Teacup Tuesday August 17 2010.

Happy Teacup Tuesday!

Once again, I am joining Martha at

http://www.marthasfavorites.com/  

and Terri at

http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com/

for their weekly show of teacups.

I am also joining Wanda Lee for 'Tuesday And Wednesday Teatime In Blogland'! at

http://theplumedpen.blogspot.com/

for the first time.

This is a demitasse tea/cocoa cup and saucer made by Nippon. It is very delicate, thin and light weight.

It has an ornate handle, moriage, gilding and handpainted roses.

The roses are deep rose and pink in colour with green leaves.

The gilding is scrolly and frilly and makes it look like a party dress!!

I do not know whether it is old or reproduction, but it has the feel as if it is old.

I love the delicate roses.

My daughter, Alyx, gave me this next cup and saucer last year for Christmas.

It is quite beautiful as well. The main colour is a warm and sunny yellow, accented with the white bone china showing through and highlighted with more frilly, scrolly gilding.

In the centre of the teacup and the saucer is a gorgeous pink rose and rosebud.

This set is made by Royal Grafton from England. I do not know how old it is.

The cup has one plain gold band encircling the middle and the pedestal is painted gold.

Hmmm....just looking at this cup and saucer makes me crave a cup of hot tea even though it is nearly 30 degrees outside!!!

I hope you have enjoyed viewing these two teacups today.

I am heading back out to continue the purge from the garage!! Hubby and son will be moving furniture out so I can see what there is, what will go to the dump, what will stay and what will go to thrift stores. I'll post about this project later this week.

Warm hugs, Laura

Shabby Vintage Plaque.

Good Monday Everyone!

While I was blog-surfing last week I found a blogger who had a vintage plaque like one I had. I told her that I would post pics of my plaque. Her name is Tammy. This is her blog   http://prettypinkcherub.blogspot.com/.

 I just peeked on her this morning and she has shabbied up a couple of chandeliers and a mirror. THEY ARE DROP DEAD GORGEOUS!!! Go and take a peek!!

So here are the pics.

You can click on the pic to have it enlarge and then you can click again on the pic and zoom in for a closer look and see.

I bought this at a local Salvation Army Store in July 2005. It still had the $3.00 price tag on the back!! Poor thing; it had been sitting beneath an end table in the livingroom. I had not taken an opportunity to hang it yet!

I have just hung it on the porch where the light is brightest right now. Do you see how the profile is 3-d?

Monsieur Gentleman has a chip to his curly locks, but Madame Lady is all there as is the rest of the plaque.

Aren't her gown and bonnet pretty? I just love the pink, green, off white colours.

                                                                           Here is another side-view.            I spent another two days cleaning out the garage   and mini barn. OMG what a chore! But I can see daylight now!! I'll post on that later this week. Do you feel autumn in the air?
                                    Warm hugs, Laura
                                                    

Saturday on my PINK PATIO!!!

Good evening Chickies!!! Are you ready for more PINK?!! Let's all give a resounding round of applause for Beverly over at How Sweet The Sound  ( http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/pink-saturday/) for hosting this wonderful weekly festivity for all us Pinky Peeps!!.

I am sipping my glass (actually I think it is a water goblet!!) ; )  of White Merlot (which is actually pink in colour!!) while I write this entry. While I was doing grocery shopping this afternoon, I wondered as to what I would feature this week for Pink Saturday. I arrived home and the sun was shining on our back patio and "BOOM" it hit me........"the Patio is PINK!!!" So, I poured my self a glass of pink liquid, collected a couple of extra pink things and started my "photo shoot!".

The patio faces west so we enjoy the afternoon sun. This is where our barbeque is. Hubby is presently shucking corn to cook on the side burner. It isn't pink, but I just had to mention it 'cuz this is our first feed of corn-on-the-cob for this year! (Mmmm....can't wait!)

I purchased the two steel chairs at a country auction in 1998. There is a rocker as you see above and a matching non-rocking chair (shown in pics to come). They were off white when I purchased them (both for $12.00!) and have been Robin's Egg Blue and then "Laura's Cottage Pink" since 2009.  ( I took a plate with a pretty rose on it to have the pink colour copied for a gallon of paint, hence, "Laura's Cottage Pink"!!)

We make homemade wine at  Cucina Freeman in Belleville which is a local brew-your-own-joint.  The glass is a thirft store find....25 cents.....very heavy crystal....I love it!! The table is a 1950's-60's vanity minus the mirror. It was black when I bought it ($4.00) so decided to give it "the pink treatment".

Do you see the little birdhouse??   It is pink, too!

This is my favorite summer purse. It is from Danier leather. My son, Wes, bought it for me in 2008. Hint:  I clean it with Lysol Wipes and spray it with Tana Leather spray to keep it looking brand new. This is its third summer!! My daughter, Alyx, brought the Eiffel Tower keychain back from Paris for me last year.

This is the little matching change purse and my.....Pink....phone!

Would you like to sit a spell and join me with a glass of wine??

I made the cushions for the white wicker on the porch, but they work here just as well!! All of the fabric is recycled....even the zipper! The floral focal was a valance from my girlfriend Anne, the denim was a skirt, and the floral  backing was a curtain.

The flowers in the granite ware pitcher are "faux", but the pink wave petunias are for real!! The pot is painted the same "Laura's Cottage Pink".

Here is a better pic of that birdhouse.

A few years ago I decided that silk flowers were ok. Since then I have arranged large bouquets which I rotate between the seasons.  Hint: I store them in large clear recycle bags.  I just "lurve" the big pink peonies!!

Here is that glass of wine I promised you!!

I realized, when I was looking at the pesky weeds growing between the patio stones, that my toes are painted pink, too!!!

 Happy Pink Saturday Everyone!! Make sure to check as many participants as you can. You will find oh so many pink lovelies!!!

Warm hugs, Laura

Teacup Tuesday Roslyn China "Moss Rose".

Good Morning!!! How is everyone out there in Blogland today? Once again I am joining lovely Martha at http://www.marthasfavorites.com/  and Terri at http://www.artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com/

for Teacup Tuesday.

Today I am featuring a teaset by the Roslyn China company of England. The pattern is "Moss Rose".  I have a set which includes the teapot, milk jug, creamer, sugar, under tray (made by Royal Albert whom I think purchased the Roslyn China company and incorporated their patterns into their own), cake plate, waste bowl, candy tray and six cups, saucers and tea plates. I have set a table for two. Please join me!

I love the pure white china and the dainty pink roses with the tiny forget-me not flowers.

I have salt and peppers to match! I sometimes use the little pressed glass "boat"  for lemon wedges.

I have baked a loaf of whole wheat chocolate chip banana bread and poured a fresh pot of orange pekoe.

Do you see the roses peeking out from inside the teacup?

OH! This cuppa has LOTS of "money" in it!! Quick.....before it disappears!

Ummmm.....the bread is soo moist and delicious. Would you like some more?

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Please come and visit again!

Many hugs, Laura

Pink Saturday August 7th, 2010

Hello All!
   I am just in from shovelling out the garage!!! I'll probably be spending a week out there going through "stuff" from my Mom and Dad's house, my hubby's Mom and Dad's house and stuff in boxes from our move from "The Little Brick House" in 2002!!! I found sstuff that I had forgotten that we owned!!! Lots is going to the dump, some to thrift stores and some to the side of the road. I am on a mission!!!!!   BUT......I had to come in a post for Pink Saturday!

This is my baby, Honey. She is a thirteen year old mutt. (Her momma was lhasa-poo and her daddy was spanial-schnauser). She thinks she is a "Lady"!! She likes to recline on my chair on the porch.  The rose is a David Austin, "Cottage Rose".

   I am showing some picks of the pink phlox in my garden. Their fragrance is hypnotic!

I planted a zucchini in with my perennials and it is doing very welll!!

I'm back to the garage to continue with the purge!!!!

I hope you enjoy Pink Saturday!!

Hugs, Laura

You have just arrived in time for tea!

Hello Ladies,
    I am a little late in posting Tea Cup Tuesday today, because I was baking some zucchini bread! It is still warm, so please join me. I would like to thank Martha at  http://www.marthasfavorites.com/

and Terri at
 http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com/
 for hosting Tea Cup Tuesday!

My first teacup today is made by Aynsley. It is pink! With roses! And forget-me-nots! It is rimmed with frilly gold "lace".

The edge of the cup is ridged which gives the design more definition.

The second teacup here is made by Royal China of England. It is also pink! With roses! And gold "lace!

Here is a pic of the two together.

I picked this cake plate up a few weeks ago at The Salvation Army.

It has a small chip on the base, but it is still a beauty inmy eyes.

Mmmmmm.....are you ready! This is why I was late to post!

I was waiting for my zucchini bread to bake!

Tea is served. Hurry.....get "the money" before it disappears!

The suds which are made when you pour the tea into the milk already in the cup are called "the money".  I think it is an English superstition.

Yummy!

The teapot is Anysley also. I don't know the pattern. The design at the top of the pot and along the lid is of flowers and blackbirds.

I hope you have enjoyed our visit today. Happy Tea Cup Tuesday!

Hugs, Laura