Tea Cup Tuesday, final one for 2011

Another Tea Cup Tuesday has arrived.

 

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This week and for the next few weeks I will be doing something a bit different on Tea Cup Tuesday.  I will be showing and talking about some of the books about Tea, Tea Partys, and recipes for them.

I like books a LOT and have always collected books about my hobbies.  So it was natural to look for books about Tea. I have pretty much lost count of all the books I own on the subject.  But after I finish up in the next few weeks we will all have a better idea of just how many I do own.


This first one is called The London Ritz Book of Afternoon Tea (the art and pleasures of taking tea, by Helen Simpson.  The books opens with a chapter of taking tea at the Ritz Hotel in London.
There are lots of yummy sounding recipes for Scones, Eclairs, Tarts and all the other things that make up a great Tea Party.  The book also tells about many of the different themes and talks about the history of the afternoon tea.   It is worth it to get the book for all the history as well as the recipes you will gather.

I don't really know how many books on this subject I own but after the next few weeks of reporting this we will all have a better idea of just how many books I do have on this subject.                                                                                                                                                                                  

 Next week I will talk about a book I recently found from 1981,

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my readers

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all.

Here is the Christmas Postcard I promised for today.

I could not read the post mark on this card but it was mailed to someone in Rohrsburg, PA and the postage was only 1 cent.  So it was a long time ago.

I will have another card for you on New Years Day.

Happy Day Before Christmas

Here is a little card for you for the day before Christmas. 

I couldn't read the date completely on the postmark but it was 1900 or early in that decade.  It was mailed with a 1 cent stamp from Philadelphia to Pottstown, PA.

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And come back on Christmas Day for another one.

The Tuesday before Christmas

Time for Tea Cup Tuesday............

 

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or      http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com 

 ALSO:   Rose Chintz Cottage

Twas the Tuesday before Christmas and all through the land,
Tea Cup Tuesday fans are visiting blog sites and seeing what they have on hand.
 That is the end of my poetry abilities... just couldn't resist.


I found one more teacup that needs to be shown in December.

I think this teacup is lovely!  The design is understated which adds a lot I think.

 It is called Winter and is made by Dutchess Bone China Company.  The pretty Christmas rose, holly and berries and pine cones and tassels tell the story. 

Next week I will have to find something completely different to show but hope you are enjoying this one.
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Tea Cup Tuesday. Second Tuesday in December

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 

 ALSO:   Rose Chintz Cottage

The weekend of Thanksgiving we were in Syracuse, NY and on that Sunday we managed to get to the Regional Market flea market.  Probably our last flea market of the year. I found a few teacups but nothing too exciting to buy.
    The only tea cups  that were even worth photographing were these which were new and not nearly as nice as the ones I like to collect. I don't know but think they were probably made in China.  The cost was certainly right.  $6.00 a set.  They were pretty to look at though.

A few weeks ago we managed to get to our favorite flea market, Leesport, where I bought two cup and saucer sets.  The one I showed last week was one of those.  And here is the second.  It is definitely Christmas with pretty holly and berries. I am pretty sure it was made in Japan and it is porcelain, not bone china, but for the price I paid, it was well worth it.

I didn't take a picture of the bottom of the cup or saucer because they said nothing.  Probably there was a sticker that said Made in Japan at one time.

I have one more seasonal cup I will share next week.  Be sure to check here.

Some Christmas Graphics from Two Ten Studios

To all my blog readers who need graphics for Christmas, here is a great place to get them.
Lisa Vollrath, at Ten Two Studios, offers this great gift for the holidays.    I have bought a lot of
graphics from her  site and really appreciate these.  The quality is excellent.

Check here for the Countdown.  http://countdown.tentwostudios.com
While there check out her site for other things.

I get her monthly ezine called "The Monthly Muse" which is always filled with great ideas for projects.

Hope you will check her out.

Tea Cup Tuesday, First Tuesday in December.

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 

 ALSO:   Rose Chintz Cottage

I have missed two weeks of Tea Cup Tuesday, mostly because I was working on and somewhat overwhelmed by making new awnings for my antique shop. Sewing canvas on my home sewing machine was hard.   Not the most fun thing I have ever done.  But they are done now.  So back to normal things.

We made our final trip to Leesport Flea market a couple of weeks ago and I found a couple of nice tea cups.  Got them both because they were had red flowers and seemed Christmas like.

When I looked closer I discovered that one wasn't Christmas, it was actually for August Birthdays and featured red poppies.  Since my birthday is in August I figured I "needed" it.

This is the August Teacup that is from the House Of Global Tea.  I tried to locate information on line about this company but didn't.  It is bone china and supposedly was made in England.   While it is very pretty it is obviously not the same quality of Royal Albert.   Royal Albert did make an August Tea Cup which I have.  I will show it another time.  Meanwhile enjoy looking at this one.

This was inside the rim of the cup.