TeaTime Tuesday & Pretty Handmades

Greetings Sweet Bloggie peeps and welcome to another
TEA TIME TUESDAY!

Please see my previous post HERE to enter my most recent GIVEAWAY #7! And if this is your first visit with me you may enjoy reading some of my past Tea Tuesdays :-)

Shelley Chintz
More Shelley Chintz
Myott Petite
More Petite

Even more Shelley Chintz

HandPainted Roses

Vintage Childs Tea Set

Homer Laughlin

Today I am sharing with you some more of the pretty china pieces a very dear friend send me to care for! Am I not the luckiest ducky in the pond or what!!
The most charming Paragon Teapot has a delightful wreath of cottage garden flowers ~ roses, iris, tulips, anemonies, asters ~ circling around the upper half and lid. I simply adore it with it's dainty scallops, swirly handle and painted golden touches.


This huge box had me reaching into a Lifetime supply :-) of packing popcorn and gasping out loud as I carefully opened each piece and matched the cups up with the saucers. Eleven exquisite Paragon cup and saucer sets in a rainbow of pastel sherbet shades with rich black! Oh my!
I'll showcase more of them in another tuesday post.

I chose this pretty blue one today with it's Spring tulips and jonquils. How artfully the flowers are arranged in the cup and a sweet little arrangement on the saucer! The flowers base is a transfer design with painted details and all the black is carefully handpainted around everything! The artists must definitely drink decaffinated tea to have such a steady hand ;-)

Isn't it interesting how the design does not lose perspective when looking into the cup - it looks like a plate! The bottom mark is PARAGON ~ By appointment H.M. QUEEN & H.M. QUEEN MARY ~ Fine Bone China ENGLAND Reg

Ahhhh look at this sweet teapot! It is marked TUSCAN Fine Bone China Made In England and has a Crown and Wings motif. It is totally handpainted from the pretty pink posies and minty green leaves right down to all those little gold dots! Wowzers is it gorgeous and I absolutely LOVE it!

I made the trio of tea theme handmades below and along with some more they will be in my Ebay store later today! There's a cute "Pincushion Confection" made from a vintage teacup, rose teacup accent pillow and another featuring a graceful Victorian Harrison Fisher lady enjoying a cuppa!



I am linking up with these fun tea parties today so be sure to stop by each and see these ladies sweet teatime offerings!

* MARTHA and TERRI for Teacup Tuesday
* Wanda Lee and Pam for Teapot and Tea Things Tuesday
* Sandi for Teatime Tuesday
Lady Katherine at Lady Katherine's Tea Parlor

Lynn

A NEW COMPUTER & A NEW GIVEAWAY #7

Sunny Sunday Greetings to anyone reading my blog today!

I am the ecstatic owner of a brand new computer :-) My ancient ole guy has been coddled, updated, debugged, pampered, debugged, tuned-up, loved & hated, debugged and debugged again and again but finally decided not to wake up one morning as he quietly drifted off to wherever old computers go when they die.
My new GIRL is SO FAST and I can now visit my favorite blogs without getting discouraged. It took almost 5 minutes for the old GUY to open a page! I am so out of the loop and looking forward to some FUN blog hopping again!
And to celebrate I have another GIVEAWAY for you! If you know me from eBay you know how I love to make Christmas Stockings with VINTAGE IMAGES. I made this one for you with a pair of sweet ANGELS and PINK ROSES and think it turned out so darling!
Not including the loop hanger, it measures 12" diagonally from top of ruffle to tip of jingle belled tosie and I am loving this MEDIUM SIZE . . . it's perfect to display in lots of places around your home like a bedpost, chairback, stairpost, hook, knob or peg :-)

Pretty pink and rosey fabrics make up the stocking and its embellished with vintage pink satin ribbon bow, sparkling jingle bell and a super glitzy rhinestone snowflake! If this is something you'd like for yourself or to give as a gift I hope you will enter my GIVEAWAY #7!

1. Become one of my sweet Followers for one entry . . . if you already are then you are automatically entered and don't need to do a thing.
2. Leave a comment on THIS POST for another entry - must be on this post or I'm not able to keep track of it.
3. If you post a link to this Giveaway on your own blog you will receive yet another entry! Just come back and leave another comment on this post that you did it!!
4. And for a 4th entry just add my regular bloggie link on your sidebar ~ you can "grab my button" at my top left sidebar. And yes ~ sigh ~ you must leave yet another comment on this post so I can add you again :-)

Now how easy is that! The winner will be drawn on November 2nd. Thank you so much for visiting today and I will see you again real SOON!

Lynn

Another Teacup Tuesday with Shelly!

Happy TeaTime Tuesday sweet bloggie peeps! Today I have for you 3 more of the pretty Shelley Chintz teacups gifted to me by a very dear friend! You can read more about them by clicking HERE and HERE!
I am linking up with these fun tea parties today so be sure to stop by each and see their pretties.

* MARTHA and TERRI for Teacup Tuesday
* Wanda Lee and Pam for Teapot and Tea Things Tuesday
* Sandi for Teatime Tuesday

GREEN DAISY has pretty, long stemmed springtime Shasta Daisies on a minty green base. I LOVE greens and this shade is particularly beautiful! Perfect for a cuppa spearmint tea ;-)


I absolutely adore violets! My thumb is green when it comes to indoor African Violets and the wild violets grow like welcome weeds in our yard. They bloom with the lily of the valley and together they make the sweetest little bouquets. PRIMROSE has tiny scattered violets mixed with yellow primrose for the perfect color compliment. The charming scalloped top edge and dainty handle make this design a favorite for sure!


Ahhhh MELODY! A pretty mix of petite asters in shades of pink, blue and yellow on a base of tealy green . . . Same curvy rim, handle and golden accents as Primrose and I'm thinking of green tea with sugar in this cup today!


I have made some new tea inspired pillows that will be listed on ebay this morning and invite you to take a peek by clicking the photo.

And the WINNER is . . .

Monday morning hello's sweet Bloggie Peeps!

For the Pink Santa Embellished Bottle giveaway we had 486 entries! That's my highest yet and I thank everyone who tossed their name and comments in the hat!
I save all the folded numbers from previous giveaways so only have to add any additional new ones which makes it quite easy!
The winner is #39 who is The Polka Dot Closet! Carol I will contact you for your mailing info and hope you like the bottle!
Thanks again to all who entered . . . you know I'll have another giveaway very soon ;-)

Hugs and Smiles,
Lynn

New Pretties 4U & Giveaway Ends Tonight!

Hello Sweet Bloggie Peeps!! Just a reminder that the giveaway for my Vintage Pink Santa Embellished Bottle ends tonight so if you have not yet entered I hope you will! See the PREVIOUS POST HERE for details!
I just realized that I haven't posted for 2 weeks and not because I have been lazing around enjoying the refreshing cool autumn weather we've been having . . . although I have enjoyed it :-)
Some of you know that my sweet furbaby Maxxie was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer about 4 months ago. He has an ultrasound every month to check its progress and the 3 evil golfball size tumors have fortunately been growing slowly. Last week we found a strange looking pencil eraser size bleeding growth on his hind end and after our vet checked it out she said it must be removed immediately. He had surgery last friday and the mass was like an iceberg being much larger under the skin than she thought. Dr. Mary said she almost lost him twice on the operating table but he came thru like a trooper especially since he is 12 years old. SOoooooo we got the pathology results back today and it's the best news! It is benign!! She tells me now that she was 90% certain it was malignant .. . oh how relieved that she didn't share that with me as it would have made the wait even more unbearable! When we brought him home from the original checkup what does the little stinker do? Takes off after a squirrel, slips on a wet leaf and tears his knee ligament! He did the same thing last year and had surgery to repair it but not this time. Dr Mary said it will scar over within 12 weeks and he'll have 80% movement of his leg. In the meantime I must carry him up and down the stairs and am getting quite a workout HA! He is resting comfortably in his bed and says Hello :-)


I have a number of new pillows for EBAY and lots of new embellished bottles for Victoria Rose Cottage ~ you can clic the pics on my right sidebar to take you there!
And I must share this nice surprise I had when visiting Shirl's blog Shirls Rose Cottage (click HERE to see) last Saturday! She featured me and my cross stitch designs that I published under the name Graph-it Arts! She is quite an expert stitcher and you will marvel at all her perfect X's. Be sure to visit her blog it's always full of fun reading and lots of pretty pictures!!

One of these days I'll create the Profile page and fill you in on my story!
Thank you so much for stopping by today!!

Huggers,
Lynn

Vintage Santa Bottle & NotecardsGIVEAWAY #6

Well my bloggerette friends is it time for another giveaway? Yes it is!
I've had such fun blogging since March 2010 and love entering giveaways and offering giveaways too! So here we go with #6 . . . another embellished bottle for you and set of matching notecards.
The featured design is a most darling vintage pink Santa or Father Christmas! A friend owns the original vintage postcard and shared the image with me last September 2009 and it's my very favorite! He carries a minty green picket fence planter with decorated tree and in his basket of toys is a doll, horse, and clown. To create the label I've altered the image to include some sheet music in the background and a wreath of pink roses that is the perfect compliment to a shabby cottage Christmas bottle!

The bottle is 5-1/4" high and embellished with vintage lace and ribbon, rhinestones, parchment roses, frosty heart and a whitewashed cork topper. The winner will also recieve 4 matching notecards and envelopes.

I hope you can see in the pics that both the bottle label and notecards have snowy glitter :-)
The winner of this giveaway will be drawn on September 30th and you have 4 chances to win. Good luck to all!

1. Become one of my sweet Followers for one entry . . . if you already are then you are automatically entered!!
2. Leave a comment on THIS POST for another entry - must be on this post or I'm not able to keep track of it.
3. If you post a link to this Giveaway on your own blog you will receive yet another entry! Just come back and leave another comment on this post that you did it!!
4. And for a 4th entry just add my bloggie link on your sidebar ~ you can "grab my button" at my top left sidebar. And yes ~ sigh ~ you must leave yet another comment here so I can add you again :-)
   

Now how easy is that!

And if you enjoy this image you can clic the pic above to go to ebay and find my first pillow featuring it for the 2010 Holiday season. And I have some larger ones in the works that will be offered over at Victoria Rose Cottage soon too.
I hope you enjoy this latest giveaway and I thank you so much for visiting!!

Hugs and Smiles,
Lynn