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.

Sunday's Show & Tell

This weeks show & tell collection is vintage bling! I don't have too much so I borrowed some from my mom. Thanx Mom!

I put this on Ms. Bear a long time ago and forgot I had it!

These two green pins are my Mom's. The big blingy one was a gift from my Dad's mother to my mom, and she has matching earrings too. It looks great on denim.

I love the colours on these two pins. They match pretty much every fabric you put them with.

This set (pin and earrings), I think belonged to my mom.

Doesn't she look elegant all done up with her jewels?

This pendant was my Mother-In-Laws. I have the earrings also. I wear the set sometimes for Red Hat events although I am a Pink Hat.

That's it for me. Thanx for looking. And thanx to

http://littlepinkstudio.typepad.com/little_pink_studio

for hosting this weeks Show & Tell. Check out her blog for a list of participants.

Sunday's Show & Tell

K, so this is the first time I've participated in a Show & Tell on my blog. I saw it on someone else's blog and thought, hey, I got stuff to show, right?

So here goes...

I've been collecting hankies for years. They're pretty, cheap to collect, easy to find and some are so intricate.

I've got close to 200! An obsession, I know.

Not only that, but i've separated them by colour!! , and theme!!!

Did I hear you say I've got too much time on my hands?

Whatever!

Just a bunch of blue ones

I love the purple ones, don't have too many, they're harder to find.
Pastels & Flowers

Pinks, with a butterfly added in.

Don't forget men's hankies, so boring...hehe

I have a bunch of white and cream ones with gorgeous lace.

Love the ones embroidered with 'Mother'.

Some are still labeled and attached to the original packaging paper.

These are my travel hankies from different states and countries.

No I haven't travelled to all of them, but I can dream!My yellow hankies.

Reds are so classy.

I actually cut up a hankie to add to this lampshade.
Spikey is never far away when his mama has the camera out.

Just to think that someone actually took the time to dress these little pieces of fabric!

Amazing! I love the colours.

Again, he has to be in the middle of the action!

Love our Spikey.

I'm in the process of collecting the whole alphabet with monogrammed hankies and plan on putting together a tablecloth with them. I've got a hankie for each letter except I, O, Q, U, X, Y and Z. I'll probably have to fashion my own for the missing letters.

In the mean time, I'll keep hunting!

Thanx to
http://leesiebella.typepad.com/leesiebella/

for hostessing this Show & Tell