My collection of English bone china teacups sits on an open shelf in my dining room, so I just finished hand-washing fifteen of them in preparation for a Christmas tea to be held tomorrow at my church. A fellow collector will bring about two dozen of her cups, and we'll place them all on covered round tables with holly centerpieces. Then we'll enjoy dainty tea sandwiches and a nice assortment of other goodies with our Earl Grey tea.I'm leaving my most treasured cups at home, but, yes, I'm still a little worried about chipping and breakage. On the other hand, what's the use of having pretty cups like these if I'm afraid to share them?
Now I must go and polish my teaspoons....
8 comments:
Your cups are beautiful Brenda. My mother gave me a tea set for my birthday this year. I hosted my first tea, a mother's day tea.
I was thinking about a Christmas tea, but it will be too busy. So I think we'll go for an after new year tea.
Have fun
P.S. Where did you find your cups?
Pretty cups! I used to collect teapots but they began to take over the house : )
How fun--and beautiful!
We did a tea like that in our church, too. Have fun!
Thanks, ladies.
LaShaunda, I picked up most of the cups at antique stores. I have about two dozen, which is more than I'll ever need to use at one time, so I've slowed down on collecting them.
Oh, those are beautiful. I collect bone china, myself. It started when my grandma split her collection between my cousin and me. I've since added to it.
Now I'm hankerin' for a cup of tea and some scones.
Becky, check out this page of my website for my scone recipe. I was tremendously flattered when a chef told me it was the best recipe she had ever found for scones!
I enjoy the beauty of your home shared through your blog photos. I only have one tea cup of that quality, and rarely use it. I wonder if I'd write more if I did?
Wish I could have come to your church tea. :-) Wonder which church you attend. Wonder if I could find a tea shop around here? Maybe I'll go down to the outlet mall and buy a few tea cups for my birthday and have a few friends over for tea!
What are you saving that cup for, Julana? Use it and enjoy it!
If you e-mail me privately, I'll be happy to tell you about my church. I don't like to put personal information here on the internet.
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