My $3.00 Garage Sale Finds

How $3.00 can make you happy.
The annual Cooper City Neighborhood 

Garage Sale was on last weekend's 

list of activities and places to go.

A beautiful day to walk the grounds and see 

what might need a new home with moi'. I

found this cranberry red tea pot for $1.00!!

It's also a cute coffee pot.

I can make coffee using a filter cone

 top and the drip method. I don't have to 

tell you how many holidays this little 

ceramic pot will see. 

 The same vendor also had this stack of 8 

dishes for $2.00!! Because he was a man he

 neglected to point out how perfectly they 

matched my newly purchased tea pot and 

what a lovely table setting they would make

 for lunch, brunch or tea...but

I figured that out right away. 

 Now in the back of my mind I thought the 

color would match a set of Longaberger

 mugs I have and I was right.

 You can just imagine the joy!

 The ivory background on the plates works

with my Longaberger ivory pottery. 

So it keeps getting better.

 Now for that mix-and-match look, 

I used my red transferware. Better still!

 So these 8 plates for $2.00 have 

completely expanded my plate "wardrobe". 

 I have 4 of these mugs and one or two 

red Longaberger plates to mix in.

 You'll be seeing them again in July when  

I do the Americana color scheme. 

 But I just had to play with them a bit before

putting them in my dish cupboard 

HERE and HERE.

This is the brand on the bottom of the dishes.

I haven't Googled it yet, but I like that it's 

an American company in Beaver Falls, PA. 

Sounds like a nice town. I'm sure someone

enjoyed a nice piece of homemade apple pie

 on one of these plates. :)

Cheers!

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All Set For Valentine's

First let me say how much I love my 

Emma Bridgewater pink hearts tea pot.

Love. 

I'm also using my red/pink transfer ware.

Sometimes I use this set or this way. 

 No more "Please pass the salt and pepper" 

when everyone has their own at each place.

 I made them re-using those mini jam jars

you get in restaurants with your breakfast.

Doesn't everyone save those? 

 Table for the two of us.

 I added the framed printable plus more

 red accessories and plates.

 Now the yellow and blue seat cushions 

would't do, so I covered them with a red

checked pillowcase and white matlesse'
pillow shams. It's a quick fix for me
(sewing challenged).

I do this at Christmas and 4th of July too.

You can see the before (no tea set) and after

(with tea set). I love tea sets. 

 I love to use a different tea pot and mugs.

It keeps afternoon tea fun and happy. 

This little trio heart basket

was a rescue.

 I can either hang it on a wall or just

pop it on a shelf or table. 

This set always puts a smile on my face. 

It's a gift that keeps on giving.

Looking for a yummy dinner?
Try Chicken in Lemon Cream Sauce.

Love!

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Spring Breakfast Table

Spring means my orchids are blooming

again. I brought this beauty inside.

I'm using my fence pickets again

for the table runner.

The breakfast table centerpiece

has a bit of a cottage look.

My new find is this teapot. I tried to 

resist it in a North Carolina resale shop. 

It was $12.00. Can't pass up a cute teapot,

especially one in blue and white with a 

china handle.  

 I've had this orchid for years and it 

keeps getting prettier. It blooms for

months every spring.  

I also added a small rosemary plant that

I potted in my chippy clay pot.

 That's it for this weeks table.

Cheers!

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Roses and Teacups

Two of my favorite things,
roses and teacups together.
What I like best thing about using the

 Waterlogue app is the ability to print out 

very pretty and frameable art cards. 

These are the roses that are drying on the mantle.

They are the remains from a get well

bouquet sent to my daughter.

(she has a broken foot)

Here's the arrangement

Balancing out then other side of the mantle.

A pretty Goldilocks yellow rose teacup.

And in Waterlogue.

 More roses in the oil painting.

Each vintage teacup and saucer in this 

set of 6 has a different color rose and

 a different name; Monique, Symphonie, 

Minerve, Pour Toi, Peace, and Goldilocks.

It's Adderley fine bone china England..

Cheers!

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Displaying Tea Set Collection

 I was doing a little puttering with the tea sets 

that I have displayed in the Henredon wall 

units that are in the family room. You know, 

rearranging, dusting shelves, and editing. 

The wall unit is huge and good thing because 

the lower cabinets are full of Christmas 

and seasonal things. 

 I have most of my tea sets displayed on

 the open shelves.

 Here's the view one way.

Here's the other direction.

 It's where we watch TV.

Longaberger baskets in the lower cubbies

are used for storage.

 The two navy upholstered benches

offer additional seating when needed and

don't block the TV when not. 

 A simple coffee table vignette in one of
the wood trays that Larry made.

I took pictures of each tea set too.

I will do a post of those another time.

until then...Cheers!

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