TeaCup Tuesday #7 ~ Pink Roses

Greetings to all the Teacup lovers visiting for another Teacup Tuesday!
Give a big round of applause for MARTHA and TERRI for hosting this weekly Tea party! Click on either of their names to be wisked off to see more pretty teacups :-)

And please take a peek at my 2nd free GIVEAWAY! Just click HERE to see!

This week I chose a super sweet teacup and saucer to share with you! The transfer design~front and back~ has pink cabbage roses and little blue forget me nots - a classic combination!
I especially love the dainty curved handle and narrow base of the teacup. A perfect fit for my 3 teensie Steiff teddies to play Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod :-)
I found the well loved silverplate teaset at a favorite resale shop and my freshcut garden peonies, lambs ear and roses are very happy to be displayed in the teapot and creamer!
I'll showcase this 5.00 treasure set with some favorite finds I found last week in another post!

The teacup bouquet looks like it was applied upside down don't you think :-)

A sweet matching saucer

Makers Mark
Bone China
Taylor & Kent
Longton England
#6732 handwritten in gold
and
a happy dancing horse logo :-)

I hope you enjoyed my selection this week and please stop by for a visit again soon!

Memorial Day ~ a 3rd graders essay

Such a touching tribute written by a 3rd Grade student, Academy Elementary School, Madison, CT

As the flowers rest on the decorated graves and the sunlight shines on the beautiful sailboats, Uncle Sam whispers in my ear about how we should care for the soldiers and remember the ones that have died.

Swimming pools open, BBQs fry. Today is the day to think of what they have done for us. There are blurs of red, white and blue marching down the street and flags are lowered at half-mast.
But we should always remember and never forget what set us free, from this very day on.

author ~ Ali M.

Remembering always ~ but on this day especially ~ those brave men and women in the Military, Police and Firefighters too, who gave the ultimate sacrifice defending America and her People. And keep in our prayers the family and loved ones who miss them every day.
Enjoy a thoughtful and safe Memorial Day

Lynn

It's a Cottage Charm GiveAway Winner

The winner of my Cottage Charm GiveAway for the sweet Frances Brundage girl embellished bottle has been chosen!!

Each follower name was given a number as were all the comments and those posting a link were added again ~ all scrunched up and tossed like a salad in a bowl :-)
There must be an easier way and I will DEFINITELY find that out before the next one ends!

And the winner is Anne from the blog name AnniesPhamily and I will contact you soon for your mailing info!!
Congratulations on winning my first giveaway and I hope you enjoy the bottle!

Please take a peek HERE to see the info about my other GIVEAWAY that ends 6-14. That winner will receive the sweet set seen below!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all those who entered and left such kind comments! I have met so many wonderful new friends and could not be more grateful!!
Til next time . . .
Your friend,

Lynn

Spend it Wisely . . .

A dear "old" friend sent me this today and I wanted to share with my new friends! I hope you enjoy :-)

Imagine that you had won the following prize in a contest:
Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400.00 in your private account for your personal use.
However, this prize had rules, just as any game has certain rules!
The first set of rules would be:
Everything that you didn’t spend during each day would be taken away from you. You may not simply transfer money into some other account. You may only spend it. Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400.00 for that day.
The second set of rules:
The bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say, it’s over and the game is over!
It can close the account and you will not receive a new one.
What would you personally do?
You would buy anything and everything you wanted, right? Not only for yourself, but for all people you love, right? Even for people you don’t know, because you couldn’t possibly spend it all on yourself, right? You would try to spend every cent, and use it all, right?
ACTUALLY, this GAME is REALITY!
Each of us is in possession of such a magical bank.
The Magical Bank is TIME!
Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a
Gift of LIFE,
and Yesterday is forever gone.
Each morning the account is refilled, but the bank can dissolve your account
at any time ~ WITHOUT warning!
What will YOU do with your 86,400 seconds? Aren't they worth much, much more than the same amount in dollars? Think about that, and always enjoy every second of your life, because time races by quicker than we think. So take care of yourself and here's wishing you a wonderfully beautiful day!

~ ~ ~ Spend It Wisely ~ ~ ~

Monday Greetings & an Old Friends Gift

Happy New week everyone! I hope yours is filled with fun and nothing but WONDERFUL THINGS!

One of my dearest cross stitch customers used to call me every Sunday and we chatted about this and that . . . Life in general, family things, and of course cross stitch :-)
She was telling me about a "special quilt" she was working on. She was the kind that always had 10 different projects going at one time! But unlike me . . . she always FINISHED hers!
Her passion was little bitty details and fine handwork! I sent her a bunch of charms, doodads and bits of this and that, that I thought she would enjoy using.
One day a package arrived and inside was this mini quilt!

I could not believe the beauty before my eyes! This photo does it quite an injustice!
The border is a rich brown velvet and 4 cross stitch hearts are framed in a strip pieced "crazy quilt" patchwork of vintage and new mini prints. It is just covered in the most exquisite handwork! Of course there were many of the charms that I had sent her.


A pink mother of pearl bird, golden hearts and a itty bitty ring of keys


Ribbonwork, more charms - see the little cupid!

She knows that I am totally freaked out by spi_ders (dont even like typing the word!) so said she couldn't resist adding a "CUTE" one. She used the word cute not ME!! They are actually a very popular motif in Victorian Crazy Quilts.


Sweet cross stitch hearts with rows of tiny seed beads

Embellished pearl buttons! Each of the 1-2" wide fabric strips were hand-pieced.

Key and lock charms and the locket is only 1/4" and opens too!

Each seam has sweet embroidered details - and not one is the same!

A teeny bee flying over to the ribbon flower . . .
No matter how many times I look at it I'm always seeing something I hadn't noticed before!
Her name was Marilyn - we lost touch about a year after she sent the quilt - her husband had just passed from diabetes complications and she was moving in with one of her children.
Her phone was disconnected and she was not a fan of the internet. No time for that she said :-)
I pray she is out there just enjoying her new Lifes journey and doing well with many projects in the works! I miss our chats and hope that our paths will cross again someday soon.
Blessings to you all today!

My Goodness it's Teacup Tuesday!

Greetings to all the Teacup lovers visiting for another Teacup Tuesday! Give a big round of applause for MARTHA and TERRI for hosting this grand weekly Tea party! Click on either of their names to be wisked off to see more :-)

Today I'm sharing a dainty, totally feminine cup and saucer with a sweet simple charm.
And borrowing some of Martha's creativity, pairing it with a fabulous vintage rhinestone pin! This one belonged to my Grandma Blanche and is huge and pink!

The pattern here has delicate pink roses in swirly wreaths of greenery and its hard to see but there is a raised design in the porcelain.

The simple mark is a bit faded and off center ~ MADE IN GERMANY. Isn't this a sweet handle!

Thank you for your visit today and before you run off please check out my 2nd free GIVEAWAY that started Sunday! I would love to meet you!!!
Click HERE to see :-))




Lynn