tuesday where Martha and I invite you to visit and see our tea cups, and we hope we get asked over to your place to see yours! We love (really love) seeing your beautiful tea cups as well as stopping by to visit your blog.

 Today I am sharing two tea cups and a tea pot. The first tea cup I have had for about 15 years. It is not a vintage cup, but about as old as I have had it. What drew me to it at the time was the large gorgeous rose! The cup is a very generous shape, so one does not have to refill it as often : )

 The coloring on this cup is very pleasing, with such pretty botanicals!

 The handle is a simple split loop and thumb spur without any adornment.

 It was manufactured by Staffordshire China from England. But I found it at Ross For Less!

 This is the matching tea pot. It is quite small considering the size of the cup!

Love this rose!

 Here is the second cup. Very cheery yet perfect for fall with it's oranges, peaches and greens.

It also sports a unique "7" handle.

 I am not sure what flowers these are supposed to be, they look like apple blossoms or rosa rugosa to me. What do you all think?

 See the pale green edges? I do love this look! The inner rim of the cup has this same treatment only in pale pink. Also  gorgeous! It is the little extra touches that make this cup unique.

This cup was created by Old Royal Bone China. Since it does not say "Made In" I am thinking it is before 1920. Do you agree?

I am so glad you were able to stop by!

Blogger has been iffy for me for months now, but I am not going to give up the ship. After thinking about it for quite some time, I figure any host is going to have issues, and I don't want to trade for different ones! I have seen a number of you bloggers out there thinking of leaving Blogger too. Hopefully they will keep working out the issues. So I can visit AND leave comments at your blog!

If you would like to play along with Tea Cup Tuesday, Please Remember, HAVE A TEA CUP IN YOUR POST! It is that simple. Most of you do this beautifully, but some lately have not had a tea cup at all or even just linked to a store page. I remove links that go to shops.

Sorry about this, but I need to do a little moderating.

If you have a tea cup you would like to share, then go create your post and then come back here and link that post to Linky Tools below. Then we can come and visit you! Yay!

I am having a giveaway to celebrate my new class beginning next Monday October 10th! 

If you haven't yet entered just click HERE to go to the post to comment.

I will be announcing the winner at the end of this week!

Good luck to each of you!

Hugs,

Terri

Happy October!

October has begun in perfection, with our first crisp day!

It has been in the high 80s here, and today it is in the 60s. So wonderful! As I mentioned in my previous post, the Maple trees in my backyard are beginning to turn color. Each day there are a few more leaves sporting seasonal attire!

I have finished filming all my class videos for my new class on Altered Domino Books at Creative Workshops. Yay! It was a wonderful experience and I learned a great deal more about editing and filming, even though I have been making videos for about two years. I think I am getting better at it! There are 8 videos in all! I am very excited to see what everyone in the class is going to make. 

Since I am done filming and editing...I had time to play and create something for Halloween! I had a great time creating this banner using Paperwhimsy images. The background to the banners is a new sheet Gale has created. I love it! All of the Witches are PW girls. The letters BOO I bought at Archivers.

To celebrate my class opening, I am having a giveaway of a Domino Book Kit. If you have not entered yet, go HERE to do so. You only need be a follower to enter. I will be awarding this prize by Sunday October 9th! When you enter, please leave an e-mail address so I can contact you.

 The witches in my banner are very chic. They design their own hats! They love netting, feathers and even rhinestones! Very fashionable I think!

 I have begun a little Fall/Halloween decorating with this banner. It now graces my fireplace mantle in my family room.  I have also added new candles and a plant there too.

Now all I need is to find a few pumpkins for my front porch!

I want to share with you a lovely gift I won during the Gypsy Dream Blog hop hosted by Celia at Adventures of the Striped Stockings.

Mina of Green Witch With Sprinkles offered this beautiful jewelry set and I won it! Yay!

Her gift arrived yesterday and I put them on as soon as I opened the package. They are so lovely and perfect for fall!

Thank you so much Mina!

Thank you all for stopping by!

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. 

Hugs,

Terri

Tea Cup Tuesday-Roses!

 Hello All!

Welcome once again to our tea cup sharing party! Yay!

Today I am thrilled to show you a cup I found earlier this spring, but saved to show you now as it seemed like a perfect fall cup. It reminds me of the last roses of summer. My roses do poorly here in the hot summer heat and humidity, but when the cooler weather comes with September, suddenly they are happy again and blooming vibrantly. They will bloom for another month if we do not get a frost at night.

 There are so  many things I love about this cup. Firstly, the colors of the roses! 

Soon worthy to me!

Secondly, I adore the shape of the cup, can you see the unusual shape of the rim? Almost square.

 The two sides of the cup are decorated with roses, red on one side and yellow on the other.

 I love the color of both roses. Just right.

The leaves are my favorite colors of green.

This looks like a modified "7" handle to me. It has just a simple gold detail on it.

The other thing that I appreciate about this cup is that it is a trio! I rarely find all three pieces.

The leaves are my favorite colors of green.

The leaves are my favorite colors of green.

The roses on the plate, so lovely!

There are beautiful yellow roses on the plate too.

Here you can really see the shape of the cup.

The pattern name is Morgans Rose and was created by Hammersley in England.  From what I can find out about Hammersley, it began around 1887, but was bought and sold a number of times. Aynsley bought the name in 1989. I am thinking that this backstamp is a fairly modern one, so it is not more than 20 years old.

As the weather gets cooler at night here, it is lovely to have such a cup to sip from by the fire.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Martha (Make sure you visit her as she always has the most gorgeous tea cups...and her vintage website has lovely items for sale!) and I are so thrilled to visit each of you and we love seeing your tea cups. So if you would like to join in this week, just go and create a post about a tea cup or two and then come back here and link that specific post with Linky Tools below.

In case you haven't heard yet, I have a new class beginning with Creative Workshops October 10th on Altered Domino Books. So I am having a giveaway of a Domino Kit to celebrate! Yay! Click HERE to enter in this giveaway!

Happy Fall!

Happy Fall to all of you!

What a delight to have a whole day to feel good about!

It has been raining on and off for a few days here, just perfect for entering fall. The maple tree in my back yard is just starting to show red and gold tints to it's leaves. 

The smell of fall is filling the air and filling me with thoughts of appreciation and gratitude for life, however busy it may be, no matter the circumstances. Fresh fall air always makes me feel hopeful!
Do any of you get this feeling with fall?

During this season, I find myself already looking back at the year and realizing there is still so much I would like to do before the new year. I think of people I still want to write to or visit if possible, places I want to experience, bike rides I want to go on and projects I would like to finish.

Last night I had a dream it was Christmas morning, 

and I had not bought any presents!

 

Fall, for me, is a good time to reconnect with myself as well. I can get so busy with things going on in life, so fall reminds me to breathe. I appreciate that! It also reminds me of how thankful I am for life, for my family, for my friends, and for all of you here in blogland. The saying above is one of my favorites. To me, each day really is a gift. That doesn't mean I jump out of bed every morning with a grin on my face (although that does happen!), but I know each day I can choose to experience it that way. Yay!

Feel free to right click on the saying and use it in your art. I have a giveaway going on to celebrate my new Altered Domino Class over at Creative Workshops. If you would like to enter just click HERE. 

Have a lovely fall Saturday!

Hugs to you All! Terri

Tea Cup Tuesday-Lady Carlyle

Hello All! Welcome to our Tea Cup Tuesday!
Martha and I share a love of tea cups, and really, all things tea. We totally love coming and seeing your beautiful tea cups each week and so you have all blessed us! Isn't it delightful to focus on things that bring you in touch with your own inner joy? I think so! Tea cups and having tea are pure delight to me. Sharing it with Martha and you all???? PRICELESS!

I owe the showing of today's cup to Carrie at Oak Rise Cottage who shared her Lady Carlyle tea cups last week and reminded me of mine and how much I enjoy it. She showed both the Avon shape as well as the Malvern. My cup is the Malvern shape although I love the Avon more.

As you can see it is a cup full of gorgeous color!

It sits pretty on it's pedestal base simple adorned with two gold rings.

I do so love the pink and cornflower blue in the flowers within the beautiful rose pattern

These pretty flowers adorn the inner cup.

I find the plate a work of art! Just look at that pattern!

Of course, it is Royal Albert! Doesn't it just look like a Royal Albert cup?
The pattern name "Lady Carlyle" is perfect for it.

I am having a giveaway (shameless promotion!) to celebrate my new class at Creative Workshops! Yay again! (see below for promo video)
I never knew I would be teaching classes online, and I know I am going to love it! I know some of you have signed up and I am so excited to have the opportunity to create with you!
Click here to enter my giveaway of a Domino kit I put together from my own art stash!

I must say, I am feeling a little guilty for having a video that isn't free, after two and a half years of free only! Someone commented on my Youtube page that they were sad I wasn't having free ones anymore. But I am ! I will do more for free.
I love doing that too!

This vase of flowers looks so lovely! The weather has cooled here some, and the roses are much happier! We will have roses for another month before it gets cooler.
Flowers are such a gift! They too connect me with my JOY!

Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit today!
Martha and I would love for you to join in, just pick out a tea cup to share and tell us about it in a post. Then come back here and sign up with Linky Tools below. If you don't have a tea cup, you could go look at Martha's website Pretty Vintage Things, she sells beautiful tea cups!

Hugs,
Terri

Celebration Giveaway!

Hello All!
I am wanting to share my joy with you by having another giveaway! In celebration of my first Mixed Media class over at Creative Workshops on Altered Domino Books, I am giving away a box full of goodies to make your own domino books! There are all kinds of items from my art room that you could use to start creating your own! With Domino books you only need to think small, tiny little pieces. Which is so nice if you only have a little bit of your favorite paper or lace left, it can be used beautifully in one of these books!

Vintage ribbon and lace bundle...

Pink ribbons and lace bundle...

Blue and green ribbons and lace bundle...

Tissue paper transfers...

Two envelopes of beads, rhinestones, charms...words, sentences and many tiny images...

Three page inserts ready to adorn for your book....

Diamond Glaze, Stickles and of course, dominos!

I have been truly enjoying creating the video lessons for this class! It is full of all kinds of tips and techniques usable for creating domino books or any other type of art. What I love about Creative Workshops is that you have at least a year to do your class, maybe even longer and you can start any time. Yay! I am so excited to share and play with any of you who might want to join in!
This Altered Domino Book Class begins October 10th.

To enter my giveaway, all you need to do is to leave a comment...and of course be a follower.

Here is the short video that previews the class...
Just in case you haven't seen it before.

Hugs,
Terri