Saturday, May 24, 2008




It's that time of the week! Time to show off, er... I mean show and tell. I love vintage china and seem to gravitate towards teacups and tea stuff.

In the dining room, I have built-in corner cupboards that are dedicated to my tea collection. Of course, it's sorted by colour!


Funny you should ask.


The yellow shelf...

Love this cross stitch pattern on this set.
If I stack'em, I can have more room.
The blue shelf...
The lustre ware is so cool. I leave the Christmas balls in the display all year. Just adds a little shine.
The pinks...
Not too much in the red department, but I'm working on that!

Lots of greens, two shelves...full....

The cottage china is just so unique.

Don't forget the miniature cups too.

Whites, creams and golds...

I also have a problem, I mean a collection of pitchers.
My vintage china has spilled out into the sunroom...
This cabinet used to be an old tool cubby. Love these colours together, the sunroom is done in white, pink and green.

Some of my vintage china ends up as mosaics. I did this lamp/table myself a few years ago.
This bowl was actually a salad bowl at one time.


Also, in the dining room, I have a Christmas tree up all year that is decorated with vintage china tea cups.


Can't forget my vintage baby cups. I have a few so far! And the bee tea set I picked up just the other day. It's not vintage but probably by the time I have grandbabies,
it will be!
Thanks to Analise over at Sugar Sugar
http://leesiebella.typepad.com/leesiebella/
for hosting today's show & tell.
It's so nice to have others admire your collection especially when your friends and family just look at it and say, 'do you have to dust all this?'
Hope you enjoyed my show! Looking forward to seeing yours.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

OMG!! TO DIE FOR!!! WOW!!
Beautiful artwork and inspiring blog!
I make mosaics too!

ShabbyInTheCity said...

Your blog name drew me here! I think that is so funny :) I used to love Phoebe Cates in the movies. Wonder what happened to her?
Anyway...Love your collections! I forgot to show my chintz...

Swampgirl said...

What a fun collection! Oh, how I long for some corner cupboards like yours! Did they come in your house? My Grandmother had one and I have wanted some my whole life!

Nancy said...

First I wanted the yellow collection shelf but that Happy Birthday cup is soooo fabulous that I'll settle for that!!!!!!What a great problem/collection you have. Nancy

Betty said...

Wow! Wow! Wow! I love your collection!! I think I might have a collecting problem too!

Stephanie ~ Angelic Accents said...

What a serious collection you've got going there!! And I LOVE it all! Thanks so much for sharing!

Stephanie
Angelic Accents

Mya said...

Wow, Love your collection. I'll take the pinks and the lustre ware. Beautiful
-Mya

Carla said...

Wow, you seem to have some of everything in your collection. Love the lustreware.

Cami said...

A collector w/ a sense-of-humor (my kind of gal!). Well, may I say: your powers of display are a gift. And wonderful collection and love that it is out where you can enjoy it. Wonderful, wonderful post (one of my favorites all day!!!).

Sweet Treasures of Home said...

What beautiful china you have. I just love it. I am so glad I visited your blog. I really enjoyed my visit. Blessings

karlascottage.typepad.com said...

The pink striped set is lovely, well, it all is!

Anonymous said...

Wow! Gorgeous and huge collection! My favorite is that lovely chintz snack set - beautiful!

Running With Scissors said...

What a great collection! Also what a find with those hankies! good job...