Hi Flower! I thought of your blog site when I saw this window in Old Town Camarillo today!
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Katie, these 5 cups cost me $2.00!
What do you think?
Here’s the bottom of the cup…
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Some of you know already that I’m living in a small condo in Southern California right now and my regular home with my kids and my stuff is in the Seattle Area of Washington. Most of my tea goodies and entertaining goodies are in Washington. I didn’t have any tea-cups and saucers in California until today! Look at the bargain I found at a thrift store in our little downtown today.
6 cups and saucers, 6 dessert plates, 5 salad plates, and a creamer. It’s Bavarian H & Co. china. Now here’s the real exciting thing, I got all of this for $15.00!! Now I’m going to be able to have a fun tea here in California with the goodies I found today and with what I can add from the condo stash. Here’s my mock tea table without food.
The inside of the tea-cups are iridescent.
“Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. “I’ve had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone: “so I can’t take more.” “You mean you can’t take less,” said the Hatter: “it’s very easy to take more than nothing.” ~ Lewis Carroll ~ Alice In Wonderland
Oh and the store threw this Bavarian bowl in for nothing!
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This is my third tea table. I’m using some of my archive photos since I’m not at my home in Seattle where all my goodies are to set a new table.
I have a lot of pink and green accessories and enjoy setting a table in these colors.
My China is Royal Albert Moss Rose.
For more Tables set for tea visit Gracious Hospitality.
I made a wonderful find today at a local thrift store so I have one more Set the Table post for tomorrow!
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It was a beautiful day at the Dallas Arboretum last Saturday.
Just in case there’s any confusion as to what state you are in here’s the Star of Texas, a Longhorn, an Armadillo and a cowboy hat to set you right.
It was so lush with pinks, purples and many shades of green.
Lots of beautiful trees. The crape myrtle had such smooth interesting bark.
We were a little late for the wisteria but I can imagine how lush this was about a month ago. On our way out I bought a souvenir here that I will share in a future post. The afternoon was so lovely, sunny but not hot.
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My sister Lana from Above the Clouds took my photo and used a couple of the programs she has and really beautified this further. I’m going to have to sit down with her and take some lessons…
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Photobucket is holding all my photos from 2007-2015 hostage and they have blacked them all out. I’m slowly working at restoring my posts without their help. Such a tiresome bother!
“American-style iced tea is the perfect drink for a hot, sunny day. It’s never really caught on in the UK, probably because the last time we had a hot, sunny day was back in 1957.”
Tom Holt
The dishes are Johnson Brothers/English Chippendale/design pattern 103232.
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My husband and I were in Texas this last weekend and we were able to stroll through the Dallas Arboretum (more photos from the Arboretum tomorrow) This is a replica of a Texas Pioneer Village at the Dallas Arboretum. Pioneers settled in Texas because of the availability of land. As the poplulation increased they’d add a general store, church, school, etc. to the village.
These were all taken in Southern California in my neighborhood or close by.
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Our daughter Katie was the princess, the youngest grand-daughter and niece on my side of the family for 22 years. She was usurped this year in her reign by our new little niece and princess, Hope. Katie has given up her throne willingly for this sweet new cousin. Once they meet I’m sure they’ll love each other more and more…
Here we are meeting for the first time. Look she’s smiling. I think she likes us.
Boy all these new fangled toys they have these days. She really got them whirling!
In the Baby Bjorn with daddy. I love when she screws up her forehead, sets her eyebrows and really looks serious.
We got to witness her baby dedication. Here she is in the very same dress her mommy wore.
At the dedication service with mom and dad.
She had quite the long day and is ready to escape to dreamland…
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All the travel fun and time we spent in Dallas this last weekend has zapped all the creativity from my brain. I’m blah, blah, blah. I’m sure I’ll recover soon and then I’ll post the wonderful photos. I got permission to post photos of the “one who it’s all about”, our precious little niece. I’ll leave you with this shot and a promise of more to come plus some classic Texas shots soon!!
Have a great day y’all!
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This weeks tea challenge for the Gracious Hospital-I-Tea Blog-a-thon is to share a creative afternoon tea table, linens, serving pieces, teapots and teacup, etc. This is your opportunity to show the world the fun you have when you create your own special tea experience.
I have 3 tea settings to share from previous posts. My first one I’m sharing is my Tea for One.
In the past I’ve collected napkin rings. This silver ring with the E on it is my personal napkin ring. The little tea pot is from Russia and has a huge matching pot that I’ll show during “The Pouring Teapot”. I have a couple little tea mugs instead of tea cups with saucers. The white/clear depression glass plates and creamer and sugar are from our handed down stash from Dear’s side of the family. The silverplate candy dish was a wedding gift.
The Tablecloth is one of several vintage ones I have from my MIL’s collection.
“Tea to the English is really a picnic indoors.”
Alice Walker
A beautiful afternoon for tea…
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The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 