Third Tea Cup Tuesday in September

And so the month of September is moving right along.

Before I show my tea cup set for this week I wanted to share a project I did while we were traveling last month.  This is a little wall hanging I found a pattern for in the Primitive Quilts Magazine.  It is in the primitive style and was a different type for me to do.  The middle is stitched using an over dyed floss to make it look a bit old fashioned.  And I used their method of quilting using big stitches and  pearl cotton floss. I used it because it is bigger than regular floss. It was fun to do.  I could easily do it while riding in the car but also just sitting around in the kitchens of our friends chatting in the evening.  I had to wait until I got home to bind the edges but the rest was done before we got home. 

So here is this weeks choice of tea cup and saucer.  I chose it because of the beautiful yellow rose.  I love that it has a pretty rose inside the cup as well.  Of course,  since it is Royal Albert you know it would be one of my favorites.    It is called Tea Rose and here are several views of it.

I hope you enjoyed  seeing this cup and saucer

After you visit my post today be sure to check out  these other tea posts.

http://www.marthasfavorites.com/

or http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com

                                                            ALSO: Rose Chintz Cottage
AND, check back on Friday.  I am starting a new "series of posts" about making fabric flowers.  Don't know how many weeks it will go but have the first two already done and will be working on more soon.

Fall means farmer's markets

This past week we managed to get to our favorite flea market in Leesport, Pennsylvania.  We didn't get much for the shop but boy did we have a GOOD time at the farmer's part of the market!  My vegetable bin is full!  We have been having veggies every night and more ahead.

We managed to pick up a few flowers for the garden as well.

Here are some of the pictures I took just to get you in the mood.  If you have a farmer's market in your area and you don't have your own garden, you should make sure you go at least once this fall.  I bet we go again in a week or two.  Pumpkins and squash should be next on our list.

This is one of the plants that came home to our house!

 And when you visit a market where a lot of Mennonite and Amish are vendors you are bound to find some yummy you eat.

After reviewing these pictures, I can't wait to go back again.

Daffodils in the Fall.... well on the teacup anyway.

This week I am going to show you another cup and saucer set I found on our August Trip.  It is some pretty little daffodils by Royal Vale Bone China.  A simple pattern.  Perhaps I should have waited until Spring but just couldn't do it.  I just thought it was so pretty I needed to share it.

 I am sorry the pictures are a little off.  Unfortunately I already sold this one so can't retake the pictures but I did want to share it!!


After you visit my post today be sure to check out  these other tea posts.

http://www.marthasfavorites.com/

or http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com

                                                            ALSO: Rose Chintz Cottage

September has begun, Happy Tea Cup Tuesday

Here is another cup and saucer set I bought on my recent travels.
This week  I am showing you a pretty rose cup and saucer from Royal Albert.
I could not find any name of this special pattern.  But is a very pretty rose.

Hope you enjoyed this one.  I have some more rose tea cups to show you in the next few weeks as well as some other pretty designs.

After you visit my post today be sure to check out  these other tea posts.

http://www.marthasfavorites.com/

or http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com

                                                            ALSO: Rose Chintz Cottage

The final Tea Cup Tuesday in August

We have been back from our travels for awhile and things are getting back to normal.  I hope, over the next few weeks, to show some of the tea cups I bought on my trip.  Almost all were purchased at the flea market in Sussex, New Brunswick.  That is a wonderful place to find almost any tea cup you want as I showed you last week.

To begin with I will show you a Canadian Pillow I found in a group shop in Maine....  Maine and New Brunswick are close and the people are as well so it is never a surprise to find things like this.  I thought I would show it just to put you in the mood.

 

I also wanted to show you a little plate I found with the British Columbia tartan.  I don't know what i will do with it but it is a perfect size.  I also am showing some silver plate my husband found.  It is the pattern his mother used when he was growing up.  We are working on a full collection of it. This is a sugar spoon, a jelly server and a cranberry server.

And now to the cup and saucer of the week.  This cup and saucer is made my Regency Bone China. I haven't been able to find out too much about the company but did read that it was formed in 1953.  So it isn't an old company.  But this particular pattern is definitely of an older looking design, whether or not it is.

The pattern has no name that I can find but is obviously Lily of the Valley.

 This second picture looks a bit washed out compared to the actual cup and saucer which is more like the picture above but I wanted you to see the inside of the cup as well.

This is the second lily of the valley tea cup I own. The other on is from Royal Dover China.

    My mother in law loved this flower so the design is special to me.  

I have seen another lily of the valley set by Regency but it has the new mark. And it's pattern  looks different from this one so it is not a copy.  This one is the older mark.  The newer mark has a picture of a man in blue.

I hope you enjoyed seeing this cup and saucer.  I think it one of the favorites that I picked up this trip. Thanks for stopping by today.

After you visit my post today be sure to check out  these other tea posts.

http://www.marthasfavorites.com/

or http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com

                                                            ALSO: Rose Chintz Cottage

TeaCup Tuesday across the border.

Last week I traveled to New Brunswick to visit family and while there we attended a huge flea market in Sussex.
One of the things I always look for there is teacup of course.  Canadians love their tea and they like to drink it in bone china teacups.  SO.... there are always lots of teacups available.  I admit I bought about 10 sets.  I will be showing them in the weeks to come.  But meanwhile I thought I would share pictures of many of the teacups I found that were available for sale!

I didn't get a lot of info on the teacups because there were so many.  Also there were about 900 dealers at this flea market and I would have never been able to see them all if I didn't keep moving.  They weren't all selling teacups that is for sure.  However there were a lot.  I just took some sample pictures!
Hope you enjoyed this quick walk through the Sussex Flea Market.

After you visit my post today be sure to check out  these other tea posts.

http://www.marthasfavorites.com/

or http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com

                                                            ALSO: Rose Chintz Cottage

Tea Cup Tuesday, second in August.

Suddenly August is moving right along.

This week I have a pretty little tea cup to share that I found recently in a group shop.  They wanted too much for it so I didn't buy it but I took a few pictures to share with you.

A couple of weeks ago I showed you a thistle tea cup.  Here is a very different looking thistle tea cup. 
This picture shows how I found it in the shop, stacked on top of another one.  Naturally I took it off and put it on a nearby table to take pictures of it.

 Here it is.  Look closely and you will see that it has a very pale blue background.

It is from Foley China. and is called Glengary Thistle.  This mark was used between 1948 and 1963. Foley was produced by E. Brain and Co. Ltd Foley China Works 1903 to 1963.

                                             

                                                 I hope you have enjoyed this weeks selection.

After you visit my post today be sure to check out  these other tea posts.

http://www.marthasfavorites.com/

or http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com

                                                            ALSO: Rose Chintz Cottage