It's Tea cup Tuesday again!

 Time for Tea Cup Tuesday............

 

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I took off a couple of weeks from Tea Cup Tuesday but should be back for the next several weeks as I have lots to show from my travels to Maine and New Brunswick.

Today I am showing a couple of Christmas Items.  The first is a cup and saucer.  I have never owned any tea cups for just the holidays but this would be a good one.  For some reason I completely forgot to see what kind they were.  And I saw them up in New Brunswick so won't be going back any time soon.   LOL

And If you are going to have a holiday tea you will need sugar and creamer and so I found this set.  I think they are lovely.  I am not sure the maker on these either but they are nice

 

If anyone know the maker of either of these I would love it if you would add the info in a comment.

And the flea markets go on.

I said I would talk about another flea market we attended on our recent trip.  This one was in Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada.  We have been attending it almost since the beginning... a LOT of years ago.  It is held once a year and we do plan our August trip around it I will admit. My husband loves it.  I like it.

This year we didn't find much to buy at all but it was fun seeing things and meeting up with some of the dealers we have met over the years.

I will just show a few pictures I took while there.

Also I should mention that for the next few Tea Cup Tuesdays I will be showing tea cup pictures 

I took at the market and a few of the tea cups I bought.... only FOUR, yes that is right, 

only 4 but they are very special ones.

The Canadians like their tea and love bone china so there is always a LOT on display.  If I bought every one I saw that I liked I would not have been able to get through customs....   LOL

But meanwhile here are a few of the pictures I took.

I liked this sign someone made for their booth:

I visited one booth that really impressed me.  Instead of just throwing their items on the ground or on a table they made a serious effort to make the items look even better by their displays.

  Here are some of the groupings they made.

And, this next picture is a chair I bought from the same people.  It is now sitting in my bow window

with some other primitive items.

I found the following pictures from other dealers.  They are pictures of colonial ladies dressed in ribbon finery.  This was a hobby of ladies a number of years ago.  I was pleased to see two different examples.

This was a youth bed I saw that I liked.  It starts as a crib and later you remove the sides.  This was from the early 1900s but the idea is still used today.

And I will leave you with this one final picture.
  Something I don't fully understand is why the Maritime Canadians like and eat dried seaweed.  They call it dulce and it is available in a lot of places including this market.

And on that note I will leave you until next time.  Probably I will have something on Tea Cup Tuesday.  I am already planning that blog entry now.

Another day another Flea Market.

While we were in Maine we also visited two flea markets we know about and enjoy in Searsport.  Below are pictures from both.  the first flea market has a name I am sure but don't know what it is.  We always called it the middle flea market because there was one on either side a bit farther up or down the road.

One of the little building featured books, lots and lots of books.  So I spent time in there.

 I like to find interesting bottle so these caught my eye.  However I am more in need of a couple of blue bottles for my bottle tree so didn't buy any of these.  I have to keep looking.

 In several places in Maine I have seen these glass garden ornaments.  They are probably easy to make if you have lots of old glass you don't use and some glue.  I have no idea what kind you should use. Click on the picture to see it better.

 And someday I am going to buy one of these old tractor seats to put in my garden.  I remember one of my grandfathers had one in the back yard of his house in Virginia.  I don't know why I didn't get this one.  I didn't even ask the price.  Probably won't be there when I go back again.

 

  

The second flea market is called the Hobby Horse.  It is also the one we call the "first one" cause it is the first one we come to.

We like to see the more typical Maine things like the buoys and such above and the Moose Antlers

Since I collect and make doll houses this one caught my eye.

 And I love to look through old boxes of junk like the two below.  One has great keys and bits of metal.

 And the next one is filled with knobs.  You just never know what you will find at these flea markets.

 

If you are wondering about what happened to the third market in Searsport, unfortunately it closed a few years ago.  We still think of it though and wish it was still there.

In the next few days I hope to have another market to show you. Stay tuned.

While we were recently in Maine we went to a huge antique barn we used to frequent when we lived up there.  Located just outside Ellsworth Maine on Route 1, it is called the Chicken Barn because it was once a huge Chicken Barn.  We did buy a few little things but mostly we just looked.  Here are a few of the things we saw.  Since I sell linens in my shop I am always interested in seeing what others have to sell and how much they are asking.

 Dish Towels and or Hand Towels

 Hankies and more hankies.

Pillowcases

I also saw a few other things of interest to me..................

 A cute child's rocker and a watering can.

A nice old dress.

And since this is Maine, some nice outdoor stuff.

I hoped you enjoyed your quick trip through the Chicken Barn.

Tea Cup Tuesday

 Time for Tea Cup Tuesday............

 

After you visit my site be sure to visit the others at

http://www.marthasfavorites.com/

or

http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com 

Today I went to a huge antique barn.  I will show pics of it later but in honor of Tea cup Tuesday here are three pictures of all the many teacups available.  I DID NOT buy any if you can believe it.  Just too many to choose from I suppose.  But it was surely fun to see them!  Click on the pictures and you can probably see them better!

Do you suppose you could find one you needed to buy?   Hope you enjoy!

The Car Show

Once a year there is a really big car show down at the fair grounds.   It is the Annual Rod & Custom Cruise-In.   It is supposed to be the premier car show in Pennsylvania.  I don't know about that but we always try to attend and see what is there.   It is so much fun to see all the cars from our youth.  Ones that our friends had in high school especially.  But it is nice to see what folks like to restore.   
Here are just a few of the cars we saw this evening.  The best of all though was that we recognized EVERY song they played over the loud speakers.  Just a little step back in time.  FUN.

Here are just a few of the cars we saw this evening.

 And finally here is the 1959 Caddy one of our friends owns.  It certainly is a BIG BOAT.

My travel journal

Before I get on with telling you about the new journal I wanted to share this picture of a ground hog (or sometimes called a woodchuck)  that visited our yard the other day and was caught eating an apple that had probably fallen from the apple tree.  I did show this on my facebook page but if you aren't on that you still get to see it. He is much cuter than he deserves to be!

I finished a second journal using the techniques I learned in Mary Ann Moss's Full Tilt Boogie journal class.
Here it is!!

 And here are a few signatures I put in the book.  I am using mostly scrapbooking paper cause I have way too much, some journal pages from this original journal and a few water color pages.  Nothing real wild as it isn't really my style.

The 1/2 pages will get things added to them as well.  I like having different size pages.  It makes it more fun when looking through the book.  Since it is a travel journal I will be adding pictures AND brochures and the like that I pick up on the way.  And commentary of course.  This book will be started soon as I have collected up pictures and such from past journeys and they will go in first.

Although doing these journaling classes with Mary Ann Moss (Full Tilt Boogie and Remains of the Day).  I have really gotten  into book making but believe it or not I actually took a bookmaking class a number of years ago.  It was more traditional.  Only did one small book but I learned the techniques.
Here are some pictures of it.   Although it has been 15 plus years since I made it I have just left it on the shelf to "admire" but now I realize I had best start using it. 

The technique used was adding signatures and sewing them together.  Then we used heavier  paper for the cover and the tabs.  These aren't the best pics but I hope you get the idea.

  Not as "exciting" as the full tilt boogie style.  So that is why I prefer the FTB style and will probably continue to do it


Now, what kind of journal shall I do next.