Final tea time in November 2012

November is coming to a close.  Because we were in the Syracuse area for Thanksgiving we were able to go to the Syracuse Regional Market.  It is one of my favorite flea markets. It was a snowy day but it didn't stop the dealers and it didn't slow down the customers.
        I was a little surprised to find some veggies still available and still looking good.  Even some mushrooms this time.

And of course I had to visit the local coffee bar for a great cuppa.

  And this week I was very happy and lucky to be able to find not ONE but TWO nice cup and saucer sets.  I am going to show one this week and save the other for next week.

This particular cup and saucer didn't have a design name or number.  But it was from Regency Bone China Company.  The thing that impressed me the most was how it resembled Old Country Roses.  It would look fine at a tea party using  that china I imagine.

 And the pretty gold edges really dresses it up I think.

Before I discovered the Royal Chelsea of a few weeks ago I hadn't really thought about all the cup and saucers that were rimmed with beautiful gold.  But lately I seem to be finding them everywhere.

And this is a beautiful example!

Here is the mark, fairly plain with not much information included.

I hope you enjoyed the quick trip to the flea market and this weeks cup and saucer choice.

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

http://www.marthasfavorites.com/

or http://artfulaffirmations.blogspot.com

                                                          
                                                              Rose Chintz Cottage

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Getting Ready for A Ticket to Venice

Last Sunday I told you about the upcoming class I will be taking called A Ticket to Venice.  It is still a couple of weeks away but wanted to keep my promise of showing you work I did on another Mary Ann Moss class called Full Tilt Boogie.
This was making a journal learning to sew signatures together to create the book.

Here are a few pictures of the first journal I created in the FTB class.

 I used an old journal cover.  Added some floral scrapbooking paper and used some vintage fabric and buttons to make the binding.











I then created 8 signatures out of paper from scrapbooking supplies, old pages from empty journals, water color paper and what ever else I had on hand at the time.

 I decided I wanted to create a photo album out of this journal, using pictures of my home, my gardens, my cats and some pictures I had taken on some of my travels.
Here are a couple of layouts I created from shots from my garden.  In the first one I added some cute little cards with butterflies and flowers.  Inside the cards I wrote commentary on the pictures.  Sort of makes it interactive.

The second spread shows some pictures of my garden taken one spring.

Come back next Sunday for a look at another Full Tilt Boogie journal I created.

Hope seeing these will make you curious about Mary Ann Moss and her classes and maybe make you want to sign up for one.

Thankful for TeaCup Tuesday

As we get close to our Thanksgiving I want to say a huge thank you to the ladies who serve as hostesses for the various Tea Cup Tuesday events on line.  I know I wouldn't be here without them.
And for my followers who join me each week to see what I have found to show, Thanks to you all! Your kind comments make it even better!  And to the participants of the other tea parties.  What inspiration and fun are to be found!  Love it all!

I went out into my antique shop and started looking for things to display that would look like Thanksgiving.  No turkeys to be found but here are a few things that will look nice on the table I think.  The book I have shown " Autumn Accents" is one my own.  It is by Thimbleberries, designer of many great quilting fabrics.

The cute chicken casserole from Japan could be used to hold gravy, or a small serving of some vegetables.

For dessert, pie would look great on these dishes.  I am going to show the mark but have no real idea what it says.  If you know please let me know in the comments.  It is obviously some sort of gold.  And the set is made in the USA.

Also made in the USA is the large gold creamer.  I didn't get a close up picture of it but if you look closely in the overall picture you can see it.

And finally, we must have a cup and saucer so I selected this one from Royal Vale pottery.  It has a lovely yellow flower and nice fall colors.

I want to wish all my USA tea cup followers a Happy Thanksgiving.  And to those from other countries that don't celebrate the day please know I am thankful for all of you.

                I have joined with the following Tea Cup Tuesday Tea Parties.

                 These may not be available every week so check to be sure.

Hope you will visit them too.

Sandi at Rose Chintz Cottage *

 Martha at Martha's Favorites *

Bernideen's Tea-time Blog *
Ruth's Antiques  Teacups *
A Return to Loveliness *

A Ticket to Venice

Wow, you say, "A Ticket to Venice."   I wonder if she is going there.  Well only via the web.  I have just joined another one of Mary Ann Moss' fabulous journal classes.
This time she is taking us all with her on a trip to Venice and we will be making a journal as she goes along.  Click on the link to find out about the class.

http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com/dispatch_from_la/ticket-to-venice-class-information.html

     
The class won't begin until the middle of December so in the mean time I will show you some of the projects I have completed from some of her other classes.   Today I will show you the first one.  On Sunday of next week, I will show you the second class and what I did with that one.
 The first class I took was called Remains of the Day.  In that journal you used papers you find such as mailing envelopes, fliers and or what ever.  And I used a lot of scrapbooking paper that was sitting around unused.  It was also done using the sewing machine instead of glue.  For someone who likes to sew that was fun although sewing on paper instead of fabric was an interesting change.  The journal I made is full to overflowing since I made a lot of signatures and also participated in a swap with class mates where I got a lot more!
Here are a couple of pictures.  I am pretty sure somewhere on my blog there are more detailed pictures.  Click on the search for travel journals maybe.

a close up of some of the signatures

  

The overflowing finished project

I will admit if you like journals that are neat, clean plain pages, this might not be for you.  But if like things overstuffed, filled to the gills then this is perfect.  AND fun!!!


AND because I was so inspired by making my own journals/books I even made a travel journal for my self for my trip to Maine and Canada this past summer. Click on the link below to see what I made.

                                               MY TRAVEL JOURNAL

If you decide you are even a bit interested you should check this out.  Google Remains of the Day and Full Tilt Boogie and you will find a lot of other folks love the classes too.
The great thing about these classes is that she supplies all sorts of videos, ideas, inspirations, and graphics to use.  You will be able to join a yahoo to group to be able to ask questions, see others work and just enjoy the class and students.  And you will finally use up some of those art supplies, papers and even fibers that are just sitting around awaiting the perfect project.

Hope to see you in class.

A November TeaCup for November!

I realized I should show my Royal Albert NOVEMBER cup and saucer while we are in November.
The flower for November is the Chrysanthemum and I thought they would use fall colors on their November tea cup but instead they chose the pink.   It is very pretty so I guess I can understand why they chose it.   It is not your normal fall themed cup and saucer.

I am showing it here on a pretty pink table cloth and accompanied by one of my favorite Fenton vases.

Of course, since it is the special cup for November it says so inside the rim.

I love the beautiful spray of Chrysanthemums on the side of the saucer and the bold picture on the front side of the cup.

 Here is the mark indicating it is from the flower of the month series.  I do have a few others of the months, mostly just the significant ones for our household.  November is my daughter's birthday month so it is important!

 One last picture before I sign off this week.  Continuing with the sage of Hurricane Sandy and all the trees that came down, here is an updated picture of the amount of wood my husband has cut up so far.  He is not even a third of the way done.  He will be no doubt cutting until Spring or Summer!  And then the splitting must be done for stove wood.  But it is underway.

 


Hope you enjoyed seeing this week's 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

Etsy here I come.

Today I have joined the wonderful world of Etsy Sellers.  I have opened my shop  "Pennbeth's Attic" and at the moment I will be selling a lot of craft and needlework books.  As time goes on I will be adding other items I hope and sometime in the future I may even add some teacups.  Though that may not be for awhile.  My goal is to clean out my crafting room of unneeded items to make room for all the new things I keep finding.

I hope you will check out my shop.....   You never know what you might find there!

Teacups in November

     November has arrived.  And it is time for Tea Cup Tuesday but I have some pictures to share first.
  
This week we are still recovering a bit from the storm of last week.  Although we suffered no wheres near the devastation as they did in the coastal area we got a lot of wind and lost a number of trees.
      Here are a some pictures to show some of the mess.  My husband will be working til spring cutting up all the wood I imagine..  There were at least 10 big trees down and numerous smaller ones.

The day after my husband started to cut up some of the wood the deer arrived to enjoy all the leaves that were now closer for them to nibble. You can see the first of the woodpile.  It is only from branches he has trimmed.  The big stuff awaits.

      This part weekend we ventured up to Syracuse, NY to visit with daughter and family.  While there we went to a grandson's cross country meet.  It was the first time we had ever seen him run in a meet.  He CAN RUN!!!
      The weather was strange the whole time.  It was raining then spitting snow then rain again.  Didn't every really see the sun.
      However, we did manage to get to the Syracuse Regional Market.  And it was another good time.  We bought some things for the shop and some things to eat.  There were still lots of veggies and fruit vendors there.
  Here was the selection at one table.....

And while there I was on the lookout for Tea Cups and saucers at usual.  Only one vendor had ANY!  Here is a picture of that group.

The majority of these were unmarked but probably Japanese, including the geisha ware cup and saucer and plate.  There were several demitasse sets as well.  But I was pleasantly surprised to see they had one Royal Chelsea.  As I said a couple of weeks ago, I had never seen one before the set my husband had bought for me.  And now I have seen two.  I don't think this one is as pretty as the one I have but had to photograph it to show you.  I am sorry one picture isn't too great.  But I was doing the photographing in a hurry and didn't realize the one wasn't very clear.  But I hope you get the idea.

Hope you enjoyed the cup and saucer and the quick trip to the 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