Monday, December 20, 2010

Teacup Tuesday





Lenox Teacup




I finally attempted this pretty little project inspired by Lauries Charming Designs. I have been watching her make her lovely pincushions on teacups and spoons. She makes her own birds from wool. I'm going to have to purchase some of those.

So I used my Lenox tea set, my little cardinal winter bird and added some vintage buttons to the pincushion I found at my flea market. I thought it was a nice spot to also display my white buttons cluster I made a while ago.




Behind the teaset sits a vintage, silver mini dustpan and brush set. It's so old and worn but the details are beautiful.



Please visit these wonderful ladies at Martha's Favorites and Artful Affirmations for more teaparty fun, beautiful treasures and a special giveaway!! The french vintage postcard came from Artful Affirmations. Thank you Terri!!

Journals





Here is a peak of last minute Christmas gifts going out to our wonderful teachers. My girls (almost 9&7yrs old) made homemade book covers for these journals. They colored brown paper bags with oil pastels. We crinkled them into a ball, wet them, sprayed the wet paper with walnut ink and glitter mist. When they dried, I ironed them but they stayed pretty wrinkled. It made it a little tricky when adhering to the book covers but once attached I sprayed them with Triple Thick finish before they decorated the tops. The spray is really strong, I did it in the basement with a window open.
They did a great job with creating the look they wanted for each teacher.

2 comments:

Terri said...

Your tea cup pin cushion came out so lovely! This is a great idea for a cup that can not be used anyone. I have a few of them myself with stained insides.
The girls did a beautiful job on the journals! Their teachers will be delighted.
Have a lovely holiday.
Hugs,
Terri

Appleshoe said...

Oh I like your white cluster of buttons ornament very much. Thank you for visiting my blog. Take care and Happy New Year.