Tuesday Tabletops and Tea Events

Tuesday is now especially for tea, teacups and all tea-time fun! Today, March 9, is the first Tea Cup Tuesday, co-hosted by Martha at Martha’s Favorites and Terri at Artful Affirmations. Also new today is Teatime Tuesday, hosted by Lady Katherine at Lady Katherine's Tea Parlor.
In addition, I just learned of another Tea Time Tuesday, hosted by Sandi at Rose Chintz Cottage, now in its 7th week.

I am also linking to: Table Top Tuesday, Tea Party Tuesday, Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays, and Three or More Tuesday.
For Tabletop Tuesday, I thought to share the ensembles on top of my hutch and on top of the refrigerator. The cabinet on the hutch holds my blue and white teacup collection. On top I set a lighted Victorian house (a dollar find at a consignment shop) and my Bordallo Pinheiro bowls, found affordably at TJ Maxx.

The bowls rest on some of my tea books.

Nearby a $3 shelf unit holds blue and white china on the top shelf and cobalt glasses on the bottom shelf. White items including salt and peppers, round out the display

At touch of literary beauty is provided by three word plaques. "Home Sweet Home" and the framed poem, "God Hath Not Promised…" are thrift store finds for less than a dollar each. The Spode dish, "The heart that loves is always young" is from TJ Maxx.

God hath not promised skies ever blue,

Flower-strewn pathways always for you.

God hath not promised sun without rain,

Joy without sorrow, pwace without pain;

But He hath promised strength from above,

Unfailing sympathy, undying love.

The carved frame beautifully compliments the manuscript style.

The refrigerator top stores and displays my blue and white Portuguese tureen and small Bordallo bowls.


In the study I changed out the blue and white tea items from last week and concentrated on mostly white items.

The teapot by Windsor is white trimmed in gold - Made in England. It was a $16.00 find at Marshalls. I enjoy the pretty curving shapes and the gilt scrolls and knob.


The teacup and saucer are "Contessa Gala" by Mikasa, The dessert plate is Mikasa "Contessa."


Note that the Gala items (cup and saucer) have added floral embellishment

A brass candlestick is echoed by a brass colonial lady bell.

Teapots are the subject of two books for browsing while enjoying a simple cup of tea.
Christie’s Collectibles Teapots by Paul Tippett
Antique’s Collectors Pocket Guides China Teapots by Pauline Agius

Do visit each of these Tuesday events by clicking the links given above in the first paragraph. Please leave a comment here for me.

WordFilled Wednesday – Genesis 1:21

Humpback Whales in Singing Position - Photo, National Geographic

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth,

which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind,

and every winged fowl after his kind:

and God saw that it was good
Genesis 1:21 KJV

So God created the great creatures of the sea

and every living and moving thing with which the water teems,

according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind.

And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:21 NIV

The language of the first chapter of Genesis is so majestic as it tells of the creation of the earth and all that lives on it. Every time we see beauty about us, we can thing of the greatness of the Creator.

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A Tuesday Blogging Carnival

A Tuesday Blogging Carnival

Tuesdays are getting even more interesting with new weekly events starting today. Over at Coastal Charm Linda is hosting the first Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays.

Rhondi at Rose Colored Glasses is having the first Tea Party Tuesday

At A Stroll Thru Life, Marty is doing a wonderful job hosting Table Top Tuesday, which she graciously undertook once Barb at Grits and Glamour no longer could.

Another favorite is Three or More Tuesday, sponsored by Tam at The Gypsy's Corner.

My arrangement is set on the top of a maple bookshelf I am using for food storage in the kitchen. I got the maple bookshelf for $10.00 at a local thrift shop.

A ceramic tea house cookie jar was $3.00, as was the tea house teapot.

The Made in England ceramic cottage box was reduced to $1.00 because, when the flea market dealer took it out of the glass case, it fell apart. A piece of the back broke away, but I readily glued it back when I got home.

The tall mug came from a consignment shop. I liked the colorful graphics of tea cups
Inside the mug is a tiny tin house container that cost ten cents.



The little black and white porcelain teapot was in a free box at the flea market. It has an irridescent or lustre glaze. The bottom is marked, “Made in Czecho-Slovakia.”

The white embossed bread and butter and salad plates are “Mikasa “English Countryside,” 10 and 25 cents at the thrift.

A Brief Tea Break

A cup of tea and chocolates with a pretty tea book is a welcome break from daily duties.
The teacup and saucer, small teapot and handled cake plate is Minton “Hardwick.” The pattern is reminiscent of Elizabethan crewel work.

The small tea canister was found in a local antique shop and is for Earl Grey one of my favorite teas. The teapot-shaped tea infuser was found at a flea market in fall 2008, and the tiny silverplate tea spoon is from a tea shop boutique.

The Mrs. Fields chocolates, arrived today in a lovely Valentine gift bag along with more treats.

The book was recently sent to me by my sister from Florida. It is titled Victoria The Essential Tea Companion.


Well, I am happy you stopped by and hope you will come agin soon. Please visit all the hostesses for more participating posts.

Friday Show and Tell – Tree Vase

Visit Cindy at My Romantic Home for links to other Show and Tell participants.

I have just one item to share today, a find at a local consignment shop. It is a white porcelain vase with an irrediscent glaze. Gilding outlines the top opening of the vase and various knarled bumps along the tree trunk. It is marked on the bottom, "Fleetwood China/ 22 kt. gold."
The vase stands 8 1/4 inches tall.

A gilt squirrel is perched on a branch:

It reminds me of the squirrels I see in my yard.

Thank you for stopping by. Enjoy your weekend!

Lemons, Daffodils, Cabbages and Things

Be sure to visit our hostess Susan at Between Naps on the Porch for more Tablescape Thursday posts.
Since the white tablewares are vintage, I am also linking to Suzanne’s Vintage Thingies Thursday. See more posts listed by Suzanne at Coloradolady.

I have prepared a luncheon table set with motifs of spring daffodils, summer lemons and other touches of warm seasons. Vintage white dinner plates, bread and butter plates, cups and saucers, creamer and sugar, play off leafy green ceramics from Portugal.

PLACE SETTING:
Placemats – lemon shaped quilted cotton from Marshalls
Napkins – lemon striped damask by Waterford
Napkin rings – Ceramic daffodils
Flatware – Towle "London Shell" silverplate, and sterling forks with bone handles
Goblets – Fostoria "Virginia" in brown

Canonsburg "American Traditional" dinner plates are layered with Bordallo Pinheiro cabbage leaf luncheon plates , Wedgwood ivy Embossed Queens Ware bread and butter plates, topped with with Bordallo Pinheiro cabbage leaf bowls. Wedgwood “Patrician” cups and saucers are nearby.

OVERVIEW:

CENTERPIECE:
A pair of Bordallo Pinheiro candlesticks with yellow Federal candles from Wal-Mart,
A Bordallo Pinheiro leaf plate and cup hold frilly white flowers,
Green ceramic limes and yellow ceramic lemon salt and pepper shakers

ON EITHER SIDE OF CANDLESTICKS:
Pineapple teapot from Metropolitan Museum Store, made in the Philippines.
Canonsburg "American Traditional" Sugar and Creamer
OVERVIEW:

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