Pretty Pink Teacups

To me there isn't much prettier or more romantic

 and truly graceful than an old and lovely teacup...

especially if it has pink roses on it.

Half the enjoyment of tea time

 is using one's special pretty collectibles.

Soft tiny pink rose chintz is my all-time very favorite.

My most treasured setting for 12 is this old Bavarian wedding rose.

It's taken me my entire adult life to collect the pieces.

To this day it's difficult for me not to keep acquiring!

I have a few extra teapots in this too so there's always

tea flowing on each end of the table when I get it out and 

use this china for very special tea parties.

It's been a very long time since I have done so.

I do tend to save it for my spring and summertime teas.

Sometimes. :-)

I dream of having a large staff and hosting an outdoor

 Downton Abbey type old fashioned period 

AFTERNOON IN THE GARDEN TEA with this china.

But this is Ohio and one cannot plan outdoor events far ahead of time for our inclement weather.

And one certainly cannot do something of that caliber without a Mrs. Patmore, Mrs. Hughes and Mr. Carson!

And one certainly doesn't have the time or extra money to hire it out for real.

I wonder if one could charge admittance for putting something like this on without having an operating license?

I wonder if one needs to get her head out of the clouds and quit dreaming and get some housework done now?

I think it is really important

 to get pretty treasures out of a cabinet now and then

 to enjoy and use, don't you?

Life is just too short to simply drink tea each day 

out of a heavy stoneware mug!

Go ahead, spoil yourself -

make your next tea time a slow and wonderful ritual!

Invite a friend and sip slowly and enjoy!

Celebrate friendship!

Celebrate love!

Celebrate teatime!

Celebrate roses!

Celebrate pink!

Celebrate being a lady!

As much as I adore All Things Tea China,

 I don't decorate in a shabby chic girlie romantic style.

I am sure my very manly husband appreciates that fact.

I don't have much of my china displayed.

I put one or two teacup sets out in vignettes sometimes,

 and have a china glass front cabinet

showcasing my very special keepsakes...

but mostly I have it all hidden away

 behind cabinet doors or in my china room downstairs.

Please join in on wishing Sandi

from Rose Chintz Cottage for Teatime Tuesday 

to wish her a happy 5 year bloggaversary!

Thank you, Sandi for bringing us together
 in such a lovely way!


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Also linking:

Pink Saturday   *   Mosaic Monday    *   Teacup Tuesday


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